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QF Elders Care to introduce psychology programme 17 Oct 2012 - 04:16 am

DOHA: Qatar Foundation for Elders Care is preparing to open its day care centre with new psychology programmes for the elders. Psychologists and...

Call for better opportunities for women 17 Oct 2012 - 04:06 am

Lord Michael Hastings, Global Head of Citizenship and Diversity, KPMG-UK, delivering the keynote address at the third Qatar International Businesswomen Forum at St...

German healthcare firms eye Qatar market 17 Oct 2012 - 04:05 am

Christian Franz Lindenau DOHA: German companies from the healthcare are searching for partnerships to take part in the construction of new infrastructures like...

Remove abandoned vehicles first, residents tell Traffic Department 17 Oct 2012 - 03:07 am

DOHA: Citizens and residents yesterday blasted the Traffic Department for its decision to ban parking second-hand vehicles for sale in public areas, saying...

Al Jawhara City Hospital project launch today 17 Oct 2012 - 03:05 am

DOHA: Qatar will soon have a new hospital supported by the private sector that will provide world-classmedical facilities including a medical spa. The...

EUROPE FROGS CARPET EUROPEAN UNION FLAG IN SKY ECONOMY 17 Oct 2012 - 03:03 am

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SECURITY PRIVACY SPY CHINA INTELLIGENCE CIA 17 Oct 2012 - 03:01 am

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Kuwait detains five at protest 17 Oct 2012 - 02:45 am

Kuwaiti demonstrators clash with policemen during an anti-government protest in front of the parliament in Kuwait City, late on Monday. KUWAIT: Kuwaiti security...

Syria ready to explore truce; rebels bombed 17 Oct 2012 - 02:44 am

DAMASCUS: Syria said yesterday that it was interested in exploring a proposal by the UN and Arab League peace envoy for a truce...

Jordan Election Commission sets poll date for January 23 17 Oct 2012 - 02:43 am

AMMAN: Jordan’s electoral authority yesterday set January 23 as the date for a general election after King Abdullah II dissolved parliament despite a...

EU world’s most hypocritical body: Turkey minister 17 Oct 2012 - 02:43 am

ISTANBUL: Turkey’s economy minister condemned the European Union yesterday as the most hypocritical organisation in the world, in vitriolic remarks which underlined the...

Qatar funds project to rebuild Gaza 17 Oct 2012 - 02:43 am

GAZA: Qatar yesterday launched a $254m plan to rebuild and modernise Gaza, the biggest injection of reconstruction aid for the Palestinian enclave since...

Tunisian parties in crisis talks on constitution 17 Oct 2012 - 02:42 am

TUNIS: Tunisian political parties met yesterday for crisis talks on the contents and calendar for adopting a new constitution, which were attended by...

Bahrain arrests rights activist 17 Oct 2012 - 02:42 am

DUBAI: Bahraini police arrested prominent Shia rights activist Mohammed Al Maskati yesterday for his participation in anti-government protests, his lawyers said. Maskati was...

Grade 6 student slaps teacher 17 Oct 2012 - 02:34 am

DOHA: An expatriate woman teacher of a boys’ school has accused a Grade 6 student of slapping her in public and poking her...

Qatar admitted to club of French-speaking nations 17 Oct 2012 - 02:32 am

Heads of states and delegates attend the closing session of the French-speaking nations 'Francophonie' summit in Kinshasa. PARIS: France yesterday justified a decision...

ACD plans $2bn anti-poverty fund 17 Oct 2012 - 02:27 am

The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani with other leaders at the first summit of Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) in...

Facebook opens first international engineering centre in London 16 Oct 2012 - 06:45 pm

LONDON: Facebook's first engineering centre outside the United States opened in London on Tuesday, boosting the British government's ambition to make the digital...