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Saudi Maaden says signed loans for aluminium project 16 Oct 2012 - 06:34 pm

RIYADH: Saudi Arabian Mining Co (Maaden) said on Tuesday it had signed financing agreements worth $320 million with a Saudi government fund to...

Paris defends Qatar's entry into French-speaking bloc 16 Oct 2012 - 06:27 pm

PARIS: France on Tuesday justified a decision to admit Gulf state Qatar into a bloc of French-speaking nations as an associate member, arguing...

HH the Emir participates in first Asian Cooperation Dialogue Summit in Kuwait 16 Oct 2012 - 06:11 pm

KUWAIT: HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani participated in the opening session of the first Summit of Asian Cooperation Dialogue...

Real Estate transactions worth QR425,353,027 last week 16 Oct 2012 - 06:07 pm

DOHA: Real estate transactions between October 7 and 11 for the real estate sales contracts registered at the Ministry of justice are worth...

Fourth OECD World Forum opens in New Delhi 16 Oct 2012 - 06:02 pm

NEW DELHI: A call to measure economic progress as well as objective and subjective well-being, sustainable growth, environment, education, health and safety was...

Qatar Stock Exchange up 0.41% 16 Oct 2012 - 06:01 pm

DOHA: Qatar Exchange pursued its upswing trend Tuesday, adding 35.21 points (or 0.41%) to advance to 8,558.12 points from 8,522.91 Monday. The volume...

HE Qatar's Prime Minister sends a written message to Greek Prime Minister 16 Oct 2012 - 05:47 pm

ATHENS: Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has received a written message from HE Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim...

EU issues Syrian ministers travel bans 16 Oct 2012 - 05:30 pm

BRUSSELS: The European banned Tuesday all members of the Syrian cabinet from travelling to any of the EU's member countries, in a bid...

Saudis to award Jubail-Dammam rail contracts this year 16 Oct 2012 - 05:29 pm

ABU DHABI: Saudi Arabia is expected to award contracts for construction of the planned 115-km (72-mile) rail link between its industrial city of...

Stocks News Mideast- Dubai hits 24-wk peak on earnings hopes; Qatar extends gains 16 Oct 2012 - 02:21 pm

Dubai's measure rallies to a 24-week closing high and the bourse's own stock also gains, supported by upbeat sentiment in anticipation of quarterly...

Bogus 'family' turned away from Pakistani girl's UK hospital 16 Oct 2012 - 02:13 pm

LONDON: Several people claiming to be relatives of the 14-year-old Pakistani girl shot in the head by the Taliban tried to enter the...

Poachers killed record 455 South Africa rhinos in 2012 16 Oct 2012 - 01:25 pm

JOHANNESBURG: Poachers have slaughtered 455 rhinos in South Africa so far this year, surpassing the record annual tally for 2011, the government said...

Kuwait for anti-poverty Asian fund, donates $300 mln 16 Oct 2012 - 01:19 pm

KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah Tuesday proposed setting up a $2 billion fund to fight poverty in Asia and said...

Iraq ex-electoral chief says cleared of graft 16 Oct 2012 - 01:04 pm

BAGHDAD: Iraq's former electoral chief Faraj al-Haidari said an appeals court on Tuesday reversed a corruption conviction and one-year prison sentence against him...

42 arrested in sweeping drug raids in France and Germany 16 Oct 2012 - 12:18 pm

NANCY, France: Police in eastern France and Germany made 42 arrests Tuesday in raids aimed at dismantling a suspected network of Albanian heroin...

China airline offers free tickets to Japan after islands row 16 Oct 2012 - 12:14 pm

HONG KONG: Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines is offering free tickets to Japan to boost demand after a bilateral territorial dispute over islands...

Etihad would be interested in govt's Aer Lingus stake 16 Oct 2012 - 11:23 am

ABU DHABI: Etihad Airways would consider buying the Irish government's 25percent stake in Aer Lingus but so far has not been approached with...

Zain Saudi Q3 net loss widens 16 Oct 2012 - 11:13 am

RIYADH: Indebted telecom operator Zain Saudi reported a widening third-quarter net loss on Tuesday, citing a move in call traffic from international to...