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18 school children buried in China landslide 04 Oct 2012 - 11:20 am

BEIJING: Eighteen primary school students were buried Thursday when a landslide hit their school in southwest China as they studied during a holiday...

Fuel loading in Kudankulam reactor completed 04 Oct 2012 - 11:20 am

Chennai: The loading of uranium enriched fuel bundles in the first reactor at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) was completed on Tuesday, said...

Spain tops table for organ donations 04 Oct 2012 - 11:19 am

MADRID: Spain provided a record number of donors of bodily organs in 2011 as the number of transplants in Europe rose, the health...

IHT marks 125 years as ‘world’s newspaper’ 04 Oct 2012 - 11:19 am

PARIS: First delivered by horse-drawn carriages to Paris newsstands and hotels, the International Herald Tribune marks its 125th anniversary on Thursday amid troubling...

Nearly 400 dead in encephalitis outbreak in India 04 Oct 2012 - 11:15 am

NEW DELHI: At least 390 people, mostly children, have died in an outbreak of encephalitis in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh, officials...

Iraq bomb hits private security convoy, kills four 04 Oct 2012 - 10:56 am

BAGHDAD: A car bomb hit a private security convoy in Baghdad on Thursday, killing four people and wounding at least nine others, security...

Brent rises towards $109 after steep fall; econ woes stay 04 Oct 2012 - 10:23 am

SINGAPORE: Brent futures edged up towards $109 per barrel on Thursday as a steep drop in the previous session brought in bargain hunters,...

Dubai's Zabeel investments in $956 mln bank debt deal - report 04 Oct 2012 - 09:54 am

DUBAI: Indebted Zabeel Investments, which is owned by Dubai's crown prince, has reached a $956-million debt deal with lenders, according to al-Khaleej newspaper...

Afghan president says 2014 election will be on time 04 Oct 2012 - 09:33 am

KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Thursday that presidential elections in 2014 when his term will end would happen on time and...

Five Taiwanese tourists killed in Vietnam boat crash 04 Oct 2012 - 09:00 am

HANOI: Five Taiwanese tourists, including a child, were killed in a boat collision in Vietnam's famed Halong Bay, north of Vietnam, state media...

Qatar exchange and market updates 04 Oct 2012 - 08:43 am

Exchange Rates in Qatar DOHA: Exchange Rates for foreign currencies as issued on Thursday by Qatar National Bank (QNB) are as following: Currency...

Qatari newspapers scoff at Al Arabiya report on Villaggio mall fire 03 Oct 2012 - 12:46 pm

DOHA: Two Qatari newspapers scoffed on Wednesday at allegations of Al Arabiya news channel that a Villaggio fire which killed 17 people at...

Nokia might sell HQ: report 03 Oct 2012 - 12:19 pm

HELSINKI: Struggling Finnish mobile phone manufacturer Nokia might sell its headquarters on the outskirts of Helsinki, a senior company official was quoted as...

QF shares research expertise 03 Oct 2012 - 12:08 pm

H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser with the Finnish President Sauli Niinisto and his wife Jenni Haukio at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki.Maher...

BATE Borisov stun Bayern Munich 03 Oct 2012 - 12:07 pm

BATE Borisov’s Dmitri Likhtarovich (left) fights for the ball with Bayern Munich’s Toni Kroos during their Champion’s League Group F match in Minsk’s...

Long-term residents seek more rights 03 Oct 2012 - 12:06 pm

DOHA: Some long-time residents have now begun raising the demand for citizenship rights, with at least one individual calling up a popular morning...

Al-Attiyah meets US Ambassador 03 Oct 2012 - 12:02 pm

DOHA: HE the Chairman of the Administrative Control and Transparency Authority Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, who is also the President of the Climate...

Pearson chief executive steps down after 16 years at helm 03 Oct 2012 - 11:57 am

LONDON: British publisher Pearson, owner of the Financial Times newspaper, said Wednesday that chief executive Marjorie Scardino will step down later this year,...