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Large number of patients seek kidney transplant 30 Sep 2012 - 08:04 am

Dr Abdul Halim Ahmed Omar with his brother Al Fateh. DOHA: Dr Abdul Halim Ahmed Omar, a Sudanese consultant nephrologist is the beneficiary...

Is Jordan heading for chaos? 30 Sep 2012 - 08:01 am

By Samer Libdeh As the impact of the Arab spring continues to be felt across many parts of the Middle East, the Jordanian...

Five myths about US presidential debates 30 Sep 2012 - 08:00 am

US presidential candidates will be competing with rich history of debates - the zingers, questions and comebacks. By Gwen Ifill As President Barack...

World waits for China to settle down 30 Sep 2012 - 07:59 am

By Elizabeth Economy This was a big week in China. Former top senior official Bo Xilai, whose wife gained notoriety for arranging the...

TV dramas lack values: Expert 30 Sep 2012 - 07:58 am

By Azmat Haroon Doha: With the creative content of Pakistan Television dramas increasingly being controlled by advertisers, the traditional values of the society...

Commercialbank launches leaders programme 30 Sep 2012 - 07:57 am

Future Leaders Programme participants with Commercialbank officials. DOHA: Commercialbank has launched the Future Leaders Programme to prepare its most brilliant employees for a...

Barwa Bank joins blood donation drive 30 Sep 2012 - 07:56 am

Barwa Bank employees participating at the blood donation campaign. Doha: Barwa Bank, Qatar’s fastest growing Shari’ah compliant bank, took part in blood donation...

Qatargas employees contribute to RAF Myanmar relief fund 30 Sep 2012 - 07:55 am

Ghanim Al Kuwari, Qatargas Chief Operating Officer – Administration, handing over the cheque to Ayed Al Qahtani, General Manager and Head of the...

150 research papers for global debate conference 30 Sep 2012 - 07:55 am

DOHA: Doha will hold the fourth International Conference on Argumentation, Rhetoric, Debate, and the Pedagogy of Empowerment, the first one to be held...

Egyptian president meets Qatar’s Attorney General 30 Sep 2012 - 07:54 am

Cairo: Egypt’s President Dr Mohammed Mursi conferred here yesterday with Qatar’s Attorney General H E Dr Ali bin Fetais Al Marri, who is...

Ancient souq burns as fighting rages in Aleppo 30 Sep 2012 - 07:53 am

Syrians line up to buy bread outside a bakery in the northern town of Azaz, on the border with Turkey, yesterday. BEIRUT: Hundreds...

UAE demands sovereignty over occupied islands 30 Sep 2012 - 07:52 am

New York: United Arab Emirates Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan has reiterated the government’s regrets over the continuing...

Israel troops shoot dead Palestinian 30 Sep 2012 - 07:52 am

GAZA: A Palestinian man died yesterday after he was shot by Israeli troops while fishing on the beach in the Gaza Strip, said...

Shebabs abandon Somalia bastion 30 Sep 2012 - 07:18 am

MOGADISHU: Al Qaeda linked Shebab fighters yesterday abandoned their last bastion in Somalia, retreating from the port city of Kismayo almost a year...

Orangemen parade 30 Sep 2012 - 07:17 am

Orangemen march past St Patrick Catholic Church in north Belfast, Northern Ireland, yesterday. Northern Ireland braced for one of its biggest Protestant parades...

At UN, Western freedom of speech questioned 30 Sep 2012 - 07:17 am

UNITED NATIONS: Muslim leaders were in unison at the United Nations this week arguing that the West was hiding behind its defence of...

Guantanamo’s last Western detainee returned to Canada 30 Sep 2012 - 07:17 am

WINNIPEG, Manitoba: The youngest prisoner and last Westerner held in the Guantanamo military base, Omar Khadr, was sent to finish his sentence in...

Pope’s former butler goes on trial 30 Sep 2012 - 07:16 am

VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI’s former butler Paolo Gabriele went on trial yesterday accused of leaking confidential Vatican memos that revealed cloak-and-dagger politics...