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PM meets Head of Syrian National Council 28 Sep 2012 - 12:31 pm

The Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani with the Head of the Syrian National...

Rare Arab philatelic collections go on show 28 Sep 2012 - 12:26 pm

Abdul Rahman bin Ali Al Aqaily, Chairman of Q-Post and President of the working team for the 25th UPU Congress and Jakob Von...

French interior design shop opens in Doha 28 Sep 2012 - 12:25 pm

The Ambassador of France Jean-Christophe Peaucelle at the inauguration of Tec Interior Design’s “Mis en Demeure” showroom in Doha yesterday. The CEO of...

Jordan to get Qatar funds for development 28 Sep 2012 - 12:25 pm

DOHA: Qatar singed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Jordan to grant $1.25bn. The amount is Qatar’s share in the GCC states’ contribution...

UC-Q launches student exchange programme 28 Sep 2012 - 12:23 pm

Doha: Three University of Calgary nursing students made the trek to Qatar for the first ever official student exchange with the satellite campus...

Accolades for QU pharmacy student at Egypt meet 28 Sep 2012 - 12:21 pm

Doha: Qatar University College of Pharmacy student Ghadeer Daghash won first place in the senior level patient counselling skills competition at the 58th...

Freedom of speech: An Islamic perspective 28 Sep 2012 - 12:21 pm

By Umm Ibtihal No Muslim can ever bear the insult of the beloved Prophet of Islam (peace be upon him). It is therefore...

How can we defend Prophet Muhammad? 28 Sep 2012 - 12:20 pm

by Idris Tawfiq How many of us have been frustrated over the last weeks by our seeming inability to do anything at all...

Sudan, South reach deals on security, oil 28 Sep 2012 - 12:19 pm

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir (right), and his Sudan counterpart Omar Hassan Al Bashir display a signed deal in Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa...

Syrian rebels launch decisive Aleppo attack 28 Sep 2012 - 12:17 pm

ALEPPO: Several thousand Syrian rebels yesterday launched what they said would be a decisive battle for control of the strategic northern city of...

Over 1,000 Nigerian women stranded in Saudi for fifth day 28 Sep 2012 - 12:15 pm

A batch of Nigerian pilgrims leave Kano International Airport shortly after their arrival from Madinah yesterday. JEDDAH: More than 1,000 Nigerian women pilgrims...

Bahrain policeman gets 7 years in jail for killing protester 28 Sep 2012 - 12:13 pm

DUBAI: A Bahraini court yesterday sentenced a policeman to seven years in prison for killing a protester during the Shia-led anti-government demonstrations that...

Kuwait must end abusing stateless, say rights groups 28 Sep 2012 - 12:13 pm

KUWAIT CITY: Three global human rights organisations yesterday urged the ruler of Kuwait to end alleged abusing of more than 100,000 stateless people,...

Abbas seeks super observer status 28 Sep 2012 - 12:13 pm

UNITED NATIONS: President Mahmoud Abbas sought a new super observer UN status for Palestinians yesterday as he condemned Israel’s “catastrophic” settlements in the...

Saudi security forces kill two men in restive Qatif 28 Sep 2012 - 12:12 pm

RIYADH: Two men were shot dead on Wednesday night when Saudi security forces stormed a house to arrest a wanted man in the...

Egyptian liberals threaten to quit constitution drafting body 28 Sep 2012 - 12:12 pm

CAIRO: A group of high profile liberal and leftwing politicians in Egypt has said it will quit the assembly charged with drafting the...

Explosion kills three Yemeni schoolchildren 28 Sep 2012 - 12:11 pm

ADEN: An explosion that a security official blamed on Al Qaeda killed three Yemeni children in the southeast of the country yesterday, state...

Spanish-period cannon 28 Sep 2012 - 12:11 pm

Workers dig to retrieve what is believed to be a Spanish-period cannon in Malinta town in Valenzuela City, northwest of Manila yesterday. According...