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Msheireb hosts top Dutch architect 25 Sep 2012 - 11:07 am

Dutch architect Ben van Berkel addressing the first Doha Architecture Forum at the Msheireb Enrichment Centre on Sunday. Kammutty VP BY RAYNALD C...

Curtain falls on first Qatar leadership conference 25 Sep 2012 - 11:06 am

Doha: The first annual Qatar Leadership Conference for students, put together by Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar, Northwestern University in...

Qatar’s teachers best paid in the region 25 Sep 2012 - 11:01 am

DOHA: Teachers in Qatar have the highest salaries in the region, with an average annual income of QR290,000. Qatar is ranked first in...

1.5m flee homes due to floods in northeast 25 Sep 2012 - 10:59 am

An aerial view of a flooded island in the Brahmaputra river in Majuli, Assam, yesterday. GUWAHATI: Floods have forced nearly 1.5 million people...

CVC asks CBI to probe coal block allocations since 1993 25 Sep 2012 - 10:59 am

New Delhi: The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) yesterday asked the CBI, probing coal block allocations made during 2006-09, to extend its investigations to...

Nine killed in stampede in Jharkhand 25 Sep 2012 - 10:58 am

PATNA: A stampede at a religious celebration killed at least nine people, eight of them women, in eastern India yesterday, a district official...

`23bn pay, pension package for defence personnel 25 Sep 2012 - 10:58 am

New Delhi: The government yesterday approved a `23bn per year (about $430m) proposal to fix the anomalies in the pay and pension of...

Rape allegation just mudslinging: Gandhi 25 Sep 2012 - 10:57 am

New Delhi: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi yesterday told the Supreme Court that the allegations against him that he wrongfully confined and raped a...

Pakistan minister’s party disowns film-maker bounty 25 Sep 2012 - 10:56 am

Pakistani journalists shout slogans during a protest against an anti-Islam film in Karachi yesterday. PESHAWAR: A Pakistani political party yesterday distanced itself from...

Floods affect 700,000 in Pakistan 25 Sep 2012 - 10:55 am

QUETTA, Pakistan: Flash floods triggered by record rains in southwestern Pakistan have affected around 700,000 people and destroyed hundreds of thousands of acres...

28 militants killed, 54 held in Afghanistan 25 Sep 2012 - 10:52 am

Kabul: At least 28 Taliban militants were killed and 54 others detained in different Afghan provinces within the past 24 hours, Afghanistan Ministry...

Taiwan flotilla heads for disputed islands 25 Sep 2012 - 10:51 am

SUAO: Dozens of Taiwanese fishing boats yesterday set sail for disputed East China Sea islands that are also claimed by China and Japan...

Former police chief send to jail in China 25 Sep 2012 - 10:50 am

CHENGDU: Chinese ex-police chief Wang Lijun, who exposed a scandal that shocked the ruling Communist Party, was sentenced to 15 years in prison...

Milf hopes to sign peace deal this year 25 Sep 2012 - 10:50 am

MANILA: Muslim rebels waging a decades-long insurgency in the southern Philippines in which more than 150,000 people have died are aiming to sign...

Myanmar leader leaves for historic US tour 25 Sep 2012 - 10:50 am

YANGON: Myanmar’s President Thein Sein headed to the United States yesterday for a landmark visit that coincides with a triumphal American tour by...

Vietnam jails three bloggers for ‘anti-state propaganda’ 25 Sep 2012 - 10:49 am

HO CHI MINH CITY: A court in southern Vietnam jailed three bloggers yesterday for “anti-state propaganda”, including one whose case has been raised...

‘Almost no hope’ for missing climbers in Nepal avalanche 25 Sep 2012 - 10:49 am

KATHMANDU: Rescuers have all but given up on finding three climbers missing in a Nepal avalanche which killed at least nine people attempting...

S Korean dictator’s daughter apologises to victims of abuses 25 Sep 2012 - 10:48 am

SEOUL: The ruling party candidate in South Korea’s presidential election offered her “sincere apologies” yesterday to victims of the repressive rule of her...