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Changing face of journalism discussed 03 Feb 2015 - 06:10 am

NU-Q student Huda Barakat (right) with journalism expert David Weaver. DOHA: World-renowned media researcher David Weaver recently met with local journalism students at...

QA to start third daily flight to Singapore 03 Feb 2015 - 06:09 am

DOHA: Qatar Airways yesterday announced to launch an additional daily flight to Singapore from June 1, 2015, as part of its global expansion...

Emir issues decrees 03 Feb 2015 - 06:08 am

Doha: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani issued yesterday Emiri Decree No. 5 of 2015 endorsing an air transport...

Qatar received over 2.8m visitors last year 03 Feb 2015 - 06:07 am

DOHA: Qatar welcomed more than 2.8m visitors from around the world last year, representing an 8.2 percent growth over 2013, says the annual...

The Torch Doha named Best International Hotel 03 Feb 2015 - 06:07 am

DOHA: The Torch Doha recently received a World’s Best International Hotel Award for Best Hotel category from the International Hotel Awards sponsored by...

24 organisations, firms to celebrate Sport Day in Aspire Zone 03 Feb 2015 - 06:07 am

DOHA: Twenty-four major organisations and companies will mark National Sport Day (NSD) on February 10 in Aspire Zone Foundation’s (AZF) 2.5sqkm facilities. RasGas...

Sri Lanka National Day tomorrow 03 Feb 2015 - 06:06 am

Doha: A flag hoisting ceremony will be held at the Sri Lankan Embassy at Al Hilal at 9:30 am tomorrow to mark the...

HMC opens registration for healthcare forum 03 Feb 2015 - 06:06 am

DOHA: The Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has started online registration for this year’s Middle East Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare, taking...

Cyclists violating traffic law will be booked 03 Feb 2015 - 06:05 am

DOHA: Bicycles like other modes of transportation are covered by the Traffic Law and the Traffic Department detects several violations by cyclists on...

Emir and Deputy Emir send condolences to German leaders 03 Feb 2015 - 06:04 am

Doha: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani sent a cable of condolences to German President Joachim Gauck and Chancellor...

Jazeera scribe Fahmy’s release ‘imminent’ 03 Feb 2015 - 06:02 am

Nicosia: Aljazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy will soon be freed from an Egyptian jail, Canada’s foreign minister said yesterday, a day after the release...

Alarab channel off air a day after launch 03 Feb 2015 - 06:02 am

MANAMA: Bahraini authorities have suspended a television channel owned by Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, one day after its launch, following an...

Qatari team meets New York ex-mayor 03 Feb 2015 - 05:53 am

The Qatari delegation headed by H E Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad Al Thani met former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg late on Sunday....

MoI rights dept getting popular 03 Feb 2015 - 05:52 am

Brigadier Abdullah Saqr Al Mohannadi DOHA: The Human Rights Department of the Ministry of Interior has become an active channel of redressing the...

GCC manpower agencies join hands for rights 03 Feb 2015 - 05:50 am

DOHA: Manpower agencies in the GCC states have joined hands to put pressure on labour-exporting countries so they do not “impose conditions and...

Waste recycling plan for households soon 03 Feb 2015 - 05:46 am

By Satish Kanady DOHA: Qatar is working on an ambitious plan to effectively contain its burgeoning solid waste management problem. The country’s national...

Kuwait court upholds jail sentence for online activist 02 Feb 2015 - 08:29 pm

Kuwait City--Kuwait appeals court on Monday upheld a four-year jail sentence against an online activist for insulting judges on Twitter, according to the...

Colombia's ex-president defends spy chief in wiretap scandal 02 Feb 2015 - 08:28 pm

Alvaro Uribe Bogota--Colombia's former president Alvaro Uribe denied Monday that his onetime intelligence chief had done anything illegal after she was flown home...