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Health centre working hours to be extended 31 Dec 2014 - 04:47 am

DOHA: Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) has taken steps to extend working hours at Mesaimer health centre during the weekend with a vaccination...

Ashghal urges motorists to follow traffic instructions 31 Dec 2014 - 04:47 am

Doha: The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has diverted part of Al Rayyan Al Jadeed Road, starting from east of Al Wajbah Roundabout to...

Qatar’s contribution to education highlighted 31 Dec 2014 - 04:47 am

Doha: The Minister of Education and Higher Education and Chairman, Qatar National Committee for Education, Culture and Science H E Dr Mohammed Abdul...

Indian embassy registers 277 deaths 31 Dec 2014 - 04:47 am

DOHA: The Indian embassy has registered 277 deaths of its nationals this year, with 32 deaths in December. It said 241 deaths were...

Indians reminded of new passports 31 Dec 2014 - 04:46 am

DOHA: Indian citizens with handwritten passports and 20-year passports with validity beyond November 24, 2015, should get their passports re-issued and obtain machine...

CID official testifies in case of sedatives theft, threat to pharmacy staff 31 Dec 2014 - 04:46 am

DOHA: A lower criminal court is hearing a case involving two young men accused of threatening an employee of a hospital’s pharmacy to...

Shooting near Qatar mission 31 Dec 2014 - 04:42 am

DOHA: A security guard of the Qatari embassy in Turkey’s capital city of Ankara suffered minor injuries late on Monday following a shooting...

Labour Minister meets Croatian ambassador 31 Dec 2014 - 04:41 am

Doha: The Minister of Labour and Social Affairs H E Dr Abdullah bin Saleh Mubarak Al Khulaifi yesterday met Croatian Ambassador Tomislav Bosnjak...

UNSC rejects resolution on Palestinian state 31 Dec 2014 - 04:00 am

UNITED NATIONS : The UN Security Council has rejected a Palestinian resolution calling for peace with Israel within a year and an end...

Bank holiday tomorrow 31 Dec 2014 - 03:50 am

DOHA: Banks will remain closed on January 1 but Exchange houses will function as usual. Their remittance services will remain open tomorrow, according...

Boy drives off with car, gets 6-month suspended jail term 31 Dec 2014 - 03:49 am

DOHA: A youngster has been sentenced by a lower court to six months in jail for stealing a vehicle and driving it to...

Oil blaze in Libya 31 Dec 2014 - 02:33 am

Firefighters trying to put out a blaze at an oil storage tank at the port of Es Sider in Ras Lanuf. Oil tanks...

Deputy Emir awards camel race winners 31 Dec 2014 - 02:30 am

The Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani awarding the winner of the Founder Sheikh Jassim Bin Mohammed Bin Thani...

Stop closure of petrol stations, says civic body 31 Dec 2014 - 02:07 am

A session of the Central Municipal Council in progress. DOHA: The Central Municipal Council (CMC) yesterday raised the issue of shortage of petrol...

Afghan cadets 31 Dec 2014 - 01:54 am

Newly-graduated Afghan National Army (ANA) cadets attend their graduation ceremony at the Afghan Kabul Military training centre in Kabul yesterday.

Court remands Mumbai attack mastermind 31 Dec 2014 - 01:53 am

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani court yesterday remanded the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attacks in police custody for two days in a kidnapping...

Islamabad reviews anti-terror funding plan 31 Dec 2014 - 01:53 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan yesterday reviewed its strategy to block terror financing and disrupt militant communication networks as part of the implementation of a national...

Militants set ablaze two primary schools 31 Dec 2014 - 01:50 am

PESHAWAR: Militants set fire to two primary schools in Pakistan’s troubled northwest yesterday as authorities extended winter holidays amid threats of attacks, officials...