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Emir sends condolences to Kuwait Ruler 30 Dec 2014 - 02:56 am

Doha: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani sent a cable of condolences to the Emir of Kuwait H H...

Minister interacts with experts on school issues 30 Dec 2014 - 02:55 am

DOHA: An interactive meeting between the Minister of Education and Higher Education H E Dr Mohammed Abdul Wahed Ali Al Hammadi and a...

Voter registration for CMC election from January 11 30 Dec 2014 - 02:32 am

DOHA: The supervisory committee for Central Municipal Council (CMC) election, which will be held in May 2015, will begin registering voters from January...

Inspectors close 85 food, other outlets in Industrial Area 30 Dec 2014 - 01:56 am

Municipal officials pasting stickers on the doors of a violating shop. DOHA: In the latest inspection drive, municipal officials closed down some 85...

SCH receives scores of complaints about doctors 30 Dec 2014 - 01:51 am

DOHA: The Supreme Council of Health (SCH) received more than 180 complaints about doctors and other healthcare practitioners this year a majority of...

Ferry on fire 30 Dec 2014 - 01:49 am

A handout image provided by the Italian Coast Guard yesterday shows the Norman Atlantic ferry that caught fire on Sunday in the Adriatic...

Law to end monopolies on the anvil 30 Dec 2014 - 01:45 am

DOHA: A law to encourage fair competition in business and to prevent monopolies for the benefit of consumers is on the anvil. Details...

MALAYSIA AIRASIA PLANE MISSING NEW YEAR 2014 CRASH 30 Dec 2014 - 01:34 am

Group: ViewsAsia Credit: BLEIBEL Source: Daily Star - Beirut, Lebanon Keywords: COLOR MALAYSIA AIRASIA PLANE MISSING NEW YEAR 2014 CRASH 122914 Provider: CartoonArts...

Bahrain oppn chief accused of stoking violence 30 Dec 2014 - 01:25 am

Protesters holding pictures of detained opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman march in Bilad Al Qadeem village, a suburb of Manama, Bahrain, yesterday. DUBAI:...

Obama Sanctions have worked against Russia aggression 29 Dec 2014 - 09:15 pm

President Barack Obama escalated US economic sanctions against Russia on Tuesday for its aggression against Ukraine WASHINGTON - Strategic and tough sanctions against...

Five arrested in Morocco on 'terror' charges 29 Dec 2014 - 09:05 pm

Moroccan Court Jails 4 for Up to 5 Years On Terrorism Charges RABAT - Morocco has indicted five people on charges of plotting...

Eight dead, 427 rescued on blaze-hit ferry, doubt over passenger list 29 Dec 2014 - 09:02 pm

Norman Atlantic Rescue Team ROME - Italy said Monday that the number of dead recovered after a car ferry caught fire in the...

Poroshenko announces Putin meeting in new peace push 29 Dec 2014 - 08:58 pm

Poroshenko announces Putin meeting in new peace push KIEV - Ukraine's Western-backed leader Petro Poroshenko promised Monday to meet Russia's Vladimir Putin and...

Rallies as journalists mark year in Egyptian jail 29 Dec 2014 - 08:55 pm

Al-Jazeera channel's Australian journalist Peter Greste (left) and Egyptian journalist Mohamed Baher stand inside the defendants cage during their trial for allegedly supporting...

Senegal court rejects bail in graft trial of ex-president's son 29 Dec 2014 - 08:49 pm

Graft trial of son of Senegal's ex-president to start in June DAKAR - A Senegalese court on Monday rejected bail for former president...

Bahrain suspects opposition chief of 'hatred, violence' 29 Dec 2014 - 08:43 pm

Bahraini protestors face riot policemen during clashes following a protest against the arrest of the head of the banned Shia opposition movement Al-Wefaq,...

Syriza radical leftists who want to end Greek austerity 29 Dec 2014 - 08:38 pm

Alexis Tsipras is head of Greece's radical left-wing alliance, Syriza ATHENS - The radical leftist party Syriza, tipped to win next month's early...

Car bomb near Syria gas plant kills 9 29 Dec 2014 - 08:34 pm

Soldiers loyal to the regime forces sit on a tank as they patrol in a devastated street of the district of al-Khalidiyah, in...