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Second Ajyal Youth Film Festival opens tonight 01 Dec 2014 - 03:30 am

DOHA: The second edition of the Ajyal Youth Film Festival opens tonight with the screening of the film Speed Sisters, a documentary on...

GCC parliament speakers’ meeting 01 Dec 2014 - 03:30 am

Doha: The eighth meeting of speakers of the GCC parliaments and Shura Councils began yesterday, chaired by the Speaker of Qatari Advisory Council...

Three winter markets to open on Thursday 01 Dec 2014 - 03:29 am

DOHA: Fresh vegetables from local farms and a variety of fish and poultry products will be on offer at low prices at three...

21 percent get infection after cardiac surgery in Qatar 01 Dec 2014 - 03:29 am

DOHA: An average of 21 percent people develops some form of wound infection after a cardiac surgery in Qatar, according to a recent...

Ooredoo announces Hala promotion to Bangladesh 01 Dec 2014 - 03:29 am

DOHA: Ooredoo yesterday announced a new promotion with its Hala Bangladesh Key offering 15 dirhams (Dhs) per minute/message for calls and SMS to...

Qatar Airways, Zurich Tourism Board hold workshop 01 Dec 2014 - 03:28 am

DOHA: Qatar Airways and the Zurich Tourism Board recently hosted a workshop for key travel agents and tour operators in the region, to...

Prime Minister to meet businessmen on Wednesday 01 Dec 2014 - 03:28 am

DOHA: The sixth consultative meeting between the Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa and businessmen will...

Emir sends condolences to Saudi King and Kuwait Emir 01 Dec 2014 - 03:27 am

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

Malabar Gold & Diamonds festival starts today 01 Dec 2014 - 03:27 am

doha: Malabar Gold & Diamonds, the prominent jewellery retailer unfurled details of the fourth edition of ‘Malabar Gold & Diamonds Festival’ in GCC...

Don’t equate Islam with violence: Pope 01 Dec 2014 - 03:27 am

Pope Francis speaking to journalists aboard his flight home from Turkey to Italy yesterday. ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE: Pope Francis said yesterday that...

Graft probe found 50,000 ‘ghost soldiers’: Iraq PM 01 Dec 2014 - 03:26 am

Iraqi soldiers and volunteers from a Shia militia stand guard next to a military trench near Amerli town, northern Iraq, yesterday. BAGHDAD: Iraqi...

Jewish extremists attack school 01 Dec 2014 - 03:24 am

JERUSALEM: An arson attack targetting first-grade classrooms at a Jewish-Arab school sparked a wave of condemnation yesterday, as months of racial tensions in...

Egypt’s justice system comes under fire 01 Dec 2014 - 03:23 am

CAIRO: Critics yesterday accused Egypt’s courts of taking sides after the dropping of a murder charge against ex-president Hosni Mubarak, with experts and...

At least 50 Islamic State terrorists killed in Kobane 01 Dec 2014 - 03:23 am

BEIRUT: Islamic State group jihadists battling for control of the Syrian town of Kobane have suffered some of their heaviest losses yet in...

Khamenei asks armed forces to increase combat power 01 Dec 2014 - 03:23 am

DUBAI: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said yesterday the armed forces should increase their combat capability regardless of political considerations, in an...

Pro-govt Sunnis win most seats in Bahrain parliamentary vote 01 Dec 2014 - 03:22 am

DUBAI: Pro-government Sunni candidates including Islamists have won the most seats in parliamentary elections in Bahrain boycotted by the main opposition Shia majority,...

Five killed in French floods 01 Dec 2014 - 03:00 am

People walk on a bridge near damaged cars after the river Massane flooded the city of Argeles-sur-Mer, southern France, due to heavy rains...

Expat sentenced to death by firing squad 01 Dec 2014 - 02:58 am

DOHA: A criminal court yesterday convicted a young Asian of killing an elderly Qatari woman in her home some months ago and sentenced...