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QFI updates Al Masdar to support Arabic teachers 17 Nov 2014 - 05:03 am

DOHA: Qatar Foundation International (QFI) has unveiled new features on Al Masdar, a crowdsourcing online educational resources platform for Arabic teachers. Francesca Carpenter,...

QC implements 297 projects for needy in Burkina Faso 17 Nov 2014 - 05:03 am

DOHA: Qatar Charity (QC) has implemented 297 income-generating projects in Burkina Faso, benefiting 2,000 poor and unemployed people in remote areas. The projects...

ARC’14: Library to help delegates register online 17 Nov 2014 - 05:02 am

DOHA: Qatar National Library (QNL), member of Qatar Foundation (QF) will allow participants in the Annual Research Conference (ARC’14) to register on site...

Qatar Airways Holidays unveils payback promotion 17 Nov 2014 - 05:02 am

DOHA: Qatar Airways Holidays yesterday launched a 100 percent payback promotion for GCC customers. One winner who books a holiday package by November...

CORRUPTION TAX PAYER INDUSTRY GOVERNMENT MONEY 17 Nov 2014 - 05:01 am

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G20 SUMMIT OBAMA DOWNHILL ECONOMY CRISIS LETS TALK EUROPE 17 Nov 2014 - 05:01 am

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IS claims to have beheaded US aid worker 17 Nov 2014 - 04:52 am

US aid worker Peter Kassig otherwise known as Abdul Rahman Kassig at an unknown location in Syria. The Islamic State (IS) group released...

Iranians mourn 17 Nov 2014 - 04:51 am

Iranians take part in the funeral of musician, composer and pop star Morteza Pashaei outside the Vahdat Hall in Tehran yesterday. Pashaei died...

EU plans ‘sanctions’ against Israel 17 Nov 2014 - 04:50 am

A Palestinian woman holding her child walks past the ruins of a house that was destroyed by Israeli shelling during the recent conflict...

Proposed Jewish nation-state law hits hurdle 17 Nov 2014 - 04:49 am

JERUSALEM: Divisions within Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition delayed yesterday a preliminary vote on a proposed law to declare Israel the nation-state...

Cairo to try five students in military court 17 Nov 2014 - 04:49 am

CAIRO: Five Egyptian students were transferred to a military court yesterday on charges of rioting at a university, a judicial source said, weeks...

IS executioner John injured in air strike: Reports 17 Nov 2014 - 04:48 am

London: The British government said it was investigating reports that “Jihadi John”, the British-accented Islamic State militant apparently responsible for the beheading of...

356 killed in month-old battle for Benghazi 17 Nov 2014 - 04:48 am

BENGHAZI: At least 356 people have been killed in fighting for Libya’s second city Benghazi since the launch of a government-backed offensive against...

Pro-Ahmadinejad ally barred from office 17 Nov 2014 - 04:48 am

DUBA: Iran’s Supreme Court has banned an ally of former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from holding public office for five years over his role...

Al Shabab fires at presidential compound 17 Nov 2014 - 04:47 am

MOGADISHU: Somalia’s al Shabab militants said they fired mortar bombs at the presidential palace in Mogadishu yesterday, but government and police spokesmen said...

GCC envoys to return to Doha 17 Nov 2014 - 04:45 am

The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Prime Minister Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Ruler...

Qatar leads in IT gadget ownership 17 Nov 2014 - 04:44 am

BY SACHIN KUMAR DOHA: When it comes to owning smartphones, laptops and tablet devices, Qatar beats many mature Information and Communication technology countries,...

‘Star’ of science 17 Nov 2014 - 04:41 am

Qatar’s Mohammed Al Housani celebrates after winning the Stars of Science contest. The winner of the sixth season of Qatar Foundation’s ‘edutainment reality’...