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UK-based activist wins $500,000 WISE prize 05 Nov 2014 - 06:12 am

H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser presents the prize to Ann Cotton, Founder of Campaign for Female Education (Camfed). AR Al-Baker By Fazeena...

Alarming rise in bounced cheque cases 05 Nov 2014 - 06:10 am

DOHA: Court cases involving cheques that are dishonoured by banks due to insufficient balance in the account of the issuer are on the...

Hezbollah ‘ready for any future war with Israel’ 05 Nov 2014 - 05:03 am

Lebanese supporters of Hezbollah raise their hands as they listen to the speech of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah (on screen) during Ashura Day in...

Israeli law limits prisoner releases 05 Nov 2014 - 05:02 am

JERUSALEM: Israel’s parliament has passed a law that could block the release in any future peace negotiations of Palestinian prisoners convicted of murder,...

IS tortured child hostages: HRW 05 Nov 2014 - 05:02 am

ISTANBUL: Islamic State jihadists subjected a group of teenagers from the Syrian battleground town of Kobane to a string of abuses, including torture,...

Israel demolishes two homes in East Jerusalem 05 Nov 2014 - 05:01 am

JERUSALEM: Israeli forces demolished two Palestinian homes yesterday in an East Jerusalem neighbourhood that has been at the heart of clashes between Israeli...

Saudi, France seal $3bn weapons deal for Lebanon army 05 Nov 2014 - 05:01 am

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia and France sealed an agreement yesterday for Riyadh to finance the delivery of $3bn worth of French weapons to the...

Khartoum and Juba to resume work on border demarcation 05 Nov 2014 - 05:01 am

KHARTOUM: The presidents of Sudan and South Sudan agreed yesterday to resume work to demarcate their contested border, a dispute that boiled over...

No major attacks in Iraq on Ashura 05 Nov 2014 - 05:00 am

KARBALA: A gathering of millions of Shia Muslims at shrines and mosques across Iraq for the Ashura religious commemoration passed without any major...

US drone strikes, clashes kill 20 in central Yemen 05 Nov 2014 - 05:00 am

SANA’A: US drone strikes killed a least 10 suspected Al Qaeda militants yesterday in central Yemen, where fighting between members of Ansar Al...

GOP REPUBLICANS DEMOCRATS ELECTION MUD BRIDGE WASHINGTON POLITICS 05 Nov 2014 - 05:00 am

Group: KAL Credit: KAL Source: The Economist - London, England Keywords: COLOR GOP REPUBLICANS DEMOCRATS ELECTION MUD BRIDGE WASHINGTON POLITICS CONGRESS 103014 Provider:...

Comet landing site to be called Agilkia 05 Nov 2014 - 02:37 am

PARIS: Will space historians one day say “Agilkia” with the same awe as they utter “Tranquility Base,” where in 1969 man first walked...

Spontaneous HIV ‘cure’ mechanism found 05 Nov 2014 - 02:36 am

PARIS: French scientists claimed yesterday to have found the genetic mechanism for a “spontaneous cure” in two HIV-infected men, proposing a new strategy...

Anti-occupy rally 04 Nov 2014 - 11:27 pm

Kenneth Fok Kai-kong (centre), grandson of Hong Kong’s late billionaire tycoon Henry Fok Ying-tung, takes part in an anti-Occupy Central rally at Hong...

Perilous year for typhoon mothers 04 Nov 2014 - 11:26 pm

TACLOBAN, Philippines: Emily Sagalis gave birth on a concrete slab after battling storm surges that killed thousands, then like many new mothers in...

Parents want death for killer of Indonesian woman 04 Nov 2014 - 11:24 pm

CILACAP, Indonesia: The parents of a young Indonesian woman murdered in Hong Kong called yesterday for her “sadistic” killer to be put to...

Thailand arms villagers to quell violence 04 Nov 2014 - 11:24 pm

BANGKOK: Thai authorities have distributed hundreds of assault rifles to village volunteers in the insurgency-battered south, in a move seemingly at odds with...

HALLOWEEN EQUAL PAY MINIMUM WAGE ONE PERCENT 04 Nov 2014 - 09:41 pm

Group: PETT Credit: JOEL PETT Source: Lexington Herald-Leader Keywords: COLOR HALLOWEEN EQUAL PAY MINIMUM WAGE ONE PERCENT OBAMA GOP ELECTION POLITICS 103014 Provider:...