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Aquino says 2nd term not the right solution 28 Oct 2014 - 09:56 pm

MANILA: President Aquino ended yesterday speculations on a possible term extension, telling a group of businessmen that having six more years in office...

Comelec to lease more machines for 2016 polls 28 Oct 2014 - 09:56 pm

MANILA: More Optical Mark Reader (OMR) and Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) machines will be leased for use in the 2016 elections. The Commission...

Former military officer took massive bribes 28 Oct 2014 - 09:56 pm

BEIJING: A once-powerful retired Chinese military officer has confessed to taking “massive” bribes and will be prosecuted in court, the official Xinhua news...

Prominent defector says North Korea has taken his father hostage 28 Oct 2014 - 09:55 pm

SEOUL: A prominent North Korean defector who has advocated UN action to stop the country’s human rights abuses said yesterday authorities have taken...

Anwar Ibrahim faces final appeal on sodomy case 28 Oct 2014 - 09:55 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian court is due to decide this week on an appeal by opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim against a sodomy conviction...

Japan nuke plant gets nod 3 years after Fukushima 28 Oct 2014 - 09:55 pm

TOKYO: A town in southwest Japan became the first to approve the restart of a nuclear power station yesterday, a step forward in...

QU event boosts educators' science teaching methods 28 Oct 2014 - 01:34 pm

DOHA: Twenty teachers and vice-principals from independent schools in Qatar boosted their teaching skills at a summer training programme on energy and the...

Emir, PM greet Czech president 28 Oct 2014 - 01:21 pm

DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani sent Tuesday a cable of congratulations to President of the Czech Republic Milos Zeman...

QTA to showcase Qatar tourism at Asian expo in Singapore 28 Oct 2014 - 01:18 pm

DOHA: Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) leads a delegation comprising seven hotels and three destination management companies to boost Qatar's tourism at the annual...

Qatar panel visits Jakarta for UN Crime Congress talks 28 Oct 2014 - 01:18 pm

JAKARTA: A Qatar delegation from the Ministry of Interior's (MoI) department held preparatory talks with Indonesian envoys ahead of the 13th United Nations...

Sinopec firm starts laying pipelines for Iraq's Maysan oilfield 28 Oct 2014 - 01:17 pm

BEIJING: An engineering and construction unit under China's Sinopec Group has started building pipelines for Iraq's Maysan project that will help raise the...

Twitter losses $175.5m in Q3 28 Oct 2014 - 01:17 pm

LOS ANGELES: Twitter posted a net loss of $175.5 million in the third quarter, up from a loss of $64.6 million a year...

Culture minister leaves for Turkey 28 Oct 2014 - 01:16 pm

DOHA: HE Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage Dr. Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kuwari left Doha on Tuesday morning heading to the Turkish...

Lloyds dealt new blow with $1.5bn mis-selling charge 28 Oct 2014 - 01:06 pm

LONDON: Britain's Lloyds Banking Group has taken another 900 million pound ($1.5 billion) charge to compensate customers mis-sold loan insurance, delivering a further...

StanChart profit tumbles, plans extra $400m in cost cuts 28 Oct 2014 - 01:02 pm

HONG KONG: Standard Chartered Plc said operating profit for the third quarter dropped 16 percent and earnings would fall in the second half...

Abu Dhabi's Al Jaber Group wins $700m building contract 28 Oct 2014 - 12:56 pm

ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi conglomerate Al Jaber Group, which agreed a debt restructuring in June, has won a 2.57 billion dirhams ($699.80 million)...

Real estate transactions worth over QR1bn last week 28 Oct 2014 - 12:48 pm

DOHA: Real estate transactions between October 19 and 23 for the real estate sales contracts registered at the Ministry of justice are worth...

Almeera Consumer Goods Company reports QR161.1 million net profit 28 Oct 2014 - 12:46 pm

DOHA: Almeera Consumer Goods Company disclosed the interim financial statements for the period ending September 30, 2014. The interim financial statements revealed a...