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Winter vegetable markets to open on December 4 12 Oct 2014 - 02:58 am

DOHA: Winter vegetable markets in Umm Salal (Al Mazroua), Al Khor and Dakhira will open on December 4, Al Sharq reported. The markets...

Debate rages on causes of divorce 12 Oct 2014 - 02:55 am

DOHA: Pre-marriage counselling is a must if the rising rate of divorce in the Qatari community is to be checked, say some citizens...

Nations gear up to stem Ebola; toll rises to 4,033 12 Oct 2014 - 02:53 am

Britain national exercise on Ebola outbreak readiness MADRID: Countries across the world scrambled yesterday to stem a deadly Ebola outbreak that UN officials...

Kurds halt IS thrust in Kobane 12 Oct 2014 - 02:39 am

Turkish soldiers on a tank and Kurdish people look at the Syrian town of Ain Al Arab, known as Kobane by the Kurds,...

US seeks Swiss banks’ support in tax row 12 Oct 2014 - 01:19 am

ZURICH: The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is seeking “total cooperation” from Swiss banks in a draft agreement aimed at allowing the banks...

EBOLA NEW USA STATE TEXAS VIRUS ALL NEW MAP 12 Oct 2014 - 01:06 am

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ISIS SYRIA KOBANI USA BOMBS SOS HOLE 12 Oct 2014 - 01:05 am

Group: ViewsMideast Credit: BLEIBEL Source: Daily Star - Beirut, Lebanon Keywords: COLOR ISIS SYRIA KOBANI USA BOMBS SOS HOLE 100814 Provider: CartoonArts International...

Kerry heads to Cairo as Gaza donor fatigue looms 12 Oct 2014 - 12:54 am

An interior view of the Hanging Church that was reopened after 16 years of restoration, in Old Cairo, Egypt, yesterday. The Saint Virgin...

Kurds battle for heart of Kobane 12 Oct 2014 - 12:53 am

Kurdish refugees from the Syrian town of Kobani arrive in the province of Dohuk yesterday. MURSITPINAR, Turkey: Kurdish fighters halted a thrust by...

Bahraini opposition to boycott election 12 Oct 2014 - 12:52 am

Bahraini opposition leaders from the four leading parties meet ahead of a press conference in Manama, Bahrain, yesterday. Bahrain’s leading opposition groups announced...

Global Child Forum to make international debut in Dubai 12 Oct 2014 - 12:51 am

Doha: The Global Child Forum, an international independent platform for research, dialogue, information and action which was initiated by King Carl XVI Gustaf...

UN chief in Libya to prop peace talks 12 Oct 2014 - 12:51 am

TRIPOLI: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived in the Libyan capital yesterday for a surprise visit aimed at bolstering talks between political parties...

Bombings in Baghdad kill at least 45 12 Oct 2014 - 12:50 am

BAGHDAD: At least 45 people were killed in bombings in Baghdad and its rural outskirts yesterday as the government continued to defend the...

Blast kills two Yemen troops 12 Oct 2014 - 12:50 am

ADEN: Two Yemeni soldiers were killed yesterday when a roadside bomb exploded in the restive southeastern province of Hadramawt, a military source said,...

1,500 jihadis arrested in Tunisia, says PM 12 Oct 2014 - 12:50 am

TUNIS: Tunisia has arrested some 1,500 suspected jihadis this year, Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa told Reuters, part of a security crackdown aimed at...

NHRC chief stresses rights of special people 12 Oct 2014 - 12:37 am

Dr Ali bin Smaikh Al Marri addressing the workshop. DOHA: Qatar’s human rights watchdog has called on the Qatari government to speed up...

QRC, PRC sign $400,000 pacts for rehabilitation of Gazans 12 Oct 2014 - 12:36 am

Children performing at the Psychological Rehabilitation Centre in Gaza. Doha: Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) signed three agreements with Palestine Red Crescent (PRC) to...

Ooredoo launches Qatar Data Centre 12 Oct 2014 - 12:35 am

A view of the Qatar Data Centre in Mesaimeer. Doha: Ooredoo yesterday announced the launch of the development of the first phase of...