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A380 to fly over Doha Corniche today 18 Sep 2014 - 02:22 am

Akbar Al Baker and Fabrice Brégier at the handover ceremony for the airline’s first Airbus A380 in Hamburg, Germany. DOHA: Qatar Airways’ (QA)first...

Emir’s visit bolsters German ties 18 Sep 2014 - 02:20 am

The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and German Chancellor Angela Merkel addressing the joint press conference in Berlin yesterday....

Educational voucher rules for Qataris 18 Sep 2014 - 02:18 am

DOHA: The Minister of Education and Higher Education H E Mohammed Abdul Wahed Al Hammadi yesterday issued a decision on the procedures for...

Car dealers facing ‘slew of problems’ 18 Sep 2014 - 02:16 am

DOHA: Car dealers say tongue-in-cheek that while a state agency is there to safeguard consumers’ interests, where they should take their cup of...

Call to fine firms delaying Ashghal projects 18 Sep 2014 - 01:56 am

DOHA: A panel of the Central Municipal Council (CMC) has called for expediting approval of a draft law that stipulates that contracting companies...

EUROPEAN ECONOMIES ILLUSION DEFLATION MONSTER 17 Sep 2014 - 11:16 pm

Group: ViewsEurope Credit: PARESH Source: The Khaleej Times - Dubai, UAE Keywords: COLOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIES ILLUSION DEFLATION MONSTER 091714 Provider: CartoonArts International /...

Egypt's EGPC to buy 65pc of its oil product imports from UAE 17 Sep 2014 - 02:47 pm

CAIRO: Egypt's state oil company, EGPC, will buy 65 percent of its oil product import needs from the United Arab Emirates' ADNOC for...

PM meets Chubu Electric Power chairman 17 Sep 2014 - 02:21 pm

DOHA: HE Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al-Thani on Wednesday met with Toshio Mita, chairman of Chubu...

Assistant FM receives copy of Vietnamese ambassador's credentials 17 Sep 2014 - 02:20 pm

DOHA: HE Assistant Foreign Minister for Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Rumaihi on Wednesday received a copy of the credentials of Nguyen...

80 missing in Central Africa riverboat sinking 17 Sep 2014 - 01:47 pm

BANGUI: Around 80 people are missing in Central African Republic after their boat sank last week on the M'poko River south of the...

Pakistan says air strikes kill 40 militants in northwest 17 Sep 2014 - 12:55 pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's military said Wednesday it killed 40 insurgents and destroyed five of their hideouts in fresh air attacks as part of a...

Qatar seeks to diversify national economy by attracting foreign investments 17 Sep 2014 - 12:15 pm

WASHINGTON: HE Qatar's Ambassador to the United States Mohammed Jaham Al Kuwari has stressed that the State of Qatar is seeking to diversify...

Saudi Arabia to allow OTC trade of shares in suspended or delisted firms 17 Sep 2014 - 12:02 pm

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's securities market regulator said on Wednesday that it would permit off-market trading of shares in companies which had been suspended...

Jihadists claim bomb that killed six Egypt police 17 Sep 2014 - 12:01 pm

CAIRO: Egypt's deadliest militant group has claimed the killing of six policemen in a roadside bomb in the Sinai Peninsula, where security forces...

Kyrgyz minister meets Qatari envoy 17 Sep 2014 - 11:43 am

BISHKEK: Minister of Energy and Industry of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan Osmonbek Artykbaev met Wednesday with HE Qatar's Ambassador in Bishkek Mohammed bin...

Air France strike into third day, as PM urges pilots back to work 17 Sep 2014 - 11:29 am

PARIS: Air France scrapped more than half its flights Wednesday as pilots extended a strike into a third day, defying Prime Minister Manuel...

Petroceltic, Hess to resume oil drilling in Iraqi Kurdistan in October 17 Sep 2014 - 11:28 am

LONDON: Oil and gas explorer Petroceltic said it would resume drilling in Iraqi Kurdistan together with partner Hess in early October, after operations...

49 Taliban militants killed in Afghanistan 17 Sep 2014 - 11:28 am

KABUL: At least 49 Taliban militants were killed and 15 others were arrested during military operations by Afghan national security forces in the...