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Tough training for overweight cadets 02 Sep 2014 - 01:41 am

DOHA: A day-long training regimen would likely whip the overweight among Qataris who have enrolled for the second batch of the compulsory military...

WISH unveils programme to recognise young innovators 02 Sep 2014 - 01:38 am

DOHA: The World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH), a global initiative of Qatar Foundation, has launched a new programme to recognise young healthcare...

Dragon Mart to fully open before Eid 02 Sep 2014 - 01:37 am

DOHA: All shops in Dragon Mart are expected to be open before Eid Al Adha according to officials of the Chinese retailer. Marketing...

Diploma results put 3 ISL Qatar students among top 15pc achievers worldwide 02 Sep 2014 - 01:32 am

Majed Bou Ghanem (left), Taban Napaki and Bryony Charleson with their awards. DOHA: Three ISL Qatar students have achieved International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma...

Centrepoint names winners of ‘2 Million Offer’ 02 Sep 2014 - 01:31 am

Santosh Pai, COO, Landmark Group Qatar, with some of the winners. DOHA: Centrepoint is a one-stop shopping destination that houses brands like Babyshop,...

Govt intervention sought to control property prices 02 Sep 2014 - 01:29 am

DOHA: Real estate experts are urging the government to intervene and stabilise soaring prices of properties, including plots of land. They said it...

Globe-athon to highlight gynaecological cancers 02 Sep 2014 - 01:28 am

DOHA: Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) Women’s Hospital will join Globe-athon, a worldwide movement to build awareness of cancers affecting women, on September 13....

Toddler hit as driver reverses car 02 Sep 2014 - 01:28 am

DOHA: A two-year-old boy was hit by a car while the driver was reversing. The incident happened at 7pm on Sunday and the...

US, UK deplore Israel’s West Bank land grab 02 Sep 2014 - 01:27 am

Israel’s illegal settlement of Efrat in the occupied West Bank. Israel said it would expropriate 400 hectares (988 acres) of Palestinian land around...

Body of slain soldier returned to Lebanese army 02 Sep 2014 - 01:26 am

Lebanese activists burn an adapted imitation of an Islamist flag reading in Arabic “We are coming to burn you” written in the centre...

Saudi crown prince in Paris for talks on arms, jihadist threat 02 Sep 2014 - 01:25 am

French President Francois Hollande (right) and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince and Defence Minister Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud prior to an official...

UN to send team to investigate IS crimes in Iraq 02 Sep 2014 - 01:24 am

NEW Vehicles belonging to fighters from the Iraqi Imam Ali Brigade are positioned during heavy clashes with Islamic State (IS) militants in Tuz...

Syrian army, rebels clash as UN bids to free peacekeepers 02 Sep 2014 - 01:24 am

damascus: Syrian troops battled rebels hard by the armistice line with Israel on the Golan Heights yesterday as the United Nations pressed efforts...

Hamas boosted politically: Analysts 02 Sep 2014 - 01:23 am

GAZA CITY: Gaza’s Islamist Hamas movement may have suffered heavy military losses during 50 days of conflict with Israel but it emerged with...

Ireland demands review of Golan Heights mandate 02 Sep 2014 - 01:22 am

DUBLIN: Ireland may not replace its 130-person rapid response force in the Golan Heights, where 44 peacekeepers from Fiji are being held by...

No Saudi visas for Ebola-hit African nations 02 Sep 2014 - 01:22 am

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has stopped granting visas to workers from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the countries worst-hit by the deadly Ebola virus,...

Saudi court upholds 10-year term for activist 02 Sep 2014 - 01:22 am

RIYADH: A Saudi court yesterday upheld a 10-year jail sentence and 1,000 lashes against Raef Badawi, founder of a liberal human rights group,...

Erdogan insists on two-state solution on Cyprus visit 02 Sep 2014 - 01:21 am

NICOSIA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday visited breakaway northern Cyprus and pressed for a two-state solution on the divided island, on his...