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Qatar signs deal to finance two projects in Morocco 26 Aug 2014 - 02:27 am

The Moroccan Prime Minister, Abdul Ilah bin Kiran, with the Finance Minister H E Ali Sherief Al Emadi. DOHA: The Moroccan Prime Minister,...

Hospital received 30-40 heat exhaustion cases daily last week 26 Aug 2014 - 02:25 am

DOHA: The Emergency Department at Hamad General Hospital (HGH) has received between 30 and 40 heat exhaustion cases daily during the last week. ...

Greeting cables sent to Uruguay 26 Aug 2014 - 02:20 am

DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday sent a cable of congratulations to the President of Uruguay, Jose...

Al Zaman Exchange customer wins prize 26 Aug 2014 - 02:19 am

As part of the ‘Win Everyday Promotion’ held by Xpress Money during Ramadan, Mohammed Sultan Saheeruddin, a customer of Al Zaman Exchange, won...

US experts train MoI staff 26 Aug 2014 - 02:16 am

Staff from the Ministry of Interior at a workshop on money laundering and drug trafficking yesterday. DOHA: A three-day workshop on money laundering...

Campaign to counter myths about cancer 26 Aug 2014 - 02:16 am

By FAZEENA SALEEM DOHA: With 10 percent of deaths caused by cancer in Qatar, a campaign has been launched to counter myths about...

Orientation begins at new school 26 Aug 2014 - 02:13 am

The premises of Loyola International School. DOHA: Loyola International School Doha (LISD), a new Indian school approved by the Supreme Education Council (SEC),...

QC, IHH to boost cooperation 26 Aug 2014 - 02:09 am

Yousef bin Ahmad Al Kuwari, CEO of Qatar Charity, and Fahmi Bulent Yeldrim, President of IHH, exchange documents after the signing of an...

QA increases number of flights to Dubai 26 Aug 2014 - 02:07 am

DOHA: With effect from October 26, 2014, Qatar Airways will increase the number of daily flights to Dubai International Airport (DXB) to 14...

Going green important to people in Mena region 26 Aug 2014 - 02:07 am

DOHA: Some 96 percent of respondents in a poll in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region consider going green is important...

Al Jazeera Media Network opens Innovation Challenge 26 Aug 2014 - 02:07 am

DOHA: The Innovation and Research group at Al Jazeera Media Network has kicked off its first major community initiative with an online Innovation...

Eid charity to collect funds for Gaza 26 Aug 2014 - 02:06 am

DOHA: Sheikh Eid Bin Muhammad Al Thani Charitable Association will launch a fresh charity drive to collect QR100m to support Gaza. A three-day...

Qatari youth to take part in GCC workshop 26 Aug 2014 - 02:06 am

DOHA: A Qatari youth delegation will participate tomorrow in a workshop organised in Bahrain by the GCC general secretariat under the theme of...

No let-up in Israel’s deadly Gaza raids 26 Aug 2014 - 02:05 am

Palestinians inspect a destroyed car after Israeli air strikes killed eight in Gaza City yesterday. GAZA CITY: Violence reverberated across Gaza with at...

Syria ready to work with West to fight IS 26 Aug 2014 - 02:02 am

Members of Kurdish security forces take part during an intensive security deployment on southern Kirkuk in Iraq yesterday. Peshmerga Kurdish forces intensified their...

Dutch to end Turkey Patriot missile deployment in January 26 Aug 2014 - 02:02 am

Turkey’s President-elect Recep Tayyip Erdogan greets the press as he arrives for a cabinet meeting in Ankara yesterday. AMSTERDAM: The Netherlands will end...

Tehran vows to arm Palestinians 26 Aug 2014 - 02:00 am

An alleged Israeli drone that was shot down by Iran’s Guards above the Natanz uranium enrichment site on Sunday. Natanz is Iran’s main...

Ex-US judge appointed to UN probe panel 26 Aug 2014 - 02:00 am

GENEVA: Former New York judge Mary McGowan Davis was appointed yesterday to a UN commission probing Israel’s Gaza offensive and the actions of...