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Adequate ‘mutton to meet demand’ 29 Jul 2014 - 02:16 am

DOHA: Qatar has adequate mutton supplies to meet demand of the local market during Eid. Abdur Rahman Sari Al Kaabi from Widam said...

Emir exchanges Eid greetings with leaders 29 Jul 2014 - 02:09 am

Doha: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in telephone calls yesterday exchanged Eid greetings with the Saudi Deputy Crown...

Lagos hospital shut down over Ebola 29 Jul 2014 - 01:56 am

Former French first lady Valerie Trierweiler shows her T-shirt reading “Bring back our girls, secure walking school” during the inauguration of the temporary...

Mangled ship 29 Jul 2014 - 01:55 am

Italian cruise liner Costa Concordia sits in a dock inside Voltri Port in Genoa, Italy, yesterday. The Costa Concordia’s dismantling operations are predicted...

Suicide attacks in Nigerian city mar Eid 29 Jul 2014 - 01:54 am

KATSINA, Nigeria: Two blasts by female suicide bombers killed three people and injured 13 in Nigeria’s Kano city yesterday, bringing the number of...

Air Algerie pilots had asked to turn back: France 29 Jul 2014 - 01:53 am

PARIS: France said yesterday the pilots of the Air Algerie passenger plane that crashed in Mali, killing all 118 people on board, had...

EU set to slap more sanctions on Russia 29 Jul 2014 - 01:53 am

BRUSSELS: The EU agreed yesterday to impose asset freezes and travel bans on business figures and entities closely associated with Russian President Vladimir...

Strike ends as South Africa workers agree on wage deal 29 Jul 2014 - 01:53 am

JOHANNESBURG: South African striking engineering and metals workers have accepted a three-year wage offer to end the country’s largest-ever labour stoppage, their union...

National Medal of Arts 29 Jul 2014 - 01:52 am

US President Barack Obama presents the National Medal of Arts to Effrey Katzenberg, director and CEO of DreamWorks, during a ceremony in the...

Venezuelan ex-spy chief released 29 Jul 2014 - 01:50 am

CARACAS: Aruba yesterday freed a Venezuelan ex-military intelligence chief wanted in the United States on drug trafficking charges, stating that he had diplomatic...

Millions fled homes in 2013 due to religious beliefs: US 29 Jul 2014 - 01:50 am

A woman, who fled from the violence in Mosul, walks with her child inside the Khazer refugee camp on the outskirts of the...

Court flips same-sex marriage ban 29 Jul 2014 - 01:48 am

WASHINGTON: A federal appeals court yesterday struck down Virginia’s ban on same-sex marriage, in a landmark victory for the gay rights movement in...

Mexico official questions Texas border troop plan 29 Jul 2014 - 01:48 am

MEXICO CITY: Mexico’s foreign minister and the visiting governor of California questioned yesterday plans by Texas to deploy troops to stem the flow...

Santander stirs Brazil election storm with credit note 29 Jul 2014 - 01:48 am

SAO PAULO: Spain’s Banco Santander SA finds itself in an unwanted spotlight in Brazil after its local subsidiary irked the government by circulating...

Downing of MH17 may be a ‘war crime’ 29 Jul 2014 - 01:23 am

Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans speaking to journalists after talks, together with his Australian counterpart Julie Bishop, with authorities in Kiev about access...

Eid rush 29 Jul 2014 - 01:21 am

Bangladeshis boarding a train at a railway station to go to their villages to be with families ahead of Eid Al Fitr, in...

Protest over Gaza 29 Jul 2014 - 01:20 am

Demonstrators shout slogans and display placards during a pro-Palestinian rally outside American Institute in Taiwan, the de facto US embassy in Taipei, yesterday.

Asylum-seekers kept at sea to seek payout 29 Jul 2014 - 01:19 am

SYDNEY: A group of 157 asylum-seekers held for weeks on the high seas on an Australian customs vessel will seek compensation for their...