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China building school in disputed area 16 Jun 2014 - 08:40 am

BEIJING: China is building a school on a remote island in the South China Sea to serve the children of military personnel and...

Bangladesh reports first MERS case 16 Jun 2014 - 08:39 am

DHAKA: Bangladesh yesterday reported its first case of the deadly MERS virus after a Bangladesh-born US resident was admitted to hospital days after...

Curfew in Lanka town after communal clashes 16 Jun 2014 - 08:39 am

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan police clamped a curfew on a coastal resort yesterday after Muslims and hardline Buddhists clashed, leaving several wounded and raising...

Top US radio personality Casey Kasem dies, aged 82 16 Jun 2014 - 08:34 am

WASHINGTON: Casey Kasem, the US radio personality who counted down pop music hits on his popular weekly radio show and also lent his...

Kids gain weight more quickly during summer break: Study 16 Jun 2014 - 08:33 am

NEW YoRK: Any parent or teacher can tell you that schoolchildren tend to slip back a bit academically over the long summer break....

China sentences three to death for Tiananmen attack 16 Jun 2014 - 08:15 am

BEIJING: Three people were sentenced to death Monday over a deadly suicide car crash in Beijing's symbolic heart Tiananmen Square, state-run media said,...

Islamist gunmen kill at least 26 in Kenya attack 16 Jun 2014 - 08:12 am

MOMBASA: At least 26 people were killed when some 50 insurgents flying black Islamist flags swept into a Kenyan coastal town firing guns...

PM receives South Korean FM 16 Jun 2014 - 05:13 am

The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday met South Korean Foreign Minister Ri-Su-yong...

Plan to set up centre for personalised medicine 16 Jun 2014 - 05:12 am

Dr Ibrahim Janahi, Executive Director of Research, HMC, and Dr Geoffrey Ginsburg, Director, Genomic Medicine, Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, and...

Creation Generation Project expo opens 16 Jun 2014 - 05:11 am

Visitors view one of the artworks. DOHA: Qatar Museums (QM) opened yesterday the touring Creation Generation Project exhibition, an initiative inspired by the...

Travel-related illnesses highlighted 16 Jun 2014 - 05:11 am

Dr A Baxarawi, Assistant Consultant, Al Ahli Hospital, addressing the symposium yesterday. Abdul Basit DOHA: Travellers to any destination face the risk of...

Bangla embassy opens extension 16 Jun 2014 - 05:10 am

Bangladeshi Ambassador Syed Masud Mahmood Khundoker with officials at the event. DOHA: The Bangladeshi embassy recently opened a new extension to the existing...

QA welcomes 50 new intern students 16 Jun 2014 - 05:09 am

Officials with interns. Doha: Qatar Airways’ (QA)Nationalisation Department welcomed 50 new undergraduates into its internship programme for the 2014 summer session, the carrier...

Concept of proposed farmers’ association not clear: Businessman 16 Jun 2014 - 05:08 am

DOHA: The Ministry of Economy and Commerce has not been able to properly convey the concept of the proposed farmers’ association to prospective...

Experts validate manuscripts, calligraphy collections 16 Jun 2014 - 05:07 am

DOHA: Top international Islamic manuscript scholars recently validated Sheikh Faisal Museum’s extensive and valuable manuscript and calligraphy collections. Among these experts were Dr...

Library to launch The Blue Jackal 16 Jun 2014 - 05:07 am

DOHA: Qatar national Library (QNL) in collaboration with Occidental Petroleum of Qatar (Oxy Qatar) will launch The Blue Jackal children’s book on June...

Call to promote talent and expertise of Qatari workforce 16 Jun 2014 - 05:06 am

DOHA: Qatari workforce playing critical role in the country’s rapid growth and development, and more needs to be done to promote local talents...

Second Sudoku contest 16 Jun 2014 - 05:05 am

Khalid Al Sayed, Editor-in-Chief, The Peninsula (second row, third from right) and Khaled Al Jaber, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Al Sharq (second row, second from...