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Limited liability firms can seek Al Furjan shops 11 May 2014 - 04:21 am

DOHA: Limited Liability Companies (LLCs) in which Qataris own 51 percent stake are also eligible to apply for retail space at Al Furjan...

LEBANON WAGE RAGE UCC PROTESTS BUDGET CRISIS 11 May 2014 - 01:55 am

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Chinese couples racing against time to have babies before Year of the Sheep 11 May 2014 - 12:31 am

BEIJING: Some people are born lucky. Parents in China, however, would rather not leave their kids’ fate to chance. For the past few...

Obesity levels in European countries to go up: Study 11 May 2014 - 12:31 am

London: Slim people in the streets of European countries may be a rare sight by 2030 as a study projected that rates of...

No differences within poll panel, says Sampath 11 May 2014 - 12:29 am

New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner V S Sampath yesterday denied any differences within the poll panel, including on the decision of not recalling...

Army kills two infiltrators in Kashmir 11 May 2014 - 12:29 am

Jammu: Two guerrillas were killed and an army man was injured in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, as the army yesterday foiled an...

Army kills two infiltrators in Kashmir 11 May 2014 - 12:29 am

Jammu: Two guerrillas were killed and an army man was injured in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, as the army yesterday foiled an...

Mullaperiyar: TN moves to raise dam water level 11 May 2014 - 12:29 am

Mullaperiyar (Kerala): Officials from Tamil Nadu reached the Mullaperiyar dam site yesterday morning and started preparations for raising the water level to 142...

Most wanted US fugitive held in Hyderabad 11 May 2014 - 12:29 am

Hyderabad: Amith Muddamalli Livingston, one of America’s most wanted fugitives, was arrested here, police said yesterday. Livingston was absconding since 2007 after a...

Seven hurt in Peshawar bomb blast 11 May 2014 - 12:28 am

PESHAWAR: A bomb blast injured at least seven people including a child in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar yesterday, officials said. The explosion...

US urges Pakistan to probe lawyer’s killing 11 May 2014 - 12:28 am

WASHINGTON: The United States on Friday called on Pakistan to investigate the killing of a lawyer shot dead for defending a university lecturer...

Kabul begins satellite use 11 May 2014 - 12:27 am

KABUL: Afghanistan started using its first ever satellite yesterday in a bid to boost its national broadcasting and telecommunications infrastructure as well as...

Bin Laden case lawyer steps down 11 May 2014 - 12:27 am

PESHAWAR: The lawyer of a Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA find Osama bin Laden yesterday said he was withdrawing from the case...

Pakistani Taliban chief makes last-ditch bid to assert authority 11 May 2014 - 12:27 am

PESHAWAR: The head of the Pakistani Taliban is making a last-ditch bid to stamp his authority on the increasingly divided insurgency by ordering...

37 militants killed in raids 11 May 2014 - 12:27 am

Kabul: Thirty-seven Taliban insurgents were killed, 13 others wounded and 10 arrested in joint operations carried out by Afghan forces and the International...

Divers retrieve more bodies from sunken South Korean ferry 11 May 2014 - 12:24 am

SEOUL: Divers have retrieved two more bodies from the wreck of the South Korean ferry that sank last month, as conditions on the...

‘Asean must tackle China sea claims’ 11 May 2014 - 12:23 am

MANILA: Philippine President Benigno Aquino yesterday urged fellow Southeast Asian leaders to face up to the threat posed by China’s contentious claims to...

MH370: Search heads to first ‘ping’ site 11 May 2014 - 12:23 am

HMAS STIRLING NAVAL BASE, Australia: An Australian naval vessel carrying an underwater drone involved in the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 left...