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Waste management to be upgraded 20 Apr 2014 - 04:37 am

The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani visited the Solid Waste Management Centre in...

Sheikha Moza on 5-day Japan visit 20 Apr 2014 - 04:36 am

Doha: H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF), will commence a five-day exploratory...

Qaradawi denies reports about leaving Qatar 20 Apr 2014 - 04:32 am

DOHA: Noted Qatar-based Islamic scholar Dr Yousuf Al Qardawi has denied reports that he is moving to another country. The scholar, who has...

Two expats die of MERS in Jeddah 20 Apr 2014 - 04:32 am

JEDDAH: Two foreigners died of MERS in the Saudi city of Jeddah, the health ministry said yesterrday, as fears rise over the spreading...

Over 100 killed in South Sudan cattle raid 19 Apr 2014 - 06:50 pm

JUBA: Over 100 people have been killed in a cattle raid in South Sudan's Warrap state, a local information minister told UN radio,...

MH370 search at 'critical juncture': Malaysia 19 Apr 2014 - 06:19 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: The effort to find missing flight MH370 is at a "very critical juncture", Malaysia's transport minister said Saturday as authorities mull...

14 more Nigeria schoolgirls escape Islamists 19 Apr 2014 - 06:16 pm

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: Another 14 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram Islamists in the northeast have escaped, leaving 85 missing on Saturday after an...

Sheikha Moza, QF R&D delegation seeking research partnerships in Japan 19 Apr 2014 - 06:14 pm

DOHA: HH Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF), will commence tomorrow, Sunday a five-day...

Volkswagen aims for double-digit growth in China 19 Apr 2014 - 06:10 pm

BEIJING: German carmaker Volkswagen is targeting double digit sales growth in China this year and will launch two new hybrid cars in the...

Four French journalists freed after 10-month Syria hostage ordeal 19 Apr 2014 - 06:08 pm

PARIS: Four French journalists taken hostage in Syria last year were freed on Saturday after a 10-month ordeal in the world's most dangerous...

HMC applies new pharmacists evaluation system 19 Apr 2014 - 05:59 pm

DOHA: The Pharmacy Department at Hamad medical Corporation (HMC) has applied a new system to evaluate pharmacists in order to measure the capacity...

Ex-Apple chief plans mobile phone for India 19 Apr 2014 - 05:56 pm

NEW DELHI: Former Apple chief executive John Sculley, whose marketing skills helped bring the personal computer to desktops worldwide, says he plans to...

Car bomb kills two, wounds one in Bahrain 19 Apr 2014 - 05:51 pm

DUBAI: Two people were killed Saturday when their car exploded in a Shiite village in Bahrain, the interior ministry said, although it was...

Kiev separatists reject deal to disarm 19 Apr 2014 - 07:23 am

Pro-Russian demonstrators take part in a rally outside the regional state building seized by pro-Russian armed separatists, in the eastern Ukrainian city of...

Powerful quake rattles Mexico 19 Apr 2014 - 07:22 am

Patients are looked after by their relatives after they were evacuated from a hospital following an earthquake in Acapulco, in Guerrero state, yesterday....

Venezuela unrest 19 Apr 2014 - 07:21 am

A member of the National Police runs away from fire after anti-government protesters threw a Molotov cocktail at them during clashes in Caracas....

Eight million sign up for Obamacare 19 Apr 2014 - 07:19 am

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama told fellow Democrats to stop saying sorry for his healthcare law on Thursday, revealing that eight million people...

UK’s Labour Party hires US strategist for 2015 election 19 Apr 2014 - 07:19 am

LONDON: Britain’s Labour Party has hired David Axelrod, the US strategist who helped President Barack Obama win two presidential terms, to help with...