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Defense minister meets French envoy 16 Apr 2014 - 01:20 pm

DOHA: HE the Minister of State for Defense Affairs Major General Hamad bin Ali Al-Attiyah met today with French Ambassador to Qatar Jean-Christophe...

Etihad and Fiji Airways sign 71-City sales pact 16 Apr 2014 - 01:19 pm

ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates' (UAE) national airline Etihad Airways and Fiji Airways Wednesday announced a new interline agreement on reciprocal sales...

PM meets ICPO official 16 Apr 2014 - 01:17 pm

DOHA: HE the Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani met here on Wednesday with the Secretary...

Gaza blast kills 3 Palestinians, wounds 5 16 Apr 2014 - 01:03 pm

GAZA CITY: An explosion in the Gaza Strip killed three Palestinians and wounded five on Wednesday, a medical official said, but the reason...

Sidra's senior physician wins fellowship award 16 Apr 2014 - 01:02 pm

DOHA: The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (MSCAI) has selected a physician from Sidra Medical and Research Center as recipient of its...

Gunmen kill 9 in western Ethiopia bus attack 16 Apr 2014 - 12:03 pm

ADDIS ABABA: Gunmen ambushed a bus carrying dozens of people in western Ethiopia near the Sudanese border, killing nine and wounding six others,...

Emir, PM send condolence cable to Emir of Kuwait 16 Apr 2014 - 11:27 am

DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani sent today a cable of condolences to the Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah...

Thousands of workers strike at China shoe factory 16 Apr 2014 - 10:42 am

BEIJING: Tens of thousands of workers were on strike Wednesday at a factory in southern China which makes shoes for Nike and Adidas,...

Tokyo's Nikkei stock index closes 3.01pc higher 16 Apr 2014 - 09:30 am

TOKYO: Tokyo's Nikkei stock index jumped 3.01 percent Wednesday as bargain-buying and a weaker yen lifted the Japanese market, following a rise on...

Exchange Rates in Qatar 16 Apr 2014 - 08:50 am

Exchange Rates in Qatar DOHA: Exchange Rates for foreign currencies as issued on Wednesday by Qatar National Bank (QNB) are as following: Currency...

Remittance 'super tax' costs Africa $1.8bn a year: Report 16 Apr 2014 - 08:42 am

LONDON: Africans are losing $1.8 billion or 1.3 billion euros a year due to high fees levied on funds sent from abroad by...

One dead as S. Korea ferry with 450 passengers sinks 16 Apr 2014 - 08:41 am

SEOUL: South Korea's coastguard said Wednesday one person had been killed as it struggled to rescue 476 people. Mostly high school students aboard...

Philippines says peace pact should hold despite clashes 16 Apr 2014 - 08:40 am

MANILA: The Philippines said Wednesday it was confident a peace deal with the country's largest Muslim rebel group would hold despite fresh clashes...

Ukraine recaptures military airfield 16 Apr 2014 - 08:34 am

Pro-Russia protesters rough up a Ukrainian General, Genady Krutov (centre-right), in front of a Ukrainian air base in Kramatorsk, in eastern Ukraine, yesterday....

Cross-examination of Pistorius ends 16 Apr 2014 - 08:33 am

South African Olympic and Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius is seen during his trial at the high court in Pretoria, South Africa. PRETORIA: Oscar...

South Africa gears up for polls 16 Apr 2014 - 08:32 am

Unemployed South African men look at an election campaign poster for opposition party Inkatha Freedom Party in Cape Town yesterday. South Africa is...

Nigeria rebels abduct 100 schoolgirls 16 Apr 2014 - 08:31 am

ABUJA/MAIDUGURI: Suspected Islamist insurgents abducted more than 100 female students in a night raid on a government secondary school in Nigeria’s northeast Borno...

Berlusconi ordered to do community service 16 Apr 2014 - 08:29 am

MILAN: A court yesterday ordered former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to serve a tax fraud sentence by doing community service with the elderly,...