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Israeli killed in West Bank shooting 15 Apr 2014 - 06:16 am

JERUSALEM: An Israeli was killed and two others wounded in a shooting near the southern West Bank city of Hebron yesterday, the army...

Tehran asks UN chief to intervene in envoy row 15 Apr 2014 - 06:15 am

TEHRAN: Iran yesterdayurged United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to intervene directly in a row sparked by America’s refusal to give Tehran’s chosen...

Twitter executives meet Turkish officials amid row 15 Apr 2014 - 06:14 am

ANKARA: Twitter executives met Turkish government officials for talks yesterday amid accusations of tax evasion by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and a...

Militants close Euphrates River dam as Iraq violence kills 15 15 Apr 2014 - 06:13 am

BAGHDAD: Militants have closed all gates of a Euphrates River dam they control in Iraq, blocking a major water source, a minister said...

Bahrain court jails 11 Shias over attack 15 Apr 2014 - 06:12 am

DUBAI: A Bahraini court yesterday sentenced 11 Shia demonstrators to five years in jail each for attacking police with iron rods and petrol...

Public urged to register for QNL online contents 15 Apr 2014 - 05:10 am

Saadi A Al Said, (left) QNL Associate Director, Administration and Planning, and Dr Claudia Lux, QNL Project Director, during a media preview of...

Emir receives message from Iran 15 Apr 2014 - 05:09 am

The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani received yesterday a written message from Iranian President Dr Hassan Rowhani containing an...

Labour Minister meets ILO official 15 Apr 2014 - 05:08 am

The Minister of Labour and Social Affairs H E Abdullah Saleh Mubarak Al Khulaifi met the Deputy Director General of the International Labour...

UN official calls for implementation of Workers’ Welfare Standards 15 Apr 2014 - 05:07 am

A piece of action from Workers Cup football match. DOHA: The Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on Sport for Development and Peace,...

100 apply for engineering programmes at QU 15 Apr 2014 - 05:07 am

DOHA: More than 100 applications have already been received for Qatar University’s PhD and Masters engineering programmes, according to College of Engineering (CENG)...

MIA meet to discuss old Quran copy conservation 15 Apr 2014 - 05:06 am

Amelie Couvrat-Desvergnes explains the process of conserving a century-old copy of the Holy Quran, at the MIA conservation lab yesterday. DOHA: The Museum...

Parking areas of shopping centres come under surveillance cameras 15 Apr 2014 - 05:05 am

A technician installing a surveillance camera at the parking area of one of the shopping malls yesterday. (Salim Matramkot) By Fazeena Saleem DOHA:...

VCUQ ties up with Msheireb Properties for Strange Wonders exhibition 15 Apr 2014 - 05:04 am

Officials of Msheireb Properties and Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar during the event. DOHA: Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar (VCUQ) is presenting the...

QA to fly non-stop to Bali 15 Apr 2014 - 05:03 am

A view of Qatar Airways’ A320 Business Class. Doha: Qatar Airways yesterday announced that it will operate a new daily non-stop route from...

Emir receives message from Greek president 15 Apr 2014 - 05:02 am

Doha: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has received a written message from President Karolos Papoulias of Greece containing...

Private sector must engage with academic institution: Research 15 Apr 2014 - 05:01 am

DOHA: Qatar’s private sector really needs to understand the aspirations and motivations of young Qataris in order to attract them to that sector....

Speaker meets Mauritanian ambassador 15 Apr 2014 - 05:01 am

Doha: The Speaker of the Advisory Council H E Mohammad bin Mubarak Al Khulaifi met yesterday Mauritanian Ambassador to Qatar Sheikh Sayed Ahmed...

Al Khor consumers complain of high fish prices 15 Apr 2014 - 05:00 am

DOHA: Consumers and local residents of Al Khor city are complaining against sharp increase in prices of fish in absence of effective monitoring...