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Qatari woman files case against Egyptian scribes 13 Apr 2014 - 04:34 am

DOHA: A Qatari woman has filed cases against over half a dozen Egyptian journalists in the country’s courts for attacking Qatar and its...

Food outlets urged to follow packaging standards 13 Apr 2014 - 04:34 am

Doha: Qatar General Organisation for Standards and Metrology has urged all food producers, distributors and vendors, as well as shop owners and managers,...

MH370 co-pilot made mid-flight phone call: Report 13 Apr 2014 - 03:15 am

Royal Australian Air Force loadmasters prepare to launch a Self Locating Data Marker Buoy from a C-130J Hercules aircraft in the southern Indian...

Algerians in Tunis vote 13 Apr 2014 - 03:13 am

An Algerian woman residing in Tunisia dips her finger in a bottle of ink as she registers before voting, ahead of the country’s...

London hotel attack: UAE woman ‘brain-damaged’ 13 Apr 2014 - 02:45 am

The Cumberland Hotel in central London, pictured on April 7, 2014 LONDON: An Emirati woman attacked in her London hotel in a suspected...

204-truck Qatari aid sent to Syria 13 Apr 2014 - 02:41 am

DOHA: The Sheikh Thani bin Abdullah Foundation for Humanitarian Services (RAF) jointly with the Qatar Charity sent the biggest aid convoy to Syria...

Call for multiparty system in Kuwait 13 Apr 2014 - 02:40 am

Coordinator of the Opposition Coalition and former MP, Mussallam al-Barrak speaks during a press conference about the “national political reform programme” that was...

High turnout in fifth phase of polls 13 Apr 2014 - 01:07 am

Voters queue outside a polling station to cast their ballots in Diphu, some 252km from Guwahati in Assam yesterday. Panaji/Agartala/Gangtok/Guwahati: Hundreds of thousands...

Seeking third term, Rahul files nomination in Amethi 13 Apr 2014 - 01:06 am

Congress Party Vice-President Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi are showered with flower petals by supporters as they ride on top of...

14 killed in two Maoist attacks in Chhattisgarh 13 Apr 2014 - 01:05 am

Raipur: At least 14 people, including polling officials and security personnel, were killed yesterday when their vehicles were blown up in two separate...

Gas can make Rajasthan India’s pride, says Modi 13 Apr 2014 - 01:04 am

Barmer, Rajasthan: BJP’S prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi yesterday stressed on the development of infrastructure in Rajasthan for gas and petroleum, saying their...

Left Front calm, ruling alliance hit by infighting in post-poll Kerala 13 Apr 2014 - 01:04 am

Thiruvananthapuram: The Left Front appears calm, while dissent is brewing in the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) in Kerala, just two days after...

Curbs in Srinagar over shutdown affects life 13 Apr 2014 - 01:03 am

Srinagar: The authorities imposed restrictions in some areas of Srinagar yesterday to maintain law and order in the wake of a shutdown called...

Pakistan court drops case against baby 13 Apr 2014 - 01:03 am

Nine-month-old baby Musa Khan is carried by his grandfather Muhammad Yasin as they leave after appearing in a court in Lahore yesterday. LAHORE:...

Poppy cultivation 13 Apr 2014 - 01:01 am

An Afghan farmer works in a poppy field on the outskirts of Jalalabad yesterday. The rise in opium production is expected to continue...

Four killed in Afghan landslide 13 Apr 2014 - 12:59 am

KABUL: A landslide triggered by heavy rains and a small earthquake swept through two villages in northern Afghanistan killing four people and destroying...

Counsel: Musharraf acted in discretion as army chief 13 Apr 2014 - 12:59 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf imposed a state of emergency on November 3, 2007, “in his discretion” as Chief of Army...

Amendment seeks PM’s presence in Senate 13 Apr 2014 - 12:58 am

ISLAMABAD: A proposed amendment to rules of procedure and conduct of business in the upper house of parliament is on the Senate’s agenda...