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MERS fears prompt ER closure at Saudi hospital 08 Apr 2014 - 05:42 pm

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia: The main public hospital in the Saudi city of Jeddah has closed its emergency room after a rise in cases...

VCUQatar presents american sculptor's lecture 08 Apr 2014 - 02:44 pm

DOHA: Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar (VCUQatar), in association with the Qatar Museums Authority is presenting a lecture by an American sculptor on...

QFMA organizes blood donation campaign "You are the Life" 08 Apr 2014 - 02:42 pm

DOHA: Qatar Financial Markets Authority (QFMA), in collaboration with the Blood Donation Unit of Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), organized yesterday a blood donation...

ACTA's Chairman HE Al Attiyah meets OPEC official 08 Apr 2014 - 02:08 pm

DOHA: HE Chairman of the Administrative Control and Transparency Authority (ACTA) Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah met here Tuesday with Secretary-General of the...

Qatar announces its offshore and onshore crude prices for March 2014 08 Apr 2014 - 02:08 pm

DOHA: Qatar Petroleum (QP) has announced the official prices of Qatar onshore and offshore crude for January, 2014. It set Qatar's onshore crude...

Algeria's foreign reserves are $194bn 08 Apr 2014 - 01:41 pm

TUNIS: Algeria has $194 billion of foreign reserves, covering three years of imports, and the OPEC member will take steps if needed to...

Iraq attacks kill 12 as soldiers ambush militants 08 Apr 2014 - 01:41 pm

BAGHDAD: Attacks in Iraq left 12 people dead Tuesday while security forces said they killed 25 militants near Baghdad amid worries insurgents are...

Bomb blast on train kills 12 in SW Pakistan 08 Apr 2014 - 01:39 pm

QUETTA: A bomb blast on a train travelling in Pakistan's restive southwestern province of Baluchistan killed at least 12 people on Tuesday, officials...

Qatar Stock Exchange down 0.22pc 08 Apr 2014 - 01:37 pm

DOHA: The Qatar Exchange ended in the red area when trading closed Tuesday at 12,189.69 points or 0.22 percent down 27.06 points from...

Afghan presidential election provokes more than 3,000 complaints 08 Apr 2014 - 12:41 pm

KABUL: Afghan authorities have received more than 3,000 reports of violations from last weekend's presidential election, exceeding the tally following a 2009 vote...

QU expert contributes to study on conservation of lions 08 Apr 2014 - 12:40 pm

DOHA: A researcher from Qatar University (QU) joined an international mammalogy panel in a study to contribute in improving the understanding on the...

Thirty-two Taliban militants killed in Afghan operations 08 Apr 2014 - 12:39 pm

KABUL: At least 32 Taliban militants were killed and eight others were injured during counter-terrorism operations in Afghanistan. The Interior Ministry of Afghanistan...

Emir meets leader of Sudan's National Umma Party 08 Apr 2014 - 12:34 pm

DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met this morning at Al Bahr Palace with Sudan's National Umma Party (NUP)...

Emir, PM congratulate Malta president 08 Apr 2014 - 12:29 pm

DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani sent today a cable of congratulations to President Marie Louise Coleiro Preca on...

Two pilots killed in Pakistan military plane crash 08 Apr 2014 - 12:15 pm

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistan army aircraft crashed near the city of Gujranwala on Tuesday killing both pilots on board, the military said. The military...

Kuwait boosts oil and diesel supplies to Egypt 08 Apr 2014 - 12:14 pm

KUWAIT: Kuwait's national oil group will provide Egypt with 85,000 barrels of crude oil per day under a new contract which boosts supply...

Exchange Rates in Qatar 08 Apr 2014 - 12:11 pm

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

'Qaeda' militants kill four Yemen soldiers 08 Apr 2014 - 11:38 am

ADEN: Suspected Al-Qaeda militants in police uniforms killed four soldiers Tuesday in an attack on a special forces' checkpoint in southeastern Yemen, a...