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Emir returns home from 3-nation tour 05 Apr 2014 - 05:10 am

Doha: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani returned to Doha early yesterday morning from Tunisia, concluding a three-nation tour,...

Internet firms’ moves spook Americans 05 Apr 2014 - 05:06 am

A security personnel answers a call at the reception counter of the Google office in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad in this ...

Tunisia paragon of Arab Spring: Obama 05 Apr 2014 - 05:00 am

Tunisian Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa (L) and US President Barack Obama speak before a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House...

Labourers evicted from residential areas 05 Apr 2014 - 04:49 am

DOHA: Al Rayyan Municipality has evicted labourers living in 18 houses in various places under the jurisdiction of the municipality. The latest such...

Customers complain of poor services 05 Apr 2014 - 04:46 am

BY FAZEENA SALEEM DOHA: Companies in Doha invariably promise efficient service, but customers, by and large, are dissatisfied and feel that the service...

CUSTOMER (S) CARE 05 Apr 2014 - 04:44 am

The saying, ‘Customer is king’, does not always hold true in Qatar, with customers complaining of the indifferent attitude of companies and their...

Showcasing hip hop 05 Apr 2014 - 04:34 am

by Kammutty VP The first ever Arab Hip Hop Festival, which is on at the Hilton Hotel, is showcasing performances by Arab rappers,...

Bahrainis march for democracy ahead of Race 05 Apr 2014 - 04:11 am

Protesters holding banner reading: “youth’s rights first” as they march during an anti-government protest in Budaiya west of Manama, yesterday. MANAMA: Tens of...

Rebels take northern Syrian town 05 Apr 2014 - 04:09 am

A Syrian youth walks near a vehicle in a damaged street following an airstrike by government forces on the Shaar neighbourhood of the...

Rights group calls on US to delay military aid to Egypt 05 Apr 2014 - 04:08 am

Journalists and photojournalists hold banners as they demonstrate in front of the journalist’s syndicate in Cairo yesterday against repeated attacks on members of...

Painting by Bush 05 Apr 2014 - 04:07 am

A portrait of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia, painted by former US President George...

Erdogan hints at presidential run 05 Apr 2014 - 04:06 am

ANKARA: Turkey’s Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan, emboldened by local election wins, yesterday criticised Twitter, the nation’s top court, central bank and hinted he...

Kuwait minister under US fire on Syria jihad quits 05 Apr 2014 - 04:06 am

KUWAIT CITY: A Kuwaiti minister, accused by a senior US official of promoting jihad in Syria, has resigned just days after receiving the...

Ex-Lebanon warlord to stand for president 05 Apr 2014 - 04:05 am

BEIRUT: Former Lebanon warlord Samir Geagea, a staunch opponent of Syria and the Shia movement Hezbollah, will stand for the presidency in May,...

Poll board rejects recount in Ankara 05 Apr 2014 - 04:05 am

ANKARA: Turkey’s secular opposition received a setback yesterday in a province-level ruling that rejected a vote recount in contested local elections in the...

17 dead in Iraq violence as elections loom 05 Apr 2014 - 04:04 am

BAGHDAD: Violence across Iraq killed 17 people yesterday while security forces killed another 15 militants in clashes south of Baghdad, the latest in...

US reviews Mideast peace push 05 Apr 2014 - 04:04 am

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry leaves Tel Aviv April 1, 2014. JERUSALEM: Washington said yesterday it was reviewing its push for a...

Gunmen kill four soldiers, officer in Yemen 05 Apr 2014 - 04:04 am

ADEN: Gunmen believed to be linked to Al Qaeda killed four soldiers and an officer at a checkpoint yesterday in southeastern Yemen, a...