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Jaidah signs Bobcat dealership deal 31 Mar 2014 - 05:06 am

Doha: Jaidah Heavy Equipment Division, a subsidiary of the long-established and influential conglomerate, Jaidah Group, has announced an exclusive dealership agreement with construction...

48 major road mishaps in February: Ministry 31 Mar 2014 - 05:05 am

DOHA: Qatar saw 48 major road accidents last month, 13 causing deaths, with 8,123 new vehicles on the road and 7,433 new driver’s...

Qatar attends ITU conference in Dubai 31 Mar 2014 - 05:05 am

Doha: The Minister of Information and Communications Technology H E Dr Hessa Al Jaber is leading a delegation to International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU)...

Emir endorses agreements 31 Mar 2014 - 05:04 am

Doha: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday issued a ratification instrument, approving a draft accord on air services...

Turkey team wins debate competition 31 Mar 2014 - 05:04 am

DOHA: The Turkish team won the international schools Arabic debating competition championship, with Yemen as runner-up. The winners and 15 top speakers were...

Two Spanish scribes freed in Syria 31 Mar 2014 - 05:03 am

Freed El Mundo Middle East correspondent Javier Espinosa (right) laughs as his son runs towards him after his arrival at Torrejon de Ardoz...

Iraq poll panel withdraws resignations 31 Mar 2014 - 05:02 am

Iraqis look at a gaping hole following a suicide bombing along the centre of Al Hauz Bridge, west of Baghdad, yesterday. BAGHDAD: The...

US mediators try to rescue peace talks 31 Mar 2014 - 05:00 am

Arab Israelis wave Palestinian flags during a rally commemorating Land Day, in the northern Arab-Israeli town of Arrabe, yesterday. The annual Land Day...

People will tell the truth: Erdogan 31 Mar 2014 - 04:59 am

Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan casts his ballot at a polling station in Istanbul yesterday. ISTANBUL: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan...

Netanyahu slams UN rights body’s censure of Israel 31 Mar 2014 - 04:59 am

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday slammed a UN rights body for a string of resolutions condemning the Jewish state despite a...

Iran plans to replace UN ambassador in New York 31 Mar 2014 - 04:58 am

UNITED NATIONS: Iranian President Hassan Rowhani has selected a new ambassador to represent Tehran at the United Nations, Hamid Abutalebi, a veteran diplomat...

Libya approves new poll law 31 Mar 2014 - 04:58 am

TRIPOLI: Libyan lawmakers approved a new election law yesterday, paving the way to call general elections later this year. Last month, the General...

More than 50 rebels, jihadists killed: NGO 31 Mar 2014 - 04:57 am

BEIRUT: More than 50 rebels and jihadists were killed in fighting in northeast Syria’s Hasakeh province as the Islamic State of Iraq and...

Ex-army colonel killed in Egypt; militant group’s leaders arrested 31 Mar 2014 - 04:57 am

CAIRO: Militants shot dead a retired Egyptian army colonel yesterday, security and medical officials said, hours after assailants killed a soldier in the...

Lebanon army vows to fight ‘terrorism’ 31 Mar 2014 - 04:57 am

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s army vowed to battle “terrorism” hours after a suicide bomber killed three soldiers at a checkpoint in the east near the...

Bahrain jails 16 Shias for life 31 Mar 2014 - 04:56 am

DUBAI: A Bahraini court yesterday jailed 16 Shias for life and two others 10 years for an attack that wounded two policemen in...

Erdogan’s party ahead in early local poll results 31 Mar 2014 - 04:54 am

Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (centre) addresses to the crowd from the balcony of Justice and Development Party headquarters in Ankara, Turkey....

Search robot 31 Mar 2014 - 04:50 am

Workers help secure a Phoenix underwater mapping robot before transportation on the dock at HMAS Stirling naval base near Perth, yesterday. The device...