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Vodafone Falla plan for youth 27 Mar 2014 - 05:56 am

DOHA: Vodafone Qatar yesterday launched Vodafone Falla, the country’s first telecom plan for the youth, with great mobile deals, exciting activities and direct...

British Food Festival opens at Lulu outlets 27 Mar 2014 - 05:56 am

Doha: Lulu Hypermarket, Al Gharrafa, is organising British Food Festival from today. It is being hosted by Lulu Hypermarket Group in association with...

Fundraiser for cat rescue 27 Mar 2014 - 05:56 am

Doha: The Cat Assistance Team (CAT) is organising Shake-a-tail fundraiser, its largest so far, on March 28 at Ritz Carlton Spa from 11am...

Sidra attends WHO meet 27 Mar 2014 - 05:55 am

DOHA: Sidra took part in the first global experts’ consultation on the development of World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Leaders’ Guide on Patient Safety...

Empower Youth forum opens today 27 Mar 2014 - 05:55 am

DOHA: The sixth Empower Youth Conference by Reach Out To Asia (Rota) opens today at Qatar Foundation Student Centre. Up to 450 youth...

QRC to hold disaster control camp 27 Mar 2014 - 05:55 am

Doha: Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) is to hold its fifth Disaster Management Camp (DMC-5) from April 1 to 10 at Al Khor Marine...

SECURITY TWITTER WINDOW YOUTUBE FACEBOOK CENSORSHIP SOCIAL 27 Mar 2014 - 05:53 am

Group: Comment & Caricature Crژdito: GUREL Fuente: Oncevatan - Istanbul, Turkey Keywords: COLOR INTERNET SECURITY TWITTER WINDOW YOUTUBE FACEBOOK CENSORSHIP SOCIAL NETWORKS 032514...

Need for wisdom in Gulf crisis 27 Mar 2014 - 05:43 am

The three Gulf countries that recalled their ambassadors from Qatar for a range of reasons they announced in a joint statement have so...

Has Al Sisi sabotaged the GCC? 27 Mar 2014 - 05:38 am

I once met an American diplomat and asked him whether the United States was ready to put pressure on Arab governments so that...

New planet found in solar system 27 Mar 2014 - 05:30 am

The orbits of Sedna (orange) and dwarf planet 2013 VP113 (red). Also shown are the orbits of the giant planets (purple). The Kuiper...

Sisi sheds uniform, to run for president 27 Mar 2014 - 05:28 am

Caption CAIRO: Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, the Egyptian general who ousted his country’s first freely-elected leader, declared his candidacy yesterday for a presidential...

Arabs call for Syria political solution 27 Mar 2014 - 05:14 am

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs H E Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud with Palestinian President...

Rains flood low-lying areas of Doha 27 Mar 2014 - 05:13 am

Vehicles caught in a flooded underpass on Salwa Road after heavy rains in Doha yesterday. DOHA: Heavy rains disrupted life in the city...

Nakheel targets 15pc rise in annual profit in 2014 26 Mar 2014 - 02:59 pm

DUBAI: Dubai property developer Nakheel is a targeting a 15 percent increase in annual profit in 2014 as it launches new projects and...

11 Taliban militants killed, 12 others detained in Afghan operations 26 Mar 2014 - 02:59 pm

KABUL: At least 11 Taliban militants were killed during military operations by Afghan national security forces in various provinces of Afghanistan during the...

Turkish court orders lifting of Twitter ban 26 Mar 2014 - 02:33 pm

ISTANBUL: A Turkish court Wednesday ordered the lifting of last week's Twitter ban imposed after audio recordings implicating Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan...

Emir, PM congratulate Salvador Sanchez Ceren 26 Mar 2014 - 02:27 pm

DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on Wednesday sent a cable of congratulations to Salvador Sanchez Ceren for winning...

Qatar Stock Exchange up 0.19pc 26 Mar 2014 - 01:33 pm

DOHA: Qatar Exchange pursued its upswing trend on Wednesday adding 21.93 points or 0.19 percent to advance to 11,331.46 points from 11,309.53 on...