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Renaissance sponsors ‘Dinner in the Sky’ zone 17 Mar 2014 - 04:34 am

DOHA: Since its opening in October 2011, the Renaissance Doha City Center Hotel has participated in the Qatar International Food Festival. This year,...

Suicide bomb kills 3 in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley 17 Mar 2014 - 04:33 am

BEIRUT: At least three people were killed and six wounded when a suicide car bomber struck a petrol station in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley...

Spain deports Madrid train bombing convict to Morocco 17 Mar 2014 - 04:33 am

MADRID: Spain yesterday deported a Moroccan man after he completed a 10-year jail sentence for obtaining the explosives used in the 2004 Madrid...

RUSSIA OBAMA COLD WAR BERLIN WALL CRIMEA 17 Mar 2014 - 04:32 am

Group: ViewsEurope Credit: PARESH Source: The Khaleej Times - Dubai, UAE Keywords: COLOR UKRAINE RUSSIA OBAMA COLD WAR BERLIN WALL CRIMEA 031314 Provider:...

Crimeans vote on union with Russia 17 Mar 2014 - 04:24 am

Motorcyclists have Russian flags attached to their bikes as they arrive on Lenin Square after voting in referendum on Lenin Square in the...

New facts emerge over missing plane 17 Mar 2014 - 04:22 am

Crew members on board a P-8A Poseidon assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 16 man their workstations while assisting in search and rescue operations...

Syria army recaptures rebel bastion Yabrud 17 Mar 2014 - 04:18 am

Syria’s Defence Minister General Fahad Jassim Al Freij (centre) visiting Yabrud town, at the Damascus countryside, yesterday. YABRUD, Syria: Syria’s army and Lebanon’s...

Woqod stops gas sale at stations 17 Mar 2014 - 04:16 am

A notice at a Woqod fuel station announcing that sale of Shafaf gas cylinders has been stopped there.(Salim Matramkot) DOHA: Woqod has stopped...

Demolition drive for New Doha Zoo soon 17 Mar 2014 - 04:15 am

An artist’s impression of New Doha Zoo, which is slated to open to the public at the end of 2017. DOHA: Demolition of...

Thousands of illicit goods seized in raids 17 Mar 2014 - 04:14 am

Interpol officials during one of the raids as part of Shaheen operation. DOHA: In a five-day-long crackdown on fake and counterfeit products in...

Labour rules 16 Mar 2014 - 08:44 am

Ukraine reports Russian ‘invasion’ 16 Mar 2014 - 06:17 am

People take part in an anti-war rally in protest against the Russian military actions in Ukraine, during a demonstration in Moscow, yesterday. The...

Comic Convention 16 Mar 2014 - 06:16 am

A visitor dressed as the Incredible Hulk collects his accreditation at the Comic Convention in east London yesterday.

US rests its case against Bin Laden’s son-in-law 16 Mar 2014 - 06:15 am

NEW YORK: Prosecutors in New York on Friday rested their case in the trial of Suleiman Abu Ghaith, a son-in-law of Osama bin...

UK minister slams concentration of privilege in govt 16 Mar 2014 - 06:14 am

LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron’s education minister on Friday condemned the concentration of privilege in the government, saying it was “ridiculous” that...

Rallies in South Africa to save king of beasts 16 Mar 2014 - 06:14 am

CAPE TOWN: Wildlife campaigners joined rallies around South Africa yesterday in an international push to protect the lion and save the king of...

Seven dead as job-seekers stampede at Abuja stadium 16 Mar 2014 - 06:13 am

ABUJA: At least seven people were killed and dozens were injured in Nigeria’s capital here yesterday after thousands of panicked job-seekers stampeded during...

Serbia gears up for snap polls 16 Mar 2014 - 06:13 am

BELGRADE: Campaigning wrapped up yesterday for snap elections in Serbia, with the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) tipped to capitalise on a wave...