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IMF pegs Qatar's growth to 6pc in 2014 10 Mar 2014 - 03:00 pm

DOHA: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects Qatar's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth to stay around 6 percent in 2014 with a positive...

Qatar Petroleum participates in Geosciences Expo 10 Mar 2014 - 02:59 pm

DOHA: Qatar Petroleum (QP) is taking part in the 11th Middle East Geosciences Conference and Exhibition (GEO 2014), currently in progress at the...

Egypt to permit cement companies to use coal for energy 10 Mar 2014 - 02:49 pm

CAIRO: Egypt, which has been cutting back on natural gas supplies to cement factories, said on Monday it would permit cement companies to...

Oil slick off Malaysia not from missing plane: Official 10 Mar 2014 - 02:34 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: Samples taken from an oil slick off Malaysia are not from a missing jet based on results of a chemistry lab...

PM meets senior Moroccan official 10 Mar 2014 - 02:32 pm

RABAT: HE Qatari Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani met here on Monday morning with Mohamed...

Adidas and Nike battle for soccer supremacy in World Cup year 10 Mar 2014 - 02:10 pm

LONDON/BERLIN: With the soccer World Cup only three months away, Adidas and Nike are squaring up for a marketing battle to match the...

Zimbabwe to sign $400m deal for Harare roads upgrade 10 Mar 2014 - 02:08 pm

HARARE: Zimbabwe's capital Harare has agreed to sign a $400 million deal with a South African company to upgrade its dilapidated road network,...

China says expels Philippine from disputed shoal 10 Mar 2014 - 02:00 pm

BEIJING: China said on Monday that coast guard ships had driven away two Philippine vessels which had tried to approach a shoal in...

Pistorius judge bans live coverage of autopsy testimony 10 Mar 2014 - 01:43 pm

PRETORIA: A South African court blocked all live broadcasts Monday of graphic post-mortem details of Oscar Pistorius's slain girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in the...

Bahrain's GHF to start $3 bn Tunisia project 10 Mar 2014 - 01:43 pm

MANAMA: Bahrain's Gulf Finance House (GFH) will start building a $3 billion financial park and real estate development north of Tunisia's capital, a...

Child death toll in Pakistan desert community rises to 62 10 Mar 2014 - 01:28 pm

ISLAMABAD: At least 62 children have died in a district of southern Pakistan where thousands are suffering from malnutrition, officials said Monday, as...

Ousted Ukraine leader to make statement in Russia: Reports 10 Mar 2014 - 01:27 pm

MOSCOW: The ousted president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, is to speak in southern Russia on Tuesday in his first public statement in over...

11 slain in communist rebel attack in Philippines 10 Mar 2014 - 01:27 pm

DAVAO, Philippines: Nine members of the security forces and two communist insurgents were killed in a string of guerrilla attacks targeting Philippine police...

Doha Insurance to launch $120m rights issue March 17 10 Mar 2014 - 01:03 pm

DOHA: Qatar's Doha Insurance said on Monday it would offer new shares to shareholders from March 17 through March 31 as it aims...

Advisory Council holds weekly session 10 Mar 2014 - 01:02 pm

DOHA: The Advisory Council held Monday its weekly regular session under its Speaker HE Mohammad bin Mubarak Al-Khulaifi. At the outset of the...

Qatar Exchange holds first aid training workshop 10 Mar 2014 - 01:02 pm

DOHA: Qatar Exchange (QE) staff are participating in a five-day First Aid Training Workshop organised jointly with Hamad International Training Centre of the...

Japan LCD screen giant raises $3.2bn in share sale 10 Mar 2014 - 12:53 pm

TOKYO: Japan Display, the world's biggest maker of screens for smartphones and tablets and a key supplier to Apple, said Monday it had...

GSK pays $1bn to lift Indian unit stake to 75pc 10 Mar 2014 - 12:00 pm

LONDON: GlaxoSmithKline said on Monday it had paid 64 billion rupees or $1.05 billion to increase its stake in its Indian pharmaceuticals unit...