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Bangladeshi embassy marks Martyrs’ Day 22 Feb 2014 - 02:03 am

Bangladeshi Ambassador Syed Masud Mahmood Khundoker hoisting the national flag at half mast at the embassy. Doha: The Bangladeshi embassy observed Martyrs’ Day...

Khojaly victims remembered 22 Feb 2014 - 02:02 am

Azerbaijan Ambassador Tofiq Abdullayev (inset) speaking at an event to commemorate the Khojaly genocide at the Grand Hyatt hotel on Thursday. On 26...

Neglected 22 Feb 2014 - 02:01 am

The damaged Zabadani Street in Old Airport Area. Residents say they have been facing problems, especially at night, for the past 10 days...

Japan embassy donates books to QNL 22 Feb 2014 - 02:00 am

Japanese Ambassador Shingo Tsuda (left) with Abdulla Nasser Al Ansari, Director, QNL, at the event. Doha: Japanese Ambassador Shingo Tsuda visited Abdulla Nasser...

Peru President visits Aspire Academy 22 Feb 2014 - 01:59 am

Peruvian President Ollanta Moisés Humala Tasso touring the academy. Doha: Peruvian President Ollanta Moisés Humala Tasso visited Aspire Academy, accompanied by a ministerial...

Hamad Medical City project launched in Yemen 22 Feb 2014 - 01:58 am

Doha: Yemeni Prime Minister Mohammed Basindawa and Qatari Ambassador Mohammed bin Hamad Al Hajri yesterday laid the foundation stone of Hamad Medical City...

UKRAINE RUSSIA USSR PROTERST MONUMENT COMMUNISM 22 Feb 2014 - 01:57 am

Group: ViewsEurope Credit: HAGEN Source: Verdens Gang - Oslo, Norway Keywords: UKRAINE RUSSIA USSR PROTERST MONUMENT COMMUNISM 022014 Provider: CartoonArts International / The...

Qaradawi defends remarks on Egypt 22 Feb 2014 - 01:52 am

DOHA: Noted Islamic scholar Dr Yusuf Al Qaradawi yesterday said he was ready to appear in any court for his opinions and the...

British companies win stadium contract 22 Feb 2014 - 01:46 am

An artist’s impression of the upgraded Al Rayyan Stadium. Doha: British engineering company Pascall Watson has won a contract to develop and renovate...

Wonders on wheels 22 Feb 2014 - 01:40 am

by Kammutty VP The fourth annual Qatar International Motor Show is attracting lots of visitors. It has seen participation from major international carmakers...

International media distorting facts 22 Feb 2014 - 01:39 am

By Satish Kanady DOHA: The international media has been relentlessly after Qatar since it won the right, in 2010, to host the 2022...

TARNISHING QATAR 22 Feb 2014 - 01:35 am

As the Middle East gets ready to host its first football world cup eight years down the lane, host country Qatar has come...

Opposition inks peace deal with Ukraine govt 21 Feb 2014 - 11:43 pm

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych (left) and the head of the Batkivshchyna party Arseniy Yatsenyuk (right) during the signing of the agreement in Kiev...

Ex-News of the World editor Brooks denies affair with Coulson 21 Feb 2014 - 11:42 pm

LONDON: Rebekah Brooks, the former boss of Rupert Murdoch’s British newspapers, told a London court yesterday she did have moments of physical intimacy...

Chaos at Frankfurt airport as security staff strike work 21 Feb 2014 - 11:41 pm

FRANKFURT: A strike by security staff at Frankfurt airport caused flight cancellations and delayed thousands of passengers, bringing chaos to Europe’s third largest...

Venezuela deploys paratroopers to rein in protests 21 Feb 2014 - 11:41 pm

CARACAS: The Venezuelan government ordered to a border city where growing student protests began over two weeks ago, with President Nicolas Maduro angrily...

ETA puts some arms beyond use 21 Feb 2014 - 11:30 pm

BILBAO: Armed Basque separatist group ETA has put some of its arsenal of guns and explosives beyond use, an international group monitoring the...

Eight anti-Putin protesters convicted 21 Feb 2014 - 11:30 pm

MOSCOW: A Russian judge yesterday convicted eight defendants of assaulting police during a protest against Vladimir Putin, in what activists called a “show...