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Royal dance 20 Feb 2014 - 04:38 am

Britain’s Prince Charles, dressed in traditional Saudi attire, performing the Ardah sword dance with members of Saudi royal family at the annual Al...

Military service for women under study 20 Feb 2014 - 04:37 am

DOHA: A study is under way on including Qatari women in the country’s military service programme, a senior armed forces official said yesterday,...

Cuba releases Hemingway trove to US 20 Feb 2014 - 01:43 am

HAVANA: Cuba has released to US researchers copies of more than 2,000 documents related to Ernest Hemingway, media reported in Havana, the American...

MONSANTO GMO FOOD TANK CORN HEALTH 20 Feb 2014 - 12:43 am

Group: BusinessViews Credit: AMMER Source: Wiener Zeitung - Vienna, Austria Keywords: COLOR MONSANTO GMO FOOD TANK CORN HEALTH 021814 Provider: CartoonArts International /...

Obama to sign order seeking to speed up export approvals 19 Feb 2014 - 02:43 pm

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama will sign an executive order on Wednesday that will attempt to speed from days to minutes how quickly small...

Al Attiyah meets Secretary General of Gas Exporting Countries Forum 19 Feb 2014 - 02:42 pm

DOHA: HE Chairman of the Administrative Control and Transparency Authority Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah met here Wednesday with Secretary General of Gas...

Minister of Culture meets UNCTAD Secretary General 19 Feb 2014 - 02:36 pm

DOHA: HE Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage, Dr. Hamad Bin Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari who is also Chairman of the 13th session of the...

Bangladesh PM, Qatar ambassador review ties 19 Feb 2014 - 02:35 pm

DHAKA: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday met with HE Qatar's Ambassador to Dhaka Abdullah Abdulaziz Mohamed Al Mana. During the meeting,...

Qatar Stock Exchange up 1.13pc 19 Feb 2014 - 02:34 pm

DOHA: The Qatar Exchange in the green area on Wednesday adding 132.29 points or 1.13 percent advance to 11,822.78 points from 11,690.49 on...

Philippine leader defends controversial 'cyber libel' law 19 Feb 2014 - 12:53 pm

MANILA: Philippine President Benigno Aquino on Wednesday defended a controversial cybercrime law penalising online libel, a day after the top court upheld its...

Ten kilogram bomb defused in Karachi 19 Feb 2014 - 12:53 pm

ISLAMABAD: A bomb attack was foiled in Karachi in southern Pakistan on Wednesday. Pakistani Bomb disposal squad (BDS) said they received information about...

StanChart Singapore head to join Bahrain-based Arab Banking Corp 19 Feb 2014 - 12:42 pm

SINGAPORE: Ray Ferguson, current chief executive officer of Standard Chartered's Singapore office, is to join Arab Banking Corporation (ABC), the Bahrain-based lender said...

Foreign minister meets Argentinian counterpart 19 Feb 2014 - 12:40 pm

DOHA: HE Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Khalid bin Mohammed Al Attiyah has met with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of...

Jeddah’s 1,000+ metre Kingdom Tower to consume half a million cubic metres of concrete, 80,000 tons of steel 19 Feb 2014 - 11:56 am

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia- February 19, 2014: Advanced Construction Technology Services (ACTS), a consulting organisation in the field of construction materials and geotechnical engineering,...

Britain reaches Eurofighter price deal with Saudi 19 Feb 2014 - 11:52 am

LONDON: Britain has reached an agreement over the rising cost of providing Saudi Arabia with Typhoon Eurofighter jets, British defence company BAE Systems...

Forty-nine killed in car bomb wave in Iraq 19 Feb 2014 - 11:52 am

BAGHDAD: At least 49 people have been killed in a wave of car bombs in the Iraqi cities of Baghdad and Hilla, officials...

Large cache of smuggled exotic animals seized in Philippines 19 Feb 2014 - 11:52 am

MANILA: Wildlife officers said Wednesday they had seized almost 100 exotic animals and birds, including cockatoos, echidnas and wallabies, that had been smuggled...

Vodafone details share proceeds from Verizon deal 19 Feb 2014 - 11:24 am

LONDON: Vodafone said on Wednesday shareholders would receive 0.026 shares in Verizon Communications for each Vodafone share they own as part of their...