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Italy PM defies call to go after meeting rival 13 Feb 2014 - 08:01 am

ROME: Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta defied pressure to resign yesterday to let centre-left leader Matteo Renzi form a government, saying anyone who...

Russian environmentalist jailed 13 Feb 2014 - 08:01 am

KRASNODAR: A leading Russian activist who campaigned against environmental damage caused by preparations for the Winter Olympics in Sochi was sentenced to three...

Storm slams into US southeast 13 Feb 2014 - 08:00 am

ATLANTA: A deadly winter storm brought heavy snow, freezing rain and a possibly historic accumulation of ice to the southeastern United States yesterday,...

Mass grave found in C African Republic 13 Feb 2014 - 08:00 am

BANGUI: The UN food agency yesterday launched one of its largest-ever emergency food airlifts, flying in supplies to the Central African Republic, and...

French billionaire faces graft charges 13 Feb 2014 - 07:59 am

PARIS: The French Senate yesterday lifted Serge Dassault’s immunity from prosecution in a move that clears the way for the billionaire industrialist and...

Nigeria’s Boko Haram kill 51 13 Feb 2014 - 07:59 am

MAIDUGURI: Gunmen from Islamist sect Boko Haram killed 51 people in an attack on a town in northeast Nigeria, witnesses said yesterday, in...

Boston bomber: Trial to start in November 13 Feb 2014 - 07:59 am

BOSTON: The accused Boston Marathon bomber will face trial in November, a US judge said yesterday, denying a request by Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s attorneys...

Celebrations 13 Feb 2014 - 07:57 am

A Saudi jockey celebrates after winning a camel race during the opening ceremony of the 29th Janadriyah festival of Heritage and Culture held...

Israel bars patients over ‘Palestine’ letterhead 13 Feb 2014 - 07:56 am

GAZA: Israel has denied entry permits to some 50 Palestinian medical patients from the Gaza Strip because the words “State of Palestine” appears...

Cluster bombs used in South Sudan: UN chief 13 Feb 2014 - 07:56 am

UNITED NATIONS: UN leader Ban Ki-moon condemned yesterday what he said was the use of cluster bombs in the war in South Sudan....

Israel to build tower block in annexed East Jerusalem 13 Feb 2014 - 07:55 am

JERUSALEM: Jerusalem’s planning committee moved forward yesterday with plans to build a nine-storey Jewish seminary in the heart of a densely-populated Palestinian neighbourhood...

Egypt court overturns policeman’s conviction 13 Feb 2014 - 07:55 am

CAIRO: An Egyptian court overturned yesterday conviction of a policeman accused of killing protesters in Cairo during the 2011 uprising against Hosni Mubarak,...

Al Sisi heads to Moscow 13 Feb 2014 - 07:55 am

CAIRO: Army chief Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, who is likely to become Egypt’s next president, headed to Russia accompanied by Foreign Minister Nabil...

217 evacuated from Homs 13 Feb 2014 - 07:54 am

DAMASCUS: More than 200 civilians were evacuated yesterday from besieged rebel-held districts in the heart of Syria’s third largest city Homs, governor Talal...

Maliki pledges police jobs for fighters 13 Feb 2014 - 07:54 am

BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki promised police jobs for pro-government fighters in Anbar province yesterday, as the deputy premier said they...

Mickey’s music fest opens 13 Feb 2014 - 07:37 am

Disney stars greet fans at the opening of the festival yesterday. DOHA: The ‘Disney Live! presents Mickey’s Music Festival’ opened to a roaring...

New projects for Jerusalem 13 Feb 2014 - 07:36 am

Officials at the ceremony at Palestinian Red Crescent Society. DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) has announced implementation of three new medical projects in...

Fun with fitness for corporate sector 13 Feb 2014 - 07:35 am

Several companies marked National Sport Day with activities for their staff and their families. Qatar Fuel Additives Company Limited (QAFAC) held sport activities...