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Abu Dhabi will host a special high-level meeting on May to encourage UN Climate Summit 05 Feb 2014 - 02:29 pm

NEW YORK: Abu Dhabi will host a special two-day high-level meeting from May 4 to 5 in Abu Dhabi to encourage announcements of...

Blast at Libya school wounds 6 children 05 Feb 2014 - 01:44 pm

BENGHAZI: At least six children were wounded when unknown assailants tossed a hand grenade into a school in the eastern Libyan city of...

Kyrgyz Minister of Culture meets Qatari ambassador 05 Feb 2014 - 01:42 pm

DOHA: HE Kyrgyz Minister of Culture, Information and Tourism Sultan Reif met here today with HE Qatari Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic Mohammed...

Qatar Stock Exchange up 0.77pc 05 Feb 2014 - 01:41 pm

DOHA: The Qatar Exchange in the green area on Wednesday adding 85.01 points or 0.77 percent advance to 11,134.70 points from 11,049.69 on...

Baghdad bombs, including near foreign ministry, kill seven 05 Feb 2014 - 12:34 pm

BAGHDAD: Three explosions in Baghdad, including a car bomb opposite the foreign ministry, killed at least seven people and wounded more than 20...

PM meets ITU Secretary-General 05 Feb 2014 - 11:40 am

DOHA: HE the Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani met this morning with Secretary-General of the...

Philippines' leader likens China's rulers to Hitler 05 Feb 2014 - 11:40 am

MANILA: Philippine President Benigno Aquino has compared China's efforts to claim disputed territories with those of Nazi Germany's, while urging world leaders not...

Islamic Development Bank approves over US$705m for financing new projects 05 Feb 2014 - 11:30 am

JEDDAH: The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has approved, during the 295th meeting of its Board which convened in Jeddah, US$ 705.18 million of...

End row over marines, Italy PM tells India 05 Feb 2014 - 09:42 am

BY MOHAMMAD SHOEB DOHA: The Prime Minister of Italy, Enrico Letta, on Monday warned India that the case against two Italian marines must...

Sachin, Rao conferred Bharat Ratna 05 Feb 2014 - 09:39 am

Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar (left) and eminent scientist C N R Rao receiving the ‘Bharat Ratna’ award from President Pranab Mukherjee during an...

Basant Panchami 05 Feb 2014 - 09:36 am

A 12- year-old carries bricks with his teeth during Basant Panchami (Fesival of Spring) Mela at the Sikh Shrine Gurudwara Chheharta Sahib on...

Exchange Rates in Qatar 05 Feb 2014 - 09:33 am

Exchange Rates in Qatar DOHA: Exchange Rates for foreign currencies as issued on Wednesday Qatar National Bank (QNB) are as following: Currency Buying...

World Cancer Day 05 Feb 2014 - 09:32 am

A child plays with balloons during a World Cancer Day event at the Tata Memorial hospital in Mumbai yesterday.

Cold wave in Kashmir 05 Feb 2014 - 09:31 am

A ragpicker warms her hands on an earthen oven in Srinagar yesterday. Kashmir continues to experience cold wave from previous days and the...

Encourage children: Kalam 05 Feb 2014 - 09:26 am

Jammu: The capabilities of children should be identified and encouraged so as to have a new breed of innovative thinkers, said former president...

GoM clears draft Telangana bill 05 Feb 2014 - 09:24 am

New Delhi: A Group of Ministers (GoM) yesterday cleared the draft Telangana bill which would be placed before the union cabinet even as...

Supreme Court reserves verdict on Rajiv assassins’ plea 05 Feb 2014 - 09:24 am

New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday reserved its verdict on the plea of three assassins of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi seeking commutation...

EC appoints observers for RS polls 05 Feb 2014 - 09:23 am

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India has appointed special observers for the biennial Rajya Sabha elections in Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Odisha, and...