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Cyprus President meets Qatar-Cyprus Business Forum members 29 Jan 2014 - 05:25 am

The President of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades (sixth left), with Qatar-Cyprus Business Forum members. Anastasiades called on Qatari businessmen to explore investment opportunities in...

Qatari charity to build technical training centre in Maharashtra 29 Jan 2014 - 05:25 am

Officials at the MoU signing ceremony. (Below) The QR3m project DOHA: A Qatari charity has come forward to support the establishment of a...

Kahramaa reviews Q4 performance 29 Jan 2014 - 05:23 am

DOHA: Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) held corporate performance review of the fourth quarter of 2013 yesterday. The meeting was chaired...

Souq Waqif Spring Festival attracts 17,000 visitors daily 29 Jan 2014 - 05:23 am

DOHA: Up to 17,000 people, mostly families, visit the Souq Waqif daily to witness activities at the Souq Waqif Spring Festival. The opening...

Wisdom urged as one-third of couples in Arab world split over cheating 29 Jan 2014 - 05:23 am

DOHA: A woman marriage counsellor, citing that a third of marriages in the Arab world end in divorce due to cheating by spouses,...

HMC team performs laparoscopic gastric bypass adjustment surgeries 29 Jan 2014 - 05:22 am

DOHA: A team of surgeons at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) have successfully performed two laparoscopic gastric bypass adjustment surgical procedures. The highly specialised...

DFI to hold global conference on families in April 29 Jan 2014 - 05:22 am

DOHA: Doha International Family Institute (DIFI) is organising an international conference on families and their role in development, under the patronage of H...

SCH intensifies crackdown on smoking in public places 29 Jan 2014 - 05:22 am

DOHA: The Supreme Council of Health (SCH) has intensified inspections to prevent violations of the law banning smoking in public places. The SCH...

Ooredoo launches low-price calls and SMS to Bangladesh 29 Jan 2014 - 05:21 am

DOHA: Ooredoo, Qatar’s leading communications company, has unveiled a new plan yesterday, offering customers cheaper calls and SMS to Bangladesh for 20 dirhams...

GORD Institute to hold forum on Sustainable Built Environment 29 Jan 2014 - 05:21 am

Officials at a press conference. DOHA: Academic experts, architects, researchers, scientists and engineers from around the world will discuss the latest research and...

Qaradawi calls on Saudi to stop backing Egypt’s army regime 29 Jan 2014 - 05:12 am

DOHA: The prominent Qatari-based scholar Yousuf Al Qaradawi called on Saudi Arabia to stop backing Egypt’s military-dominated authorities, accusing them of using Saudi...

UN fails to break Syria talks deadlock 29 Jan 2014 - 05:09 am

Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Meqdad speaks to members of the media at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland,...

Govt to give away 7,782 plots of land 29 Jan 2014 - 05:08 am

DOHA: The government is to distribute some 7,782 plots of land in different parts of the country free to eligible citizens this year...

Car dealers’ services under CPD scrutiny 29 Jan 2014 - 05:05 am

DOHA: Tired of hearing complaints about car dealers not providing prompt after-sales service or carrying out repairs in time, the state consumer rights...

Emir with Russian ambassador 29 Jan 2014 - 02:57 am

The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with the new Russian ambassador, Mohammad Kholov, who presented his credentials yesterday. The...

Colombia prison fire kills 9, injures dozens 28 Jan 2014 - 02:36 pm

BOGOTA: A fire that broke out in a prison in northern Colombia late on Monday has killed at least nine and injured dozens...

UN seeks to break deadlock at Syria talks 28 Jan 2014 - 02:36 pm

GENEVA: Syrian peace talks resumed in Geneva Tuesday with the UN hoping to break a deadlock over transferring power to a transitional government...

KAHRAMAA holds corporate performance review meeting 28 Jan 2014 - 02:31 pm

DOHA: Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (KAHRAMAA) has on Tuesday held the Corporate Performance Review (CPR) of the 4th quarter of 2013,...