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Pharmacies face closure if they fail to renew licences by February 18: SCH 27 Jan 2014 - 03:18 am

DOHA: Pharmacies in the country face closure if they fail to renew their expired licences by February 18. In a circular issued to...

Katara Cultural Village to build fitness centre 27 Jan 2014 - 03:18 am

DOHA: Katara Cultural Village is to add a fitness centre to the latest facilities being built to diversify and enhance services available at...

Machine Learning and Data Analytics Symposium in March 27 Jan 2014 - 03:17 am

DOHA: Building upon their partnership, Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) and Boeing will co-organise a Machine Learning and Data Analytics Symposium (MLDAS) in...

Permit ‘needed for trading in ivory items’ 27 Jan 2014 - 03:17 am

DOHA: One now needs a permit to import or export ivory items and mummified crocodiles or tigers, the Ministry of Environment said yesterday....

Draft law to regulate public money being reviewed 27 Jan 2014 - 03:16 am

DOHA: A draft law to regulate public money is with the authorities concerned for study. The law includes more than 100 articles related...

Emir congratulates Yemen President 27 Jan 2014 - 03:16 am

Doha: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani sent a cable to Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, congratulating him...

Australian journalist of Al Jazeera tells of Egyptian prison ordeal 27 Jan 2014 - 03:11 am

Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste (right) and producers Baher Mohamed and Mohamed Fahmy. CAIRO: An Australian journalist who is being held in an...

Syria to let women, kids leave besieged Homs 27 Jan 2014 - 03:10 am

A man carries a bag amid debris in the besieged area of Homs, yesterday. GENEVA: The Syrian regime has agreed to allow women...

Toyota, Lexus cars being recalled 27 Jan 2014 - 03:08 am

DOHA: The Ministry of Economy and Commerce announced that the local dealer of Toyota and Lexus cars have begun recalling Lexus cars RX350/...

Emir announces new Qatar 2022 board of directors 27 Jan 2014 - 03:03 am

Doha: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani issued the Emiri Decree No 4 of 2014 yesterday. After having reviewed...

Cyprus President arrives 27 Jan 2014 - 03:00 am

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades arrived in Doha yesterday. He was welcomed at Doha International Airport by the Minister of Energy and Industry H...

Qatar ‘open to’ suggestions on judicial reforms 27 Jan 2014 - 02:55 am

Gabriela Knaul (left), UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, and Dr Elobaid Ahmed Elobaid, Head of UN Training and...

440,000 prevented from voting in Thailand 27 Jan 2014 - 12:54 am

A Thai voter (left) is strangled by an anti-government protester as he is prevented from entering a polling station, during advance voting in...

World Muslim Congregation 27 Jan 2014 - 12:53 am

Pilgrims arrive on overcrowded trains to attend the Biswa Ijtema or World Muslim Congregation in Tongi, 30km north of Dhaka, yesterday.

China jails rights activist for four years 27 Jan 2014 - 12:52 am

BEIJING: A court sentenced one of China’s most prominent rights advocates to four years in prison yesterday after he campaigned for the rights...

Manila, rebels to sign peace deal by March 27 Jan 2014 - 12:52 am

MANILA: The Philippine government and the country’s main Muslim rebel group said yesterday that they hoped to sign within weeks a final peace...

Three activists shot dead in Bangladesh 27 Jan 2014 - 12:52 am

DHAKA: Three activists from Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party were shot dead in clashes with security forces yesterday, officers said, amid allegations forces are...

Nepali Congress elects Sushil Koirala its PM candidate 27 Jan 2014 - 12:51 am

Kathmandu: The Nepali Congress, the largest party in parliament, yesterday named its president Sushil Koirala as its prime ministerial candidate, clearing a major...