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QRC adopts QR2.5m patient care 26 Jan 2014 - 02:58 am

Doha: Qatari Red Crescent has adopted the treatment of 250 cases at a cost of QR2.5m as part of its efforts to serve...

Hiba urges public to register as organ donors 26 Jan 2014 - 02:58 am

DOHA: Qatar Organ Donation Centre (Hiba) has once again urged the public to register to be organ donors as part of spreading awareness...

NHRC secretary-general meets UN official 26 Jan 2014 - 02:57 am

Doha: Secretary-General of the National Human Rights Committee, Maryam bint Abdullah Al Attiyah, met here yesterday with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on...

Qatar to host 13th UNCCPJ meeting 26 Jan 2014 - 02:57 am

Qatar’s delegation at the meeting in Bangkok. Doha: Qatar delegates, led by Major General Dr Abdullah Yousf Al Maal, the Legal Adviser of...

Qatar charity team visits Yemen projects 26 Jan 2014 - 02:56 am

Sana’a: Qatar’s Ambassador to Yemen Mohamed bin Hamad Al Fehaid Al Hajri along with a Qatar Charity (QC) delegation, which is currently visiting...

Special courts for medical errors planned 26 Jan 2014 - 02:51 am

DOHA: Qatar is planning to set up special courts to hear complaints about medical errors, a senior official of the Supreme Council of...

Syrian foes face each other in Geneva 26 Jan 2014 - 02:40 am

Syrian opposition chief negotiator Hadi al-Bahra (2nd R) and General Secretary of the Syrian National Council Badr Jamous (4ht R) arrive with the...

People wary of going to football stadiums, says survey 26 Jan 2014 - 02:33 am

DOHA: A large number of women in Qatar feel that football stadiums in the country are not suitable for female fans, says an...

Tahrir heaves, again 26 Jan 2014 - 02:20 am

Supporters of Egyptian army chief Abdel Fattah Al Sisi gathering to celebrate the third anniversary of the revolution that ousted president Hosni Mubarak...

Factory worker arrested over Japan food poisoning: Report 25 Jan 2014 - 01:53 pm

TOKYO: Japanese police on Saturday arrested a factory worker for allegedly poisoning frozen food with pesticides, in a case that sickened more than...

French President Hollande to separate from partner: Report 25 Jan 2014 - 01:49 pm

PARIS: French President Francois Hollande is expected to announce his separation from partner Valerie Trierweiler on Saturday following a media storm over allegations...

12 dead as violence hits China's Xinjiang 25 Jan 2014 - 01:22 pm

BEIJING: Six people died in explosions and another six were shot dead by police in China's Xinjiang, authorities said Saturday, in the latest...

Another four Egyptian embassy staff kidnapped in Libya 25 Jan 2014 - 01:22 pm

TRIPOLI: Four Egyptian embassy staff were kidnapped in Libya's capital Tripoli on Saturday, a day after another Egyptian diplomat was seized there by...

Sri Lanka looks for 30,000 army deserters 25 Jan 2014 - 01:21 pm

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's security authorities are searching for 30,000 army deserters nearly five years after ending a decades-long separatist war with Tamil Tiger...

Philippines, Muslim rebels clear last peace deal hurdle 25 Jan 2014 - 01:21 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: The Philippine government said Saturday they had cleared a last hurdle in long-running peace negotiations with Muslim rebels aimed at ending...

India's BJP set to sweep elections 25 Jan 2014 - 12:07 pm

NEW DELHI: India's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party looks set to form the next government in looming elections while the ruling Congress is...

Shelling north of Baghdad kills six 25 Jan 2014 - 11:00 am

BAQUBA: Shelling against a Shiite Muslim village in a restive area of central Iraq killed six people on Saturday, including a young boy,...

Endangered Philippine eagle killed by falling branch 25 Jan 2014 - 10:03 am

MANILA: A rare Philippine eagle, whose species is on the brink of extinction, was killed inside a conservation group's breeding centre when a...