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Qatar Stock Exchange down 0.19pc 20 Jan 2014 - 01:40 pm

DOHA: The Qatar Exchange ended in the red area when trading closed Monday at 11,072.13 points 0.19 percent down 20.88 points from the...

Qatar to participate in 8th ISESCO Islamic Conference in Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah 20 Jan 2014 - 01:38 pm

DOHA: HE the Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage Dr. Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kuwari left here Monday morning to Saudi Arabia city...

Vietnam hands death penalty to 30 drug smugglers 20 Jan 2014 - 01:04 pm

HANOI: Vietnam on Monday sentenced 30 drug smugglers to death in the communist country's largest ever narcotics case, involving scores of defendants and...

Shell sells stakes in Australian gas project for $1.14bn 20 Jan 2014 - 12:49 pm

LONDON: Oil major Royal Dutch Shell said on Monday it had agreed to sell stakes in a gas project in Western Australia for...

Saudi Aramco cuts Feb crude supply due to field maintenance 20 Jan 2014 - 12:39 pm

KHOBAR: Saudi state oil company Saudi Aramco has informed at least two term buyers that it will supply less Arab Extra Light crude...

China reports new H7N9 death 20 Jan 2014 - 12:34 pm

BEIJING: Another H7N9 avian flu patient had died after treatment failed in south China's Guangdong Province, according to a statement from the provincial...

Saudi Aramco cuts Feb crude supply due to field maintenance 20 Jan 2014 - 11:17 am

KHOBAR: Saudi state oil company Saudi Aramco has informed at least two term buyers that it will supply less Arab Extra Light crude...

Gulf Finance House to sell 75pc in Leeds Utd, retain 10pc stake 20 Jan 2014 - 09:35 am

MANAMA: Bahrain-based investment firm Gulf Finance House (GFH) said on Monday it was offloading 75 percent of English soccer club Leeds United to...

Tokyo stocks close down 0.59pc 20 Jan 2014 - 09:33 am

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks closed 0.59 percent lower Monday as the dollar weakened against the yen, while gaming giant Nintendo plunged after warning last...

Dubai's Arabtec wins $1.55bn Jordan resort contract 20 Jan 2014 - 09:32 am

DUBAI: Dubai contractor Arabtec Holding said on Monday it had won a 5.7 billion dirham or $1.55 billion contract to build a resort...

Exchange Rates in Qatar 20 Jan 2014 - 09:14 am

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

Blast near Pakistan military HQ kills four 20 Jan 2014 - 08:47 am

RAWALPINDI: A suspected suicide bombing in a market close to Pakistan's military headquarters on Monday killed at least four people, officials said, a...

Hyundai starts work on world's biggest container ships 20 Jan 2014 - 08:46 am

SEOUL: South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries said Monday it had started construction on a Chinese order for the world's largest container ships....

Bomb blast kills 20 Pakistani soldiers 20 Jan 2014 - 08:36 am

PESHAWAR: Pakistan army helicopters fired missiles killing three militants yesterday, officials said, in apparent retaliation for a Taliban bomb attack that killed 20...

Kabul hints at Pakistani link to restaurant attack 20 Jan 2014 - 08:34 am

An Afghan man lays flowers outside the Lebanese restaurant attacked by terrorists, during an anti-terrorism demonstration in Kabul yesterday. KABUL: Afghanistan’s National Security...

Minister urges probe into wife’s death 20 Jan 2014 - 08:32 am

NEW DELHI: Indian minister Shashi Tharoor, whose wife was found dead in a luxury hotel room, called yesterday for a swift inquiry so...

Militants planning to kidnap Kejriwal: Police 20 Jan 2014 - 08:30 am

A runner and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supporter wearing a Superman costume and sporting the party’s trademark cap and symbol — the broom...

CPM must do soul-searching on failures of protests: Chandy 20 Jan 2014 - 08:29 am

Thiruvananthapuram: It’s high time the CPI-M starts introspecting on why there has been a series of failures in protests called by the party,...