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Asylum seekers protest 16 Jan 2014 - 07:03 am

African asylum seekers participate in a protest in Tel Aviv yesterday. Several hundred women and children marched to the offices of UN’s refugee...

Syria aid pledges less than half of target 16 Jan 2014 - 07:02 am

Syria’s President Bashar Al Assad welcomes Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif before a meeting in Damascus yesterday. KUWAIT CITY: Donors meeting in...

Egypt closes two-day vote on referendum 16 Jan 2014 - 07:01 am

Egyptian soldiers carry an elderly man as he leaves after casting his ballot on the second day of vote on the new constitution...

Iraq attacks kill 75; PM seeks world support 16 Jan 2014 - 07:00 am

BAGHDAD: A wave of attacks in Iraq, including car bombs in Baghdad, killed 75 people yesterday as militants took more territory from security...

Berlin sees no political motive in shooting envoys 16 Jan 2014 - 07:00 am

BERLIN: The German government yesterday said it had no reason to believe an attack by gunmen on two German diplomats in Saudi Arabia...

Benghazi attacks were preventable: US Senate report 16 Jan 2014 - 06:59 am

WASHINGTON: The US government could have prevented deadly attacks on its mission in the Libyan city of Benghazi by fixing “known security shortfalls,”...

Tell the truth about plot, Erdogan asks his envoys 16 Jan 2014 - 06:58 am

ANKARA: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan ordered his ambassadors yesterday to confront allies with the “truth” that a graft investigation shaking Ankara...

HMC Paediatrics Residency Programme accredited 16 Jan 2014 - 06:51 am

From left: Dr Hilal Al Rifai, Director of NICU and Medical Director of Women’s Hospital, HMC, Dr Marcellina Mian, Professor of Paediatrics and...

National Geographic photo expo opens at Katara 16 Jan 2014 - 06:49 am

The Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage, H E Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kuwari, (foreground) with Ahmed Yousef Al Khulaifi (fourth left),...

Qatari wins Hirst challenge 16 Jan 2014 - 06:48 am

Hana Al Saadi’s ‘Snail Print Factory’ is an installation art that explores three important stages of the natural lifecycle: Eating, mating and reproduction. ...

Ninth batch of 83 graduates from military college 16 Jan 2014 - 06:46 am

The Minister of State for Defence Affairs H E Maj. Gen. Hamad bin Ali Al Attiyah presents certificate to one of the graduates...

QF begins ‘Plant a Tree for Life’ campaign 16 Jan 2014 - 06:35 am

A tree planted at the Students dormitory. DOHA: Qatar Foundation yesterday launched an environment-friendly campaign ‘Plant a Tree for Life’ in the Education...

QU high school activity to focus on health sciences 16 Jan 2014 - 06:34 am

The Science Education and Human Health Activity will engage 15 students from five Independent high schools. DOHA: A high school activity to be...

Minister opens renovated Sarajevo Library 16 Jan 2014 - 06:33 am

The Minister of Endowments and Islamic Affairs H E Dr Ghaith bin Mubarak Al Kuwari tours the library after inauguration of the building....

Shuttle bus for West Bay begins 16 Jan 2014 - 06:32 am

Engineer Mohamed Ahmed Al Sayyed (sixth left), Director of Doha Municipality, with other officials during the launch of the West Bay Bus Service,...

Five designs selected for Katara Hills project 16 Jan 2014 - 06:31 am

DOHA: Villas as part of the Katara Hills project will be built based on designs by students from universities around the world. Katara...

QF’s Migrant Workers Welfare Initiative highlighted at seminar 16 Jan 2014 - 06:30 am

DOHA: Qatar Foundation’s Migrant Workers Welfare Initiative in Doha was promoted at a recent seminar for the Institution of Civil Engineers. The event...

GOIC to hold training workshop 16 Jan 2014 - 06:30 am

DOHA: Aiming at supporting policymakers to develop correct policies for boosting sustainable economic growth and development in Qatar, Gulf Organisation for Industrial Consulting...