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Scoreplus Test Fest from Jan 23 16 Jan 2014 - 06:30 am

Doha: The Scoreplus Qatar is once again geared to underscore its state- of-art presence in the field of education through its “National Test...

Single air traffic management system in GCC ‘inevitable’ 16 Jan 2014 - 06:29 am

BY MOHAMMAD SHOEB DOHA: With the rapidly growing aviation industry in the GCC, a single air traffic management system in the region akin...

Cabinet approves draft law to achieve water security 16 Jan 2014 - 06:29 am

DOHA: The Cabinet yesterday approved a draft law on water that aims at achieving water security and protect the country’s precious resources from...

Another wave of cold spell likely from Sat 16 Jan 2014 - 06:28 am

DOHA: The Meteorology Department has forecast yet another wave of cold spell from Saturday evening. Scatted rains are also expected in different parts...

Ooredoo sponsors top Qatari motorcycle racers 16 Jan 2014 - 06:28 am

Doha: Ooredoo has announced a new partnership that will see it sponsor leading motorcycle racers Mashel Al Naimi and Fahid Al Sowaidi for...

Democracy 16 Jan 2014 - 06:27 am

Is Al Qaeda good or evil? 16 Jan 2014 - 06:23 am

I did my best to follow up everything written about the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). I kept an eye on...

GCC and its balance sheet of losses 16 Jan 2014 - 06:20 am

I would like to seek permission from the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council to present a brief balance sheet of the political...

Egypt vote counting begins 16 Jan 2014 - 05:07 am

Election officials counting ballots after voting on the second day of a referendum on the new constitution, at a polling station in Helopoils...

Egyptian judge’s remark on Qatar sparks fury 16 Jan 2014 - 05:06 am

DOHA: The GCC states have denounced a call by a prominent Egyptian judge made to the Egyptian army to send troops to Qatar...

Qatar pledges $60m aid to Syrian refugees, displaced 16 Jan 2014 - 05:01 am

Syria’s President Bashar Al Assad welcomes Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif before a meeting in Damascus yesterday. DOHA: Qatar yesterday pledged $60m...

Iran invites GCC experts to visit Bushehr plant 16 Jan 2014 - 05:00 am

A picture taken on October 26, 2010 shows the reactor building at the Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant TEHRAN: Iran’s nuclear chief said...

5,000 turn up for medical tests after online glitch 16 Jan 2014 - 04:59 am

Huge rush at the Medical Commission following an error in the online booking system yesterday. Abdul Basit DOHA: The Medical Comm-ission premises in...

HIA to open by mid-2014 16 Jan 2014 - 04:58 am

The new passenger terminal at Hamad International Airport. (Shaival Dalal) DOHA: The passenger terminal of Qatar’s multi-billion dollar new airport (Hamad International) is...

Al Shahaniyah to become municipality 16 Jan 2014 - 04:57 am

DOHA: The State Cabinet cleared the decks yesterday to carve out a new municipality, that of Al Shahaniyah, which is presently part of...

Fire breaks out in Musharraf’s hospital 15 Jan 2014 - 11:03 pm

Pakistani soldiers keep watch outside the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology in Rawalpindi yesterday, where a fire broke out at the hospital where...

Female police chief 15 Jan 2014 - 11:02 pm

Colonel Jamila Bayaz (left), the newly appointed head of police, inspects her base in Kabul, Afghanistan yesterday. She was appointed on Tuesday, making...

Poland to cut Afghan troop deployment by 50 percent 15 Jan 2014 - 11:01 pm

WARSAW: Poland’s defence minister said yesterday that Warsaw, a major contributor of troops for the US-led war in Afghanistan, would roughly halve its...