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QU research successes 13 Jan 2014 - 05:01 am

DOHA: Qatar University (QU) yesterday announced details of its research agenda and accomplishments in research on several issues. Interdisciplinary projects centred on four...

Ooredoo reaches 100,000 fibre customer milestone 13 Jan 2014 - 05:00 am

DOHA: Ooredoo yesterday announced that it had reached the milestone of providing broadband fibre to more than 100,000 customers in Qatar, putting the...

Qatar Photographic Society to hold ‘Simply Beautiful’ exhibition 13 Jan 2014 - 05:00 am

Doha: Qatar Photographic Society will organise the National Geographic exhibition ‘Simply Beautiful’ in cooperation with Katara Cultural Village on Wednesday. It will open...

Kahramaa unveils first phase to upgrade distribution substations at Souq Waqif 13 Jan 2014 - 05:00 am

Doha: Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation (Kahramaa) recently launched the first phase of the redesign and replacement of some works at its...

Crackdown on begging 13 Jan 2014 - 04:59 am

DOHA: The Rescue Police, Al Fazaa, has begun a crackdown on begging in public places to end the illegal practice. “Al Fazaa patrols...

Masraf Al Rayan backs QRC programmes 13 Jan 2014 - 04:59 am

DOHA: Masraf Al Rayan, one of the leading banks in Qatar, has contributed to Qatar Red Crescent projects for 2014, keeping the bank’s...

QFB to launch ‘B Active’ corporate wellness programme for staff 13 Jan 2014 - 04:58 am

DOHA: Qatar First Bank (QFB), the country’s first independent Shariah-compliant bank, will introduce the ‘B Active’ Challenge as part of its annual Corporate...

Egyptians set to vote on army-backed charter 13 Jan 2014 - 04:58 am

Egyptians buy copies of the new draft constitution, in Cairo yesterday. CAIRO: Egyptians vote this week for the first time since Mohamed Mursi’s...

10,000 flee to Sudan from South Sudan fighting: UN 13 Jan 2014 - 04:57 am

Soldiers sit at the back of a pick-up truck in the market in Malakal, Upper Nile state, yesterday. Malakal, the main town, was...

Six soldiers killed in Yemen 13 Jan 2014 - 04:56 am

Smoke billows from a military truck set on fire during an attack by gunmen on a military post in Al Shihr city of...

Libyan deputy industry minister shot dead 13 Jan 2014 - 04:55 am

Hassan Al Droui TRIPOLI: Assailants gunned down a Libyan deputy minister overnight, officials said yesterday, in the first killing of a government member...

Israel’s media salute controversial Sharon 13 Jan 2014 - 04:53 am

Tel Aviv: Israeli media yesterday lavished praise on former prime minister Ariel Sharon, who died the previous day in hospital after eight years...

Priority is to protect civilians, says Maliki 13 Jan 2014 - 04:53 am

BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki yesterday ruled out a military assault on Fallujah, saying he wanted to spare the city more...

Erdogan pushes judicial reforms after parliament punch-up 13 Jan 2014 - 04:53 am

ANKARA: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed yesterday to forge ahead with judicial reforms which prompted a fist fight in parliament, denying...

Syria donor meet aims to raise over $1.5bn 13 Jan 2014 - 04:52 am

DAMASCUS: United Nations aid chief Valerie Amos said yesterday the world body hoped a humanitarian donor conference for Syria hosted in Kuwait this...

US to give modest relief on Iran sanctions: Obama 13 Jan 2014 - 04:52 am

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama said the United States and other nations would begin to give Iran “modest relief” on economic sanctions as long...

ERDOGAN TURKEY SWEEPING 13 Jan 2014 - 04:50 am

Group: ViewsMideast Credit: KICHKA Source: Israel Channel 1 - Jerusalem, Israel Keywords: COLOR ERDOGAN TURKEY SWEEPING 010914 Provider: CartoonArts International / The New...

PM visits rail work site 13 Jan 2014 - 03:50 am

The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani inspecting a project model during a visit...