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MoI, QP ink deal 29 Dec 2013 - 06:49 am

The Ministry of Interior (MoI) and Qatar Petroleum (QP) have signed a memorandum of understanding to build housing facilities for the Ministry at...

Arab centre to open institute of higher studies 29 Dec 2013 - 06:48 am

DOHA: The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS) has announced the launch of an institute for higher studies here in the...

Ooredoo launches Paris Saint-Germain vs Real Madrid giveaway 29 Dec 2013 - 06:48 am

DOHA: Ooredoo will be giving away a range of prizes as part of their sponsorship of the Paris Saint-Germain vs Real Madrid friendly...

Kejriwal is Delhi CM, promises change 29 Dec 2013 - 06:20 am

New Delhi: In a momentous day in Indian politics, Arvind Kejriwal, a 45-year-old Magsaysay Award-winning rights activist and vocal anti-corruption campaigner, became the...

Qatar, Morocco sign aid deal worth $1.25bn 29 Dec 2013 - 06:17 am

RABAT: Qatar and Morocco have signed an aid deal worth $1.25bn, part of a five-year package of financial assistance extended by Gulf states...

Army behind blasts: Qaradawi 29 Dec 2013 - 05:04 am

DOHA: Noted Qatar-based Islamic scholar Dr Yousuf Al Qaradawi said that the security agency of the military-led government in Egypt was behind the...

Most residents expect sharp rise in prices 29 Dec 2013 - 05:01 am

DOHA: A majority of the people — citizens and expatriates — in the country are worried about a possible sharp rise in the...

Suu Kyi's party to contest Myanmar election 28 Dec 2013 - 02:58 pm

YANGON: Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party vowed Saturday to contest crucial elections in 2015 even if the constitution is...

Emir meets Speaker of Moroccan House of Representatives 28 Dec 2013 - 02:28 pm

MARRAKESH: HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met here this morning with Speaker of the House of Representatives of the...

Three Asian workers dead as Saudi offshore platform sinks 28 Dec 2013 - 02:23 pm

JEDDAH: Saudi coastguards have found the bodies of three Asian workers at sea after they went missing when an oil company's offshore platform...

Hundreds of corpses unburied after Philippine typhoon 28 Dec 2013 - 01:08 pm

TACLOBAN: More than a thousand dead victims of Super Typhoon Haiyan lay unburied Saturday, seven weeks after the region was battered by the...

QCB announces setting up of Qatar Central Securities Depository Company 28 Dec 2013 - 01:01 pm

DOHA: Qatar Central Bank (QCB) has announced the establishment of the Qatar Central Securities Depository QCSD (a private QSC) to start its work...

Natural disasters kills 1,181 and losses about $98bn in China this year 28 Dec 2013 - 12:54 pm

BEIJING: Various natural disasters had killed 1,181 people and left another 431 missing as of December 13 this year, according to an annual...

Yemeni tribesmen blow up pipeline in south 28 Dec 2013 - 11:51 am

ADEN: Yemeni tribesmen blew up a pipeline in the eastern Hadramout province on Saturday, disrupting oil flow two days after they seized an...

Gunmen kill vaccinator in NW Pakistan 28 Dec 2013 - 11:51 am

PESHAWAR: Gunmen shot dead a health officer supervising an anti-polio vaccination campaign after storming a hospital where children were being immunised in Pakistan's...

UN General Assembly approves $5.5bn budget for 2014-2015 28 Dec 2013 - 09:19 am

WASHINGTON: The United Nations General Assembly on Friday approved a $5.53 billion U.N. budget for 2014-2015, down 1 percent from the total spending...

23 killed in fire on train in southern India 28 Dec 2013 - 09:09 am

NEW DELHI: A fire on an overnight train killed at least 23 people Saturday in southern India as it ripped through a carriage...

Fireworks injure 160 as Philippines readies for New Year 28 Dec 2013 - 09:08 am

MANILA: More than 160 people have been injured by fireworks in the Philippines as they prepared to welcome the New Year, the government...