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Three tortured bodies found in Karachi 23 Dec 2013 - 08:55 am

ISLAMABAD: Three bodies were recovered from the Super Highway in the outskirt of Pakistan's Karachi on Monday morning, Pakistan Geo News reported. Rescue...

Bangladesh police arrest 37 China and Taiwan nationals 23 Dec 2013 - 08:55 am

DHAKA: Bangladesh security forces have arrested 37 Chinese and Taiwanese nationals after raiding an illegal Internet telephone operation they were allegedly running in...

Exchange Rates in Qatar 23 Dec 2013 - 08:31 am

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

Apple, China Mobile sign iPhone deal 23 Dec 2013 - 08:05 am

NEW YORK: Apple on Sunday unveiled a long-anticipated deal with China Mobile, the world's biggest wireless carrier, to bring the iPhone to customers...

CHINA MOON SOFT LANDIND NASA CHINESE 23 Dec 2013 - 03:58 am

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New initiative to achieve food security 23 Dec 2013 - 03:49 am

Officials at the launch of the credit policy. DOHA: Aiming at achieving food security by promoting agriculture and allied activities in the energy-rich...

Indian social worker mourned 23 Dec 2013 - 03:44 am

Citizens and expats attending the last rites of M V Abdul Khader Haji (Hajika), a veteran Indian social worker who died on Saturday,...

Researchers shed light on widely used diabetes drug 23 Dec 2013 - 03:44 am

Dr Chris Triggle (left), Dr Gnanapragasam Arunachalam (centre) and Dr Hong Ding who studied Metformin. DOHA: Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College in...

Ooredoo launches commercial 3G network in Algeria 23 Dec 2013 - 03:43 am

Joseph Ged, CEO, Ooredoo Algeria, addressing the event. DOHA: Ooredoo launched the first commercial 3G network in Algeria this week. Within hours of...

QMA: 2014 to be Qatar Brazil Year of Culture 23 Dec 2013 - 03:41 am

Doha: Qatar Museums Authority (QMA) yesterday announced that 2014 will be the Qatar Brazil Year of Culture. Being observed under the patronage of...

Ministry begins social security training 23 Dec 2013 - 03:40 am

Doha: The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs’ Social Security Department has started a training programme, entitled ‘The basic skills of beneficiary from...

Qatari painter’s expo on sea opens tonight 23 Dec 2013 - 03:40 am

DOHA: Qatari artist Abdulrahman Al Mutawa draws inspiration from old tales about the sea as told by his ancestors in his latest solo...

UK lecture series highlights QF research 23 Dec 2013 - 03:38 am

DOHA: The recently concluded Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development UK Lecture Series has revealed some of the unique research under...

New global health journal launched 23 Dec 2013 - 03:37 am

DOHA: Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals and Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (WCMC-Q) yesterday launched Innovations in Global Medical and Health Education on...

Emergency Department at Al Wakra Hospital receives over 300 patients daily 23 Dec 2013 - 03:35 am

DOHA: The Emergency Department at Hamad Medical Corporation’s Al Wakra Hospital receives over 300 adult and paediatric patients daily. The department has completed...

Qatar slams Benghazi blast 23 Dec 2013 - 03:34 am

Doha: Qatar has strongly condemned the explosion that took place on Sunday morning at the Barsis military check-point east of Benghazi, killing dozens...

Cairo court jails anti-Mubarak activists 23 Dec 2013 - 03:32 am

Political activists Ahmed Maher (right), Ahmed Douma (centre) and Mohamed Adel, founder of 6 April movement, look on from behind bars in Abdeen...

Bam anniversary 23 Dec 2013 - 03:31 am

An Iranian man visiting the citadel Arg’e Bam during the 10th anniversary of the earthquake in the city of Bam, in Kerman province,...