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BusinessViews 16 Dec 2013 - 08:06 am

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Nearly 300,000 Ukrainians rally after EU halts talks 16 Dec 2013 - 07:52 am

US Senator John McCain signs a military helmet for a protester during a mass opposition rally at Independence Square in Kiev yesterday. KIEV:...

Merkel picks woman ally as defence minister 16 Dec 2013 - 07:50 am

BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel named Ursula von der Leyen (pictured) as her new defence minister yesterday, a surprising choice that could vault...

Two women face off in Chile run-off vote 16 Dec 2013 - 07:49 am

SANTIAGO: Chileans went to the polls yesterday for a run-off vote between Socialist former president Michelle Bachelet and conservative Evelyn Matthei, an unprecedented...

Student remains in coma after Colorado school shooting 16 Dec 2013 - 07:49 am

WASHINGTON: A Colorado student who was shot in the face by a teenage gunman in the latest episode of gun violence in American...

Japanese diplomat attacked 16 Dec 2013 - 07:48 am

Security forces stand guard outside the Saudi German Hospital where a Japanese diplomat is treated after he was stabbed in an attack in...

UN starts aid airlifts to Syria; toddler dies in Lebanon tent fire 16 Dec 2013 - 07:47 am

BAGHDAD: The United Nations sent its first delivery of humanitarian aid by air to Syria from Iraq yesterday and said it plans to...

TV presenter among 19 killed in Iraq attacks 16 Dec 2013 - 07:46 am

MOSUL: Gunmen murdered a female TV presenter in northern Iraq yesterday, making her the sixth journalist killed in less than three months, while...

Yemen votes against US drone attacks 16 Dec 2013 - 07:45 am

SANA’A: Yemen’s parliament yesterday called for a stop to drone attacks in a symbolic vote that reflected growing public anxiety about Washington’s use...

Tehran not holding retired FBI agent: Foreign minister 16 Dec 2013 - 07:45 am

WASHINGTON: A retired FBI agent who disappeared more than six years ago during a visit to an Iranian island in the Gulf is...

Talks continue despite US blacklist: Iran 16 Dec 2013 - 07:44 am

TEHRAN: Tehran said yesterday it will keep talking with world powers on its disputed nuclear programme despite a US move to blacklist Iranian...

Saudi activist sentenced to lashes and prison 16 Dec 2013 - 07:44 am

RIYADH: A Saudi judge sentenced a political activist to 300 lashes and four years in prison for calling for a constitutional monarchy in...

Two women face off in Chile run-off vote 16 Dec 2013 - 07:42 am

SANTIAGO: Chileans went to the polls yesterday for a run-off vote between Socialist former president Michelle Bachelet and conservative Evelyn Matthei, an unprecedented...

Student remains in coma after Colorado school shooting 16 Dec 2013 - 07:42 am

WASHINGTON: A Colorado student who was shot in the face by a teenage gunman in the latest episode of gun violence in American...

Compensation law adopted for Ben Ali victims 16 Dec 2013 - 07:42 am

TUNIS: Tunisia’s parliament early yesterday adopted a “transitional justice” law designed to compensate victims of the former regimes of Zine El Abidine Ben...

Syria 16 Dec 2013 - 06:57 am

Es’hail II satellite launch by 2016 16 Dec 2013 - 06:48 am

The Chief Strategy Officer of the Es'hailSat Qatar Satellite Company, Anthony Baker, and French astronaut and former head of ESA EU Astronaut Centre,...

Qatari’s paintings depict Arabs’ love for horses 16 Dec 2013 - 06:46 am

One of the paintings by Jamila Al Shraim on display at Katara. Shaival Dalal DOHA: Qatari artist Jamila Al Shraim drew inspiration from...