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Qatar Audit Bureau hosts meeting 15 Dec 2013 - 06:32 am

Doha: Qatar Audit Bureau organised a meeting on the method of reporting to supreme audit institutions. The meeting was held in cooperation with...

GCC environment main topic at annual QU symposium 15 Dec 2013 - 06:31 am

DOHA: The annual Qatar University Life Sciences Symposium (QULSS) was held with a focus on Environmental health in the GCC recently in Doha. ...

Tunisia consensus on naming PM 15 Dec 2013 - 06:17 am

Members of the main labor union body UGTT gather during a protest calling for the government led by the Islamist Ennahda party to...

Musician compares Israel with Nazis 15 Dec 2013 - 06:14 am

Roger Waters said the parallels between Israel and Germany in the 1930s were 'crushingly obvious New York: Inflammatory remarks by the musician Roger...

Snow in Saudi: Holy Land hit by heavy snowfall 15 Dec 2013 - 06:12 am

Saudi men walk along a snow-covered road during a snowstorm in Alkan village, western Saudi Arabia, yesterday. JERUSALEM: The heaviest snowfall in...

New venue for book fair next year 15 Dec 2013 - 06:07 am

DOHA: The next annual Doha International Book Fair will be held at a new venue, said Abdullah Al Ansari, Director of General Libraries...

Plan to house all courts in one complex 15 Dec 2013 - 06:04 am

DOHA: The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) is working on a project to set up a “court complex” in the city that would bring...

Kerry in Vietnam on first visit as top US diplomat 14 Dec 2013 - 02:37 pm

HO CHI MINH CITY: US Secretary of State John Kerry Saturday attended mass at a cathedral in Vietnam, where he served during the...

Iran arrests 'spy' for Britain: judicial official 14 Dec 2013 - 02:37 pm

TEHRAN: Iranian security forces have arrested a "spy" working for the British government in Kerman, a judicial official in the southeastern province told...

Obama marks Newtown massacre anniversary, seeks gun law changes 14 Dec 2013 - 02:36 pm

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Saturday marked the anniversary of the shooting of 26 people at Newtown school in Connecticut, by urging Americans...

Libya PM hopes oil ports will reopen on Sunday 14 Dec 2013 - 02:20 pm

TRIPOLI: Prime Minister Ali Zeidan expects Libyan oil ports seized by a group demanding autonomy for the country's east would reopen on Sunday,...

At least two UN troops dead in suicide attack in north Mali 14 Dec 2013 - 01:57 pm

BAMAKO: At least two UN troops were killed on Saturday in a suicide attack in Mali's northeaster rebel bastion of Kidal, which came...

Yemen tribe demands apology for civilian drone deaths 14 Dec 2013 - 01:57 pm

SANAA: Angry relatives of Yemeni civilians killed in a drone strike, which Sanaa insists hit Al-Qaeda chiefs, have demanded an apology and compensation,...

Sheikh Saoud hails sports development in Qatar 14 Dec 2013 - 01:41 pm

DOHA: HE Secretary-General of Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani hailed the development in the sport sector in the...

Qatar celebrates the symbols who made its history 14 Dec 2013 - 01:01 pm

DOHA: HE Speaker of the Advisory Council Mohammad bin Mubarak Al-Khulaifi extended most sincere and heartfelt congratulations to HH the Emir of Qatar...

Panel hands Obama US surveillance report: Official 14 Dec 2013 - 12:38 pm

WASHINGTON: A review panel handed President Barack Obama a report Friday on surveillance by US spy agencies following explosive revelations on vast phone...

Facebook seeks to get smarter with big data 14 Dec 2013 - 12:37 pm

WASHINGTON: Facebook is working to become your new best friend, getting to know you better by infusing the billion-member social network's software with...

Russian arms dealer's partner convicted in US 14 Dec 2013 - 12:36 pm

NEW YORK: A US-Syrian citizen was convicted Friday of conspiring with Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout to purchase commercial aircraft in violation of...