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Qatar and UAE least corrupt in Mena region 04 Dec 2013 - 04:32 am

DOHA: Qatar and the UAE have retained their positions as the “least corrupt” countries in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region...

Unit Investment NV, Turkish Polteks to build power plant in Kurdistan 03 Dec 2013 - 05:58 pm

ISTANBUL: Netherlands-based energy firm Unit Investment NV said on Tuesday it and Turkish firm Polteks had signed a deal with Iraq's Kurdistan region...

Facebook delivers more news in News Feed 03 Dec 2013 - 05:57 pm

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook is boosting its efforts to put more news in its News Feed. That is, real news from the news media,...

Late treatment for many Philippine typhoon victims: WHO 03 Dec 2013 - 02:26 pm

MANILA: Many people who suffered serious injuries when a super typhoon devastated the central Philippines have had to wait nearly a month for...

Suicide bomber kills four in central Damascus 03 Dec 2013 - 01:57 pm

DAMASCUS: A suicide bomber killed at least four people and wounded 17 in central Damascus on Tuesday, Syrian state television reported. "Four dead,...

Sony says PS4 sales exceed 2.1 million units 03 Dec 2013 - 01:55 pm

TOKYO: Sony said Tuesday it has sold more than 2.1 million PlayStation 4 consoles after less than three weeks on the market, as...

Egypt returned $500m deposit to Qatar 03 Dec 2013 - 01:54 pm

CAIRO: Egypt returned $500 million to Qatar on Dec. 2 after Qatar refused to renew the deposit it had made with Egypt's central...

Iraq says can export extra 1 million bpd next year 03 Dec 2013 - 01:54 pm

VIENNA: Iraq is planning to lift oil output by more than a million barrels a day to over 4 million bpd in 2014,...

TAQA's Moroccan unit to launch IPO on Dec.10 03 Dec 2013 - 01:53 pm

RABAT: Moroccan power firm Jorf Lasfar Energy Co (JLEC), which is owned by Abu Dhabi National Energy Co, has got the go-ahead from...

Iraq attacks kill nine as 2013 toll tops 6,200 03 Dec 2013 - 01:52 pm

BAGHDAD: Attacks in mostly-Sunni Arab areas of Baghdad as well as northern and western Iraq killed at least nine people on Tuesday, the...

Iran draft 2014 budget assumes 1.1 million bpd of oil exports: Shana 03 Dec 2013 - 01:14 pm

DUBAI: Iran's draft budget for the next Iranian year assumes the country will export around 1.1 million barrels per day of crude oil,...

Police kill three militants in Indian Kashmir 03 Dec 2013 - 12:28 pm

SRINAGAR: Indian government forces killed three suspected rebels in Kashmir overnight following a lengthy gunbattle near the de facto border with Pakistan, police...

Abu Dhabi energy fund IPIC H1 net profit up 6.7pc 03 Dec 2013 - 10:56 am

ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi's International Petroleum Investment Co (IPIC), the state-owned fund with a main mandate to invest in energy-related assets, on Tuesday...

DAMAC raises $348m in London share sale 03 Dec 2013 - 10:34 am

DUBAI: Dubai property developer DAMAC priced its London offering of Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs) at $12.25 per share on Tuesday, raising $348 million...

Real estate transactions worth over QR900m last week 03 Dec 2013 - 10:04 am

DOHA: Real estate transactions between November 24 and 28 for the real estate sales contracts registered at the Ministry of justice are worth...

Oxfam launches '12 Days of Giving' for Syria refugees 03 Dec 2013 - 10:04 am

AMMAN: International aid agency Oxfam on Tuesday launched a "12 Days of Giving" appeal to help destitute Syrian refugee families in Jordan and...

Pakistani authorities arrest most wanted terrorist from Karachi airport 03 Dec 2013 - 10:03 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Intelligence authorities took into custody what is being described as the most wanted terrorist by conducting a raid at Jinnah Terminal...

Exchange Rates in Qatar 03 Dec 2013 - 09:41 am

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