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Deputy Speaker meets Kyrgyz parliamentary official 20 Nov 2013 - 02:47 pm

DOHA: HE Deputy-Speaker of the Advisory Council Issa bin Rubaia Al-Kuwari met here on Wednesday with 'Alimbekov Arkinnic' the Chairman of the Human...

Nakilat-KOM wins top shipyard award 20 Nov 2013 - 02:45 pm

DOHA: Qatar's premier shipyard Nakilat-Keppel Offshore and Marine (N-KOM) has won the Ship repair/Shipyard award for the second consecutive year at the prestigious...

Qatar Stock Exchange down 0.22pc 20 Nov 2013 - 01:52 pm

DOHA: The Qatar Exchange down on Wednesday 10,336.13 points or 0.22 percent to 23.28 points from the previous closing of Tuesday points on...

Old wounds 20 Nov 2013 - 01:45 pm

Park Kyong-rok (centre), president of the National Archives of Korea (NAK), and staffers at the archives reveal to the press registers of Koreans...

Kachin activists call for end to clashes 20 Nov 2013 - 01:45 pm

YANGON: Several Kachin campaign groups called on Monday for an immediate end to clashes between Myanmar troops and ethnic rebels, which have trapped...

Philippines needs $5.8bn for rebuilding 20 Nov 2013 - 01:43 pm

Volunteers of the Metro Manila council rescue and development agency remove debris from what used to be a fruit and fish market at...

Compensation given to HK bus hostage victim 20 Nov 2013 - 01:43 pm

MANILA: President Benigno Aquino III asked Cabinet Secretary Jose Rene Almendras to return to Hong Kong to hand over the Philippines’ “additional token...

DSWD denies repacking foreign aid 20 Nov 2013 - 01:43 pm

MANILA: The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) denied yesterday that it is repacking donated goods from other countries in bags bearing...

Interpol team in Manila to help identify victims 20 Nov 2013 - 01:42 pm

LYON: Interpol said yesterday it had sent experts to the Philippines to help identify victims of the deadly typhoon that killed thousands and...

Inflation may average 3.2pc 20 Nov 2013 - 01:42 pm

MANILA: Disruption in the supply of food and other commodities caused by typhoon Haiyan could push inflation to an average of 3.2 percent...

Justice done in Marcos crony’s conviction 20 Nov 2013 - 01:42 pm

MANILA: The Philippines said yesterday that justice was done in the conviction of a confidante of former first lady Imelda Marcos in New...

Work conditions must improve for Bangladesh’s progress: UN 20 Nov 2013 - 01:41 pm

GENEVA: Bangladesh must improve conditions in its garment industry, in which hundreds have died in factory fires, if it is to maintain economic...

Huge turnout in Nepal polls 20 Nov 2013 - 01:40 pm

KATHMANDU: A crude bomb exploded early on election day in Nepal yesterday, injuring three children as millions turned out for a poll seen...

Wife of jailed Chinese Nobel Laureate appeals for retrial 20 Nov 2013 - 01:40 pm

BEIJING: The wife of jailed Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo has filed an extraordinary appeal for his retrial, his lawyer said yesterday,...

Gayoom’s daughter is Maldives FM 20 Nov 2013 - 01:40 pm

MALE: The new leader of the Maldives has appointed the daughter of former strongman Maumoon Abdul Gayoom as foreign minister, an official said...

Spying: Jakarta reviews ties with Australia 20 Nov 2013 - 01:39 pm

JAKARTA: Indonesia warned yesterday it is reviewing cooperation with Canberra over claims President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s phone was tapped, demanding that Australia do...

Double car bomb attack in Syria's Qalamoun: NGO 20 Nov 2013 - 01:39 pm

BEIRUT: Two car bombs struck Syrian regime targets in the strategic Qalamoun region near the Lebanese border Wednesday, a day after troops made...

Saudi press agency and Itar-Tass sign news deal 20 Nov 2013 - 01:30 pm

RIYADH:The President of Saudi Press Agency (SPA) Abdullah bin Fahd Al-Hussein and Director General of Russian Itar-Tass News Agency Sergei Mikhailov have signed...