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Divided climate talks head into final stretch 20 Nov 2013 - 04:30 am

WARSAW: Environment ministers started arriving in Warsaw yesterday, hoping to add momentum to troubled UN talks targeting a global pact on climate change...

Widow slept with husband’s corpse for a year 20 Nov 2013 - 04:30 am

BRUSSELS: A Brussels widow slept next to her mummified husband’s corpse for a year, her landlord said after making the macabre discovery during...

First state-owned bank for women opens 20 Nov 2013 - 04:28 am

MUMBAI: The prime minister yesterday inaugurated the country’s first state-owned bank for women, aimed at strengthening their financial security and empowering them after...

Scandal-hit chopper deal to be scrapped 20 Nov 2013 - 04:28 am

NEW DELHI: India has decided to cancel a scandal-tainted chopper deal with Anglo-Italian firm AgustaWestland, prejudging the outcome of a meeting today between...

Hazare, Kejriwal in war of words over money 20 Nov 2013 - 04:28 am

Ralegan Siddhi/New Delhi: Gandhian Anna Hazare and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal, partners till recently, were yesterday locked in a war of words over...

Indian-American actor on Obama’s arts panel 20 Nov 2013 - 04:27 am

Washington: US President Barack Obama has nominated popular Indian-American actor Kal Penn of The Namesake fame to his Committee on the Arts and...

UP bans strikes for six months 20 Nov 2013 - 04:27 am

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government Tuesday invoked the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) in the state, an official spokesman said. By invoking the...

Pune-born activist is first socialist elected to US public office 20 Nov 2013 - 04:27 am

Washington: Kshama Sawant (pictured), a Pune-born young Indian-American activist-academic, has become the first socialist to be elected to a public office in the...

Upgraded weather forecasting facilities to be installed at HIA 20 Nov 2013 - 04:22 am

DOHA: The multi-billion dollar Hamad International Airport (HIA) will have upgraded weather forecasting capabilities. The state-of-the-art facilities will be installed under a major...

PM receives envoys 20 Nov 2013 - 04:20 am

The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani met yesterday the French Ambassador, Jean-Christophe Peaucelle,...

Traditional Dhow Festival opens 20 Nov 2013 - 04:18 am

The Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage H E Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kuwari checking a pearl at the opening of the...

Qatari cuisine takes centre stage at Books for Cooks in London 20 Nov 2013 - 04:17 am

DOHA: Qatari Chef Aisha Al Tamimi and a team from the Food Forum of Qatar National Museum will introduce London to culinary traditions...

Solidarity with Somalia, Philippines 20 Nov 2013 - 04:15 am

FROM LEFT: Philippine Ambassador Crescente R Relacion, Sheikh Aaish Al Kahtani from Dahwa, and Sultan Mohammed Al Kaabi and Naif Al Mannai from...

Sheikhahub holds fashion show, charity event 20 Nov 2013 - 04:15 am

DOHA: Sheikhahub (SH), a marketing company in Qatar in partnership with Design Creationz, organised ‘Sheikhahub – Fashion’ with a Heart Fashion Show and...

Design ready for QR100m labour complex in Al Khor 20 Nov 2013 - 04:15 am

DOHA: The QDVC (Qatari Diar VINCI Construction) has announced it had completed the design of a multimillion huge complex to house 5,000 labourers...

SDC programme to support entrepreneurs 20 Nov 2013 - 04:15 am

DOHA: The Social Development Center launched Entrepreneurial Project Profiles Programme, MOJAZ, during Global Entrepreneurship Week 2013 at the Renaissance Doha City Center. It...

260 child mortality cases in 2011 20 Nov 2013 - 04:15 am

DOHA: A total of 260 child mortality cases were reported in Qatar in 2011, of which 39 percent included Qatari children and 41...

Global outlook highlighted 20 Nov 2013 - 04:14 am

DOHA: Qatar National Library recently in a public lecture provided insights into economic and political situations and forecast for different regions. ‘Global Outlook:...