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Emir names political secretary 11 Nov 2013 - 04:38 am

Doha: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday Issued Emiri Order No. 8 for 2013 appointing H E Ali...

Qatar’s foreign aid crosses QR3bn 11 Nov 2013 - 04:38 am

Doha: Qatar during 2012, was able to extend assistance (government and non-governmental aid) worth QR3,001,764,025 to almost 100 countries spread across all the...

RasGas achieves more than 34 percent Qatarisation 11 Nov 2013 - 04:38 am

DOHA: RasGas Company Limited (RasGas) recently celebrated its Qatarisation strategy that has brought their total number of Qatari employees to over 34 percent...

Woqod opens petrol station in Pearl-Qatar 11 Nov 2013 - 04:37 am

Woqod opened its first petrol station at The Pearl-Qatar yesterday. Turki Al Subaie, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of Woqod, Essa Ali Al Kuwari,...

Filipino forums urged to help typhoon victims 11 Nov 2013 - 04:37 am

DOHA: The United Filipino Organisations in Qatar (UFOQ), the umbrella organisation of more than 100 Filipino groups here, yesterday appealed on its member...

Arab Primary Health Care Day 11 Nov 2013 - 04:37 am

DOHA: The Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) celebrated the Arab Primary Health Care Day with an awareness campaign at the Villaggio mall recently....

HMC to observe diabetes day 11 Nov 2013 - 04:36 am

DOHA: To coincide with World Diabetes Day Hamad Medical Corporation has organized a slew of events to increase awareness of the effects of...

Owners ignore seized cars due to heavy fines 11 Nov 2013 - 03:51 am

DOHA: Several cars seized by the Traffic Department for violating rules remain ignored by the owners due to pending court cases and heavy...

Emir performs Istisqa prayer 11 Nov 2013 - 02:48 am

The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani performed the Istisqa (rain-seeking) prayer at Al Wajbah prayer ground yesterday morning, in...

Social security system urged 11 Nov 2013 - 02:46 am

The Prime Minster and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani addressing the World Social Security Forum yesterday....

UN rapporteur hails Qatar for worker-friendly steps 11 Nov 2013 - 02:45 am

Francois Crepaeu at the press conference. DOHA: A top UN official has urged Qatar to review the sponsorship and exit permit system and...

China's Economy 10 Nov 2013 - 06:55 am

Russians take Olympic torch on historic spacewalk 10 Nov 2013 - 06:50 am

In this image obtained from Nasa TV, Cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergei Ryazansky (rear) perform a handoff of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic...

Leaks: British MPs to quiz Guardian editor 10 Nov 2013 - 06:50 am

LONDON: British lawmakers will grill the editor of the Guardian next month over the newspaper’s publication of intelligence leaks by Edward Snowden, it...

SPD seeks tax on rich despite Merkel veto 10 Nov 2013 - 06:50 am

BERLIN: Germany’s centre-left Social Democrats hope to reach a deal to raise taxes on the rich even though Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives are...

USS Gerald Ford unveiled 10 Nov 2013 - 06:50 am

WASHINGTON: The American navy yesterday christened a new aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald Ford, a colossal ship plagued by equally huge cost overruns,...

Miami Herald reporter detained in Venezuela 10 Nov 2013 - 06:49 am

CARACAS: Venezuelan authorities were holding an American journalist from the Miami Herald for a third day yesterday after he was picked up near...

Typhoon Haiyan kills 1,200 in Philippines 10 Nov 2013 - 06:48 am

Survivors move belongings after Haiyan battered Tacloban City yesterday. MANILA: A powerful typhoon is believed to have killed 1,200 people in the Philippines,...