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Lack of education root cause of Indian Muslims’ woes: Expert 03 Nov 2013 - 04:31 am

Lieutenant-General (Retired) Zameer Uddin Shah with his wife during their visit to Doha. (Kamutty VP) BY MOBIN PANDIT DOHA: There are very few...

Seminar focuses on intellectual disparity 03 Nov 2013 - 04:30 am

DOHA: Senior Ministry of Interior officials, experts and researchers attended a seminar on ‘intellectual connection between generations… reality and expectancy’ organised by Juvenile...

Two killed in road accident 03 Nov 2013 - 04:30 am

DOHA: Two people — a woman and a youth — were killed in a road accident on the Al Wakra-Mesaieed road on Thursday....

Qatar to host World Social Security Forum from Nov 10 03 Nov 2013 - 04:30 am

Doha: Qatar will host the World Social Security Forum (WSSF)/International Social Security Association (ISSA) in Doha from November 10 to 15. The forum...

NHIC to cover basic health services 03 Nov 2013 - 04:29 am

DOHA: The executive regulations of the national health insurance law to be issued shortly will clarify the role of the Supreme Council Of...

Jordanians protest 03 Nov 2013 - 04:29 am

Relatives of Jordanian prisoners in Israeli jails hold up their photos during a protest to demand their release, in Amman yesterday.

Libya bombing 03 Nov 2013 - 04:28 am

A man walks through the bombed out remains of the Rotana Cafe in Benghazi yesterday. According to the police, it was not known...

Warplanes hit rebel area near Damascus 03 Nov 2013 - 04:27 am

BEIRUT: Syria’s air force struck Sbeineh south of Damascus yesterday, as loyalists pressed a fierce bid to crush rebel bastions around the capital,...

Police summon top Bahrain opposition leader 03 Nov 2013 - 04:27 am

DUBAI: The Bahraini police yesterday summoned the head of the main Shia opposition faction for questioning, the group said, as tensions persist in...

19 Alawites wounded in Lebanon attacks 03 Nov 2013 - 04:27 am

TRIPOLI: A wave of attacks motivated by sectarianism in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli has wounded 19 members of the minority Alawite...

Germans abducted, freed then arrested 03 Nov 2013 - 04:27 am

BEIRUT: Two German men kidnapped in eastern Lebanon were freed yesterday, hours after their abduction, but police immediately arrested them on drug trafficking...

Nine dead in Egypt revenge killings 03 Nov 2013 - 04:27 am

ASSIUT: Security officials in Egypt say a fight between two families sparked by a dispute in a line to buy bread has killed...

Iran arrests head of reformist daily 03 Nov 2013 - 04:26 am

TEHRAN: Iran yesterday arrested the head of reformist daily Bahar, Saeed Pourazizi, for publishing an article seen by critics as questioning the beliefs...

New ‘Death to America’ songs 03 Nov 2013 - 04:26 am

TEHRAN: Hardliners in Iran have unveiled two new “Death to America” songs at the former US Embassy in Tehran, hoping to keep anger...

Islamists, Shias in Yemen truce 03 Nov 2013 - 04:13 am

Men shout slogans during a protest outside the home of Yemeni President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi against fighting between the Shia Houthi movement and...

Tunisian parties in deadlock over PM 03 Nov 2013 - 04:13 am

TUNIS: Tunisia’s ruling Islamist party Ennahda and the opposition were deadlocked in talks yesterday to choose a new prime minister tasked with steering...

South Sudan leader back from exile 03 Nov 2013 - 04:12 am

JUBA: South Sudan’s controversial opposition leader Lam Akol returned home for first time in two years yesterday, after a presidential pardon cleared him...

ASSAD SYRIA RETOUR CHEMICAL WEAPONS 03 Nov 2013 - 04:09 am

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