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Cholera kills 50 in northern Nigeria in a week 21 Oct 2013 - 02:44 pm

KANO: Cholera has killed 50 people in northwest Nigeria in the past week, health officials said Monday, in the latest outbreak of the...

Six killed in southern Russia bus blast 21 Oct 2013 - 02:36 pm

MOSCOW: Six people were killed and several others injured on Monday when a blast tore through a passenger bus in the southern Russian...

Abu Dhabi airport terminal to open in July 2017 21 Oct 2013 - 02:36 pm

ABU DHABI: A new 10.8 billion dirham or $2.9 billion terminal at Abu Dhabi's international airport will be operational in July 2017. Aiming...

BHP Billiton abandons delayed India energy projects 21 Oct 2013 - 02:35 pm

NEW DELHI: Global mining and energy giant BHP Billiton announced Monday it had given up on nine Indian deep-sea oil and gas projects...

Brahimi in Iraq for Syria talks: FM 21 Oct 2013 - 02:26 pm

BAGHDAD: UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi was in Baghdad Monday on the next leg of a regional tour to build support for talks...

Syria warplanes strike near Damascus to halt rebel push 21 Oct 2013 - 02:22 pm

BEIRUT: Government warplanes launched strikes on areas southeast of Damascus on Monday after rebels seized key regime positions there, the Syrian Observatory for...

Qatar Exchange down 17pc 21 Oct 2013 - 02:08 pm

DOHA: The Qatar Exchange down on Monday 20.33 points or 0.21 percent to 9,731.56 points from the previous closing of 9,751.89 points. The...

Bahrain supports Saudi Arabia's decision of not accepting UN Security Council seat 21 Oct 2013 - 02:06 pm

MANAMA: The Kingdom of Bahrain has announced its full support for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's decision of not accepting the non-permanent seat...

Attack on government buildings in Iraq kills two 21 Oct 2013 - 01:48 pm

FALLUJAH: Militants attacked police and electricity headquarters in the Iraqi city of Fallujah on Monday, killing two police, in the second such attack...

Software giant SAP reports quarterly profit rise in clouds 21 Oct 2013 - 12:59 pm

BERLIN: German business software giant SAP said on Monday that net profit rose in the third quarter as its cloud computing activities grew,...

French bank SocGen names Soundardjee as Middle East head 21 Oct 2013 - 12:58 pm

DUBAI: Societe Generale has appointed Richad Soundardjee to head its Middle East operations, replacing Eric Wormser who will take another senior position in...

India principal charged with murder over 23 school meal deaths 21 Oct 2013 - 12:58 pm

PATNA: Indian police charged a school principal and her husband with murder on Monday over the deaths of 23 children who were poisoned...

Abraaj Group acquires majority stake in Ghana Home Loans 21 Oct 2013 - 12:57 pm

ACCRA: Dubai private equity firm Abraaj Group has acquired a majority stake in Ghana Home Loans, the leading provider of residential mortgages in...

Number of Syrian refugees in Turkey exceeds 600,000 21 Oct 2013 - 12:47 pm

ANKARA: The number of Syrian refugees in Turkey has exceeded 600,000 and more than 400,000 of them are living outside refugee camps, the...

New-look Philips reports accelerating profits 21 Oct 2013 - 12:23 pm

THE HAGUE: Dutch group Philips, which has transformed itself away from some of its traditional businesses, reported an almost three-fold surge in third-quarter...

Oman's Renaissance unit hires banks for $350m 5yr bond 21 Oct 2013 - 12:20 pm

DUBAI: Topaz Energy and Marine, a subsidiary of Oman's Renaissance Services has hired Goldman Sachs, HSBC and Standard Chartered to arrange a five-year...

Black box detected at Laos air crash site 21 Oct 2013 - 11:31 am

BANGKOK: Investigators have detected a signal from a black box recorder of a Lao Airlines plane which plunged into the Mekong River killing...

13 Vietnamese arrested in Philippines over sea turtles 21 Oct 2013 - 10:53 am

PUERTO PRINCESA: Thirteen Vietnamese fishermen were arrested after being found in Philippine waters with a haul of protected sea turtles, police said Monday....