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Gout patients told to lose weight 13 Oct 2013 - 04:07 am

DOHA: People with gout, a form of inflammatory arthritis have been advised by health care experts to lose weight and reduce red meat...

Kahramaa announces tanker filling station timings 13 Oct 2013 - 04:07 am

DOHA: Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) has announced timings for all its Tanker Filling Stations during Eid holidays. A day before...

UK publisher keen to promote Arab talent 13 Oct 2013 - 04:06 am

By Mobin Pandit DOHA: International publishers have long been relying on British and American authors to write on Middle East affairs. But the...

Relics exhibition promotion 13 Oct 2013 - 04:05 am

Banners depicting British artist Damien Hirst’s work “For the Love of God” line up Doha roads. This is one of the artist’s most...

Chicken on fire art recalled 13 Oct 2013 - 04:05 am

DOHA: The Qatar Museums Authority (QMA) has decided to recall some controversial artworks that are on display at the Arab Museum of Modern...

Ooredoo offers free mobile data for Shahry Packs 13 Oct 2013 - 04:03 am

Doha: Ooredoo yesterday announced that it would provide free unlimited data usage for Shahry Pack customers from October 14 to 19, enabling customers...

Action plan to curb reckless driving at Pearl-Qatar 13 Oct 2013 - 04:03 am

By Azmat Haroon Doha: The Pearl-Qatar management has said that it is boosting efforts to restrain reckless driving in its compounds with an...

QU official takes part in Equinox Summit 13 Oct 2013 - 04:03 am

DOHA: A leading programme at the Qatar University has been represented at an international science event recently. Head of Qatar University’s Al Bairaq...

Remittances by expatriates go up by 20 percent 13 Oct 2013 - 04:02 am

DOHA: Remittances from expatriates in Qatar have gone up by nearly 20 percent before Eid Al Adha. There is also brisk purchase of...

Qatar to hire workers from 30 countries 13 Oct 2013 - 03:18 am

Minister of Labour and Social Affairs H E Abdullah Saleh Mubarak Al Khulaifi DOHA: Qatar has signed agreements with 30 countries to recruit...

Sports Village set to open in Katara 13 Oct 2013 - 03:16 am

A view of some of the facilities at the Katara Sports Village. The village will open on the first day of Eid Al...

Qatar-based Indians in ‘powerful list’ 13 Oct 2013 - 03:13 am

DOHA: At least half a dozen-Doha based Indians have featured in the Arabian Business’ “100 most powerful Indians in the Gulf” list 2012....

Up in smoke 13 Oct 2013 - 03:10 am

Bahraini protesters clash with riot police following the funeral of Yussef Al Nashmi, who died in hospital on Friday after being detained by...

Long queues at Abu Samra border post 13 Oct 2013 - 03:06 am

DOHA: Abu Samra checkpost on the Qatari-Saudi border is working at full capacity as a huge number of people leave and enter Qatar...

Immunity issue may sink troop deal 13 Oct 2013 - 01:32 am

Afghan President Hamid Karzai shakes hands with US Secretary of State John Kerry after a news conference in Kabul yesterday. KABUL: President Hamid...

Make education top priority, Malala tells WB 13 Oct 2013 - 01:31 am

US President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and their daughter Malia meet with Malala Yousafzai, yesterday. WASHINGTON: Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl...

Kayani supports dialogue with Taliban 13 Oct 2013 - 01:31 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s powerful army chief General Ashfaq Kayani yesterday said the army supports the government’s policy of dialogue with the Taliban to end...

5.1 magnitude earthquake hits Pakistan 13 Oct 2013 - 01:31 am

QUETTA: A 5.1 magnitude earthquake struck southwest Pakistan yesterday, meteorological officials said, with tremors felt in some of the areas ravaged by a...