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Maritime Security Conference opens today 07 Oct 2013 - 04:42 am

Doha: Qatar Maritime Security Conference (QMARSEC 2013), which seeks to provide a fully integrated exhibition and platform for military leaders, officers, operations commandants...

Kahramaa joins Unilever to reduce water consumption 07 Oct 2013 - 04:40 am

FROM LEFT: Arjit Ghose, Managing Director, Unilever Gulf FZE, Abdulla Al Khulaif, Head of Conservation Technology, Kahramaa, Franck Moreau, Country Manager, Carrefour, and...

Qatar’s fishing sector ‘extremely vibrant’ 07 Oct 2013 - 04:40 am

DOHA: Qatar is 88 percent self-sufficient in fishing and per capita fish consumption in the country is 12kg per year, or 1kg per...

QC to promote health insurance scheme 07 Oct 2013 - 04:40 am

DOHA: Qatar Chamber (QC), the representative body of the private sector, will encourage companies to bring in their employees under the country’s ambitious...

Palestinians protest 07 Oct 2013 - 04:39 am

Activists of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) protest in front of the UNRWA headquarters against their decision to reduce...

Yemeni gunmen kill German guard; UN worker kidnapped 07 Oct 2013 - 04:38 am

Yemeni policemen stand guard as a foreigner looks on following a shooting outside a supermarket in Sana’a, yesterday. SANA’A: Gunmen shot dead the...

Ennahda agrees to quit govt 07 Oct 2013 - 04:37 am

TUNIS: The ruling Tunisian Islamist party Ennahda’s pledge to stand down in favour of a government of independents has prompted both relief and...

Sudanese judge acquits 19 protest accused 07 Oct 2013 - 04:37 am

KHARTOUM: A Sudanese judge yesterday threw out charges against 19 people who were among hundreds rounded up after deadly protests sparked by fuel...

Syria Disarmament team begins to work 07 Oct 2013 - 04:36 am

Syria Disarmament team begins to work

83 more bodies found in capsized ship 07 Oct 2013 - 04:32 am

Italian soldiers carry the body of a victim from the ship of immigrants that sank this week, in the Lampedusa harbour, Italy, yesterday. ...

UK govt was in dark about surveillance 07 Oct 2013 - 04:31 am

London: Ministers of the British cabinet (the collective decision-making body of the UK government) and members of the UK’s national security council (the...

Obama should talk to avoid default: Boehner 07 Oct 2013 - 04:30 am

A barrier sits near the Washington Monument as the government shutdown continued into the weekend. WASHINGTON: Republican House Speaker John Boehner vowed yesterday...

7 more arrested in Madagascar over lynchings 07 Oct 2013 - 04:29 am

NOSY BE: Police in Madagascar made seven more arrests yesterday over the lynching by a raging mob of two Europeans and a local...

Boko Haram militants kill 20 in Nigeria 07 Oct 2013 - 04:29 am

MAIDUGURI: At least 20 people were killed when Islamist group Boko Haram attacked a town in northeast Nigeria, triggering clashes with troops stationed...

Maduro has made Venezuela bankrupt: Opposition 07 Oct 2013 - 04:29 am

CARACAS: Opposition leader Henrique Capriles accused Venezuela’s “incompetent” President Nicolas Maduro yesterday of bankrupting the nation in an increasingly radical blame-game over the...

Deadly clashes claim 44 lives in Egypt 07 Oct 2013 - 04:20 am

Protesters run during clashes between supporters and opponents of the military-backed authorities, as well as security forces, on the day the country celebrates...

Economy Ministry to shift HQ to Marina District 07 Oct 2013 - 04:16 am

DOHA: The Ministry of Economy and Commerce plans to move its headquarters to the Marina District of Lusail City early next year. The...

Qatar tops Human Capital Index 07 Oct 2013 - 04:12 am

DOHA: Qatar ranked top in the Middle East and was placed among the 20 top countries in the world in the first Human...