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Eid Al Adha on October 15 06 Oct 2013 - 04:31 am

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court yesterday announced that today is the first day of Dhul-Hijja, 1434 Hijri. The court said in a statement...

QMA commissions Geddes photography project 06 Oct 2013 - 04:30 am

Doha: As part of an initiative by Qatar Museums Authority (QMA) Chairperson H E Sheikha Al Mayassa bin Hamad Al Thani, QMA in...

Trauma doctors must be ‘academically oriented’ 06 Oct 2013 - 04:29 am

Dr Rifat Latifi speaking during the writing course for trauma specialists and general surgery consultants. DOHA: Doctors aspiring to join Hamad General Hospital’s...

Teachers get insight into research skills 06 Oct 2013 - 04:28 am

The teachers and trainers during the workshop. DOHA: Qatar Foundation Research and Development (QF R&D) informative workshop entitled ‘Scientific Research Skills and Engineering...

Schoolchildren more aware of healthy lifestyle: SCH 06 Oct 2013 - 04:28 am

DOHA: More Independent school students are now aware of the benefits of sleep, physical activity and a healthy diet thanks to an ongoing...

Al Ahli forum discusses kids’ speech defects 06 Oct 2013 - 04:27 am

Omar Al Sahrif (left) during the lecture. DOHA: Children with communication problems should be given immediate medical attention, says an expert. A specialist...

Lekhwiya seizes diesel-smuggling van 06 Oct 2013 - 04:26 am

DOHA: A patrol team of the Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya) seized a private vehicle that was being used to smuggle diesel. The vehicle...

Artworks ‘fight’ violence at Mathaf expo 06 Oct 2013 - 04:24 am

H E Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad Al Thani, Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of Qatar Museums Authority, during the inauguration of...

Boy suffers fracture in hotel accident 06 Oct 2013 - 04:24 am

Doha: A five-year-old Australian boy suffered a fracture to his right leg when a child’s play area set up at the Crossroads Restaurant...

Truck overturns in Abu Hamour 06 Oct 2013 - 04:23 am

A truck overturned at the roundabout near the Woqod petrol station in Abu Hamour yesterday afternoon. Picture shows the upturned truck being lifted...

Tunisia Islamists start crisis talks with opposition 06 Oct 2013 - 04:22 am

TUNIS: Tunisia’s ruling Islamists began talks with secular opponents yesterday under a deal that calls for their government to step down and prepare...

Al Wefaq deputy leader to face trial for inciting terror 06 Oct 2013 - 04:22 am

MANAMA: The deputy leader of Bahrain’s largest opposition party is to face trial on charges including inciting terrorism, the public prosecutor of the...

Girl in Israeli settlement shot 06 Oct 2013 - 04:22 am

JERUSALEM: A nine-year-old Israeli girl from a settlement near the West Bank city of Ramallah was in serious condition after being shot yesterday,...

Iran a year away from nuclear bomb: Obama 06 Oct 2013 - 04:22 am

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama said in an interview released yesterday that Iran was “a year or more away” from getting a nuclear...

Pentagon to recall furloughed staff 06 Oct 2013 - 04:17 am

US Under Secretary of Defense Robert F. Hale, Defense Department Comptroller, in Alexandria, Virginia. WASHINGTON: The Pentagon said yesterday it would recall most...

Trailblazer 06 Oct 2013 - 04:10 am

A multiple exposure image shows French ridert Valentin Teillet of Kawasaki in action during the Red Bull Give Me Five race at Motrocross...

FM meets Sudan president 06 Oct 2013 - 04:06 am

Qatar’s Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin Mohammed Al Attiyah with Sudanese President Omar Hassan Al Bashir at the presidential palace in...

Nepal court halts Qatar envoy’s recall 06 Oct 2013 - 04:02 am

BY FAZEENA SALEEM DOHA: Caught up in a controversy and asked by her government to leave Qatar, Nepal’s ambassador Maya Kumari Sharma (pictured)...