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Afghanistan mourns communist murder victims 01 Oct 2013 - 02:43 am

Afghan youth light candles in front of the destroyed palace of Darul Aman to mark the killing of 5,000 civilians by the communist...

Khan’s party comes under fire over pro-Taliban stance 01 Oct 2013 - 02:43 am

ISLAMABAD: The third terrorist attack in Pakistan’s northwestern province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in a week has brought the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Imran Khan’s party leading...

Drone kills three Pakistan militants 01 Oct 2013 - 02:43 am

MIRANSHAH: A US drone strike targeting a militant compound yesterday killed three militants in a troubled Pakistan tribal region near the Afghan border,...

1,100 Pakistan women in jails 01 Oct 2013 - 02:43 am

ISLAMABAD: Out of nearly 75,000 prisoners in Pakistan, around 1,100 are women, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan says. “The misery of women...

Vote for change to make nation shine, says Modi 01 Oct 2013 - 02:40 am

Narendra Modi, the prime ministerial candidate for BJP, sits on a weighing scale balanced with silver during the inauguration of the Mumbai Diamond...

Don’t arrest innocent Muslims: Shinde 01 Oct 2013 - 02:40 am

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde yesterday asked all chief ministers to ensure that no innocent Muslim is arrested in the name...

BJP flayed for ‘making fun’ of PM 01 Oct 2013 - 02:40 am

Mandya (Karnataka): Congress president Sonia Gandhi yesterday lashed out BJP for “making fun” of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and asserted that the “whole...

High rents force many engineering firms to close 01 Oct 2013 - 02:30 am

DOHA: Rising office rentals and competition from foreign rivals have forced many Qatari engineering consultancies to close shop, says the head of the...

Emir appoints ambassadors 01 Oct 2013 - 02:30 am

Doha: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani issued yesterday Emiri decisions appointing ambassadors to four nations. Abdullah Nasser Abdullah...

Barwa Avenue connected to high-speed broadband 01 Oct 2013 - 02:29 am

DOHA: Qatar National Broadband Network (Qnbn) announced that Barwa Commercial Avenue is now connected to its high-speed fibre optic broadband infrastructure, paving the...

HMC to help patients with urological disorders 01 Oct 2013 - 02:28 am

Officials from the Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) and the Association of Hamad bin Jassim Charity during the press conference. Abdul Basit DOHA: The...

New treatment at HMC for tooth disorder 01 Oct 2013 - 02:26 am

Dr Henno Rainer (left), Senior Consultant, the Department of Dentistry at HMC, and Dr Abdul Mueen Ali Ahmed Al Qahtani, Orthodontist Consultant at...

Cardiac diseases on the rise 01 Oct 2013 - 02:26 am

DOHA: Cardiac diseases are alarmingly on the rise in Qatar, with the Heart Hospital at the Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) seeing as many...

Qatar and US to fight gender-based violence 01 Oct 2013 - 02:24 am

The US Ambassador Susan L Ziadeh (right) and other officials at the workshop. DOHA: Qatar and the US are working together to combat...

HSE Energy Forum opens 01 Oct 2013 - 02:22 am

An exhibition held as part of the 9th Annual HSE Forum in Energy, at the Grand Hyatt Doha. Doha: Under the patronage of...

Majority of clerics lack preaching skills 01 Oct 2013 - 02:21 am

Canadian scholar Mohammed Robert Heft. By Azmat Haroon Doha: The concept of preaching Islam, or Da’wa, among a majority of Muslim clerics in...

Katara, Omani Opera discuss ties 01 Oct 2013 - 02:20 am

Dr Khalid Al Sulaiti (second left), General Manager of Katara, with the Omani Royal Opera delegation. Doha: An Omani Royal Opera delegation has...

Lecture highlights ethical issues in organ donation 01 Oct 2013 - 02:19 am

Dr Dominique Martin, Lecturer in Health Ethics at the University of Melbourne, Australia, delivering the lecture. DOHA: The role of ethics in medicine,...