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Rota volunteers in Nepal mission 24 Sep 2013 - 02:55 am

Rota volunteers with Nepalese children. DOHA: Reach Out To Asia (Rota), is fostering the spirit of volunteerism in Qatar by partnering with Qatar...

Sidra appoints executive vice chief medical officer 24 Sep 2013 - 02:51 am

Dr Abdulla Mohd Essa Al Kaabi DOHA: Sidra Medical and Research Center has appointed Dr Abdulla Mohd Essa Al Kaabi as Executive Vice...

AAB opens new quick service centre 24 Sep 2013 - 02:50 am

Doha: Abdullah Abdulghani & Bros. Co. (AAB), the sole agents for Toyota & Lexus, opened their new quick service centre near Doha Golf...

50 delegates participate in GCC risk analysis workshop 24 Sep 2013 - 02:49 am

DOHA: About 50 delegates from Qatar and other GCC states are attending a training workshop on ‘Risk analysis and preparing scenarios of contingency...

New book examines Qatar’s key role 24 Sep 2013 - 02:45 am

Dr Mehran Kamrava (right), author of Qatar: Small State, Big Politics speaking during the launch of his book at Georgetown University yesterday. Abdul...

HMC to host foot and ankle symposium 24 Sep 2013 - 02:44 am

DOHA: Some 250 healthcare professionals from the region will gather in Doha for the First Qatar Orthopaedics Foot and Ankle Symposium on November...

Qatar Cool to co-host Climate Control Conference in October 24 Sep 2013 - 02:44 am

DOHA: Qatar District Cooling Company will co-host the seventh edition of the Climate Control Conference (C3) organised by CPI industry in October as...

Bazaar opens to support Syrian women refugees in Jordan 24 Sep 2013 - 02:44 am

Amman: The Charge d’Affaires at Qatar’s embassy in Jordan, Mubarak bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, inaugurated yesterday Bazaar Al Amal for products of Syrian...

Retirement age of Qataris may be raised 24 Sep 2013 - 02:38 am

Doha: A new law in the making aims to fix the retirement age for Qatari men at 67 and allow Qatari women to...

Price display compulsory for eateries 24 Sep 2013 - 02:37 am

DOHA: The authorities have launched a crackdown on eateries that fail to display their prices prominently at their premises. Eateries that fail to...

Kenyan troops in control 24 Sep 2013 - 02:36 am

Police officers and members of the media take cover at a distance from the Westgate Shopping Centre after continuous gunfire was heard from...

New president for Qatar Foundation 24 Sep 2013 - 02:32 am

Engineer Saad Al Muhannadi and (right) Rashid Al Naimi Doha: H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science...

FIFA to discuss 2022 timing in October 24 Sep 2013 - 02:31 am

ZURICH: FIFA has confirmed that it will discuss the timing of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar at its next executive committee meeting....

Brotherhood banned 24 Sep 2013 - 02:24 am

CAIRO: An Egyptian court yesterday banned deposed President Mohammed Mursi’s Muslim Brotherhood and ordered its funds seized, a crippling strike in the campaign...

Shyam Benegal’s new film 24 Sep 2013 - 01:15 am

Bollywood film director Shyam Benegal (second left) with actors Sachin Khedekar (left), Dilip Tahil and K K Rainon (right) on the sets of...

Special CBI court grants bail to Reddy 24 Sep 2013 - 01:15 am

Hyderabad: After spending nearly 16 months in jail, YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy is set to walk free as a...

President in Bangalore 24 Sep 2013 - 01:14 am

Bangalore: President Pranab Mukherjee arrived here yesterday on a two-day visit to Karnataka to participate in official functions. “The president, who flew into...

Modi staging ‘fake encounter with facts’: Chidambaram 24 Sep 2013 - 01:14 am

New Delhi: Finance Minister P Chidambaram yesterday said that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the prime ministerial candidate of main opposition BJP, is...