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Ministry to set up DNA database 20 Sep 2013 - 02:54 am

DOHA: The Interior Ministry will set up a DNA database (bank) under the Department of Forensic Laboratory to store samples. It follows the...

PM meets US Commander 20 Sep 2013 - 02:53 am

The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday met the Commander of the US...

Experts warn of low-cost homes crisis 20 Sep 2013 - 02:38 am

DOHA: With house rents on the rise in Qatar, fuelled by massive infrastructure projects and the increasing inflow of foreign workers, experts have...

Minister of State for Defence Affairs meets CENTCOM commander 19 Sep 2013 - 02:56 pm

DOHA: HE the Minister of State for Defence Affairs Maj. Gen. Hamad bin Ali Al Attiyah met here today with Gen. Lloyd J....

Singapore Airlines, India's Tata to establish new carrier 19 Sep 2013 - 02:45 pm

SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines and India's Tata conglomerate are to establish a new full-service carrier based in New Delhi, the two firms said in...

More than 15,000 flee volcano in Indonesia 19 Sep 2013 - 02:43 pm

Residents leave the district of Karo as an ash cloud rises during a fresh eruption of the Mount Sinabung volcano on September 17,...

Honda eyes quadruple sales in Indonesia by 2016 19 Sep 2013 - 02:40 pm

JAKARTA: Japan's Honda Motor launched its first low-cost car for Indonesia's booming automotive market Thursday, part of plans to more than quadruple sales...

Malaysia's Westports takes orders for $630m IPO 19 Sep 2013 - 02:20 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian port operator Westports Holdings Bhd started taking orders Thursday for a $630 million initial public offering, which is expected to...

Hollande to hold mini-summit on Central African Republic 19 Sep 2013 - 02:19 pm

BAMAKO: French President Francois Hollande was due to hold a mini-summit Thursday with African leaders in the Malian capital Bamako on the security...

Nintendo video game pioneer Hiroshi Yamauchi dies at 85 19 Sep 2013 - 02:11 pm

TOKYO: Former Nintendo Co Ltd. President Hiroshi Yamauchi (pictured), who built the company into a video game giant from a maker of playing...

Jordan, China ink $2.5bn deal to build oil shale-fired plant 19 Sep 2013 - 02:11 pm

AMMAN: Jordan and China have inked a memorandum of understanding to build a $2.5 billion or 1.8 billion euros oil shale-fired power plant...

Aquino hopeful violence over soon; eight dead in clash 19 Sep 2013 - 02:00 pm

A truckload of soldiers arrives at the site of a stand-off as firefight between government troops and remnants of Muslim rebels rages with...

Hill International to design QIMC's new headquarters 19 Sep 2013 - 01:40 pm

DOHA: Qatar Industrial Manufacturing Company (QIMC) has signed a contract with Hill International Company to design its new headquarters estimated at QR500 million. ...

9 killed as bomb blasts bus in Syria's Homs: NGO 19 Sep 2013 - 01:40 pm

BEIRUT: Roadside bombs targeting a convoy of minibuses in Syria's Homs province killed nine people on Thursday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights...

Qatar Stock Exchange up 0.38pc 19 Sep 2013 - 01:36 pm

DOHA: Qatar Exchange pursued its upswing trend on Thursday adding 37.80 points or 0.38 percent to advance to 9,870.90 points from 9,833.10 on...

Turkey's STFA to build $300m wind plant, transmission line in Pakistan 19 Sep 2013 - 01:23 pm

ISTANBUL: Turkish construction company STFA has signed agreements with Pakistan to build a 50 megawatt wind plant and power transmission lines worth $300...

Blackberry to layoff 40pc staff by end of 2013 19 Sep 2013 - 01:19 pm

Research In Motion CEO Thorsten Heins gestures while delivering his keynote address during the Blackberry Jam Americas event in San Jose, California in...

Minister of Labour meets Saudi, Korean ambassadors 19 Sep 2013 - 01:18 pm

DOHA: HE Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Dr. Abdullah Saleh Al-Khulaifi met seperately on Thursday with HE Ambassador of the Kingdom of...