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Scroll of honour 16 Sep 2013 - 02:57 am

Merit Award: Dr Saud Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani, head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering Outstanding Teaching Award: Dr Khaled Salah Shaaban, Assistant...

Qatar Red Crescent launches ‘Crescent’ Ladies forum 16 Sep 2013 - 02:57 am

Doha: The Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) has launched ‘Crescent Ladies’ forum to bring together Qatari women to promote volunteerism, mobilise resources to encourage...

Qatar UK 2013 lines up autumn fun 16 Sep 2013 - 02:56 am

The British Ambassador, Nicholas Hopton (fourth left) with officials from the British embassy, British Council Qatar, Qatar Museums Authority, Qatargas and Shell Qatar...

GROHE selected to supply fittings for Sidra project 16 Sep 2013 - 02:55 am

Doha: GROHE, the world’s leading manufacturer of sanitary fittings, has supplied the highly-anticipated Sidra Medical and Research Center in Doha with top-of-the-range products. ...

GCC Interior officials review action against Hezbollah 16 Sep 2013 - 02:54 am

Officials at the opening of the second phase of training at the Doha Sheraton yesterday. Riyadh: GCC Interior Undersecretaries began their 127th meeting...

Ooredoo, Disney sign deal 16 Sep 2013 - 02:37 am

Ooredoo will bring the world’s best-loved entertainment to its customers for the first time. Doha: Ooredoo has signed a multi-territory, multi-year deal with...

SEC to train 200 Qataris to teach at Independent schools 16 Sep 2013 - 02:37 am

DOHA: The Supreme Education Council (SEC) will enrol 200 Qatari graduates of senior secondary schools in a special education programme to qualify them...

Assad forces on attack 16 Sep 2013 - 02:35 am

Free Syrian Army fighters gather before heading to fight in Aleppo’s district of Salaheddine. BEIRUT: Syrian warplanes and artillery bombarded rebel suburbs of...

Oman to begin building first rail network in 2014 16 Sep 2013 - 02:35 am

MUSCAT: Oman will next year begin building its first railway network at a cost of up to $15.5bn, the Gulf sultanate’s Transport Minister...

3 Qaeda members jailed for plot to kill Hadi 16 Sep 2013 - 02:34 am

SANA’A: A Yemeni court sentenced three Al Qaeda members to jail yesterday for plotting to kill President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and target foreign...

Bahrain jails three for trying to kill police 16 Sep 2013 - 02:33 am

DUBAI: A Bahraini court yesterday jailed three Shia Muslims for 10 years each after convicting them of attempting to kill police officers during...

Obama, Rowhani swapped letters 16 Sep 2013 - 02:33 am

WASHINGTON: Barack Obama says he and Iran’s new President Hassan Rowhani have exchanged letters, and warned his reluctance to strike Syria had no...

Saudi Arabia to compete for first time at Oscars 16 Sep 2013 - 02:33 am

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia, where cinemas are banned, is to compete for an Oscar for the first time next year with feminist film Wadjda...

Egypt secures Gaza border, presses Sinai campaign 16 Sep 2013 - 02:33 am

CAIRO: The Egyptian army is clearing buildings deemed a security threat at a distance of up to one kilometre from the Gaza border,...

Jordan hosts over 2,100 defectors 16 Sep 2013 - 02:32 am

AMMAN: More than 2,100 Syrian officers have fled to Jordan since the start of the conflict in their country in 2011, the kingdom’s...

Syria not off the hook yet: Kerry 16 Sep 2013 - 02:32 am

JERUSALEM: Washington’s top diplomat, after talks with Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu, warned Syria yesterday that it was not off the hook following a US-Russian...

Schools reopen as threat of US strike recedes 16 Sep 2013 - 02:31 am

DAMASCUS: Thousands of Syrian schoolchildren started their academic year on time yesterday after concern that schools would not open on schedule due to...

Al Qaeda tells fighters to shun secularists 16 Sep 2013 - 02:31 am

DUBAI: Al Qaeda leader Ayman Al Zawahri has told the Islamist militants who are some of Syria’s toughest opposition forces to avoid alliances...