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Cabinet nod for new packaging rules 12 Sep 2013 - 03:26 am

DOHA: Bakeries and eateries have been barred from using newspapers, magazines and polyethylene bags for packaging hot or cold food. The State Cabinet...

Intelligent system to ease traffic on Corniche street 12 Sep 2013 - 03:17 am

DOHA: A new traffic control system that can measure vehicular flow and open roads accordingly will be installed on the Corniche street. The...

SEC acts to curb student misbehaviour 12 Sep 2013 - 02:58 am

DOHA: Repeated complaints related to misbehaviour of students in Independent schools have forced the Supreme Education Council (SEC) to act decisively and lay...

SYRIA UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL CHEMICAL WEAPONS CARPET ASSAD 12 Sep 2013 - 01:09 am

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Blast damages Libyan foreign ministry building in Benghazi 12 Sep 2013 - 12:46 am

Libyans gather outside a foreign ministry building that was damaged by a powerful blast in Benghazi yesterday. BENGHAZI, Libya: A car bomb damaged...

Harsh introduction for Iran’s new IAEA envoy 12 Sep 2013 - 12:44 am

Iranian ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency Reza Najafi at the UN atomic agency headquarters in Vienna, yesterday. VIENNA: Western envoys gave...

Six Egyptian soldiers killed in Sinai twin car blasts 12 Sep 2013 - 12:44 am

CAIRO: Twin car bomb blasts yesterday targeting Egypt’s army killed at least six soldiers in the restive Sinai peninsula, where the military is...

Over 39 dead in attacks across Iraq 12 Sep 2013 - 12:44 am

BAGHDAD: A suicide bombing against a Shia mosque as worshippers streamed out was the deadliest of attacks across Iraq that left at least...

Morocco unveils new migration policy after criticism 12 Sep 2013 - 12:43 am

RABAT: Morocco yesterday announced a new immigration policy, pledging to review cases according to specific criteria, following sharp criticism over its treatment of...

Prosecutors seek death for rapists 12 Sep 2013 - 12:41 am

Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration outside the Saket Court complex in New Delhi yesterday. New Delhi: Defence lawyers cited the teachings of...

PM pushes for tobacco-free society 12 Sep 2013 - 12:40 am

Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (centre) looks at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as she shakes hands with President Pranab Mukherjee during a welcoming ceremony...

BJP likely to name Modi as PM choice 12 Sep 2013 - 12:39 am

New Delhi: The BJP has made up its mind on who the party’s prime ministerial nominee for the 2014 general elections would be...

Punjab police bust terror module 12 Sep 2013 - 12:39 am

Chandigarh: The Punjab Police yesterday claimed that it had busted a module that was trying to revive terrorism in the state. A police...

SC rejects Chuatala’s interim bail plea 12 Sep 2013 - 12:39 am

New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday rejected the interim bail plea of former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala who, along with his...

Raped woman jailed in Haryana 12 Sep 2013 - 12:38 am

Chandigarh: The Haryana Police have pulled off a shocking one. A rape victim who has been seeking justice for herself was arrested before...

Kedarnath temple reopens 12 Sep 2013 - 12:31 am

Hindu devotees and police stand outside Kedarnath Temple before prayers at Kedarnath in Uttarakhand yesterday. The temple at the centre of a devastated...

Mars orbiter launch soon 12 Sep 2013 - 12:29 am

A scientist works on the Mars Orbiter vehicle at the Indian Space Research Organisation’s sattellite centre in Bangalore yesterday. Bangalore: India has built...

Rush for shopping as curfew relaxed in Muzaffarnagar 12 Sep 2013 - 12:28 am

Muzaffarnagar: A tense Muzaffarnagar was largely calm yesterday even as the death toll in one of the worst communal outbreaks in Uttar Pradesh...