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Economy Minister meets top Indian delegation 10 Sep 2013 - 03:46 am

Doha: The Minister of Economy and Trade H E Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim bin Mohamed Al Thani yesterday met a high-level business delegation...

Stars of Science returns to MBC4 10 Sep 2013 - 03:46 am

Doha: Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF) has announced the return of the science and technology edutainment reality TV programme,...

123 students join UCQ 10 Sep 2013 - 03:45 am

DOHA: A total of 123 new students joined the University of Calgary-Qatar (UCQ) last week and were welcomed to the campus in a...

Fresh clashes near Damascus 10 Sep 2013 - 03:44 am

Free Syrian Army fighters take up positions with their weapons behind a wall in Aleppo’s Sheikh Saeed neighbourhood. BEIRUT: Syrian government forces launched...

US, Russia clash over Syria reactor at IAEA 10 Sep 2013 - 03:44 am

VIENNA: US-Russian tensions over Syria spilled into a UN nuclear watchdog meeting yesterday when the two clashed over whether inspectors should analyse possible...

Kurdish rebels halt Turkey pullout 10 Sep 2013 - 03:42 am

Turkish leftist protesters take cover from riot policemen during an anti-government demonstration in the district of Beyoglu in Istanbul yesterday. ANKARA: Kurdish rebels...

Byzantine-era gold hoard found in Jerusalem 10 Sep 2013 - 03:41 am

JERUSALEM: Israeli archaeologists have unearthed a Byzantine-era hoard of gold in Jerusalem’s Old City, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem announced yesterday. Dig director...

Clashes over teen in coma 10 Sep 2013 - 03:41 am

ISTANBUL: Police and hundreds of protesters clashed yesterday in Istanbul in the latest unrest over a 14-year-old left in a coma during anti-government...

Abducted Saudi diplomat asks family to stage protests 10 Sep 2013 - 03:41 am

ABU DHABI: A Saudi diplomat held hostage in Yemen for 18 months has urged his family to organise demonstrations asking the government to...

42 killed in Yemen sectarian violence 10 Sep 2013 - 03:41 am

SANAA: At least 42 people have been killed in 10 days of clashes in Yemen between Sunni Islamists and Shia rebels, tribal sources...

Seven police among 13 dead in Iraq 10 Sep 2013 - 03:40 am

BAGHDAD: Gunmen killed five policemen in a checkpoint shooting north of Baghdad yesterday, the deadliest of attacks that left 13 dead, officials said...

Election poster in Germany 10 Sep 2013 - 03:38 am

A person pastes a new election poster for the upcoming federal election of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party featuring an image...

France toughens ban on religion in schools 10 Sep 2013 - 03:37 am

PARIS: France yesterday unveiled a new charter designed to reinforce rules banning religion from schools which have been a recurring cause of tension...

Lawmakers mull Berlusconi expulsion 10 Sep 2013 - 03:37 am

ROME: Italian lawmakers yesterday began hearings to decide whether Silvio Berlusconi should be expelled from parliament following his criminal conviction in an unprecedented...

UN urged to reopen probe into former chief’s death 10 Sep 2013 - 03:37 am

THE HAGUE: Investigators yesterday called on the United Nations to reopen a probe into the 1961 death of UN secretary general Dag Hammarskjold,...

Polish PM’s rule fragile after defection 10 Sep 2013 - 03:37 am

WARSAW: The Polish government’s majority in parliament fell to two seats yesterday with the departure of one of its most senior lawmakers, leaving...

Fighting kills 60 in Central Africa 10 Sep 2013 - 03:36 am

BANGUI: Central African troops battled fighters loyal to the ousted president yesterday on the second day of clashes that have killed at least...

WAR ORCHESTRA MILITARY ARMS WEAPONS MUSIC SYRIA 10 Sep 2013 - 03:35 am

Group: Comment & Caricature Credit: DE ANGELIS Source: Rome, Italy Keywords: COLOR WAR ORCHESTRA MILITARY ARMS WEAPONS MUSIC SYRIA 090913 Provider: CartoonArts International...