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Nearly 2m Syrian children no longer in school: UN 07 Sep 2013 - 03:14 am

GENEVA: Nearly two million Syrian children are no longer receiving an education, the United Nations’ agency for children said yesterday, representing around 40...

Army launches assault to secure Damascus airport 07 Sep 2013 - 03:14 am

BEIRUT: Syrian armed forces launched a massive operation yesterday to secure a strategic military airport near Damascus ahead of possible US-led military strikes,...

NGO says Al Qaeda group killed MSF doctor in Syria 07 Sep 2013 - 03:14 am

BEIRUT: A Syrian doctor working for Doctors Without Borders (MSF) who was found dead this week was killed by the Al Qaeda-linked Islamic...

EU court strikes down Iran nuclear sanctions 07 Sep 2013 - 03:01 am

Bushehr nuclear power plant (File picture) LUXEMBOURG: One of the European Union’s top courts annulled yesterday an EU asset freeze imposed on seven...

Two killed in Egypt clashes 07 Sep 2013 - 02:59 am

Members of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of ousted President Mohammed Mursi march through Cairo’s Moandessen neighbourhood yesterday. ALEXANDRIA/CAIRO: Two people were killed...

US evacuates non-essential staff from Beirut mission 07 Sep 2013 - 02:57 am

Lebanese police stand guard as supporters of Syrian President Bashar Al Assad gather for a demonstration against a possible US military strike on...

MERS kills one in Qatar, two in Saudi 07 Sep 2013 - 02:52 am

DOHA: Coronavirus MERS claimed yet another victim here yesterday — a 29-year-old Qatari under treatment at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) since August 17....

‘Citizens discriminated against’ 07 Sep 2013 - 02:51 am

DOHA: A prominent Qatari psychologist, who earned her PhD from the UK, has lashed out at Western expatriates and said there was no...

Bridging the citizen-expat gap 07 Sep 2013 - 02:48 am

BY Azmat Haroon DOHA: As the job market in the GCC countries continues to expand, a paradox of this region is that skills...

Why many didn’t want to be quoted for this story 07 Sep 2013 - 02:48 am

Doha: A majority of people The Peninsula spoke to about this weekend’s issue said they did not want their names in print because...

STRIKING A BALANCE 07 Sep 2013 - 02:39 am

by Mobin pandit Citizens and expatriates have been living in peaceful coexistence in the GCC countries for decades since the early days of...

Peking duck not all it’s quacked to be 07 Sep 2013 - 01:12 am

A man rows a boat before an 18-metre tall inflatable duck displayed on a lake at the Beijing Garden Expo Park yesterday. BEIJING:...

Last Hitler bunker witness Misch dies aged 96 07 Sep 2013 - 01:11 am

BERLIN: Roland Misch (pictured), the last surviving witness of Adolf Hitler’s final days in the Berlin bunker who always referred to the Nazi...

DJ Dave Lee Travis to face assault trial 07 Sep 2013 - 01:10 am

LONDON: British radio presenter Dave Lee Travis, who counts Aung San Suu Kyi among his fans, will stand trial next year accused of...

Fifth Estate exposes WikiLeaks at Toronto festival 07 Sep 2013 - 01:10 am

TORONTO: The Fifth Estate, an unlikely thriller that chronicles the emergence of anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks and its enigmatic founder Julian Assange, premiered at...

Critics of austerity can’t deny that growth is back 07 Sep 2013 - 12:52 am

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Apple hit with injunction in e-books antitrust case 06 Sep 2013 - 05:26 pm

NEW YORK: A federal judge who found Apple Inc liable for conspiring to fix e-book prices entered an injunction on Friday intended to...

MERS virus claims two more lives in Saudi Arabia 06 Sep 2013 - 05:24 pm

RIYADH: Two women have died of the coronavirus MERS in Saudi Arabia, the health ministry said on Friday, bringing the total number of...