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Qatar Airways Chengdu flight 05 Sep 2013 - 03:33 am

From Left: Liu Shou Cheng, Vice Mayor of Chengdu, Akbar Al Baker CEO of Qatar Airways, and Jared Lee, Country Manager for Qatar...

Qatar reelected to UNWTO committee 05 Sep 2013 - 03:33 am

Doha: Qatar was reelected as a member of the Credentials Committee of the Middle East region during the 20th UN World Tourism Organisation...

Quebec woos immigrants 05 Sep 2013 - 03:33 am

Doha: The Quebec Immigration authorities have announced new changes which are set to benefit professionals such as nurses, machining technicians, and insurance and...

Indian Navy ships to visit Doha on Tuesday 05 Sep 2013 - 03:32 am

DOHA: Indian Navy’s Western Fleet Ships INS Tabar and INS Aditya will be visiting Qatar from September 10 until September 13. INS Tabar...

Hot issues before the new govt 05 Sep 2013 - 03:31 am

When the new government was formed on June 26, 2013, I posed a minor question on my Twitter account: What are the hot...

The fate of those who fall from pulpits 05 Sep 2013 - 03:30 am

I paid a visit to Afghanistan in 2004 on an invitation from the Afghan government in order to attend a ceremony commemorating the...

Children who are growing old before their time 05 Sep 2013 - 03:28 am

It is not only me who is bothered by watching the bloody news from the Arab and Islamic world, which is full of...

Ministerial panel to curb visa trade 05 Sep 2013 - 03:10 am

DOHA: A powerful inter-ministerial committee has been set up to look into the causes and sources of the thriving illegal visa trade and...

New airport to operate from early next year 05 Sep 2013 - 03:07 am

DOHA: The New Doha International Airport (Hamad International) will begin operating from early next year, Qatar Airways’ CEO, Akbar Al Baker, said yesterday. ...

US Senate okays Syria strikes 05 Sep 2013 - 03:06 am

From left: Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, United Nations, High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Antonio Guterres, Lebanese Social...

Protests in Bahrain 05 Sep 2013 - 03:05 am

Anti-government protesters throw stones at riot police during clashes in the village of Selah, west of Manama, yesterday. Clashes erupted after the funeral...

Not many families keen on hiring European maids 05 Sep 2013 - 03:03 am

BY FAZEENA SALEEM DOHA: More than three months have lapsed since the government allowed local manpower agencies to recruit maids from Bosnia and...

Eight private schools to open this year 05 Sep 2013 - 03:02 am

DOHA: Eight new private schools and five private kindergartens are expected to open during the new academic year which begins on September 10,...

Syria: From military action to political solution 05 Sep 2013 - 02:59 am

Khalid Al Sayed EDITOR-IN-CHIEF I wonder if we will ever see light at the end of the Syrian tunnel after all these killings...

Emir meets Turkish envoy 05 Sep 2013 - 02:58 am

The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani presenting the Sash of Merit to the outgoing Turkish Ambassador Emre Yunt at...

Municipalities set to decide building colours 05 Sep 2013 - 02:51 am

DOHA: The Cabinet yesterday approved a draft law which, once put in force, would authorise the municipalities to decide the colour of the...

New laws likely to curb NSA powers 05 Sep 2013 - 01:28 am

From left: Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Finnish President Sauli Niinisto, US President Barack Obama, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and Davia Gunnlaugsson,...

Snowden can feel safe in Russia: Putin 05 Sep 2013 - 01:28 am

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin described the former US intelligence contractor sought by Washington on espionage charges as a “strange guy” but said...