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Confusion as SEC says schools to reopen on Sept 10 04 Sep 2013 - 02:32 am

DOHA: All schools in Qatar will reopen on September 10 after the summer break, the Supreme Education Council (SEC) announced yesterday. This also...

Colombia’s FARC talks at ‘critical’ stage 04 Sep 2013 - 01:21 am

BOGOTA: Colombia’s peace talks with Marxist FARC rebels have reached a “critical” stage, with discussions over the next couple of months a key...

Opposition blamed for Venezuela blackouts 04 Sep 2013 - 01:20 am

CARACAS: President Nicolas Maduro yesterday blamed Venezuela’s right-wing opposition for what he called “sabotage” that he said caused blackouts that plunged much of...

US public opposed to Syria strike 04 Sep 2013 - 01:20 am

WASHINGTON: Two new polls out yesterday have found strong opposition to US military intervention in Syria among a war-weary American public despite increasing...

Abuse suit against Catholic church in Chile 04 Sep 2013 - 01:20 am

SANTIAGO: Three men allegedly abused as boys by prominent priest Fernando Karadima in the 1980s filed a lawsuit yesterday against the Chilean Catholic...

Brazil tycoon Batista axed from list of billionaires 04 Sep 2013 - 01:19 am

NEW YORK CITY: A few years ago Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista brashly predicted he would become the world’s richest man. Now, he has...

SYRIA STRIKING OBAMA DON QUIXOTE FRANCE HOLLANDE ALLIES NATO BRITAIN US INTERVENTION WAR 04 Sep 2013 - 01:17 am

Group: ViewsMideast Credit: BLEIBEL Source: Daily Star - Beirut, Lebanon Keywords: COLOR SYRIA STRIKING OBAMA DON QUIXOTE FRANCE HOLLANDE ALLIES NATO BRITAIN US...

Wave of attacks kills 50 in Iraq 04 Sep 2013 - 01:13 am

A man looks at a shop, the site of a car bomb attack in Hilla, 100km south of Baghdad, yesterday BAGHDAD: A wave...

Egyptian military building buffer zone with Gaza, says Hamas 04 Sep 2013 - 01:11 am

Egyptian soldiers keeping guard on the border with Egypt and the Palestinian territory in Southern Gaza Strip. GAZA: Egyptian security forces have destroyed...

Court jails 52 Brotherhood members 04 Sep 2013 - 01:11 am

CAIRO: An Egypt military court yesterday gave a life sentence to a Muslim Brotherhood member and sentenced 51 more to jail for attacking...

Erdogan closer to presidency with allies’ public backing 04 Sep 2013 - 01:10 am

ANKARA: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, accused of authoritarian rule at demonstrations in June, has taken a step towards what he hopes...

Somali president escapes unhurt in ambush by Islamist gunmen 04 Sep 2013 - 01:10 am

MOGADISHU: Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud escaped unhurt yesterday from an ambush on his heavily armoured convoy claimed by Al Qaeda linked Islamists,...

Six dead in metal warehouse blast 04 Sep 2013 - 01:10 am

ANKARA: An accidental explosion in a scrap metal warehouse killed six people in Syria just a few hundred metres from the Turkish border,...

Arab ministers to meet Kerry on Mideast peace talks 04 Sep 2013 - 01:09 am

CAIRO: The Arab League said yesterday that an Arab ministerial delegation would meet US Secretary of State John Kerry in Rome on Sunday...

Malala: Books can defeat terrorism 04 Sep 2013 - 01:07 am

Malala Yousafzai, the 16-year-old Pakistani advocate for girls education who was shot in the head by the Taliban in 2012, speaks as she...

US steps up monitoring as mistrust grows 04 Sep 2013 - 01:07 am

WASHINGTON: While US intelligence agencies spend billions monitoring enemies like Al Qaeda and Iran, they pay just as much attention to ally Pakistan,...

Terrorism, clashes leave thousands homeless in Pakistan 04 Sep 2013 - 01:07 am

ISLAMABAD: Terrorism and armed clashes continue to cause a huge number of innocent people to flee for their lives. They are left homeless,...

IMF likely to give $2bn to Pakistan 04 Sep 2013 - 01:06 am

KARACHI: Pakistan’s government is likely to receive more than $2bn worth of inflows from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) this week under its...