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CMC meeting postponed as some members still on vacation 03 Sep 2013 - 03:09 am

DOHA: The meeting of the Central Municipal Council (CMC) after the long summer break that was slated to be held on September 10,...

Foreign Minister visits Spain 03 Sep 2013 - 03:08 am

The Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah with Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo at the Palace of...

Souq Waqif to get huge underground parking 03 Sep 2013 - 03:04 am

DOHA: A massive and multi-layer underground parking facility is planned near Souq Waqif to enable visitors get easier access to the country’s tourist...

Afghan Taliban attack US base near Pakistan 03 Sep 2013 - 02:16 am

Afghan police inspect the site as smoke rises from burning Nato supply trucks after a Taliban attack at Torkham district in Jalalabad province,...

Fresh murder charges filed against Musharraf 03 Sep 2013 - 02:06 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan police yesterday registered murder charges against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf in connection with the death of a radical cleric during...

Afghan police deaths double as foreign troops withdraw 03 Sep 2013 - 02:06 am

KABUL: Police deaths in Afghanistan have doubled this year after withdrawing Nato forces handed security of the war-ravaged country to poorly equipped local...

High-security jail to open in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 03 Sep 2013 - 02:04 am

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province will have a high-security jail for high-profile militants and hardened criminals in Mardan division to avoid the kind of...

India provides list of 386 jailed Pakistanis 03 Sep 2013 - 02:04 am

ISLAMABAD: Indian authorities have handed over a list of 386 Pakistanis detained in Indian jails to the High Commission of Pakistan in New...

Punjab hopes fresh recruits will change police culture 03 Sep 2013 - 02:04 am

ISLAMABAD: The Punjab government plans to recruit 500 Sub Inspectors (SIs) through the provincial Public Service Commission (PPSC) to be appointed as Additional...

64-year-old makes history with Cuba-Florida swim 03 Sep 2013 - 02:02 am

US long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad is welcomed ashore after completing a 160km swim from Cuba to Key West, Florida, yesterday. MIAMI: Diana Nyad...

Top Republicans warn against Syria No vote 03 Sep 2013 - 02:02 am

WASHINGTON: Two top Republicans warned yesterday of catastrophic consequences if Congress votes against striking Syria and suggested the White House may be mulling...

Mexican leader defends reforms 03 Sep 2013 - 02:00 am

MEXICO CITY: Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto defended his sweeping reform agenda yesterday, urging his countrymen to back the changes after protests against...

UK troops deny mutilating corpses 03 Sep 2013 - 02:00 am

LONDON: British army officials yesterday dismissed “baseless rumours” that troops mutilated the bodies of dead Iraqi insurgents after a 2004 battle, as a...

Drug cartel leader ‘Ugly Betty’ detained 03 Sep 2013 - 02:00 am

MEXICO CITY: Mexican police have detained the alleged leader of the New Juarez Cartel, a 47-year-old man known as “Ugly Betty,” authorities said...

SYRIA STRIKING CONGRESS OBAMA SNAIL 03 Sep 2013 - 01:57 am

Group: ViewsAmerica Credit: BLEIBEL Source: Daily Star - Beirut, Lebanon Keywords: COLOR SYRIA STRIKING CONGRESS OBAMA SNAIL 090213 Provider: CartoonArts International / The...

Shippers step up vigilance in Suez Canal 03 Sep 2013 - 01:54 am

LONDON: An attack by assailants on a container ship in the Suez canal has heightened risks for merchant shipping using the vital waterway,...

UN and Iraq probe deaths of 52 Iranian exiles at camp 03 Sep 2013 - 01:54 am

BAGHDAD: A UN team visited a camp housing Iranian exiles north of the Iraqi capital yesterday as investigators tried to establish how 52...

Turkish generals go on trial over coup 03 Sep 2013 - 01:54 am

ANKARA: The first of more than 100 senior Turkish army officers began testifying in court yesterday over their alleged role in ousting Turkey’s...