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Israeli troops kill three Palestinians 27 Aug 2013 - 03:25 am

Palestinians carry the body of two youth during their funeral at Qalandiya refugee camp in the West Bank city of Ramallah yesterday. RAMALLAH:...

Khamenei blames outsiders for Mideast’s woes 27 Aug 2013 - 03:22 am

DUBAI: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei yesterday blamed countries outside the Middle East for the region’s turmoil, and the Shia cleric said...

Iran adds to enrichment capacity 27 Aug 2013 - 03:22 am

VIENNA: A report by the UN nuclear watchdog is expected to show that Iran is pressing ahead with its nuclear programme by further...

Court scraps law barring Iraq PM from third term 27 Aug 2013 - 03:21 am

BAGHDAD: Iraq’s highest court yesterday overturned controversial term limits on senior posts, clearing the way for Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki to chase...

Life in Egypt returning to normal 27 Aug 2013 - 03:21 am

CAIRO: Throughout the Egyptian capital, shops were reopening yesterday, and many of the city’s 20 million residents were in the streets, going to...

Islamists link new Tunisia government to statute, polls 27 Aug 2013 - 03:20 am

TUNIS: Tunisia’s ruling Islamists yesterday detailed proposals to end weeks of political crisis, saying they would accept a technocrat government once consensus on...

Defence ministers meet 27 Aug 2013 - 03:20 am

Minister of State for Defence Affairs H E Maj Gen Hamad bin Ali Al Attiyah with French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian in...

Diabetes centre gives lessons on how to ‘live well with disease’ 27 Aug 2013 - 03:19 am

Diabetes educators at Hamad General Hospital. DOHA: Every patient diagnosed for diabetes at Hamad General Hospital’s new Diabetes Center is introduced to a...

QRC begins training courses in first aid 27 Aug 2013 - 03:18 am

A participant gets training in first aid. Doha: Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) has started conducting several first aid training courses and the first...

Employees in Mena keen on CSR: Survey 27 Aug 2013 - 03:18 am

DOHA: A whopping 95 percent of employees in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region, including Qatar, have expressed their desire to...

Indian expats in GCC remitted $30bn in 2011 27 Aug 2013 - 03:18 am

DOHA: Indian expatriates totalling almost five million in the oil-rich GCC countries remitted home a staggering $30bn in 2011, while total worker remittances...

Qatari govt receives National Food Security Plan from QNFSP 27 Aug 2013 - 03:17 am

DOHA: The Qatar National Food Security Programme (QNFSP) has submitted the country’s first comprehensive “National Food Security Plan” before the higher authorities for...

Qatar Airways announces flights to Ta’if 27 Aug 2013 - 03:17 am

DOHA: Qatar Airways has announced it will begin flights to Ta’if, in the Makkah province of Saudi Arabia, beginning October 2. The non-stop...

Doha to host C3 meeting 27 Aug 2013 - 03:17 am

DOHA: Public Works Authority (Ashghal) will be among the key participants at the seventh edition of The Climate Control Conference (C3), to be...

Japan PM in Doha today to boost trade, energy ties 27 Aug 2013 - 03:16 am

Japan Ambassador Kenjiro Monji. By Azmat Haroon Doha: Trade and energy cooperation between Qatar and Japan will top the agenda of Japanese Premier...

Culture and heritage 27 Aug 2013 - 03:15 am

Sun sets over Arabian traditional dhows on the Doha Corniche yesterday. The seas and traditional dhows form an integral part of the Qatari...

Al Jazeera centre, Cambridge varsity to study role of media in Tunisia 27 Aug 2013 - 03:15 am

Doha: Al Jazeera Center for Studies and the Centre for the Study of the International Relations of the Middle East and North Africa...

Tourism between Japan and Qatar low: Envoy 27 Aug 2013 - 03:14 am

Doha: Despite Qatar and Japan seeking to promote cultural ties, two-way tourism between the two countries remains low, Japanese ambassador said yesterday. A...