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Indian embassy to mark Independence Day 05 Aug 2013 - 02:31 am

DOHA: The 67th Independence Day of India will be celebrated at the Indian embassy on August 15. A flag-hoisting ceremony will be held...

IBQ wraps up ‘Do Good Deeds’ campaign 05 Aug 2013 - 02:31 am

Doha: International Bank of Qatar (ibq) wrapped up its fifth Ramadan ‘Do Good deeds’ campaign, a community outreach initiative launched in 2009 as...

Kahramaa’s water stations open 24-hour for tankers 05 Aug 2013 - 02:30 am

DOHA: Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation’s (Kahramaa) tanker filling stations in Sailiya and Umm Salal are open 24 hours during Ramadan to...

Egypt govt for mediation in limited time 05 Aug 2013 - 02:29 am

An Egyptian street vendor sells national flags and masks of deposed president Mohammed Mursi outside Rabaa Al Adawiya mosque in Cairo, yesterday. CAIRO:...

Iftar in Tripoli 05 Aug 2013 - 02:28 am

Lebanese having Iftar at Nour square in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, yesterday.

Morocco revokes child abuser’s pardon 05 Aug 2013 - 02:28 am

RABAT: King Mohamed VI of Morocco yesterday revoked a pardon granted to a Spanish serial paedophile whose release sparked angry protests in the...

Explosions rock Mogadishu 05 Aug 2013 - 02:28 am

MOGADISHU: Islamist militants set off several explosions in the Somali capital yesterday, their spokesman said, demonstrating the rebels’ ability to attack the heart...

Libya’s deputy PM resigns 05 Aug 2013 - 02:27 am

BENGHAZI, Libya: Libya’s deputy prime minister Awadh Al Barassi announced his resignation late on Saturday, slamming the government as “dysfunctional” and unable to...

Ramadan Thoughts: Will Allah accept my repentance? 05 Aug 2013 - 02:27 am

By Ahmad ibn Abdul Rahman Al Swiyaan I was coming back from a long journey and Allah decreed that my seat in the...

Ramadan Thoughts: Islam : Basic Facts 05 Aug 2013 - 02:27 am

What is Jihad? Approximately fourteen hundred years ago, Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), the last in the line of the prophets of...

Rowhani cabinet largely made up of technocrats 05 Aug 2013 - 02:26 am

Iran’s new President Hasan Rowhani (right) arrives with former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (behind him) before being sworn in before parliament in Tehran...

Five of pro-regime family killed in Syria 05 Aug 2013 - 02:25 am

A Free Syrian Army fighter takes up a shooting position in Raqqa province. BEIRUT: Unidentified gunmen stormed a Damascus home and killed five...

Tunisia foils plot to kill politician 05 Aug 2013 - 02:24 am

TUNIS: Tunisia said its forces killed a “terror” suspect in a dawn raid yesterday and separately foiled a political assassination like the one...

Attacks kill six as Iraqi troops hunt for militants 05 Aug 2013 - 02:24 am

BAGHDAD: Iraqi security forces hunted for militants and weapons in the Baghdad area yesterday, while attacks killed six people, including three soldiers and...

Kuwait’s new cabinet has six royals 05 Aug 2013 - 02:24 am

ABU DHABI: A veteran former central bank governor was appointed Kuwait’s finance minister yesterday, state news agency KUNA said, after a parliamentary election...

Israel to launch polio vaccination drive 05 Aug 2013 - 02:24 am

JERUSALEM: Israel tomorrow launches a mass campaign in the south of the country to vaccinate 200,000 children up to nine years old against...

Israel adds 20 settlements to priority aid list 05 Aug 2013 - 02:23 am

JERUSALEM: The Israeli government yesterday added 20 settlements in the West Bank to a list drawn up in 2009 of Jewish communities prioritised...

FREE THOUGHTS NSA SPYING MIND PRIVACY INTERNET 05 Aug 2013 - 02:22 am

Group: ViewsAmerica Credit: VAN DAM Source: Landsmeer, Netherlands Keywords: COLOR FREE THOUGHTS NSA SPYING MIND PRIVACY INTERNET 080213 Provider: CartoonArts International / The...