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QA unveils top packages ahead of Eid 31 Jul 2013 - 03:03 am

DOHA: Qatar Airways Holidays has unveiled their top 20 packages for the upcoming Eid Al Fitr holidays, including a number of exciting destinations...

Audi Ramadan offer valid until Aug 15 31 Jul 2013 - 03:01 am

Some of the cars of the Audi A5 range. DOHA: Q-Auto, the new dealer of Audi cars in Qatar, has launched an attractive...

QTA holds Ghabga for staff at Four Seasons 31 Jul 2013 - 02:58 am

Chairman of Qatar Tourism Authority Issa bin Mohammed Al Mohannadi with winners of the Ramadan competition. DOHA: Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) recently held...

Qatar Airways, Qatar Charity host iftar for orphans 31 Jul 2013 - 02:58 am

Officials of Qatar Airways and Qatar Charity with children during the special iftar. DOHA: Qatar Airways recently hosted a special iftar for 80...

CMC against partitioning villas 31 Jul 2013 - 02:57 am

DOHA: A rising number of elected civic representatives want the government to clamp down on the mushrooming villas and traditional Arabic houses that...

Qatar takes part in Holy Quran competition in Jordan 31 Jul 2013 - 02:57 am

Doha: Qatar participates in the International Competition for the Holy Quran Memorisation, Recitation and Interpretation, now held in Jordan. Qatar is represented by...

Hot, humid and windy today, forecasters say 31 Jul 2013 - 02:57 am

DOHA: The weather will be hot and windy today with speed of wind reaching up to 10 to 20 knots an hour in...

Ramadan Thoughts: Zakah and its significance 31 Jul 2013 - 02:57 am

By Muhammad Mojlum Khan Being the most honored in the sight of God, a believer is required to fulfill all his needs, be...

Ramadan Thoughts: Fasting, the fourth pillar 31 Jul 2013 - 02:56 am

Sawm or fasting during the holy month of Ramadan, is the fourth pillar of Islam. Ordained in the Holy Quran, the fast is...

Abbas wants not a single Israeli in future state 31 Jul 2013 - 02:55 am

US Secretary of State John Kerry watches as Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni and Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat shake hands during a...

Tehran bids for key position in UN disarmament committee 31 Jul 2013 - 02:54 am

UNITED NATIONS: Iran is campaigning for a key position on a UN General Assembly committee that deals with disarmament and international security amid...

EGYPT BALLOT BOX BURIED PYRAMID MILITARY 31 Jul 2013 - 02:53 am

Group: ViewsMideast Credit: TOM Source: Trouw - Amsterdam, Netherlands Keywords: COLOR EGYPT BALLOT BOX BURIED PYRAMID MILITARY 072913 Provider: CartoonArts International / The...

Mursi safe and well: EU’s top diplomat 31 Jul 2013 - 02:48 am

An Egyptian supporter of deposed president Mohammed Mursi raises a portrait of him during a demonstration against the government in Al Nasr street...

Tunisia’s biggest union tells Islamist government to quit 31 Jul 2013 - 02:47 am

TUNIS: Tunisia’s largest labour union called yesterday for the dissolution of the Islamist-led government and the interior minister offered to resign as a...

5 soldiers killed in Sinai in 36 hours 31 Jul 2013 - 02:46 am

CAIRO: An Egyptian soldier was shot dead in the Sinai Peninsula yesterday, raising the 36-hour toll of security forces in the area to...

Violence in Iraq kills 82 in two days 31 Jul 2013 - 02:46 am

BAGHDAD: Violence in Iraq killed 22 people yesterday among them seven police, officials said, as an Al Qaeda front group claimed a wave...

Saudi arrests Shias in gunbattle 31 Jul 2013 - 02:46 am

RIYADH: Saudi security forces arrested nine Shias after a gunbattle in the oil-rich east, one of them wanted over protests among the minority...

Assad uses Instagram for publicity 31 Jul 2013 - 02:46 am

BEIRUT: Syrian President Bashar Al Assad’s office has used a new Instagram account to post photographs of him greeting supporters, and images of...