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MoI receives rights abuse complaints 13 Jul 2013 - 02:51 am

Doha: The Human Rights Department of the Ministry of Interior (MoI) receives complaints related to human rights abuses in the country, including those...

Search and Follow-up Dept at your service 13 Jul 2013 - 02:50 am

The duty of the Search and Follow-up Department (SFD) is to implement Law Number 4 of 2009, which regulates the entry, exit, residence...

FOLLOW VISA RULES 13 Jul 2013 - 02:27 am

The Ministry of Interior is clamping down on the illicit visa trade in a big way and hopes that the menace would be...

Ramadan Thoughts: The month overflowing with mercy 13 Jul 2013 - 02:25 am

By Fethullah Gülen There is no month but Ramadan that can sail by with relentless joy, everlasting pleasure and never fading love. Presenting...

Ramadan Thoughts: Inner dimensions of fasting 13 Jul 2013 - 02:25 am

By Imam Abu Hamid Al Ghazali Reported on the authority of Sahl bin Sa’ad that the Prophet said, “Jannah has an entrance by...

Five dead, 100 escape from prison 13 Jul 2013 - 02:23 am

Armed Indonesian policemen secure the main gate of the burning prison compound in Medan city. MEDAN, Indonesia: Indonesian police yesterday hunted for around...

20 Buddhists jailed over violence 13 Jul 2013 - 02:22 am

YANGON: Myanmar has sentenced more than 20 Buddhists to prison for their roles in religious riots in March, including a deadly attack on...

Indonesia probes Malaysia company over forest fires 13 Jul 2013 - 02:22 am

JAKARTA: Indonesian police yesterday said they were investigating a Malaysian company over forest fires that contributed to choking haze last month, in Southeast...

Cambodia pardons opposition leader 13 Jul 2013 - 02:22 am

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia’s king has pardoned Sam Rainsy, a senior figure in the opposition to long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen, and he will...

Ramadan peace in Thailand 13 Jul 2013 - 02:22 am

KUALA LUMPUR: The Thai government and Muslim rebels have agreed to try to curb violence during Ramadan, a Malaysian official said yesterday, marking...

N Korea readies missiles parade 13 Jul 2013 - 02:21 am

SEOUL: North Korea has mobilised missiles in preparation for a massive parade later this month to mark the 60th anniversary since the end...

Study sees major groundwater depletion by 2050 13 Jul 2013 - 02:20 am

Filipino residents stand with water containers during a protest against high water prices, in a street in Manila, yesterday. MANILA: Groundwater in the...

11 taken hostage in clan feud 13 Jul 2013 - 02:19 am

ZAMBOANGA: Armed Muslim clans in the strife-torn southern Philippines are holding 11 people, including several children, captive as part of a decades-long feud,...

Military seeks rebel group’s supplier of AK-47s 13 Jul 2013 - 02:19 am

MANILA: The Armed Forces of the Philippines have launched intensive intelligence gathering to identify suppliers of AK-47 rifles to the New People’s Army....

Ecologists stage protest at EU office 13 Jul 2013 - 02:19 am

MANILA: Environmentalists staged a protest demanding reparation for damages caused by the emission of greenhouse gases before the office of the European Union...

Govt seeks extension of talks with Milf rebels 13 Jul 2013 - 02:19 am

MANILA: The government of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (Milf) yesterday extended the 38th round of formal peace talks after...

32 Indonesians caught trying to enter illegally 13 Jul 2013 - 02:18 am

MANILA: Some 32 Indonesians allegedly trying to pass themselves off as Filipinos were prevented by the Bureau of Immigration (BI) from entering the...

Kidnap victim rescued 13 Jul 2013 - 02:18 am

MANILA: A businesswoman kidnapped in Quezon City on July 5 was rescued last afternoon by police officers in Davao City, where she was...