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Ramadan timings for HMC hospitals 12 Jul 2013 - 04:00 am

DOHA: The operating hours for Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) hospitals during Ramadan has been announced yesterday. Hamad General Hospital will be open from...

Social media sites active in Ramadan 12 Jul 2013 - 04:00 am

Doha: A majority of people in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region become more active on social media sites during Ramadan,...

Science workshop for school teachers 12 Jul 2013 - 03:57 am

Some of the participants in the workshop organised by the Research and Development Division at Qatar Foundation in collaboration with the Supreme Education...

South African minister meets Qatari ambassador 12 Jul 2013 - 03:57 am

Pretoria: South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana-Mashabane met here yesterday with Qatar’s Ambassador to South Africa Salem Abdullah Al...

HMC to host awareness programme on organ donation 12 Jul 2013 - 03:57 am

DOHA: Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) will host its first awareness programme on the ‘Organ donation campaign’ tomorrow at the City Centre. The campaign...

No Ramadan respite for Syria fighters 12 Jul 2013 - 03:45 am

A Free Syrian Army member inside a house in the city of Aleppo yesterday. BEIRUT: An army assault on Homs in central Syria...

Egypt hails US remarks on Mursi 12 Jul 2013 - 03:45 am

CAIRO: Egypt’s interim rulers welcomed yesterday remarks from the US State Department describing the rule of toppled leader Mohammed Mursi as undemocratic, read...

25 troops among 40 killed in Iraq attacks 12 Jul 2013 - 03:45 am

BAGHDAD: Militants killed 25 Iraqi security forces in a wave of attacks yesterday, and 15 other people died in other attacks including 10...

Dissidents say Iran building underground nuclear site 12 Jul 2013 - 03:45 am

PARIS/VIENNA: An exiled opposition group said yesterday it had obtained information about a secret underground nuclear site under construction in Iran, without specifying...

UN chief worried over arrests in Egypt 12 Jul 2013 - 03:44 am

UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed concern yesterday about continued detentions in Egypt and arrest warrants issued for Muslim Brotherhood leaders and...

Breaking bad habits 12 Jul 2013 - 03:44 am

By Maria Zain Ramadan is always the month where people talk about making changes, engaging in good deeds and breaking bad habits, i.e.,...

The reward for true patience is Paradise 12 Jul 2013 - 03:43 am

Salmaan reports: “On the last day of ‘Sha’ban’, the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him) addressed us and said: “O people, there...

CARBON EMISSIONS GLOBAL TREATY HIGH WAY CHINA USA EUROPE 12 Jul 2013 - 03:42 am

Group: BusinessViews Credit: PARESH Source: The Khaleej Times - Dubai, UAE Keywords: COLOR CARBON EMISSIONS GLOBAL TREATY HIGH WAY CHINA USA EUROPE 070813...

Drone lands on carrier deck in historic flight 12 Jul 2013 - 03:38 am

An X-47B pilot-less drone combat aircraft is launched from the deck of the USS George H W Bush aircraft carrier in the Atlantic...

Britons mourn murdered soldier 12 Jul 2013 - 03:37 am

BURY, England: Hundreds of Britons turned out yesterday to mourn Lee Rigby, a soldier whose murder on a London street made international headlines...

German minister wants ‘straight talk’ on spying 12 Jul 2013 - 03:37 am

BERLIN: German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich said he expected “straight talk” at high-level meetings in Washington on a simmering dispute over broad state...

US and Russia play waiting game over Snowden: Report 12 Jul 2013 - 03:37 am

MOSCOW: US authorities have stopped pushing Russia to extradite US leaker Edward Snowden, who has been holed up in a Moscow airport for...

Whole country will vote for me: Mugabe 12 Jul 2013 - 03:37 am

CHIWESHE, Zimbabwe: President Robert Mugabe kick-started his election campaign yesterday exuding confidence that Zimbabweans will vote to extend his 33-year rule when they...