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State dinner for kids 10 Jul 2013 - 09:05 am

US President Barack Obama greets guests during a kids’ state dinner in the East Room of the White House yesterday in Washington, DC....

Some residents of Quebec town allowed to return home 10 Jul 2013 - 09:04 am

Emergency workers taking a break on an axle of a crude oil-carrying rail tanker in Lac Megantic, Quebec, Canada. LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec: Authorities in...

Waterboarding is torture, says FBI nominee 10 Jul 2013 - 09:04 am

WASHINGTON: James Comey, the man nominated by President Barack Obama to be the next FBI director, said yesterday that he believed the use...

Britain plans to opt out of most EU justice measures 10 Jul 2013 - 09:04 am

LONDON: Britain yesterday announced it would opt out of all EU measures on policing and criminal justice, but will seek to rejoin some...

Mandela remains ‘critical but stable’ 10 Jul 2013 - 09:04 am

JOHANNESBURG: Nelson Mandela remains in a “critical but stable” condition, the South African government said yesterday, after more than one month of intensive...

Russia fires Bolshoi chief over scandals 10 Jul 2013 - 09:02 am

MOSCOW: The Russian government yesterday sacked the head of the Bolshoi Theatre following a series of scandals including an horrific acid attack on...

Brotherhood rejects Egypt poll plan 10 Jul 2013 - 09:01 am

Supporters of Muslim Brotherhood protesting in support of ousted president Mohammed Mursi outside Rabaa Al Adawiya mosque in Cairo yesterday. CAIRO: Egypt’s army-installed...

Car bomb wounds 53 in Beirut suburb 10 Jul 2013 - 09:00 am

Civil Defence workers, Hezbollah members and civilians gather at the site of an explosion in Beirut’s southern suburb yesterday BEIRUT: A car bomb...

Syrian rebels ‘used’ sarin in Aleppo attack 10 Jul 2013 - 08:59 am

UNITED NATIONS: Russian scientific analysis indicates a deadly projectile that hit a suburb of the Syrian city of Aleppo on March 19 contained...

Protesters break fast at Gezi Park 10 Jul 2013 - 08:59 am

ISTANBUL: Turkish police allowed thousands of protesters who have been trying to block the redevelopment of a park in Istanbul to break their...

Abu Qatada’s family plans to move to Amman 10 Jul 2013 - 08:59 am

AMMAN: The wife and children of Islamist cleric Abu Qatada, who faces trial on terror charges in Jordan following his deportation from Britain,...

Two Palestinian women charged over protest 10 Jul 2013 - 08:58 am

OFER MILITARY COURT: An Israeli military court formally charged two Palestinian women yesterday over their involvement in a peaceful demonstration in the West...

Egypt imposes new visa rules on Syrians 10 Jul 2013 - 08:58 am

BEIRUT: Syrians travelling to Egypt are now required to apply for a visa, after the authorities in Cairo issued a new rule amid...

Corruption worsened in Arab countries since uprisings: Poll 10 Jul 2013 - 08:57 am

DUBAI: Corruption has worsened in most Arab countries since their 2011 revolutions, even though anger with corrupt officials was a major reason for...

Satellite Capacity Centre opens 10 Jul 2013 - 05:32 am

Es’hailSat’s Board Members, including Vice-Chairperson and the Minister of Information and Communication Technology H E Dr Hessa Sultan Al Jaber, during the opening...

Fasting persons advised to take precautions 10 Jul 2013 - 05:30 am

A crowded hypermarket in the city yesterday as residents buy food and other essential items on the eve of Ramadan. Kammutty V P...

Qatar Red Crescent’s Ramadan, Eid projects to reach 14 countries 10 Jul 2013 - 05:27 am

A Qatar Red Crescent volunteer visiting a hospital. DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) aims at collecting QR45m through its “Merciful Among Themselves” campaign...

Eid Charity, Mercy Corps in charity tie up 10 Jul 2013 - 05:26 am

DOHA: Sheikh Eid Charitable Association and Mercy Corps have signed a Letter of Understanding to establish a strategic and collaborative relationship with the...