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7,000 baby car seats to be distributed at hospital 08 Jul 2013 - 02:48 am

The Director of Traffic Department, Brigadier Mohamed Saad Al Kharji (right); the Assistant Secretary General for Medical Affairs, Supreme Council of Health (SCH),...

Punjab chief minister in Doha today 08 Jul 2013 - 02:48 am

Doha: The Chief Minister of Pakistan’s Punjab province Shahbaz Sharif will arrive in Qatar today, a Pakistan embassy official said yesterday. He will...

Parts of lanes on 22 February Street to be closed 08 Jul 2013 - 02:47 am

DOHA: Some parts of the lanes on the 22 February Street in front of Souq Al Ali near Al Gharrafa Interchange will be...

QRC to spend QR6,165,000 on Ramadan charity programmes 08 Jul 2013 - 02:46 am

Qatar Red Crescent charity to reach 73,000 people. Doha: Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) is getting ready to implement several projects in Ramadan such...

Five charity groups to set up iftar tents 08 Jul 2013 - 02:46 am

DOHA: Five charity organisations have set up four tents to serve iftar meals daily for up to 2,000 people who are fasting during...

Brotherhood seeks arms for Syrian rebels 08 Jul 2013 - 02:44 am

Free Syrian Army fighters prepare for an offensive against forces loyal to President Bashar Al Assad, in Aleppo's Salaheddine neighbourhood. BEIRUT: The Syrian...

Ultra-Orthodox fury over new conscription law 08 Jul 2013 - 02:44 am

JERUSALEM: Israel’s cabinet approved a draft law yesterday to abolish wholesale exemptions from military duty granted to Jewish seminary students, stoking ultra-Orthodox anger...

Fresh fighting in Sudan after aid worker dies in Darfur 08 Jul 2013 - 02:43 am

KHARTOUM: A Sudanese worker for aid group World Vision has died of injuries suffered in a suspected grenade blast during urban fighting in...

Saudi Qaeda suspect turns himself in 08 Jul 2013 - 02:43 am

RIYADH: A Saudi citizen who was “lured to restive areas” abroad, has surrendered and been repatriated, the interior ministry said yesterday, without specifying...

Two more die in Saudi from coronavirus 08 Jul 2013 - 02:43 am

RIYADH: Two more people have died of the SARS-like coronavirus MERS, Saudi Arabia’s Health Ministry said, bringing to 38 the number of deaths...

AFRICA US OBAMA VISIT POOR RICH GRAPH CORRUPTION 08 Jul 2013 - 02:40 am

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Bomb kills policeman in Bahrain 08 Jul 2013 - 02:33 am

Police and anti-government protesters have clashed before in the village of Sitra DUBAI: Two attacks outside the Bahraini capital Manama killed one policeman...

Work begins on 44 new schools, KGs 08 Jul 2013 - 02:30 am

Engineer Nasser Ali Al Mawlawi (right), President of Ashghal, exchanging an agreement with a company representative at The St Regis Hotel in Doha...

Police on foot patrol to nab beggars 08 Jul 2013 - 02:22 am

DOHA: Qatar is for the first time setting up police teams on foot patrol to crack down on begging during Ramadan when the...

Scared, some expats flee at the sight of police vehicles 08 Jul 2013 - 02:11 am

BY AZMAT HAROON DOHA: Many expats are so scared of police that they run away when they see a police vehicle, and this...

Mursi supporters, opponents hold huge protests 08 Jul 2013 - 02:03 am

Egyptian military jets fly over Tahrir Square as protesters, who are against former Egyptian president Mohammed Mursi, gather in Cairo yesterday. CAIRO: Hundreds...

Spain’s King congratulates Emir 08 Jul 2013 - 01:38 am

The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with Spain’s Minister of Defence Pedro Morenes Eulate at the Emiri Diwan yesterday....

Nine blasts hit Bodh Gaya temple 08 Jul 2013 - 01:19 am

A member of the security forces walks next to bloody footprints inside the Mahabodhi temple complex after the blasts in Bodh Gaya yesterday....