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Emir sends greetings to Egypt interim president 04 Jul 2013 - 02:37 pm

DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on Thursday sent a cable of congratulations to Head of the Supreme Constitutional...

Qatar Stock Exchange up 0.05pc 04 Jul 2013 - 02:25 pm

DOHA: The Qatar Exchange in the green area Thursday adding 4.63 points or 0.05 percent to advance to 9,372.17 points from 9,367.54 Wednesday....

Temasek global portfolio reaches record high $169bn 04 Jul 2013 - 02:23 pm

SINGAPORE: Singapore state investment giant Temasek said Thursday the value of its global portfolio rose to a record high of Sg$215 billion or...

Dormant Swiss accounts paid out $6.1m in 2012 04 Jul 2013 - 02:16 pm

GENEVA: Swiss banks paid about six million dollars last year to the heirs of people who left dormant accounts, a report showed on...

Pakistan court orders cricket chairman re-election 04 Jul 2013 - 02:02 pm

ISLAMABAD: A court in Pakistan on Thursday ordered the country's cricket board to re-elect a chairman within 90 days after Zaka Ashraf was...

Discount Investment to raise 200m shekels in bond offering 04 Jul 2013 - 02:01 pm

JERUSALEM: Discount Investment Corp. plans to raise an immediate 200 million shekels or $55 million in a public bond offering, saying it sought...

Female Afghan police officer shot dead 04 Jul 2013 - 01:51 pm

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan: Gunmen on Thursday shot dead one of the most high-profile female police officers in Afghanistan, underlining the threat to women who...

Britain will work with new Egypt leaders 04 Jul 2013 - 01:36 pm

LONDON: Britain will work with Egypt's interim authorities despite not supporting the military intervention that toppled Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, Foreign Secretary William...

Bahrain journalists body launches contingency fund 04 Jul 2013 - 01:34 pm

MANAMA: The Bahrain Journalists Association (BJA) has launched a fund to offer its Bahraini and non-Bahraini members financial assistance during contingency. The Journalists'...

GM Korea workers strike over wages 04 Jul 2013 - 01:10 pm

SEOUL: Workers at General Motor's factories in South Korea went on strike Thursday demanding an increase in wages and the expansion of the...

Israel to reopen Hebron road after 12-years closure 04 Jul 2013 - 11:52 am

HEBRON: Israel on Wednesday said it would reopen the Sadit al-Harayiq road in the southern West Bank district of Hebron after a 12-years...

Peugeot shares leap on Goldman Sachs 'buy' tip 04 Jul 2013 - 11:51 am

PARIS: Shares in ailing French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen soared on Thursday after US banking giant Goldman Sachs recommended that investors buy its...

Landslides and floods in Nepal kill 50 04 Jul 2013 - 11:41 am

KATHMANDU: Landslides and floods triggered by several weeks of monsoon rains have killed at least 50 people in mainly remote parts of Nepal,...

Emir receives congratulatory cables 04 Jul 2013 - 11:40 am

DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has received on the occasion of his assumption of power in the country...

Seoul offers low-level talks on normalization of Industrial Park 04 Jul 2013 - 11:26 am

SEOUL: South Korea on Thursday proposed working-level talks with North Korea on the normalization of the suspended inter-Korean industrial complex in the communist...

Ten missing as cargo ship capsizes off Thailand 04 Jul 2013 - 11:21 am

BANGKOK: Ten crew members from a Bangladeshi cargo ship were missing Thursday after their vessel capsized in the Andaman Sea, sparking a rescue...

Two women among eight communists slain in Philippines 04 Jul 2013 - 10:36 am

MANILA: Philippine troops on Thursday killed eight communist rebels, two of them women, in the latest flare-up of violence since talks to end...

Pakistan ends moratorium on executions 04 Jul 2013 - 10:14 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's new government has ended a moratorium on executions, an official said Thursday as Amnesty International raised concerns about a "shocking and...