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Election panel notifies Bengal panchayat polls 04 Jul 2013 - 01:10 am

Kolkata: In accordance with the Supreme Court’s directive, the State Election Commission yesterday notified the West Bengal panchayat polls scheduled to be held...

Engelbart, father of the mouse, dies 04 Jul 2013 - 01:07 am

SAN FRANCISCO: Douglas C Engelbart, a technologist who conceived of the computer mouse and laid out a vision of an Internet decades before...

Qatar Exchange slightly down 0.01pc 03 Jul 2013 - 03:00 pm

DOHA: The Qatar Exchange down on Wednesday 1.06 points or 0.01 percent to 9,367.54 points from the previous closing of 9,368.60 points. The...

Saudi Grand Mufti urges Egyptians to avoid bloodshed 03 Jul 2013 - 02:53 pm

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's Grand Mufti, the highest religious authority in the birthplace of Islam, urged Egyptians on Wednesday to cooperate in order to...

Saudi records two new deaths from MERS 03 Jul 2013 - 02:53 pm

RIYADH: A Saudi man and a woman have died from the MERS virus, raising the death toll from the SARS-like infection in the...

Qatar and Kenya discuss bilateral relations 03 Jul 2013 - 02:51 pm

NAIROBI: Kenyan Minister of Mining Najib Balala met here today with Qatar Ambassador to Kenya Ibrahim Mohamed Al Abdullah. Talks during the meeting...

Britain unveils plans to charge migrants for healthcare 03 Jul 2013 - 02:33 pm

LONDON: Britain announced plans on Wednesday to charge migrants hundreds of pounds a year to access its state-run National Health Service (NHS), in...

Turk Telekom, others eye $1bn pay-TV group Digiturk 03 Jul 2013 - 02:06 pm

ISTANBUL: Turk Telekom, Dogan Holding and Dogus Group are among potential buyers for Turkish digital pay-TV operator Digiturk, in a deal seen worth...

Iraq attacks on Shiites kill 113 in three days 03 Jul 2013 - 02:05 pm

BAGHDAD: A bombing on Baghdad's southern outskirts killed seven people Wednesday, the latest in a three-day wave of bloodshed targeting Shiite Muslims that...

HE Deputy Premier meets Chadian Foreign Minister 03 Jul 2013 - 02:05 pm

DOHA: HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Ahmed bin Abdullah Al-Mahmoud met here on Wednesday with the...

Philippines to buy two Maestrale frigates from Italy 03 Jul 2013 - 01:57 pm

MANILA: The Philippines is set to buy two Maestrale-class frigates from Italy, a defence official said Wednesday, as the Asian nation races to...

Rare Chinese stamp sells for $890,000 03 Jul 2013 - 01:55 pm

HONG KONG: One of China's rarest stamps sold for HK$6.9 million or $890,000 at auction in Hong Kong, the auctioneers said Wednesday. With...

Former South African president de Klerk discharged from hospital 03 Jul 2013 - 01:49 pm

CAPE TOWN: South Africa's last white president, FW de Klerk, was discharged from hospital on Wednesday after a successful operation to install a...

India's BSE launches futures trading on Dubai bourse 03 Jul 2013 - 01:35 pm

DUBAI: The Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) started trading an Indian stock index futures contract on Wednesday, aiming to tap demand from...

Emir receives congratulatory cables 03 Jul 2013 - 01:35 pm

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

Hollande to visit Tunisia, 'encourage' Arab Spring pioneer 03 Jul 2013 - 01:25 pm

PARIS: French President Francois Hollande will start a two-day visit to Tunisia on Thursday to deliver a message of "encouragement" to the pioneer...

Five young men shot dead in Philippine capital 03 Jul 2013 - 01:25 pm

MANILA: Five young men were shot dead before dawn on Wednesday in a street on the outskirts of the Philippines' main business district,...

China milk antitrust probe may be step towards consolidation 03 Jul 2013 - 01:23 pm

HONG KONG: The decision by China's top economic planner to investigate five leading foreign infant milk companies for suspected antitrust violations may be...