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Rota fetes students, volunteers of literacy programme 03 Jul 2013 - 02:52 am

Children who have received Rota’s training. DOHA: Reach Out To Asia (Rota) felicitated 30 students and 17 volunteers who took part in a...

Qatar Airways sponsors cycling team for Europe charity ride 03 Jul 2013 - 02:52 am

The Qatar Sandstormers, a team of six cyclists, will raise money for the Beitak Beiti Initiative to support more than 200 poor and...

Aspire Zone to unveil health and fitness journal 03 Jul 2013 - 02:50 am

Students participating in the ‘Walk More…Walk the Mall’ initiative at the Landmark Mall. DOHA: Aspire Zone Foundation (AZF) will soon publish a new...

Crescent sighting committee reconstituted 03 Jul 2013 - 02:50 am

Doha: The Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs H E Dr Ghaith bin Mubarak Al Kuwari issued a ministerial decision yesterday, reconstituting the...

Ooredoo launches summer data promotion 03 Jul 2013 - 02:48 am

Doha: Ooredoo has launched its new summer data promotion, which will enable customers to surf the Internet in the summer with more choice...

Kuwait candidates register for poll 03 Jul 2013 - 02:44 am

Kuwaiti candidates register for the upcoming parliamentary election, in Kuwait City yesterday. Candidates began registering amid a political crisis that has stalled development...

Bahrain jails seven Shias to 15 years 03 Jul 2013 - 02:43 am

DUBAI: A Bahraini court sentenced seven Shia men to 15 years in prison yesterday for the attempted murder of a police officer in...

Wave of attacks kill 47 in Iraq 03 Jul 2013 - 02:43 am

BAGHDAD: A wave of attacks in Iraq, mostly targeting Shias, including a spate of market bombings, killed 47 people yesterday, raising fears of...

Court upholds sentence for Britons in drug trial in Dubai 03 Jul 2013 - 02:42 am

ABU DHABI: A Dubai appeals court has upheld a four-year sentence handed down to three Britons in April on drug charges, the lawyer...

EURO DISNEY INTELLIGENCE PRIVACY EUROPEAN UNION MICKEY MOUSE 03 Jul 2013 - 02:38 am

Group: ViewsEurope Credit: SCHOT Source: De Volkskrant - Amsterdam, Netherlands Keywords: COLOR EURO DISNEY INTELLIGENCE PRIVACY EUROPEAN UNION MICKEY MOUSE 070113 Provider: CartoonArts...

Displaced Syrians 03 Jul 2013 - 02:35 am

A volunteer shares out food to the people in the Bab Al Salam refugee camp for displaced Syrians near the border with Turkey,...

Army reprises hero’s role in Egypt drama 03 Jul 2013 - 02:34 am

CAIRO: Egypt’s army reprised its role as hero in a new act of the country’s political drama with a move celebrated by protesters...

Abbas ‘optimistic’ over Kerry’s peace bid 03 Jul 2013 - 02:34 am

RAMALLAH: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said yesterday that US Secretary of State John Kerry had made “useful and constructive proposals” during his four-day...

Erdogan vows to complete Kurdish peace process 03 Jul 2013 - 02:34 am

ANKARA: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday vowed to continue the fragile peace process between the government and the country’s Kurdish minority...

Jailed Tunisian rapper to be freed 03 Jul 2013 - 02:33 am

TUNIS: A Tunisian rapper jailed for two years for a song in which he insulted the police will be freed on appeal, to...

Saudi extends expat amnesty to November 3 03 Jul 2013 - 02:22 am

Deputy Minister of Labor Dr. Mufraj Al-Haqbani (center) addresses a press conference in Riyadh yesterday. — SPA RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has given foreign...

UK’s Channel 4 to air azan during Ramadan 03 Jul 2013 - 02:19 am

LONDON: A mainstream British TV channel said yesterday it would broadcast the Muslim call to prayer throughout the month of Ramadan. From July...

UAE jails 61 Islamists in coup plot trial 03 Jul 2013 - 02:14 am

The Cayan tower (C) at Dubai's Marina on June 11, 2013 in the United Arab Emirates, UAE. AFP ABU DHABI: Sixty-one convicted coup...