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New working hours at Indian embassy consular section 01 Jul 2013 - 02:22 am

DOHA: The Indian embassy has announced change in timings of its consular section from today until September 15. Submission of applications will be...

QRC to construct kidney dialysis centre in Yemen 01 Jul 2013 - 02:21 am

Saleh Al Mohannadi, Secretary General of QRC, signing the agreement with Yemen’s Minister of Health Dr Ahmed Qassem Al Ansi. DOHA: The Qatar...

Aspetar launches Beat the Heat campaign 01 Jul 2013 - 02:20 am

DOHA: As temperatures soar across the country, Aspetar has announced a new campaign called Beat the Heat. It has been developed by the...

HMC expert joins US grants review board 01 Jul 2013 - 02:18 am

DOHA: Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) Head of Research at the Department of Medicine has been selected to be part of the prestigious committee...

Rota hosts iEARN conference and Youth Summit today 01 Jul 2013 - 02:18 am

DOHA: World-renowned education luminaries are in Doha to address the 20th Annual iEARN (International Education and Resource Network) International Conference and 17th Youth...

Ooredoo launches Ramadan charity campaign 01 Jul 2013 - 02:17 am

FROM LEFT. Saad bin Metlea Al Qtaibi, Acting General Manager, Al Rayyan; Mustafa Jameel Al Qatami, Director Branding and Corporate Communications of Ooredoo...

Dates season 01 Jul 2013 - 02:16 am

Young girls plucking dates from a small palm tree in Doha yesterday. As the temperature rises, dates are ripening for harvesting. Salim...

QCRI and University of Chicago to promote data skills for social projects 01 Jul 2013 - 02:13 am

DOHA: Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) has partnered with the University of Chicago as part of the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Data Science...

GCC, EU plan Syria peace meeting 01 Jul 2013 - 02:09 am

Syrian refugees hold a large Syrian opposition flag at Al Zaatri refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq DUBAI: The Gulf countries...

Maid trafficking gangs busted 01 Jul 2013 - 02:04 am

DOHA: Law enforcement officials busted six gangs involved in inciting housemaids to run away from their sponsors, and giving them shelter, a press...

Emir meets Lebanese president 01 Jul 2013 - 02:03 am

The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with Lebanese President General Michel Sleiman, who congratulated him on assuming the reins...

Lone Indian turns up for once-popular open house 01 Jul 2013 - 01:59 am

The Ambassador of India to Qatar Sanjiv Arora (centre) addressing the media at a press briefing held after the monthly Open Forum at...

Qatari students stuck in Cairo flown home 01 Jul 2013 - 01:58 am

Egyptian demonstrators gather outside the presidential palace in Cairo during a protest calling for the ouster of President Mohammed Mursi yesterday. DOHA: More...

Protesters show Mursi the ‘red card’ 01 Jul 2013 - 01:54 am

A large Egyptian flag is seen as protesters opposing President Mohammed Mursi shout slogans against him and Brotherhood members at Tahrir Square in...

Woman, kids die in Homs air strikes 01 Jul 2013 - 01:53 am

A damaged car after air raids in Al Khalidiya neighbourhood of Homs yesterday. DAMASCUS: Air raids on Homs killed a woman and two...

Bomb kills 12 soccer players, fans in Iraq 01 Jul 2013 - 01:52 am

BAGHDAD: A bomb planted near a yard where people were playing soccer in Iraq killed 12 people yesterday, police and medics said. A...

Somali forces arrest top Islamist leader 01 Jul 2013 - 01:52 am

MOGADISHU: Somali security forces arrested veteran Islamist leader Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys after he flew in to Mogadishu for talks with government officials,...

Shebab rebels kill two of their commanders 01 Jul 2013 - 01:52 am

MOGADISHU: Somalia’s Al Qaeda-linked Shebab extremists have killed two of their own top commanders, one with a $5m US bounty on his head,...