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Hyatt Plaza opens Summer Festival 21 Jun 2013 - 03:39 am

Children during the opening of Hyatt Plaza Summer Festival 2013 at the mall’s food court yesterday. The 14-day festival will offer a range...

Citizens show their talents at Japanese speech competition 21 Jun 2013 - 03:38 am

A contestant taking part in the fifth Japanese speech competition. DOHA: The Japanese Embassy and the Japanese Teachers’ Association in Qatar (JALTAQ), in...

Education Minister to patronise first graduation of ISLQ 21 Jun 2013 - 03:38 am

DOHA: Minister of Education and Higher Education H E Saad bin Ibrahim Al Mahmoud will serve as patron of the inaugural graduation ceremony...

HMC nurses take part in top healthcare meeting in Australia 21 Jun 2013 - 03:36 am

Dr Nabila Al Meer and Dr Badriya Al Lenjawi with other delegates during the 25th Quadrennial Congress of the International Council of Nurses,...

Queen’s horse wins 21 Jun 2013 - 03:33 am

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II smiles with jockey Ryan Moore (right) and trainer Michael Stoute (left) after her horse Estimate won the feature race...

Archaeologists discover lost Maya city in Mexican jungle 21 Jun 2013 - 03:31 am

A National Institute of Anthropology and History worker shows the remains of a building at the newly discovered ancient Maya city Chactun in...

France, Spain take action against Google 21 Jun 2013 - 03:31 am

PARIS/MADRID: France and Spain led a Europe-wide push yesterday to get US Internet giant Google to change its policies on collecting user data....

US cites Russia and China among worst in human trafficking 21 Jun 2013 - 03:30 am

WASHINGTON: An annual US State Department report cited Russia and China among the world’s worst offenders in fighting forced labour and sex trafficking,...

Violence against women on rise: WHO 21 Jun 2013 - 03:30 am

LONDON: More than a third of all women worldwide are victims of physical or sexual violence, posing a global health problem of epidemic...

Kyrgyzstan votes to close US base in 2014 21 Jun 2013 - 03:30 am

BISHKEK: Kyrgyzstan’s parliament voted yesterday not to renew the lease of its Manas airbase from 2014 to the United States, which uses it...

G8 SUMMIT WEST RUSSIA PUTIN 21 Jun 2013 - 03:25 am

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LEBANON CIVIL WAR CLIFF SYRIA ARSAL SAIDA TRIPOLIS NORTH BEIKAA 21 Jun 2013 - 03:24 am

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Ashton in Gaza 21 Jun 2013 - 03:13 am

European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (centre) leaves after her visit to a UN-run school in Gaza City, yesterday. She called for...

Iraq, Lebanon alarmed at Syria war 21 Jun 2013 - 03:13 am

BAGHDAD/BEIRUT: Neighbouring Iraq warned that Syria’s civil war is tearing the Middle East apart and Lebanon’s president urged his country’s Hezbollah movement yesterday...

Put pressure on Iran, Israel tells Europe 21 Jun 2013 - 03:13 am

JERUSALEM: Europe must take a firmer line with Iran over its controversial nuclear programme, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday at the...

Rebels look to arms through Jordan border 21 Jun 2013 - 03:13 am

BEIRUT: Syrian rebels besieged in the outskirts of Damascus say they are facing a slow but steady advance by President Bashar Al Assad’s...

Saudi offers qualified support to Rowhani 21 Jun 2013 - 03:11 am

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia, a Gulf rival of Iran, wants Iranian President-elect Hassan Rowhani to seek stability in the Middle East and avoid interfering...

Turkey talks tough with Germany 21 Jun 2013 - 03:11 am

ISTANBUL/BRUSSELS: Turkey warned German Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday not to play politics with its European Union ambitions as Berlin blocked moves to open...