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HE Al-Attiyah receives credentials of Saudi ambassador 27 May 2013 - 02:29 pm

DOHA: HE the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Khalid bin Mohamed Al-Attiyah on Monday received a copy of the credentials of...

HE Al-Attiyah meets Liberian ambassador 27 May 2013 - 01:57 pm

DOHA: HE the Chairman of the Administrative Control and Transparency Authority Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah met here today with Liberian Ambassador to Qatar...

World Challenge Day sports to be held at Al Arabi Club 27 May 2013 - 01:56 pm

DOHA: The World Challenge Day (WCD) programme, organised by the Qatar Olympic Committee's (QOC) Sports Affairs Department, opens here on Wednesday (May 29)...

Qatar Exchange down 0.17pc 27 May 2013 - 01:41 pm

DOHA: The Qatar Exchange down on Monday 15.00 points or 0.17 percent to 9,071.90 points from the previous closing of 9,086.90 points. The...

19 die as bus plunges into canal in India 27 May 2013 - 01:36 pm

LUCKNOW, India: At least 19 people were killed early on Monday when a bus plunged into a canal in the northern Indian state...

Sniper kills Syrian journalist from pro-government TV 27 May 2013 - 01:27 pm

BEIRUT: Sniper fire killed a well-known Syrian journalist working for a pro-government television channel near the Lebanese-Syrian border on Monday, the state news...

DIFI to host Expert Group Meeting in Doha 27 May 2013 - 01:14 pm

DOHA: The Doha International Family Institute (DIFI), previously known as Doha International Institute for Family Studies and Development (DIIFSD), will host an Expert...

Japan nuclear lab accident affected 30 27 May 2013 - 01:12 pm

TOKYO: The number of researchers exposed to low-level radiation in an accident at a nuclear laboratory in Japan last week has hit 30,...

Advisory Council participates in ASSECAA meetings in Manama 27 May 2013 - 12:56 pm

DOHA: An Advisory Council delegation, headed by its Deputy Speaker HE Issa bin Rabia al-Kuwari, left Doha Monday to take part in the...

Philippines, Taiwan start parallel probe 27 May 2013 - 12:44 pm

MANILA, Philippines: The Philippines and Taiwan on Monday started a parallel investigation on the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman in the Balintang...

Dubai April airport passenger traffic jumps 19 percent y/y 27 May 2013 - 12:15 pm

DUBAI: Passenger traffic through Dubai International Airport climbed 18.7 percent in April from a year earlier and should maintain that pace of growth...

Daewoo Shipbuilding wins $800m deal from UAE 27 May 2013 - 12:13 pm

SEOUL: South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) has won a US$800-million deal from the United Arab Emirates to build modules...

Bahrain jails 14 Shiites for killing Pakistani 27 May 2013 - 11:57 am

DUBAI: A top Bahraini court upheld a 15-year jail term for 14 Shiites on Monday after they were convicted of killing a Pakistani...

Pakistan cops rescue Facebook kidnap teen 27 May 2013 - 11:42 am

KARACHI: Police in Pakistan's biggest city Karachi on Monday rescued a teenage boy who was kidnapped for a half-million dollar ransom after apparently...

India's anti-terror agency to probe deadly Maoist attack 27 May 2013 - 11:15 am

NEW DELHI: India's chief anti-terrorism agency will investigate a weekend Maoist rebel attack that killed 24 people including top local politicians, the deadliest...

Shanghai sees biofuel gold in recycled cooking oil 27 May 2013 - 10:21 am

SHANGHAI: China's commercial hub Shanghai plans to turn recycled cooking oil, some of it seized by authorities, into an environmental asset by converting...

Japan, India to discuss military plane sales 27 May 2013 - 10:20 am

TOKYO: Japan is close to signing an agreement to supply amphibious planes to India, a report said Monday, in what would be the...

Communist rebels kill seven Philippine police 27 May 2013 - 08:45 am

MANILA: Communist insurgents in the Philippines killed seven police commandoes on Monday, authorities said, the latest in a series of attacks by the...