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Qatar News Agency launches new logo 26 May 2013 - 03:24 am

Doha: Qatar News Agency (QNA) launched yesterday its new logo at a ceremony held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel and was attended by a...

Jordan King greeted on National Day 26 May 2013 - 03:23 am

Doha: The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani sent a cable of greetings to King Abdullah Jordan, on the occasion...

OKLAHOMA TWISTER SAFE ROOM SHELTER CLIMATE CHANGE ENVIRONMENT 26 May 2013 - 03:22 am

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Two-child limit for Myanmar Muslims 26 May 2013 - 03:00 am

Sectarian violence first flared nearly a year ago between the region's Rakhine Buddhists and Muslim Rohingya [EPA] London: Muslims in a province of...

Green areas may be mandatory in in new buildings 26 May 2013 - 02:58 am

DOHA: The Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning is studying a proposal to make it mandatory for all new buildings to include green...

Attacks on Muslims rise after Woolwich murder 26 May 2013 - 02:52 am

Floral tributes for Drummer Lee Rigby, of the British Army's 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, are lined at the scene of...

New norms soon to save power, water 26 May 2013 - 02:51 am

DOHA: Qatar has one of the highest per capita electricity and water consumptions in the world and to reduce the average, the country...

No fee rise in private clinics and hospitals 26 May 2013 - 02:47 am

By MOHAMMED IQBAL DOHA: In an unprecedented move, the Supreme Council of Health (SCH) has stopped any further increase in prices of private...

APPLE TAX AVOID CEO IRS COOK I-PAD SPIRIT 26 May 2013 - 02:13 am

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Taiwan protests Philippine ships in disputed waters 25 May 2013 - 06:10 pm

TAIPEI: Taiwan on Saturday protested to the Philippines for sending naval ships to disputed South China Sea islands in the latest diplomatic spat...

Football: Ancelotti quit wish 'a personal choice' 25 May 2013 - 06:07 pm

PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain coach Carlo Ancelotti insisted on Saturday that his wish to leave the French capital is purely a personal choice and...

Female suicide bomber wounds 12 in Russia's Dagestan 25 May 2013 - 02:58 pm

MOSCOW: Twelve people were hospitalised and two of them were in a critical condition after a female suicide bomber blew herself up in...

Egypt to return taxes collected from Qatar bank deal 25 May 2013 - 02:58 pm

CAIRO: Egypt will refund taxes collected from Qatar National Bank 's acquisition of National Societe Generale Bank to shareholders on Sunday, an official...

'Qaeda' gunmen kill two in Yemen attack 25 May 2013 - 02:42 pm

SANAA: Suspected Al-Qaeda militants killed a policeman and a civilian in a grenade attack on a checkpoint in southeastern Yemen on Saturday, a...

Qatar Petroleum honours 731 long-serving employees 25 May 2013 - 02:35 pm

DOHA: Qatar Petroleum (QP) has honored 731 employees, who have been serving the corporation for the past 10 to 15 years in a...

Dubai builder Arabtec wins $108m hospital contract in Saudi 25 May 2013 - 01:36 pm

RIYADH: A subsidiary of Dubai-based contractor Arabtec Holding has won a SR 404 million ($107.7 million) contract to build a hospital in Saudi...

Qatargas hosts 12th annual forum for national employees 25 May 2013 - 01:09 pm

DOHA: The Qatargas Chief Executive Officer, HE Khalid Bin Khalifa Al-Thani met with young nationals working in the company at the 12th Annual...

28 dead in Lebanon Sunni-Alawite clashes 25 May 2013 - 12:35 pm

TRIPOLI, Lebanon: Firefights in northern Lebanon between Sunni Muslims and Alawites the Shiite offshoot sect to which Syrian President Bashar al-Assad belongs have...