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Qatar postpones listing of $12bn investment company 12 May 2013 - 08:15 pm

DUBAI: A planned stock market listing for Doha Global Investment Co, a $12 billion Qatari investment company backed by assets from the Gulf...

Taliban free four Turkish engineers in Afghanistan: Erdogan 12 May 2013 - 08:01 pm

ISTANBUL: Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday announced the Taliban have freed four of eight Turkish engineers taken hostage last month...

Taliban free four Turkish engineers in Afghanistan: Erdogan 12 May 2013 - 08:01 pm

ISTANBUL: Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday announced the Taliban have freed four of eight Turkish engineers taken hostage last month...

Saudi-Yemen talks focus on security 12 May 2013 - 04:50 pm

SANAA: Saudi Arabia's interior minister on Sunday discussed security cooperation with Yemen, the kingdom's neighbour and home to Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula...

UN praises Qatar key role in release of Golan peacekeepers 12 May 2013 - 04:49 pm

UNITED NATIONS: Qatar played a key role negotiating the release of four Filipino peacekeepers seized by Syrian rebels in the UN patrolled Golan...

Football: Ferguson set for emotional Old Trafford farewell 12 May 2013 - 01:30 pm

LONDON: The eyes of the football world will be on Old Trafford on Sunday when Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson oversees his final...

Exchange Rates in Qatar 12 May 2013 - 12:52 pm

Exchange Rates in Qatar DOHA: Exchange Rates for foreign currencies as issued on Sunday Qatar National Bank (QNB) are as following: Currency Buying...

NY Times bureau chief expelled from Pakistan 12 May 2013 - 12:45 pm

ISLAMABAD: The New York Times bureau chief in Pakistan was expelled from the country early Sunday after being ordered to leave for unspecified...

Sharif triumphs in historic Pakistan elections 12 May 2013 - 12:36 pm

A Pakistani capital development authority worker removes electoral posters from lamp posts a day after landmark general elections, in Islamabad on May 12,...

Five killed, reporter kidnapped in Philippines 12 May 2013 - 11:56 am

MANILA: Five people were killed in separate ambushes in the volatile southern Philippines, police and the military said Sunday, and a radio reporter...

Syrian rebels free Philippine peacekeepers 12 May 2013 - 11:52 am

An image grab taken from a video uploaded on YouTube on May 08, 2013 reportedly shows a man reading a statement at an...

Karzai calls for new Pakistan govt to back peace talks 12 May 2013 - 11:51 am

KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday called on Pakistan's incoming government to help negotiate an end to the Taliban insurgency that has...

For the cuppa 12 May 2013 - 04:23 am

Workers carrying tea leaves walk back to their factory after a day’s work at a tea estate on the outskirts of Siliguri, yesterday.

Rape, acid attacks rising in Uttar Pradesh 12 May 2013 - 04:23 am

Lucknow: Crime against women is on the rise in Uttar Pradesh, with 15 rapes reported from the state capital itself in the last...

Heat on PM to resign after ministers exit 12 May 2013 - 04:23 am

NEW DELHI: The opposition demanded yesterday the resignation of Congress Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, raising the stakes after forcing the exit of two...

Making administration efficient is priority: New Karnataka CM 12 May 2013 - 04:20 am

Bangalore: Revamping of the state administration for efficient delivery of services to the people would be the focus of the Congress government, Karnataka...

Eight killed, 11 missing as rains lash Mizoram 12 May 2013 - 04:19 am

Aizawl: At least eight people were killed and 11 were missing, while 25 others sustained injuries in Mizoram yesterday, when nine houses were...

Heat on PM to resign after ministers exit 12 May 2013 - 04:18 am

NEW DELHI: The opposition demanded yesterday the resignation of Congress Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, raising the stakes after forcing the exit of two...