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HE the Prime Minister speaks over the phone with Egyptian Premier 06 May 2013 - 02:39 pm

DOHA: A telephone conversation was conducted on Monday between HE the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor Al...

Saudi executes Syrian drug trafficker 06 May 2013 - 02:26 pm

RIYADH: Saudi authorities beheaded a Syrian man on Monday after he was convicted of drug trafficking, the interior ministry said. Mohammed Khalaf was...

Advisory Council Speaker receives message from Omani counterpart 06 May 2013 - 02:26 pm

DOHA: Advisory Council Speaker HE Mohamed bin Mubarak Al Kholaifi has received a message from Speaker of the Advisory Council in Oman Khalid...

Dreamliner grounding cost Qatar Airways $200m in revenue 06 May 2013 - 02:24 pm

DUBAI: Qatar Airways had to forego $200 million in lost revenue up until April 2013, because of the grounding of Boeing's 787 planes,...

HH the Emir meets Swar-al-Dahab 06 May 2013 - 02:04 pm

DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani met today at his Emiri Diwan office with Chairman of the Board of...

EU backs Apple in Google-Motorola patent fight 06 May 2013 - 01:50 pm

BRUSSELS: EU anti-trust officials said Monday that Google-owned Motorola was abusing its leading position in Germany's mobile phones market by filing a patent...

Qatar Stock Exchange up 0.55pc 06 May 2013 - 01:49 pm

DOHA: Qatar Exchange pursued its upswing trend Monday, adding 48.60 points (or 0.55 percent) to advance to 8,834.13 points from 8,785.53 on Sunday. ...

Qatari crude oil prices for April 2013 06 May 2013 - 01:45 pm

DOHA: Qatar Petroleum (QP) has announced the official prices of Qatar onshore and offshore crude for April 2013. QP set Qatar's onshore crude...

Advisory Council holds weekly meeting 06 May 2013 - 01:24 pm

DOHA: The Advisory (Shura) Council held on Monday its ordinary weekly meeting of its 41st regular session at the White Palace premises under...

Iran to unveil new home-made UAV in days 06 May 2013 - 01:10 pm

TEHRAN: Iran plans to display a new reconnaissance and combat Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) in the next few days, the country's defense minister...

Attack on northeast Nigeria church, market kill 10 06 May 2013 - 01:10 pm

KADUNA, Nigeria: Gunmen killed 10 people in an attack on a market and a church in northeast Nigeria before fleeing over the border...

HE Social Affairs Minister meets Senegalese FM 06 May 2013 - 12:38 pm

DOHA: HE Minister of Social Affairs and Acting Minister of Labor Nasser bin Abdullah Al-Hamidi met here on Monday with Senegalese Foreign Minister...

HE Minister of Culture meets members of Arab Regional Committee for Girl Guides 06 May 2013 - 12:37 pm

DOHA: HE the Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage Dr. Hamad bin Abdulaziz al-Kuwari met on Monday with members of the Arab Regional...

Israel raids on Syria killed at least 15 soldiers 06 May 2013 - 12:25 pm

BEIRUT: Israeli strikes on Syrian military targets at the weekend killed at least 15 soldiers and dozens more were unaccounted for, the Syrian...

SARS-like virus kills two more in Saudi 06 May 2013 - 11:51 am

RIYADH: A new SARS-like virus has killed two more people in Saudi Arabia, taking the number of deaths from the coronavirus that the...

Mayor's husband slain in new Philippine violence 06 May 2013 - 11:33 am

LEMERY, Philippines: The husband of a town mayor was killed and a bomb attack injured four people in separate incidents of violence linked...

Supreme Court allows protest-hit Indian nuclear plant 06 May 2013 - 10:49 am

NEW DELHI: India's Supreme Court gave the green light on Monday to the commissioning of a nuclear power plant in the southern state...

'Terrorist' attack on Tanzanian church leaves two dead 06 May 2013 - 10:36 am

ARUSHA, Tanzania: Two people were killed in Sunday's attack during a mass at a Tanzanian church, officials said Monday, as President Jakaya Kikwete...