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800 trucks, 2,700 cars passing through Abu Samra daily 02 May 2013 - 03:03 am

A file picture of heavy traffic passing through the Abu Samra customs post. DOHA: About 800 trucks and 2,700 cars are passing through...

Food consumption rising 02 May 2013 - 03:03 am

DOHA: Food consumption in Qatar is expected to grow five percent annually between 2012 and 2017 driven mainly by rising population and amid...

Keep roofs clean: CMC 02 May 2013 - 03:00 am

DOHA: The Central Municipal Council (CMC) has called on the Ministry of Interior to launch a crackdown on buildings storing old goods and...

Expatriates remit $60bn in 7 years 02 May 2013 - 02:15 am

DOHA: Foreign workers have remitted from here an astronomical $60bn overseas in the past seven years — between 2006 and 2012, according to...

Kuwait plans high service charges on foreign workers 02 May 2013 - 02:14 am

KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait plans to increase service charges on foreigners, media reports said yesterday, triggering the ire of the main labour union which...

Media seminar disappoints participants 02 May 2013 - 02:12 am

DOHA: It is wrong to believe that Al Jazeera is a symbol of media freedom in Qatar, because much before its launch Qatar...

Emir meets GCC chief 02 May 2013 - 02:11 am

The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani with GCC Secretary General Dr Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani at the Emiri...

Flash floods kill 16 in Saudi 02 May 2013 - 02:03 am

Vehicles plying on a flooded street in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh, yesterday. RIYADH: Sixteen people have died and three more are missing...

Turkish police tear-gas protesters 02 May 2013 - 01:52 am

Turkish riot police use tear gas against protesters during the May Day rally in Istanbul, yesterday. ISTANBUL: Turkish riot police in Istanbul fired...

Gunmen press siege of Libyan ministries 02 May 2013 - 01:50 am

Members of the Libyan army, many of whom are former revolutionaries who fought against the late Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, protest in front of...

Pullout won’t bring peace: Netanyahu 02 May 2013 - 01:49 am

JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday that an Israeli withdrawal would not bring peace with the Palestinians because the heart of the...

Tunisian army, jihadists clash on border 02 May 2013 - 01:49 am

MOUNT CHAAMBI, Tunisia: Tunisian troops clashed yesterday with around 50 armed jihadists in the remote Mount Chaambi border region, a security source said,...

Sunni unrest revives fears of sectarian war in Iraq 02 May 2013 - 01:48 am

RAMADI: Wearing military fatigues with his cleric’s turban, Sheikh Ali Muhaibes brought Friday prayers in Iraq’s Sunni Muslim heartland to a climax with...

Egypt police arrest Islamist TV host 02 May 2013 - 01:48 am

CAIRO: Egyptian police arrested an Islamist television show host yesterday after a court sentenced him to a year in prison for slandering an...

Unemployment 02 May 2013 - 01:47 am

Mercenaries on prowl in cyberspace 02 May 2013 - 01:41 am

I do not mean conventional piracy, but rather means of deliberate deception and recruitment on cyberspace. I received a phone call a few...

The bogey of Qatar occupying Egypt 02 May 2013 - 01:40 am

It seems that Qatari investments in Egypt irk some people who claim that Qatar is going to occupy Egypt for reasons that are...

Two killed as earthquake hits north 02 May 2013 - 01:36 am

Patients outside a hospital after being evacuated following tremors in the eastern Kashmiri town of Badarwah, yesterday. NEW DELHI: An earthquake that shook...