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Dubai airport passengers jump 20.6pc in March 29 Apr 2013 - 01:08 pm

DUBAI: Passenger traffic at Dubai's main airport exceeded 5 million people for the fourth straight month in March, jumping 20.6 percent from a...

HE Minister of Economy and Finance sends written message to Thai Deputy Premier 29 Apr 2013 - 01:02 pm

BANGKOK: Thailand's Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance Kittiratt Na-Ranong received on Monday a written message from HE Qatar's Minister of Economy and...

Stunt kills man with record for zip-lining by his hair 29 Apr 2013 - 12:59 pm

Indian stuntman Sailendra Nath Roy is watched by onlookers as he hangs on a rope while attempting to cross the River Teesta on...

Saudi court jails 7 on Qaeda-linked charges 29 Apr 2013 - 12:55 pm

RIYADH: A Saudi court jailed seven people convicted of supporting Al-Qaeda to between two and eight years in prison, state news agency SPA...

Explosion shakes central Prague, some injured and trapped 29 Apr 2013 - 12:44 pm

PRAGUE: An explosion in central Prague on Monday injured about a dozen people and others were trapped in a building damaged by the...

British bank Lloyds sells Spanish retail activities 29 Apr 2013 - 12:41 pm

LONDON: Britain's state-rescued Lloyds bank said on Monday that it has sold its loss-making Spanish retail banking activities to Spain's Banco Sabadell in...

37 Taliban militants killed in Afghanistan 29 Apr 2013 - 11:56 am

KABUL: Thirty-seven Taliban militants have been killed in joint operations within the last 24 hours across Afghanistan. The Afghan National Police (ANP) supported...

Dubai court jails Britons for four years on drug charges 29 Apr 2013 - 11:47 am

DUBAI: Three Britons were sentenced to four years in jail on drugs charges in Dubai on Monday, a day after the British prime...

HH the Deputy Emir meets new ambassadors 29 Apr 2013 - 11:39 am

DOHA: HH the Deputy Emir and Heir Apparent Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met at the Emiri Diwan office on Monday with...

Bahraini telco to price $650 mln 7-yr bond Monday 29 Apr 2013 - 11:22 am

DUBAI: Bahrain Telecommunications Co (Batelco) plans to issue a $650 million seven-year bond on Monday, arranging banks said, and has released early price...

US rights assessment report 'unbalanced': UAE 29 Apr 2013 - 11:21 am

DUBAI: The UAE has criticised a report by Washington on the human rights situation in the country as "unbalanced" because it ignores recent...

Syrian PM survives assassination bid 29 Apr 2013 - 11:13 am

DAMASCUS: Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi escaped an assassination bid on Monday, surviving a blast that targeted his convoy in Damascus, Syrian state...

Saudi Maaden shuts phosphate plant after ammonia unit shutdown 29 Apr 2013 - 11:12 am

DUBAI: Maaden Phosphate Co (MPC) has shut its Diammonium phosphate plant (DAP) at Ras Al Khair in Saudi Arabia after being unable to...

Iraq car bombs kill nine 29 Apr 2013 - 10:57 am

BAGHDAD: Three car bombs exploded south of Baghdad on Monday, killing nine people and wounding more than 50, police said. The attacks are...

Dubai retailer MAF moves closer to Egypt supermarket deal 29 Apr 2013 - 10:56 am

DUBAI: Dubai retail firm Majid Al Futtaim (MAF) is in advanced discussions to buy Egypt's largest supermarket chain from family-owned Mansour Group, two...

Bayer to buy US firm Conceptus for $1.1bn 29 Apr 2013 - 10:37 am

FRANKFURT: German chemicals and pharmaceuticals giant Bayer said Monday it has agreed to buy US women's healthcare specialist Conceptus for $1.1 billion (852...

HE Premier Chairs consultative meeting of Arab Peace Initiative Committee 29 Apr 2013 - 10:18 am

WASHINGTON: Under the chairmanship of HE the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor Al Thani, who is also...

Philippines says communist peace talks have failed 29 Apr 2013 - 09:31 am

MANILA: The Philippines said Monday that peace talks with communist rebels had collapsed and a target of ending the decades-long insurgency by 2016...