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Parents can buy school uniforms from any shop: SEC 19 Apr 2013 - 02:48 am

DOHA: The Supreme Education Council (SEC) has asked Independent schools to allow parents to buy school uniforms for their children from shops of...

Emir condoles with US president 19 Apr 2013 - 02:47 am

DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani and the Deputy Emir and Heir Apparent H H Sheikh Tamim bin...

Israeli threats like a dog’s bark, says Iran commander 19 Apr 2013 - 02:46 am

Iranian soldiers march at a parade to commemorate Army Day at the mausoleum of the Founder of the Islamic Republic, the late Ayatollah...

Israeli officials to visit Turkey on Monday 19 Apr 2013 - 02:45 am

ANKARA: An Israeli delegation will visit Turkey for the first time in three years next week in another sign of thawing relations since...

Kuwait vows crackdown after violent protests 19 Apr 2013 - 02:44 am

KUWAIT: Kuwait said yesterday rioting and violence would be met with a firm response after it made several arrests at a protest over...

Syria troops capture strategic Homs village 19 Apr 2013 - 02:44 am

BEIRUT: Syrian troops captured a strategic village in central Homs province on Wednesday, putting pressure on rebel forces in the area, the Syrian...

Mubarak sent to prison from hospital 19 Apr 2013 - 02:43 am

Cairo: Egypt’s ousted president Hosni Mubarak was taken back to prison from an army hospital yesterday after appearing fitter at his aborted retrial...

Bahrain protesters clash with cops 19 Apr 2013 - 02:43 am

DUBAI: Bahrain riot police fired tear gas and stun grenades at Shia protesters who hurled petrol bombs during demonstrations yesterday against this weekend’s...

The concept of work in Islam 19 Apr 2013 - 02:43 am

By Kamal Badr Islam lays great emphasis on work. In many places in the Quran it is made clear that time should not...

How Islam views begging 19 Apr 2013 - 02:41 am

By Yusuf Al Qaradawi The fundamental attitude of Islam towards man’s position in the world is that Allah the Almighty has made the...

NRA BOSTON TERROR MARATHON GEAR TERRORISM RACE 19 Apr 2013 - 02:41 am

Group: PETT Credit: JOEL PETT Source: Lexington Herald-Leader Keywords: COLOR NRA BOSTON TERROR MARATHON GEAR TERRORISM RACE 041613 Provider: CartoonArts International / The...

Eye at the top of the world 19 Apr 2013 - 02:36 am

“Save The Arctic” movement takes part in the world’s largest participatory art project — the acclaimed “Inside Out” project — by creating a...

Man serves resignation — on a cake 19 Apr 2013 - 02:35 am

London: Airport worker Chris Holmes made a bold decision to pursue his dreams — and he wrote all about it, in frosting, in...

US judge fines himself for cell phone use inside court 19 Apr 2013 - 02:34 am

Washington: Use your cell phone in Judge Raymond Voet’s Michigan courtroom and you’ll be held in contempt. Over the years, he has confiscated...

Mississippi man charged for ricin threat to Obama 19 Apr 2013 - 02:34 am

WASHINGTON: Federal pro-secutors yesterday filed criminal charges against Paul Kevin Curtis, the Mississippi man arrested a day earlier in the FBI’s investigation of...

‘Evil’ Boston bombers will be found: Obama 19 Apr 2013 - 02:33 am

BOSTON: US President Barack Obama vowed yesterday that the “evil” Boston marathon bombers would be found as investigators focused their efforts on two...

4 Britons jailed for Qaeda inspired bomb plot 19 Apr 2013 - 02:33 am

LONDON: Four Britons were jailed yesterday for plotting Al Qaeda inspired bombings across the country, including an attack on an army base using...

Kosovo, Serbia to resume talks today 19 Apr 2013 - 02:33 am

PRISTINA: Kosovo and Serbia will resume talks in Brussels today following another failure to clinch a deal to normalise ties and ease tension...