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Qatar Stock Exchange up 0.15pc 18 Apr 2013 - 01:54 pm

DOHA: Qatar Exchange pursued its upswing trend Thursday, adding 12.93 points or 0.15 percent to advance to 8,422.26 points from 8,409.33 on Wednesday. ...

Libya plans to invest $314m on stadiums this year 18 Apr 2013 - 01:51 pm

DUBAI: Libya plans to invest 400 million dinars ($314 million) on building stadiums this year as it prepares to host the 2017 African...

HE Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces meets new and former UK's Defence Attaches 18 Apr 2013 - 01:50 pm

DOHA: HE Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Maj.Gen. Hamad Bin Ali Al Attiyah, conferred here on Thursday with Lt. Col. Joe...

Philippines asks for money to save convict in Saudi 18 Apr 2013 - 01:49 pm

MANILA: The Philippine government appealed on Thursday for the public to help raise almost $1 million needed to save a Filipino from execution...

Iraqi forces hunt for Saddam's former deputy 18 Apr 2013 - 01:14 pm

BAGHDAD: Iraqi special forces were hunting in a western province for the most senior member of Saddam Hussein's inner circle who has been...

At least six people including a woman killed in Karachi 18 Apr 2013 - 12:38 pm

KARACHI: At least six people including a woman were killed in different firing incidents in Karachi on Thursday. A woman was killed in...

One person dead and about 20 missing in a motor boat capsize in Indonesia 18 Apr 2013 - 12:14 pm

JAKARTA: At least one person died and scores of others are feared missing when a motor boat capsized Thursday in a river in...

Iran unveils new aerial vehicle 18 Apr 2013 - 11:45 am

TEHRAN: The Iranian Air Defense Force displayed a new Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) on the occasion of the National Army Day. According to...

Puma names former Adidas man as new CEO 18 Apr 2013 - 11:11 am

FRANKFURT: German sportswear giant Puma on Thursday named Bjoern Gulden, a former professional footballer and top manager at rival Adidas, as its new...

Bahrain steps up arrests ahead of F1 motor racing event 18 Apr 2013 - 11:04 am

DUBAI: Bahrain has arrested several people accused of stealing and burning cars amid heightened security in the island kingdom before Sunday's Formula One...

Drone strike kills five Yemen Qaeda suspects 18 Apr 2013 - 10:39 am

SANAA: A suspected US drone strike in western Yemen has killed five Al-Qaeda militants, including a local chief, a security official and witnesses...

Qatargas says to shut Train 3 in May for routine maintenance 18 Apr 2013 - 10:13 am

DOHA: Qatargas will shut one of the world's largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) production lines, known as trains, for planned maintenance in May,...

UAE breaks up 'Qaeda cell' of 7 Arabs 18 Apr 2013 - 10:10 am

DUBAI: Authorities in the United Arab Emirates have broken up an Al-Qaeda cell comprising seven Arabs who were plotting attacks in the Gulf...

Tokyo stocks close 1.22pc lower 18 Apr 2013 - 09:58 am

TOKYO: Japanese shares closed 1.22 percent lower on Thursday, weighed by a stronger yen and losses on Wall Street after disappointing earnings reports....

German firm wins contract to supply tanks to Qatar 18 Apr 2013 - 09:48 am

BERLIN: German defence firm Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) won a contract to supply more than 50 Leopard 2 tanks and about 20 PzH 2000...

Israel partly opens Karam Abu Salem crossing 18 Apr 2013 - 09:41 am

GAZA: The Israeli occupation authorities decided Thursday to partly open the Karam Abu Salem crossing in the south east of the Gaza Strip...

Exchange Rates in Qatar 18 Apr 2013 - 09:21 am

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

Google superfast Internet service spreading to Utah 18 Apr 2013 - 09:10 am

SAN FRANCISCO: Google said on Wednesday that its experimental high-speed Internet service is setting its sights on the Utah city of Provo. Provo...