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Judge steps aside in Mubarak retrial 14 Apr 2013 - 04:03 am

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak sits inside a cage in a courtroom at the police academy in Cairo yesterday. The retrial of Mubarak...

Signals that turn green for ambulances 14 Apr 2013 - 04:01 am

Doha: The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) will soon introduce a new smart system at several intersections to detect ambulances and other emergency vehicles...

Plane misses runway, lands in sea 14 Apr 2013 - 02:44 am

A Lion Air Boeing 737 veered off the runaway at Bali’s international airport near Denpasar in Indonesia and landed in the sea, yesterday....

Qatar-Bahrain causeway redesign ready 14 Apr 2013 - 02:38 am

DOHA: The third redesign of the 40-km Qatar-Bahrain causeway is almost ready — 12 years after the project was proposed. The revised project...

New SCH rule on blacklisted practitioners 14 Apr 2013 - 02:35 am

DOHA: Doctors, nurses and other healthcare practitioners blacklisted by the Supreme Council of Health (SCH) for errors or law violations have been banned...

Bomb blast on bus kills nine in northwest Pakistan 13 Apr 2013 - 02:50 pm

PESHAWAR, Pakistan: A bomb exploded on a bus in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar on Saturday, killing at least nine people and wounding...

Three killed in Syrian army gas attack 13 Apr 2013 - 02:49 pm

BEIRUT: A woman and two children were killed and 16 people injured in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Saturday in what...

Pope names group to advise him on Vatican changes 13 Apr 2013 - 02:40 pm

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis has set up a committee of eight cardinals from around the world to advise him on how to reform...

Turkish womb transplant patient is pregnant 13 Apr 2013 - 02:09 pm

ISTANBUL: The first woman to have a successful womb transplant from a dead donor is pregnant, a hospital in southern Turkey said. Derya...

Psy vows concert 'shout out' to North Koreans 13 Apr 2013 - 01:20 pm

"Gangnam Style" star Psy poses at a press conference before his concert in Seoul today. AFP photo /Kim Jae-Hwan SEOUL: "Gangnam Style" star...

Google, EU near deal on search probe 13 Apr 2013 - 01:19 pm

BRUSSELS: US Internet giant Google is preparing changes to its dominant search system to satisfy EU anti-trust authorities, the Financial Times said Saturday. ...

Retrial of Egypt's Mubarak collapses in chaos 13 Apr 2013 - 12:55 pm

An image grab taken from Egyptian state TV shows ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak sitting behind bars during his retrial at the Police...

First human H7N9 bird flu case in Beijing confirmed 13 Apr 2013 - 12:55 pm

BEIJING: A seven-year-old girl was confirmed as Beijing's first human case of H7N9 bird flu on Saturday, local authorities said, as China's outbreak...

Plane overshoots Bali runway into sea 13 Apr 2013 - 12:42 pm

This television grab taken from Indonesia's TV One shows a Lion Air Boeing 737 jet that overshot the runway during landing, sitting in...

Militants blow up election office in Pakistan 13 Apr 2013 - 11:30 am

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan: Militants blew up the election office of an independent candidate in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, adding to security fears ahead of...

Saudi Savola Group says Q1 net profit up 21.8 percent yr/yr 13 Apr 2013 - 11:24 am

KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia: Savola Group, the Saudi Arabia-based food conglomerate, posted a 21.8 percent year-on-year rise in its first-quarter net profit to 295.2...

Iraq forces cast ballots ahead of provincial polls 13 Apr 2013 - 10:14 am

BAGHDAD: Iraqi soldiers and policemen cast their ballots for provincial elections on Saturday, a week ahead of the main vote that comes amid...

Manila offers US its military bases in case of N.Korea war 13 Apr 2013 - 10:13 am

MANILA: The US would be allowed to station forces at military bases in the Philippines if it went to war with North Korea,...