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CMU-Q student unveils car safety programme 09 Apr 2013 - 04:52 am

Mohammed Al Matwi introducing his programme at the Doha Community Engagement Program recognition night at the CMU-Q campus, yesterday. Abdul Basit BY RAYNALD...

Football fans invited for another ‘golden goal’ chance at Fan Zone 09 Apr 2013 - 04:51 am

DOHA: The local community is once again invited to attend the Qatar Foundation — FC Barcelona (FCB) Fan Zone tomorrow, when FCB take...

Highrise buildings in focus 09 Apr 2013 - 04:50 am

The Spanish Ambassador, Carmen de la Peña Corcuera at the seminar on highrise buildings, organised by the Spanish Business Council and hosted by...

Egypt sectarian clashes claim two more lives 09 Apr 2013 - 04:49 am

People near the damaged wall of the main Coptic cathedral in Cairo after clashes yesterday. CAIRO: Two more deaths were reported yesterday after...

Seven killed as tribesmen, army deserters clash in Yemen 09 Apr 2013 - 04:49 am

SANA’A: Seven people were killed in clashes between army deserters and tribesmen in south Yemen yesterday, officials and residents said, in another sign...

Kuwait opposition chief’s lawyers walk out of court 09 Apr 2013 - 04:48 am

KUWAIT CITY: The defence team of the main opposition leader in Kuwait, former MP Mussallam Al Barrak, walked out of court yesterday after...

EBANON PM SALEM SERAIL BALANCE 09 Apr 2013 - 04:48 am

Group: ViewsMideast Credit: BLEIBEL Source: Daily Star - Beirut, Lebanon Keywords: COLOR LEBANON PM SALEM SERAIL BALANCE 040513 Provider: CartoonArts International / The...

Egypt satirist criticised for targeting Qatar 09 Apr 2013 - 04:40 am

DOHA: A show last Friday of a popular Egyptian TV satirist that made a mockery of Qatar for helping their country financially has...

Qatar pledges $500m for Darfur projects 09 Apr 2013 - 04:38 am

FROM LEFT: Qatar’s Deputy Prime Minister H E Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud, Sudanese presidential adviser Mustafa Osman Ismail and Sudan’s Liberation and...

SCH warns against use of antibiotic azithromycin 09 Apr 2013 - 03:35 am

DOHA: The Supreme Council of Health (SCH) has warned against the use of azithromycin, one of the world’s bestselling antibiotics, without a prescription...

Ministers discuss reviving Mideast peace process 09 Apr 2013 - 03:15 am

President Mahmoud Abbas (left) and Arab League Secretary General Dr Nabil Al Arabi at the Arab Peace Initiative DOHA: An Arab ministerial committee...

‘Iron Lady’ Margaret Thatcher dies 09 Apr 2013 - 02:19 am

Flowers and mementos left by public and admirers outside the home of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher in central London yesterday. LONDON:...

Tulip Garden 09 Apr 2013 - 01:14 am

Tourists at the Tulip Garden, claimed to be Asia’s largest, in Srinagar, yesterday. The garden is spread over 12 hectares.

Rajiv had hand in aircraft deal, says WikiLeaks 09 Apr 2013 - 01:14 am

New Delhi: An explosive WikiLeaks cable that claimed the late Rajiv Gandhi may have been a middleman for a Swedish firm trying to...

Priyanka, Bhushan allowed to buy land in Himachal 09 Apr 2013 - 01:13 am

Shimla: Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s daughter Priyanka Vadra and lawyer Prashant Bhushan are among 881 outsiders who were allowed to buy land in...

Singh’s Germany visit to boost ties 09 Apr 2013 - 01:13 am

New Delhi: India and Germany are likely to sign a series of pacts in education, science and technology and green energy during Prime...

Death for driver who killed nine 09 Apr 2013 - 01:12 am

MUMBAI: A rogue bus driver who killed nine people in a rampage through the crowded streets of Pune last year was sentenced to...

Resentment brews in Kerala as official fails to meet people 09 Apr 2013 - 01:11 am

Idukki (Kerala): As the helicopter carrying Planning Commission member K Kasturirangan failed to land here yesterday because of bad weather, local people were...