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Symposium on parenting and child well-being opens 08 Apr 2013 - 04:25 am

Professor Heather Turner, Research Associate at the Crimes Against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire, the US, speaking at the...

3DS brings innovative technology to Qatar 08 Apr 2013 - 04:24 am

Some of the participants in the 3-Day Startup (3DS) entrepreneurship contest. DOHA: The US Embassy and Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q) partnered...

Emir receives credentials of envoys 08 Apr 2013 - 04:22 am

The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani received yesterday at the Emiri Diwan credentials of four new ambassadors — Ivgen...

11 ambassadors moved to ministry’s headquarters 08 Apr 2013 - 04:22 am

Doha: The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani issued yesterday decisions to transfer a number of ambassadors to the Ministry...

Emir issues three decrees 08 Apr 2013 - 04:21 am

Doha: The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday issued three decrees. Of the three, Decree No 14 approved Qatar...

Dubai fest to screen 6 ‘Made in Qatar’ films 08 Apr 2013 - 04:20 am

DOHA: Doha Film Institute (DFI) will showcase six ‘Made in Qatar’ films at the sixth Gulf Film Festival (GFF), which runs from Thursday...

African Festival opens at Katara 08 Apr 2013 - 04:19 am

Dancers perform on the first day of African Festival at Katara, yesterday. DOHA: Katara yesterday unleashed a number of events simultaneously to launch...

Education forum to focus on next generation technology 08 Apr 2013 - 04:19 am

DOHA: Texas A&M University at Qatar, in partnership with Education City and Hamad Bin Khalifa University, will host the third annual Technology in...

Global Innovators Conference concludes 08 Apr 2013 - 04:18 am

DOHA: Global Innovators Conference 2013, Qatar’s first international gathering on technical and vocational education and training (TVET), concluded yesterday at the Qatar National...

Heir Apparent with Dubai Crown Prince 08 Apr 2013 - 04:17 am

The Heir Apparent H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met at Al Bahr Palace yesterday Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid...

SCH trains 33 nurses in leadership skills 08 Apr 2013 - 04:16 am

DOHA: Some 33 nurses and supporting health workers from Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) and primary health centres are being trained in administrative and...

Homs under siege for 300 days: Opposition 08 Apr 2013 - 04:15 am

A general view of the destruction in Al Sukkari neighbourhood, by what activists said was an air strike by the Syrian regime, in...

Sudan sentences military officers to prison for plotting coup 08 Apr 2013 - 04:15 am

KHARTOUM: A group of Sudanese military officers were sentenced to between two and five years in prison yesterday for their role in an...

Tunisia ruling coalition supporters hold protest 08 Apr 2013 - 04:14 am

GAFSA, Tunisia: Tunisian police yesterday used tear gas to disperse supporters of the Islamist-led ruling coalition who protested against a meeting by a...

SYRIA CHINA RUSSIA UN UNITED NATIONS HOSTAGE 08 Apr 2013 - 04:13 am

Group: ViewsMideast Credit: MOIR Source: Morning Herald - Sydney, Australia Keywords: COLOR SYRIA CHINA RUSSIA UN UNITED NATIONS HOSTAGE 040113 Provider: CartoonArts International...

Vote for me or get cursed: Maduro 08 Apr 2013 - 04:08 am

Venezuelan Acting President and presidential candidate Nicolas Maduro drives a bus during an electoral campaign act in Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela, yesterday. CARACAS: Venezuelan...

Nigeria militants kill 12 cops 08 Apr 2013 - 04:08 am

YENAGOA, Nigeria: Nigerian militants have ambushed a police boat in the oil-producing Niger Delta region, killing 12 police officers, authorities said yesterday. The...

US immigration bill by end of the week 08 Apr 2013 - 04:08 am

WASHINGTON: A bill to overhaul the US immigration system would likely be completed by the end of this week, two senior US senators...