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Mowasalat to recruit two disabled 07 Apr 2013 - 05:09 am

Mowasalat signed an agreement with the Volunteer Committee for the Employment of Disabled People (VCEDP) to recruit two disabled staff to the company....

Kahramaa opens multi-storey parking facility 07 Apr 2013 - 05:08 am

The Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) has opened its multi-storey parking facility at Al Dafna to the public. The facility, located...

Supreme Judicial Council offers 50 jobs at career fair 07 Apr 2013 - 05:07 am

Doha: Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) participated in the sixth edition of Qatar Career Fair and received more than 700 job applications. SJC’s Director...

15 European nations in Aljazeera Festival 07 Apr 2013 - 05:06 am

DOHA: The Aljazeera International Docu-mentary Film Festival has become a dream to European youth, especially those interested in the documentary field. Hence, the...

Ooredoo donates QR200,000 for RAF family project 07 Apr 2013 - 05:01 am

Mohammed Alansari, Director, Field Marketing and Events at Ooredoo, presenting the cheque to a RAF official. Doha: Ooredoo has presented the Sheikh Thani...

World powers, Iran fail to break nuclear deadlock 07 Apr 2013 - 05:00 am

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (right) enters a hall to attend a news conference after the talks on Iran’s nuclear programme in...

Kerry embarks on yet another Mideast tour 07 Apr 2013 - 05:00 am

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State John Kerry headed to Turkey yesterday on a wide-ranging tour set to be dominated by many of the...

Soldier killed as Yemen army fights separatists 07 Apr 2013 - 05:00 am

ADEN: A Yemeni soldier was killed and two others wounded, along with two passers-by, during a clash between the army and southern separatists...

Israeli writer accused of inciting violence 07 Apr 2013 - 04:54 am

Tel Aviv: The prominent Israeli journalist, Amira Hass, has been subjected to a “wave of hate mail” and calls for prosecution for incitement...

Hamas blames Western spies of Gaza operations 07 Apr 2013 - 04:54 am

GAZA CITY: Hamas accused Western and Arab spy agencies yesterday of operating in the Gaza Strip and said it had a list of...

Premier-designate vows to shield Labanon from Syria dangers 07 Apr 2013 - 04:47 am

BEIRUT: Lebanese politician Tammam Salam was named prime minister yesterday after he won a sweeping parliamentary endorsement, pledging to bridge the country’s deep...

Suicide bomber kills 22 in Iraq election attack 07 Apr 2013 - 04:47 am

BAQUBA: A suicide bomber killed 22 people and wounded 60 in a crowded election campaign tent in the Iraqi city of Baquba yesterday,...

Abbas may sack Palestinian PM 07 Apr 2013 - 04:45 am

RAMALLAH: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas may fire Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, a Fatah member said, as the party criticised the premier’s government as...

Bahrain National Dialogue session today 07 Apr 2013 - 04:45 am

Manama: The 11th session of the National Consensus Dialogue will be held at Al Areen resort today to discuss the agenda, spokesperson of...

Egypt court turns down lawsuit against satirist 07 Apr 2013 - 04:44 am

CAIRO: An Egyptian court yesterday threw out a lawsuit calling for a popular television satirist to be banned for insulting the president and...

Oman to shift weekend 07 Apr 2013 - 04:25 am

His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said DUBAI: Oman will shift to a Friday-Saturday weekend to align itself more closely with banking and trade...

Afghan attacks kill US diplomat, six others 07 Apr 2013 - 04:16 am

Afghan soldiers stand guard near the site of a bomb blast in Herat, Afghanistan, yesterday. KANDAHAR: Militants killed six Americans, including a young...

Children among 15 killed in Aleppo air raid 07 Apr 2013 - 04:13 am

Smoke billows from an explosion caused by mortar shells on the residential neighbourhood of Kfar Soseh in Damascus yesterday. BEIRUT: A Syrian government...