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DCMF plans cartoon contest to mark World Press Freedom Day 01 Apr 2013 - 04:46 am

DOHA: To mark the World Press Freedom Day on May 3, Doha Centre for Media Freedom (DCMF) will organise its inaugural DCMF World...

Nine firms excluded from career fair 01 Apr 2013 - 04:43 am

Khalid Abdullah Al Sulaiteen, Co-Chairman of the Steering Committee of Qatar Career Fair (QCF); and Abdullah Ahmed Al Mansoori, Director, at the press...

More companies announce opportunities 01 Apr 2013 - 04:42 am

DOHA: As Qatar Career Fair 2013 opens its doors today at Qatar National Convention Centre, many government and private institutions have announced the...

Awakenings Ensemble to perform at Katara 01 Apr 2013 - 04:41 am

DOHA: The Awakenings Ensemble, a Doha-based three-piece group that combines jazz, Arabic, and electronic influences is set to enthrall music lovers at Offbeat,...

HMC promotes careers in healthcare sector 01 Apr 2013 - 04:39 am

Students visiting the pavilion of Primary Health Care Corporation, at the Ruqaya Preparatory School for Girls. DOHA: A Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) initiative...

Egypt satirist freed on bail 01 Apr 2013 - 03:19 am

Egypt’s popular TV satirist Bassem Youssef surrounded by media and activists as he arrives at a court in Cairo yesterday. CAIRO: Egyptian satirist...

Abbas confirms Jordan custodian of holy sites 01 Apr 2013 - 03:07 am

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (left) and King Abdullah II of Jordan sign an agreement at the Royal Palace in Amman yesterday. AMMAN: Palestinian...

Residents flee fierce clashes in Aleppo 01 Apr 2013 - 03:05 am

BEIRUT: Fierce fighting between Syrian rebels and regime forces has sparked an exodus of residents from the Sheikh Maqsud district of the northern...

Algeria sanctions imam union to stem Salafist influence 01 Apr 2013 - 03:05 am

ALGIERS: Algerian authorities have given the all-clear for a union of imams to protect the country’s traditionally moderate form of Islam from the...

Kuwaiti opposition tweeter jailed 01 Apr 2013 - 03:04 am

KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait’s lower court yesterday sentenced opposition tweeter Hamed Al Khaledi to two years in jail on charges of insulting the state’s...

Queen greeted 01 Apr 2013 - 03:02 am

Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh (right) looks on as Queen Elizabeth receives flowers from children as she leaves The Deanery at St...

10 ‘wise men’ to break Italy deadlock 01 Apr 2013 - 03:01 am

ROME: Italy’s 87-year-old President Giorgio Napolitano will face the greatest test of his career during his final weeks in office as he tries...

Five children under 10 die in French house blaze 01 Apr 2013 - 03:01 am

LILLE, France: Five children between the ages of two and 10 died when a fire ravaged their home in northern France overnight while...

Pope prays for peace in Syria and Korea 01 Apr 2013 - 03:01 am

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis prayed for a “political solution” in Syria and for “reconciliation” on the Korean peninsula in his first Easter Sunday...

Dar es Salaam building collapse toll hits 25 01 Apr 2013 - 03:00 am

DAR ES SALAAM: The death toll from a building which collapsed in Tanzania’s economic capital Dar es Salaam reached 25 yesterday, officials said...

Maduro vows probe into Chavez’s death 01 Apr 2013 - 03:00 am

BARInas, Venezuela: Venezuela’s Acting President Nicolas Maduro said yesterday that his mentor Hugo Chavez had fought for his life “until the last second”...

Four killed in Timbuktu clashes 01 Apr 2013 - 03:00 am

BAMAKO: Malian troops backed by French forces yesterday clashed with Islamist fighters who had infiltrated the northern city of Timbuktu, leaving three jihadists...

Afghan minerals worth up to $13trn 01 Apr 2013 - 02:38 am

The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai in Doha yesterday. Talks were held at the...