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Qatar budgets QR200bn for public spending 01 Apr 2013 - 02:32 am

DOHA: Qatar hopes to earmark more than QR200bn (about $55bn) for public spending in its budgetary estimates for the current fiscal year (2013-14)...

Relatives of Qatari held in UAE in despair 01 Apr 2013 - 02:29 am

DOHA: The family of a 52-year-old Qatari medical doctor who was arrested at Dubai airport on his way to Doha from Bangkok late...

Morocco protest 01 Apr 2013 - 02:25 am

Protesters shout slogans at a demonstration for “rights and liberties” and to denounce the government’s policy in Rabat, Morocco, yesterday. Protesters shout slogans...

Nine arrested for doctoring expiry dates 01 Apr 2013 - 02:23 am

DOHA: Nine persons were arrested on charges of altering expiry dates on large stocks of consumer and beauty products. It is suspected that...

New airport opening postponed 01 Apr 2013 - 02:11 am

An interior view of the airport. DOHA: The opening of Hamad International Airport (HIA), which was scheduled for 12.20am today, has been cancelled....

Nigerian Easter day military raid leaves 15 dead 31 Mar 2013 - 05:18 pm

KANO, Nigeria: Soldiers raided a suspected hideout for Islamist extremist group Boko Haram in northern Nigeria's largest city of Kano on Sunday, sparking...

Saudi says Internet apps break the rules 31 Mar 2013 - 05:15 pm

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia warned Sunday of "suitable measures" if providers of Internet messenger applications such as WhatsApp fail to comply with its rules,...

Pope prays for peace in Syria, Korea on first Easter 31 Mar 2013 - 05:14 pm

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

ExxonMobil cleans up after Arkansas oil spill 31 Mar 2013 - 05:12 pm

CHICAGO: Emergency crews sent by US oil giant ExxonMobil worked Sunday to contain several thousand gallons of crude oil that spilled from a...

Philippines presses for payment over damaged reef 31 Mar 2013 - 05:11 pm

MANILA: The Philippines Sunday welcomed the removal of a US minesweeper that had been stuck on a protected coral reef for 10 weeks,...

Dana Gas says collects $73.7m from Egypt, Kurdistan 31 Mar 2013 - 05:10 pm

DUBAI: Dana Gas has collected a total of $73.7 million in receivables from its operations in Egypt and the Kurdistan region of Iraq...

Hazare begins nationwide tour today 31 Mar 2013 - 05:04 am

Anna Hazare speaks during a press conference in Amritsar yesterday. Mumbai: Anna Hazare will embark on a year-long, all-India tour from today to...

Film promotion 31 Mar 2013 - 05:03 am

Bollywood actors Mukul Dev, Jaaved Jaffrei and Sharman Joshi with actress Soha Ali Khan (second right) at a press conference for the forthcoming...

Former Odisha law minister in judicial custody 31 Mar 2013 - 05:03 am

Bhubaneswar: Former Odisha law minister Raghunath Mohanty and his wife Pritilata Mohanty were yesterday remanded to judicial custody, hours after they were arrested...

Beni Prasad Verma anticipates Samajwadi Party’s demise 31 Mar 2013 - 05:02 am

Lucknow: The relationship between the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Congress was rocked yet again yesterday as union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma...

The NR Eye: NRIs to continue to depend on bank deposits for safe returns 31 Mar 2013 - 05:01 am

by Moiz Mannan There has been a fair amount of uncertainty regarding the internal and external influences on Indian stock markets and this...

No issues with Centre over Shah: Omar 31 Mar 2013 - 05:01 am

New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir’s policy to rehabilitate surrendered militants did not work in the case of Sayyed Liyaqat Ali Shah but the...

Don’t panic over Saudi situation, says Kerala CM 31 Mar 2013 - 05:00 am

Kochi: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy yesterday said that given the diplomatic and trade relations with Saudi Arabia, people from the state in...