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Qatar Exchange down 0.08pc 26 Mar 2013 - 01:46 pm

DOHA: The Qatar Exchange down on Tuesday 6.90 points or 0.08 percent to 8,573.11 points from the previous closing of 8,580.01. The volume...

Expert says 10,000 extremist websites on the web 26 Mar 2013 - 01:39 pm

SINGAPORE: There are more than 10,000 extremist websites on the Internet compared to fewer than 100 countering them, an analyst Tuesday told a...

Sharp says no investment deal with Taiwan's Hon Hai 26 Mar 2013 - 01:20 pm

TOKYO: The deadline for a crucial capital injection in Sharp from Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision lapsed Tuesday without any deal, with the struggling...

Angelina Jolie visits DR Congo warzone rape victims 26 Mar 2013 - 01:18 pm

A handout photo released on March 26, 2013 by the British Foreign Office shows Foreign Secretary William Hague (C) and UNHCR Special Envoy...

German railway, unions reach pay deal 26 Mar 2013 - 01:05 pm

FRANKFURT: Management and unions at Deutsche Bahn have reached a deal awarding the group's 130,000 employees a total pay rise of 6.0 percent...

Saudi Electric launches $2bn sukuk, pricing Tuesday 26 Mar 2013 - 01:01 pm

DUBAI: Saudi Electricity Co. (SEC), the Gulf's largest utility, has launched an offer of a $2 billion dual-tranche Islamic bond, or sukuk, with...

King of Bahrain: Holding Arab summit in Qatar confirms keenness to strengthen Arab national security 26 Mar 2013 - 01:00 pm

DOHA: King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain on Tuesday expressed his pleasure whenever he met with HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad...

Qatar proposes $1bn fund for Jerusalem, offers $250m 26 Mar 2013 - 01:00 pm

DOHA: Qatar called on Tuesday for the immediate establishment of a $1 billion fund to help Palestinians in Arab East Jerusalem, and offered...

Al Attiyah meets outgoing ambassador of Pakistan 26 Mar 2013 - 12:44 pm

DOHA: HE Chairman of Qatar's Administrative Control and Transparency Authority Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah met here on Tuesday with HE Ambassador of...

Egypt to apply gains tax in QNB bid for NSGB 26 Mar 2013 - 12:42 pm

CAIRO: Shareholders and investment funds that make capital gains from Qatar National Bank's (QNB) bid for Cairo-based National Societe Generale Bank (NSGB) will...

Japan to lend Philippines $570m for rail, airport 26 Mar 2013 - 12:35 pm

MANILA: The Philippines said Tuesday it would borrow more than $570 million from Japan to fund an expansion of the capital's light rail...

Syria army recaptures Homs' Baba Amr: NGO 26 Mar 2013 - 12:15 pm

BEIRUT: Forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad have seized Baba Amr in the central city of Homs, a watchdog said on Tuesday,...

HH the Emir congratulates Acting President of Bangladesh 26 Mar 2013 - 12:05 pm

DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has sent a cable of congratulations to the Acting President of the Republic...

US warns against travel to parts of Myanmar after riots 26 Mar 2013 - 12:04 pm

YANGON: The United States on Tuesday warned against travel to Mandalay region and parts of Yangon after deadly communal rioting in central Myanmar...

The Peninsula Editorial Advisory Committee holds first meeting 26 Mar 2013 - 11:49 am

The Peninsula Editor-in-Chief Khalid Al Sayed (centre) with some of the Editorial Advisory Committee members, O J Millar, Lenny Cramer, Dr Wandoor P...

Bomb kills 2 politicians in disputed Iraqi town 26 Mar 2013 - 11:25 am

KIRKUK, Iraq: A roadside bomb on Tuesday ripped through an armoured car killing two local politicians and badly wounding a third in a...

India's wind giant Suzlon raises near $650m via bonds 26 Mar 2013 - 10:48 am

MUMBAI: India's troubled wind energy giant Suzlon said Tuesday that it has raised $647 million by selling bonds, which will be used to...

Dubai airport passenger numbers up 11.4pc in February 26 Mar 2013 - 10:39 am

DUBAI: Passenger traffic at Dubai's main airport surpassed 5 million people in February, rising 11.4 percent from a year earlier, airport authorities said...