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Fishermen ‘shot by China vessel’ 26 Mar 2013 - 06:03 am

HANOI: Vietnam yesterday accused a Chinese vessel of firing on one of its fishing boats in disputed waters, denouncing the incident as a...

Snowstorm grounds US flights 26 Mar 2013 - 05:59 am

People walk through heavy snow in Belfast, Northern Ireland, as wintry weather continued to cause havoc across the United Kingdom yesterday. Thousands of...

Boeing 787 takes to sky in first flight check 26 Mar 2013 - 05:59 am

NEW YORK: A Boeing Co 787 Dreamliner took to the sky yesterday in the first of two flights aimed at showing that the...

UK to restrict welfare rights of immigrants 26 Mar 2013 - 05:58 am

LONDON: Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday announced a fresh clampdown on immigration to Britain with plans to restrict migrants’ rights to unemployment, health...

MI5 spy chief to step down next month 26 Mar 2013 - 05:57 am

LONDON: Britain’s MI5 spy chief, who oversaw a safe Olympics and helped transform the Security Service’s counterterrorism operations in the wake of the...

Berezovsky undergoing autopsy 26 Mar 2013 - 05:57 am

LONDON: British police removed the body of exiled Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky from his mansion near London yesterday before conducting an autopsy that...

Setback for London mayor’s premiership hopes 26 Mar 2013 - 05:57 am

LONDON: High-profile London mayor Boris Johnson’s hopes of becoming Britain’s next prime minister and leader of the ruling Conservative Party have suffered a...

Prince Harry to tour US in May 26 Mar 2013 - 05:56 am

LONDON: Britain’s Prince Harry will tour the United States for six days in May, his office said yesterday. The prince, the third-in-line to...

Man jailed for plot to attack US military recruitment centre 26 Mar 2013 - 05:56 am

LOS ANGELES: A man was jailed for 18 years yesterday for planning to attack a military recruiting centre with machine guns and grenades....

In Tanzania, Xi sings paeans for Africa 26 Mar 2013 - 05:55 am

Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and First Lady Peng Liyuan say goodbye as they board their aircraft to depart from the Julius Nyerere...

EU pulls most Zimbabwe sanctions 26 Mar 2013 - 05:54 am

BRUSSELS: The European Union suspended most sanctions on Zimbabwe yesterday after voters there approved a new constitution paving the way for an election...

Ousted CAR president flees to Cameroon 26 Mar 2013 - 05:53 am

Chief of South African National Defence Force, General Solly Shoke addresses the media in Pretoria yesterday. South Africa has no immediate plans to...

Sarkozy denies duping France’s richest woman 26 Mar 2013 - 05:52 am

PARIS: Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy made his first public comments yesterday over allegations he duped the country’s richest woman to raise election...

Amnesty’s Moscow offices searched 26 Mar 2013 - 05:51 am

MOSCOW: Russian prosecutors searched Amnesty International’s Moscow offices yesterday in what activists say is a part of a state campaign to stifle dissent....

Italy needs a govt which performs miracles: Bersani 26 Mar 2013 - 05:51 am

ROME: Italian leftist leader Pier Luigi Bersani said yesterday that the recession-hit country was in a “dramatic situation” and needed “a government which...

China Growth 26 Mar 2013 - 05:49 am

Company meetings to go electronic 26 Mar 2013 - 04:11 am

The Minister of Business and Trade H E Sheikh Jassim bin Abdulaziz Al Thani and QCCI Chairman Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim Al Thani...

Study calls for new HMC team to assess risk 26 Mar 2013 - 04:10 am

DOHA: A research suggests that Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) should take steps to enhance risk management in its hospitals. The risk management corporate...