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Qatar UK 2013 lines up next series of events 19 Mar 2013 - 04:18 am

From left: Martin Hope, British Council Director; Miguel Blanco-Carrasco, Strategic Cultural Relations Director at QMA; Khalid bin Khalifa Al Thani, CEO of Qatargas;...

MoI forum discusses women’s role 19 Mar 2013 - 04:18 am

DOHA: A seminar for the women staff of the Ministry of Interior on “developing a culture of dialogue to promote human rights” marked...

TAMUQ to bring Mary Kay centre to Qatar 19 Mar 2013 - 04:18 am

DOHA: Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMUQ) will soon bring an extension of Texas-based Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Centre (MKOPSC) to Doha. ...

‘All Arab countries face transition’ 19 Mar 2013 - 04:17 am

DOHA: All Arab countries will have to pass through the transitional period the Arab Spring countries have experienced, says Dr Azmi Bishara, noted...

QRC disaster management training camp from April 1 19 Mar 2013 - 04:17 am

DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) will hold its fourth disaster management training camp on April 1 in Doha. It aims to attract a...

Veterinary clinic taken to task 19 Mar 2013 - 04:17 am

DOHA: The Public Prosecution has filed charges against a veterinary clinic for prescribing a wrong medicine that resulted in the death of several...

Syrian warplanes bomb Lebanon 19 Mar 2013 - 04:15 am

Syrian national opposition coalition members meeting in istanbul to choose their first prime minister, yesterday. ISTANBUL/damascus: Syria’s opposition coalition met in Istanbul to...

Royal visit 19 Mar 2013 - 04:13 am

Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife Camilla visiting the Nizwa Fort, about 140Km north of Muscat, yesterday. The British royal coupe is on...

Jailed Kurdish leader confirms ceasefire call for Thursday 19 Mar 2013 - 04:13 am

ISTANBUL: Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan has confirmed he will call for a “historic” ceasefire on Thursday, the start of the Kurdish New...

Americans still divided over Iraq war: Poll 19 Mar 2013 - 04:13 am

WASHINGTON: A decade after the US-led invasion of Iraq, Americans remain divided over the war, with a majority believing it was a mistake,...

Car bomb kills 10 in Somali capital 19 Mar 2013 - 04:12 am

MOGADISHU: A suicide bomber who set out to assassinate a senior Somali security official blew up his car in central Mogadishu yesterday, missing...

Israeli House confirms pro-settler government 19 Mar 2013 - 04:12 am

JERUSALEM: The Israeli parliament gave its seal of approval yesterday to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new governing coalition, which includes a strong showing...

Sunni scholars beaten up, testing Lebanon’s peace 19 Mar 2013 - 04:10 am

BEIRUT: Four Sunni Muslim scholars were beaten up in two separate attacks in Beirut on Sunday night, testing a fragile peace between the...

UN expert tells Israel to end settlements 19 Mar 2013 - 04:10 am

GENEVA: Israel must immediately begin withdrawing its settlers from the Palestinian territories, a UN expert told diplomats yesterday, even as the new Israeli...

Child murder: Indonesian maid sentenced to death 19 Mar 2013 - 04:10 am

RIYADH: A Saudi court sentenced an Indonesian housemaid to death after she was convicted of decapitating her employers’ four-year-old child, sparking two other...

Israeli convicted of killing Palestinian 19 Mar 2013 - 04:09 am

JERUSALEM: An Israeli military court yesterday convicted a soldier of negligent homicide in the January shooting dead of a young Palestinian trying to...

Egypt warns bakers against strike action 19 Mar 2013 - 04:09 am

CAIRO: Egyptian bakers will face legal action if they carry out a threat to strike, Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Bassem Ouda...

3,000 Saudis urge Shura to debate women’s driving 19 Mar 2013 - 04:09 am

RIYADH: A petition signed by 3,000 Saudis has urged the Shura Consultative Council to debate on allowing women to drive in the kingdom,...