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Sudan, South start pulling troops from tense border 12 Mar 2013 - 04:31 am

JUBA, South Sudan: The armies of South Sudan and Sudan yesterday said they were pulling troops from contested border areas, in the latest...

Saudi Arabia frees women protesters 12 Mar 2013 - 04:31 am

RIYADH: Saudi authorities have freed all but two of a group of women arrested early this month while staging a sit-in to demand...

Homemade alcohol kills 51 in Libya 12 Mar 2013 - 04:31 am

TRIPOLI: At least 51 people have died in Libya since Saturday after drinking homemade alcohol, with another 378 suffering from alcohol poisoning, the...

Egypt sacks Misr Petroleum head over fuel shortages 12 Mar 2013 - 04:31 am

CAIRO: Egypt’s oil minister Osama Kamal has dismissed the head of state-owned Misr Petroleum and another top official due to a crisis in...

Falkland Islanders vote on last day of referendum 12 Mar 2013 - 04:29 am

A vehicle decorated with a Falkland Islands flag and the Union Jack passes by in Stanley, yesterday. Falkland Islanders voted yesterday on the...

Queen misses Commonwealth Day service 12 Mar 2013 - 04:29 am

LONDON: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II missed yesterday’s Commonwealth Day service in London as she is still recovering from the symptoms of gastroenteritis, Buckingham...

Nigeria Islamists post video of killed foreign hostages 12 Mar 2013 - 04:29 am

LAGOS: A Nigerian Islamist group that killed seven foreign hostages it had been holding since February has posted a video of what it...

Judges order medical tests on Berlusconi 12 Mar 2013 - 04:29 am

MILAN: Italian judges ordered checks to be made on former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi yesterday to verify his claim that health problems meant...

Cyber threat from China a challenge to ties: Obama aide 12 Mar 2013 - 04:28 am

NEW YORK: Cyber security has become a growing challenge to the economic relationship between China and the United States and Beijing should recognise...

Rivals exchange barbs ahead of Venezuela vote 12 Mar 2013 - 04:28 am

CARACAS: Presidential candidates Nicolas Maduro and Henrique Capriles have begun Venezuela’s election race with scathing personal attacks even as mourners were still filing...

Ex-UK minister jailed for eight months 12 Mar 2013 - 04:27 am

LONDON: Disgraced former British energy minister Chris Huhne was jailed for eight months yesterday for lying to police about a speeding offence in...

Bahrain names crown prince as deputy PM 12 Mar 2013 - 02:32 am

Crown Prince Salman Al Khalifa ABU DHABI: Bahrain appointed moderate Crown Prince Salman Al Khalifa as first deputy prime minister yesterday, a sign...

Ooredoo comes alive with 4G LTE launch 12 Mar 2013 - 02:16 am

Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Saud Al Thani, Chairman of Ooredoo Group, along with other VIPs cutting a cake during the official re-branding...

Qatar eyes AAA rating 12 Mar 2013 - 02:15 am

The Minister of Finance and Economy H E Yousuf Hussein Kamal delivering the opening keynote speech at the seventh edition of the annual...

Metrash2 simplifies visa rules 12 Mar 2013 - 02:07 am

Col Abdulrahman Al Malki (right), Deputy Director at the Information Systems Department of the Ministry of Interior Affairs, shows the use of Metrash2...

‘China Town’ to come up near Al Wakra 12 Mar 2013 - 01:55 am

BY SATISH KANADY DOHA: Qatar will soon have a ‘China Town’ in Al Wukair near Al Wakra as a large number of Chinese...

Homemade alcohol kills 38 in Libya: health ministry 11 Mar 2013 - 06:31 pm

TRIPOLI: Thirty-eight people have died in Tripoli since Saturday after drinking homemade alcohol, with another 378 suffering from alcohol poisoning, the Libyan health...

Soccer: FIFA bans executive committee member Fernando for 90 days 11 Mar 2013 - 06:29 pm

LONDON: FIFA executive committee member Vernon Manilal Fernando of Sri Lanka was provisionally banned from any football activity for 90 days on Monday,...