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Brent crude futures extend drop to $1 11 Mar 2013 - 06:29 pm

NEW YORK: Brent crude futures fell $1 on Monday, pressured by weak Chinese industrial data and a stronger dollar. Brent April crude was...

Advisory Council discusses amendments on lawyers law 11 Mar 2013 - 02:55 pm

DOHA: The Advisory Council held its weekly regular session under its Deputy Speaker HE Issa bin Rabiah Al-Kuwari. At the outset of the...

Several killed in "insider" attack in Afghan east-NATO 11 Mar 2013 - 02:52 pm

KABUL: Several foreign and Afghan soldiers were killed in a so-called insider attack when a person in an Afghan military uniform turned his...

Qatar Stock Exchange up 0.28pc 11 Mar 2013 - 02:45 pm

DOHA: Qatar Exchange pursued its upswing trend Monday, adding 23.47 points (or 0.28 percent) to advance to 8,544.41 points from 8,520.94 Sunday. The...

Egypt balloon crash bodies flown back to Hong Kong 11 Mar 2013 - 02:44 pm

HONG KONG: The bodies of nine Hong Kong people who were among the 19 killed in a hot air balloon tragedy in Egypt...

Saudi frees all arrested women protesters 11 Mar 2013 - 02:43 pm

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

Iran, Pakistan leaders inaugurate gas pipeline project 11 Mar 2013 - 02:30 pm

CHABAHAR, Iran: The presidents of Iran and Pakistan on Monday inaugurated the construction of a much-delayed section of a $7.5 billion gas pipeline...

Malaysia rescues 136 Myanmar refugees 11 Mar 2013 - 02:24 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian authorities have rescued at least 136 people believed to be ethnic Rohingya Muslims fleeing strife in Myanmar aboard a leaking...

Philippines bans ex-NBA player for choking teammate 11 Mar 2013 - 02:19 pm

MANILA: Former NBA player Renaldo Balkman was banned from the Philippines' professional basketball league for life after choking a teammate in the middle...

Taiwan's Foxconn to recruit 5,000 technicians at home 11 Mar 2013 - 02:18 pm

TAIPEI: Taiwan's tech giant Foxconn will hire 5,000 technicians locally this year, many of them to work on factory robots to build its...

Bahrain court acquits Shiite rights activist 11 Mar 2013 - 01:50 pm

DUBAI: A Bahrain court on Monday acquitted leading Shiite rights activist Yousif al-Muhafda who was on trial for spreading false news, his lawyer...

Saudi beheads national for murder 11 Mar 2013 - 01:36 pm

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia beheaded on Monday in Riyadh one of its nationals convicted of stabbing to death a fellow Saudi, the interior ministry...

Former Sony CEO Stringer to retire 11 Mar 2013 - 01:31 pm

TOKYO: Howard Stringer, the first foreigner to lead Japanese electronics giant Sony during some of its most challenging times, has announced he will...

Qatar-Bosnia business Forum to boost economic relations 11 Mar 2013 - 01:30 pm

DOHA: Qatar-Bosnia and Herzegovina Business Forum was held in Doha last night between Qatari businessmen and their Bosnian counterparts, in presence of Deputy...

Roadside bomb kills three Pakistan troops 11 Mar 2013 - 01:30 pm

PESHAWAR, Pakistan: A roadside bomb attack Monday in northwest Pakistan's restive tribal region killed three soldiers and wounded two others, officials said. A...

Blast in Northern Iraq school injures students 11 Mar 2013 - 12:24 pm

BAGHDAD: A car bomb went off this morning in front of a school in the Dibis district northwest of Kirkuk northern Iraq injuring...

Mexico readies bill to shake up telecoms, TV industries 11 Mar 2013 - 12:23 pm

MEXICO CITY: Mexico's government is expected to present a bill on Monday that aims to loosen billionaire Carlos Slim's hold on the telecommunications...

Qatar says Islamic bank to be set up with IDB 11 Mar 2013 - 12:20 pm

DOHA: Qatar expects to go ahead soon with its plan to establish a big, international Islamic bank, Finance Minister Youssef Kamal said on...