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Real estate transactions jumped over QR1bn last week, says Ezdan report 08 Mar 2013 - 03:37 am

DOHA: A tower located in Doha’s skyline at Al Dafna area was sold at a whopping price of QR375m, taking the total value...

Cultural Minister visits London’s Natural History Museum 08 Mar 2013 - 03:37 am

London: Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage H E Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kuwari visited yesterday the Natural History Museum in London....

Masdar study on urban heat impact in Doha 08 Mar 2013 - 03:37 am

DOHA: Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, an independent university focused on advanced energy and sustainable technologies, will do research into ‘urban heat...

Online registration begins for Rota youth meet 08 Mar 2013 - 03:37 am

DOHA: Reach Out To Asia (Rota) has opened online registration for the 5th Empower Youth Conference 2013 taking place at Qatar National Convention...

Signing the minutes 08 Mar 2013 - 03:29 am

The Chief of Staff of the Qatari Armed Forces Major General H E Hamad bin Ali Al Attiyah, and the Chief of Staff...

Ecuador eyes bilateral ties in various sectors 08 Mar 2013 - 03:29 am

DOHA: The Minister of Tourism of Ecuador will head a delegation that will visit Qatar in April, aiming to strengthen the relations between...

Qatar Law Forum holds discussion in London 08 Mar 2013 - 03:29 am

DOHA: Experts from all over the world attended the Qatar Law Forum in London to discuss the challenge of achieving a global commitment...

Emir receives phone call from Swiss president 08 Mar 2013 - 03:28 am

Doha: The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani received yesterday a telephone call from the President of the Swiss Confederation...

Lekhwiya holds cultural festival tomorrow 08 Mar 2013 - 03:28 am

Doha: The Lekhwiya (Internal Security Force) will be holding its ‘Cultural Festival Day’ from 12pm to 7pm tomorrow at the ‘spring tent’ of...

Spanish Council holds lecture on highrise buildings in Qatar 08 Mar 2013 - 03:26 am

DOHA: The Spanish Business Council will organise a lecture about highrise buildings in Qatar at Hilton Hotel on Sunday with the participation of...

Assad hails opposition to Erdogan’s backing of revolt 08 Mar 2013 - 03:25 am

Labourers work at the construction site of a fence along Israel’s border with Syria in the Golan Heights, yesterday. DAMASCUS: President Bashar Al...

Yemen protests 08 Mar 2013 - 03:25 am

Pro-democracy protesters demonstrate for the prosecution of former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sana’a, yesterday. Saleh stepped down last year after more...

Pullback rider for freeing UN peacekeepers 08 Mar 2013 - 03:24 am

BEIRUT: Rebels holding 21 UN peacekeepers near the Golan Heights in southern Syria say government forces must leave the area before they free...

ExxonMobil Egypt chief and wife seized briefly in Sinai 08 Mar 2013 - 03:24 am

CAIRO: Bedouin gunmen in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula seized and briefly held the country boss of US oil major ExxonMobil and his wife yesterday,...

Osama’s son-in-law held in Jordan, taken to US 08 Mar 2013 - 03:24 am

WASHINGTON: A son-in-law of Osama bin Laden who served as Al Qaeda’s spokesman was arrested in Jordan and then brought to New York...

Kuwait to build 174,000 houses by 2020 08 Mar 2013 - 03:24 am

KUWAIT CITY: The wealthy state of Kuwait plans to build around 174,000 houses by 2020, the housing minister told parliament yesterday, in projects...

Tunisia set to unveil new government 08 Mar 2013 - 03:18 am

TUNIS: Premier-designate Ali Larayedh was to unveil late last night night a new coalition government after tortuous negotiations aimed at ending a serious...

Status of women in Islam 08 Mar 2013 - 03:18 am

By Harun Yahya The mentality of despising women, externalising them from society and regarding them as second class is a wicked pagan attitude...