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Afghan cockfighting 02 Mar 2013 - 05:25 am

Afghan men watch as roosters fight during a traditional competition in Kabul, yesterday.

Iran pipeline work to start this month 02 Mar 2013 - 05:24 am

ISLAMABAD: A consortium will start work next week on a much delayed $7.5bn gas pipeline from Pakistan to Iran despite American warnings of...

Pakistan firm makes IED-proof fertiliser 02 Mar 2013 - 05:24 am

WASHINGTON: A Pakistani firm has invented a new formula to make fertilisers that cannot be converted into bomb-making materials, diplomatic sources here revealed....

Army probes ‘torture’ death of Kashmir youth 02 Mar 2013 - 05:20 am

MUZAFFARABAD: The Pakistani army is investigating the alleged torture of a youth that led to his death last week in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, an...

Bankers may be recruited for election duty 02 Mar 2013 - 05:20 am

RAWALPINDI: The Election Commission of Pakistan is planning to hire bank employees for the upcoming general election, as about 700,000 personnel will be...

Supreme Court to hear Gilani plea next week 02 Mar 2013 - 05:08 am

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan is likely to take up on Wednesday a review petition of former prime minister Yousaf Gilani against...

Musharraf vows to return home 02 Mar 2013 - 05:08 am

DUBAI: Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf yesterday announced he would return home within weeks to contest election after nearly five years in...

Protest over sex assault on schoolgirl 02 Mar 2013 - 04:40 am

New Delhi: An eight-year-old girl, a student of Class 2, was allegedly raped inside the premises of a municipal school here leading to...

Petrol prices hiked again 02 Mar 2013 - 04:40 am

New Delhi: Petrol prices up by `1.40 per litre, excluding taxes, from midnight yesterday due to the depreciating rupee and a sharp increase...

Govt not tapping any phones: Shinde 02 Mar 2013 - 04:38 am

New Delhi: Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde yesterday stressed that the government was not involved in keeping tabs on phone conversations of MPs, even...

President to visit Dhaka 02 Mar 2013 - 04:38 am

New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee is visiting Bangladesh from tomorrow in a trip that is expected to take bilateral relations between the two...

Guru’s hanging: Kashmir House to take up adjournment motion 02 Mar 2013 - 04:37 am

Jammu: In a major development, the speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly yesterday agreed to take up for discussion an adjournment motion...

Stunning sales at luxury show 02 Mar 2013 - 03:28 am

BY RAYNALD C RIVERA In its 10th edition, the Doha Jewellery and Watches Exhibition (DJWE 2013) has attracted a record number of international...

Doha air pollution below permitted levels: QSA 02 Mar 2013 - 03:26 am

DOHA: On the occasion of National Environment Day, the Qatar Statistics Authority (QSA) and Qatar Information Exchange have issued a brochure to update...

500 take part in Aspire Zone annual Aquathon 02 Mar 2013 - 03:25 am

Participants trying their swimming skills during the second annual Aquathon. DOHA: Over 500 people participated in Aspire Zone’s second annual Aquathon, which was...

Qatar Airways flight to boost tourism: Cambodia 02 Mar 2013 - 03:24 am

By Isabel Ovalle PHHOM PENH: Cambodia expects the new flight from Doha to Phnom Penh launched on February 20 by Qatar Airways will...

Workshops on Islamic art at Katara tomorrow 02 Mar 2013 - 03:23 am

DOHA: A series of free Islamic Arts workshops facilitated by The Prince’s School of Traditional Arts, which specialises in teaching, research and promoting...

Fans trouble 02 Mar 2013 - 03:21 am

Hundreds of fans thronged the Al Watan Centre in Doha to catch a glimpse of renowned Indian film actor Mammootty who opened Avatar...