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Major water, power projects on the way 22 Feb 2013 - 05:14 am

Doha: The Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation (Kahramaa) is set for major expansions in water and electricity sectors, energy and water saving...

Committee to probe powerboat racer’s death 22 Feb 2013 - 05:12 am

DOHA: A special committee has been set up to investigate the death of Qatari powerboat racer Rashid Al Mansoori, while taking part in...

Souq Waqif Boutique to sponsor MICE Arabia Congress 22 Feb 2013 - 05:12 am

DOHA: Souq Waqif Boutique Hotels is the official gala dinner sponsor of MICE Arabia Congress to be held in Doha on Wednesday and...

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs receives copies of credentials of Ivgen Mikitenko 22 Feb 2013 - 05:09 am

The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, H E Dr Khalid bin Mohammad Al Attiyah yesterday received copies of credentials of Ivgen Mikitenko...

Minister of Culture with Jordan’s Higher Youth Council President 22 Feb 2013 - 05:07 am

The Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage H E Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kuwari with Jordan’s Higher Youth Council President Sami Majali,...

Qatar free of horsemeat, says Mawashi 22 Feb 2013 - 05:07 am

DOHA: The Qatar Company for Meat and Livestock Trading (Mawashi) has ruled out any possibility of horsemeat being mixed in meat sold in...

Popular Turkish jewellery designer to display his works 22 Feb 2013 - 05:05 am

DOHA: Sevan Bicakci, the world famous Turkish jewellery designer and artist sometimes referred to as the “Michelangelo of Jewellery” will be exhibiting his...

Qatar University, Ain Shams qualify for moot court finals at Oxford 22 Feb 2013 - 05:04 am

Students of Ain Shams University (Egypt) and Qatar University during the Middle Eastern round of the Monroe E Price International Media Law Moot...

HMC’s Heart Hospital hosts first Perfusion Day 22 Feb 2013 - 05:04 am

DOHA: Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC)’s Cardiothoracic Surgery Department organised and hosted its first Perfusion Day recently. The event was aimed at educating clinical...

Technology booth 22 Feb 2013 - 05:02 am

Together with its partners from the hardware manufacturing industry, Microsoft Qatar yesterday celebrated the availability of various Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8...

Assad can’t be part of deal, say rebels 22 Feb 2013 - 05:01 am

The site of the bombing in central Damascus, yesterday. CAIRO: The opposition Syrian National Coalition is willing to negotiate a peace deal under...

Iran installing centrifuges at N-plant: IAEA 22 Feb 2013 - 05:01 am

VIENNA: Iran has begun installing advanced centrifuges at its main uranium enrichment plant, a UN nuclear report said yesterday, a defiant step likely...

Trial of Hezbollah members in Hariri assassination postponed 22 Feb 2013 - 05:01 am

THE HAGUE: The trial of four members of the powerful Hezbollah movement for the 2005 bombing that killed former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq...

Israel permits oil drilling in Golan Heights 22 Feb 2013 - 05:00 am

JERUSALEM: Israel has authorised drilling for oil on the occupied Golan Heights in a move likely to draw international protest, local media reported...

Tunisia party to pick hardliner as PM 22 Feb 2013 - 05:00 am

TUNIS: Tunisia’s main Islamist Ennahda party will pick a hardliner to replace moderate outgoing Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali after he declined to head...

Mud-brick pyramid found in Egypt 22 Feb 2013 - 05:00 am

CAIRO: A pyramid that dates back more than 3,000 years and built for an adviser to King Ramses II has been discovered in...

Shariah: What is it and is it fair? 22 Feb 2013 - 04:59 am

The Islamic Law is derived from the Holy Quran and the authentic tradition of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) known as...

Visit the sick and foster love between people 22 Feb 2013 - 04:58 am

Sheikh Abdul Wahhâb Al Turayri There is a good deed, a Sunnah, an Islamic duty, that we forget about altogether, except when our...