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Bahrain dialogue to resume tomorrow 09 Feb 2013 - 06:26 am

DUBAI: Bahrain’s national dialogue is set to resume tomorrow in an atmosphere of mutual mistrust between government and the opposition ahead of the...

Bahrain dialogue to resume tomorrow 09 Feb 2013 - 06:26 am

DUBAI: Bahrain’s national dialogue is set to resume tomorrow in an atmosphere of mutual mistrust between government and the opposition ahead of the...

ALL WORK, NO PLAY 09 Feb 2013 - 06:19 am

National sports clubs should set up branches in the Industrial Area and other localities where low-income foreign workers live, to channelise their energy...

Women workers more constrained 09 Feb 2013 - 06:19 am

BY AZMAT HAROON Like their male counterparts, many young, single women come to Qatar in search of better opportunities. Whether they are here...

Looking for a place to unwind 09 Feb 2013 - 06:16 am

Pics: Qassim Rahmatullah & Salim Matramkot By FAZEENA SALEEM & Raynald C Rivera While all eyes are on preparations for the 2022 football...

A thriving market for illegal vendors 09 Feb 2013 - 06:13 am

A hawker selling pirated DVDs of a popular film. RIGHT: A small scuffle for getting chewing tobacco from a vendor. salim matrmakot DOHA:...

Seeking social security through non-formal savings schemes 09 Feb 2013 - 05:47 am

Members of a group contributing money to a monthly common pool. DOHA: Banks along the Grand Hamad Street, popularly known as the Bank...

Rota spreads activities to Tunisia 09 Feb 2013 - 05:46 am

BY RAYNALD C RIVERA DOHA: Reach Out To Asia (Rota) will soon launch its educational and community initiatives in Tunisia, the smallest country...

Registration opens for WISE awards 2013 09 Feb 2013 - 05:44 am

DOHA: WISE, the World Innovation Summit for Education, opened the submission period for the 2013 awards. By recognising projects that are having a...

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a squid 09 Feb 2013 - 03:38 am

TOKYO: A species of oceanic squid can fly more than 30 metres (100 feet) through the air at speeds faster than Usain Bolt...

Three held over hate campaign against band 09 Feb 2013 - 12:57 am

SRINAGAR: Police in Kashmir arrested three suspects yesterday for posting abusive comments and threats during an online hate campaign against an all-girl rock...

Women dumped in field after sterilisation 09 Feb 2013 - 12:56 am

KOLKATA: Scores of women were dumped unconscious in a field after a mass sterilisation in West Bengal because there was no room in...

New Delhi keen to sign Rafale deal by mid-2013 09 Feb 2013 - 12:56 am

BANGALORE: India hopes to sign a $12-billion deal to buy Rafale jets from France’s Dassault Aviation by the middle of the year, the...

Karnataka told to release Cauvery water 09 Feb 2013 - 12:55 am

New Delhi/Bangalore: The Supreme Court yesterday directed Karnataka to “forthwith” release 2.44 tmc (thousand million cubic feet) of Cauvery river water to Tamil...

Bomb kills eight near Pakistan DVD shop 08 Feb 2013 - 02:57 pm

PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Eight people were killed and more than 20 wounded when a bomb exploded near a shop selling DVDs and mobile phones...

Turkey says has spent $600m on Syria refugees 08 Feb 2013 - 02:21 pm

ANKARA: Turkey has spent more than $600 million sheltering refugees from the almost two-year-old conflict in neighbouring Syria, Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek said...

UN body 'alarmed' by US killings of Afghan children 08 Feb 2013 - 01:43 pm

KABUL: A UN committee has expressed "alarm" over reports that hundreds of children have been killed by US military forces in Afghanistan in...

ExxonMobil warns on Nigerian exports over pipeline repairs 08 Feb 2013 - 01:24 pm

LAGOS: US oil giant ExxonMobil's Nigerian subsidiary said on Friday it may not meet contractual obligations on exports from the west African country...