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Russia warns Israel, West against attack on Iran 23 Jan 2013 - 11:06 pm

MOSCOW/tehran: Russia warned Israel and the West yesterday against any military strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities but suggested Tehran should be quicker to...

Design student wins VCUQatar scholarship 23 Jan 2013 - 11:06 pm

DOHA: Local design student Mona Al Sulaiti was awarded a Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar (VCUQatar) scholarship sponsored by Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee...

DFI launches fund to promote GCC film production 23 Jan 2013 - 10:51 pm

DOHA: Doha Film Institute (DFI) has launched Hazawi Fund, a new initiative under its Gulf Film Development programme, to promote film production in...

Does Qatar have a privacy law? 23 Jan 2013 - 10:46 pm

Our privacy is violated every once in a while because of the absence of communications regulations that may serve as a deterrent to...

Some hard work before the tourists arrive 23 Jan 2013 - 10:46 pm

The new tourism law, issued by the Emir last August, charts the way forward for the tourism industry in this country in line...

Children need to be shielded from violence 23 Jan 2013 - 10:45 pm

Some terrible incidents that take place out there suggest that the milk of human kindness has turned sour inside many parents. Instead of...

Promotion or exploitation? 23 Jan 2013 - 10:44 pm

Trade and promotion are booming in Qatar due to the country’s prosperity. With investors from all over the world looking for business opportunities...

Cameron proposes vote on EU membership 23 Jan 2013 - 10:43 pm

LONDON/BERLIN/PARIS: David Cameron swiftly encountered a solid wall of European opposition to his demands to be allowed to “pick and choose” what Britain...

Clinton defends her handling of Benghazi attack in testimony 23 Jan 2013 - 10:42 pm

WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton yesterday defended her handling of the September 11, 2012 attack on the US mission in Benghazi that...

Slovenia gripped by strike, government on the ropes 23 Jan 2013 - 10:42 pm

LJUBLJANA: Around 100,000 public sector employees held a strike over pay cuts in Slovenia yesterday, with the government on the ropes over a...

2 killed, 256 held in violent S Africa protest 23 Jan 2013 - 10:41 pm

JOHANNESBURG: Two people have been killed and 256 arrested for looting and other offences in violent social unrest that left a trail of...

Stray dogs give safety lessons 23 Jan 2013 - 10:40 pm

BUCHAREST: Stray dogs crossing at crosswalks are being used by the Romanian traffic police in a new safety campaign to convince pedestrians to...

Refugees interrupt Vienna hunger strike 23 Jan 2013 - 10:38 pm

VIENNA: Some 40 asylum seekers were eating again yesterday after calling a temporary halt to a 31-day hunger strike in a Vienna church...

Martial synchronisation 23 Jan 2013 - 10:37 pm

Soldiers march on Rajpath during the full dress rehearsal for the Republic Day parade in New Delhi yesterday. The country will celebrate the...

New evidence of indentured Indians’ graves 23 Jan 2013 - 10:37 pm

New Delhi: As the Suriname government granted permission in early January to researchers to begin operations to discover the forgotten mass graves of...

US seeks long jail term for Headley 23 Jan 2013 - 10:36 pm

Chicago: US federal prosecutors are seeking 30 to 35 years in prison for Pakistani-American David Headley, a key plotter in the deadly 2008...

Reduce negative politics, Rahul tells Congress 23 Jan 2013 - 10:33 pm

New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi told party leaders here yesterday that he wanted to reduce “negative politics”. He met party leaders...

Karnataka BJP government in crisis 23 Jan 2013 - 10:30 pm

Bangalore: Karnataka’s BJP government yesterday was in deep crisis as two ministers quit the cabinet and 13 party legislators, including the two ministers,...