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BJP demands apology from home minister 22 Jan 2013 - 03:54 am

New Delhi: An angry BJP yesterday renewed its attack on Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde for his comments on “Hindu terror” and demanded his...

FIPB clears IKEA entry 22 Jan 2013 - 03:51 am

NEW DELHI: India’s foreign investment panel has cleared a nearly $2bn plan by Swedish furniture giant IKEA to open its stores in the...

Rushdie, border tensions echo at Jaipur Literature Festival 22 Jan 2013 - 03:51 am

Jaipur: There is no threat to the Jaipur Literature Festival, organisers said yesterday as a controversy arose over author Salman Rushdie and the...

Kalyan Singh returns to BJP 22 Jan 2013 - 03:50 am

Lucknow: Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh, during whose tenure the Babri Masjid was demolished in Ayodhya in 1992, returned to the...

6 Filipinos, 7 Japanese dead in Algeria siege 22 Jan 2013 - 03:49 am

Joseph Balmaceda (right), who survived a hostage crisis at a gas plant in Algeria, joins members of his family after speaking to media...

TV preacher sentenced to hang for Bangladesh war crimes 22 Jan 2013 - 03:48 am

Bangladesh Awami League activists march following the verdict at the International Crimes Tribunal in Dhaka, yesterday. DHAKA: A controversial Bangladeshi war crimes court...

Three Chinese ships in disputed island waters: Japan 22 Jan 2013 - 03:48 am

TOKYO: Three Chinese government ships entered waters around islands at the centre of a dispute with Tokyo yesterday, the day after China rebuked...

China labour camps set for abolition 22 Jan 2013 - 03:48 am

BEIJING: China’s hugely controversial “re-education” labour camps are set to be abolished this year, state media yesterday quoted a senior legal official as...

Qtel donates $200,000 to Jakarta flood victims 22 Jan 2013 - 03:40 am

Qtel Group representative Nicholas Swierzy (second left) with Gunung Hari Widodo, Head of Indosat-Area Jakarta (left), present the donation to Red Cross Indonesia,...

Deputy PM meets ambassadors 22 Jan 2013 - 03:38 am

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs H E Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud separately met yesterday Chinese Ambassador...

All parties accept Darfur pact: Official 22 Jan 2013 - 03:37 am

Doha: The head of the Sudanese delegation to Doha talks on Darfur, Dr Amin Hassan Omar, said that the Doha Darfur Peace Agreement...

17 participate in Maisha filmmaking lab 22 Jan 2013 - 03:36 am

BY RAYNALD C RIVERA DOHA: Seventeen aspiring filmmakers, mostly women, have started shooting documentaries for the first Maisha Documentary Lab conducted by a...

Qatar-Morocco meeting 22 Jan 2013 - 03:12 am

The Minister of State for Interior Affair H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani met Moroccan Minister Delegate to the...

Qatar Masters preparations 22 Jan 2013 - 03:11 am

New traffic lights being installed opposite the Doha Golf Club ahead of the Commercialbank Qatar Masters tournament to help spectators cross safely from...

Five youngsters to represent Qatar in World Schools Debate contest 22 Jan 2013 - 03:11 am

DOHA: A team of five young debaters from QatarDebate will participate in the World Schools Debate Championship (WSDC) in Turkey next week. This...

French, German embassies to mark anniversary of Elysee Treaty 22 Jan 2013 - 03:10 am

DOHA: France and Germany will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Elysee Treaty in Doha with an open discussion at the French school...

30pc of psychiatric patients are women: Experts 22 Jan 2013 - 03:10 am

Doha: More than 30 percent of visitors to psychiatry clinics in Qatar are women and a majority of them face problems with their...

HMC holds lecture on professionalism for physicians 22 Jan 2013 - 03:09 am

DOHA: Doctors at the Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) are getting tips on professionalism. HMC recently hosted a lecture on professionalism for physicians that...