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Qatari-Peruvian Parliamentary Friendship Society meeting 14 Jan 2013 - 03:06 am

Qatar’s Ambassador to Peru Jamal Nasser Al Bader took part in a reception hosted by Peru’s Ministry of Foreign Relations in Lima on...

Organisations urged to take part in Qtel Marathon 14 Jan 2013 - 03:03 am

Doha: Qtel is encouraging organisations to encourage athletics and raise money for charity by sending teams of runners to the first Qtel Marathon...

Organisations urged to take part in Qtel Marathon 14 Jan 2013 - 03:03 am

Doha: Qtel is encouraging organisations to encourage athletics and raise money for charity by sending teams of runners to the first Qtel Marathon...

Schedule for sixth annual Al Khor Fly-In announced 14 Jan 2013 - 03:02 am

Doha: Under the patronage of Qatar Civil Aviation Authority (QCAA), the Organising Committee of the Al Khor Fly-In has announced the schedule for...

Over 300 experts to attend meet on liver transplant 14 Jan 2013 - 03:01 am

DOHA: More than 300 local and international experts will gather in Doha for the fifth Pan Arab Liver Transplant Society Congress hosted by...

New restaurant offers to be child-friendly 14 Jan 2013 - 03:00 am

Workers giving final touches to the play area at the Oriental Pearl Restaurant on the Corniche. (Qassim Rahmatullah) By Fazeena Saleem DOHA: Oriental...

Aspire Zone bags Business Destinations magazine award 14 Jan 2013 - 02:59 am

Doha: Aspire Zone Foundation’s (AZF) commitment to provide outstanding facilities and services has been recognised by Business Destinations magazine, which awarded Aspire Zone...

Civil Aviation chief meets China Harbour president 14 Jan 2013 - 02:59 am

Doha: Chairman of Qatar Civil Aviation Authority (QCAA) and Chairman of the New Doha International Airport (NDIA) Steering Committee, Abdul Aziz Mohammed Al...

Syrian forces kill 36 in bombing: Opposition 14 Jan 2013 - 02:58 am

A man carries the remains of a missile fired by a Syrian Air Force fighter jet, at the souq of Azaz, north of...

Tunisia sends army to border town 14 Jan 2013 - 02:55 am

A man looks at a banner on the eve of the second anniversary of the Tunisian revolution at Avenue Habib-Bourguiba in Tunis, yesterday. ...

Libya plans force to shield diplomats 14 Jan 2013 - 02:54 am

TRIPOLI: Libya plans to create a special force to protect diplomats, government sources said, after a gun attack on an Italian consul exposed...

Syrian troops kill 36 in attack on rebel-held area 14 Jan 2013 - 02:54 am

AMMAN: Government forces killed at least 36 people, 14 of them children, in a bombardment of rebel-held areas on the outskirts of Damascus...

Egypt’s court orders retrial of Mubarak 14 Jan 2013 - 02:53 am

CAIRO: An Egyptian court yesterday ordered a retrial for former president Hosni Mubarak after accepting an appeal against the life sentence handed him...

From presidency to prison 14 Jan 2013 - 02:53 am

Cairo: Here is a look at former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, who was overthrown in February 2011 in a popular uprising: Mubarak was...

Famed Tunisia mausoleum ravaged by fire 14 Jan 2013 - 02:52 am

TUNIS: The mausoleum in Sidi Bou Said, a prime Tunisian tourism destination, has been ravaged by fire in what is thought to have...

Iraq Sunni leader urges reforms to end protests 14 Jan 2013 - 02:52 am

BAGHDAD: Iraq’s Shia Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki should reform laws seen as unjustly marginalising the country’s Sunni Muslims or mass protests could...

Israel plans 170 new settler homes 14 Jan 2013 - 02:51 am

A Palestinian gestures as he helps carry the body of Odai Al Darawish during his funeral in the West Bank town of Dura,...

Saudi slams world reaction to Lankan maid’s beheading 14 Jan 2013 - 02:51 am

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia yesterday criticised world reaction to its beheading a Sri Lankan maid convicted of killing her employer’s baby, the official SPA...