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Verdict shows Bahrain courts can’t protect rights: Groups 09 Jan 2013 - 03:40 am

DUBAI: An appeals court ruling confirming prison terms for 13 protest leaders in Bahrain this week shows that the Gulf Arab state’s judicial...

Yemen reassures southerners ahead of national dialogue 09 Jan 2013 - 03:39 am

SANA’A: Yemeni President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi has ordered the formation of two panels to resolve the grievances of southerners, in a new move...

Hagel stance cause for concern: Israel speaker 09 Jan 2013 - 03:39 am

JERUSALEM: The foreign policy outlook of US President Barack Obama’s nominee for defence secretary, Chuck Hagel, is “cause for concern” for Israel, parliament...

UK meeting plans for post-Assad Syria 09 Jan 2013 - 03:36 am

Vehicles and containers of the German Army division “Patriot” are loaded onto the ferry boat in the port of Lubeck-Travemunde in northern Germany...

Iraqi Sunnis, Kurds boycott cabinet to back protests 09 Jan 2013 - 03:35 am

BAGHDAD: Iraqi Sunni Muslim and Kurdish ministers boycotted a cabinet session yesterday to show support for protests that are threatening Shia Prime Minister...

One million Syrians in need of food aid 09 Jan 2013 - 03:35 am

GENEVA: About one million Syrians are going short of food, most of them in conflict zones, due to government restrictions on aid distribution,...

Syrian refugees in Turkish camp to vote in taste of democracy 09 Jan 2013 - 03:35 am

ANKARA: Thousands of Syrians living in a refugee camp in southern Turkey will hold elections this month to select camp leaders and an...

Iran seizes Saudi fishing vessels 09 Jan 2013 - 03:34 am

DUBAI: Iran’s coast guard has detained two Saudi fishing vessels after they entered Iranian waters, the semi-official Fars news agency reported yesterday. Separated...

Prime Minister in Cairo talks 09 Jan 2013 - 03:32 am

The Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani met Egyptian Prime Minister Dr Hisham Qandil...

The Last Show to open Arab Theatre Festival 09 Jan 2013 - 03:29 am

From left: Mubarak bin Nasser Al Khalifa, Ismail Abdulla, and Abdul Sattar Naji at a press conference at Doha Marriott yesterday. (Shaival Dalal)...

Awsaj Academy awarded top CIS and MSA accreditations 09 Jan 2013 - 03:29 am

Awsaj Academy awarded top CDOHA: Awsaj Academy has been awarded a dual accreditation by two international accrediting agencies, the Council of International Schools...

TAMUQ plans more graduate programmes 09 Jan 2013 - 03:27 am

By Isabel Ovalle DOHA: Texas A & M University in Qatar (TAMUQ) hopes to expand its graduate programme in the fall this year....

Qatar could host WCEE for two more years 09 Jan 2013 - 03:11 am

Moroccan Minister of Education Dr Lahcen Daoudi addressing a plenary session of the World Congress on Engineering Education 2013 at the Qatar National...

Training on use of child seat belts 09 Jan 2013 - 03:10 am

Trainees getting insight into the use of child car seats and belts. DOHA: The Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has launched the first training...

QU students get first-hand experience on mangroves 09 Jan 2013 - 03:10 am

DOHA: Students of Qatar University (QU)’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) had a field trip to the mangrove and salt marsh ecosystems...

QOC launches survey on sports exercises 09 Jan 2013 - 03:03 am

Doha: Qatar Olympic Committee, Qatar Statistics Authority and the Supreme Council of Health yesterday held a press meet on the occasion of launching...

Artist brings childhood memories alive on canvas 09 Jan 2013 - 03:00 am

Hassan Al Mulla (second right) explains one of his paintings to H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada (right) at the opening...

Qatar Airways to begin daily Warsaw flight 09 Jan 2013 - 03:00 am

Doha: Qatar Airways yesterday announced daily scheduled services on the Doha–Warsaw route, effective February 1. The current four-times-a-week service is scheduled to move...