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Qatar-Bahrain causeway faces delay, says minister 23 Dec 2012 - 02:48 am

By JABER AL-HARAMI DOHA: The proposed multi-billion dollar Qatar-Bahrain causeway project has run into rough weather due to escalating costs and is now...

Scribe criticises Aljazeera Mubashar 23 Dec 2012 - 02:47 am

DOHA: A former Egyptian information minister says he had ordered the closure of Aljazeera’s Egyptian channel in September 2011 during the transitional government...

Omanis hope first local vote will usher in change 23 Dec 2012 - 02:44 am

An Omani woman casts her vote at a polling station in the Al Khaburah district yesterday. Omanis went to the polls for the...

UK's Kate and William to spend Christmas Day with her parents 22 Dec 2012 - 06:32 pm

LONDON: Britain's Prince William and his pregnant wife Kate will spend Christmas Day with her parents, their office said on Saturday, in a...

Blizzard leaves 100,000 without power in Canada 22 Dec 2012 - 06:31 pm

MONTREAL: More than 100,000 homes and businesses were without power Saturday in Quebec after a powerful winter storm battered the French-speaking Canadian province,...

Saudi factory fire kills six workers 22 Dec 2012 - 02:51 pm

RIYADH: A fire broke out in a factory in eastern Saudi Arabia on Saturday killing six workers, a spokesman for the Jubail industrial...

Tajikistan orders Twitter ban 22 Dec 2012 - 02:17 pm

DUSHANBE, Tajikistan: Tajikistan has ordered local Internet providers to block Twitter, one of more than 100 sites including popular Russian-language social networks starting...

Suicide bombers attack mobile phone firms in Nigeria 22 Dec 2012 - 02:02 pm

KANO, Nigeria: Two suicide car bombers attacked the offices of mobile phone operators India's Airtel and South Africa's MTN on Saturday in Nigeria's...

Mexico nominates NAFTA negotiator for WTO top job 22 Dec 2012 - 01:55 pm

GENEVA: Mexico has nominated a former minister who led the country's negotiations on the North American Free Trade Agreement to take over the...

Afghan president blames foreigners for corruption 22 Dec 2012 - 01:54 pm

KABUL: President Hamid Karzai on Saturday blamed foreigners for most of the corruption in Afghanistan and said the withdrawal of NATO troops in...

Gunmen kill 11 people on Pakistan-Iran border 22 Dec 2012 - 01:35 pm

QUETTA, Pakistan: Unknown gunmen killed 11 people as they prepared to illegally leave Pakistan in the southwestern province of Baluchistan, officials said on...

Oman holds first local elections 22 Dec 2012 - 01:20 pm

MUSCAT: Omanis went to the polls on Saturday for the Gulf sultanate's first ever local elections but the 192 elected councillors will have...

Candidates registration for Jordan parliamentary elections opens 22 Dec 2012 - 12:59 pm

AMMAN: The Independent Elections Commission (IEC) in Jordan on Saturday started the registration of candidates running for seats in Jordan's 17th parliament for...

Maradona, Mourinho to attend 7th Dubai international sports conference 22 Dec 2012 - 12:48 pm

DUBAI: Organisers Dubai Sports Council announced that two football legends will attend the 7th Dubai International Sports Conference, to be held under the...

Gunmen kill Syria state TV cameraman 22 Dec 2012 - 12:46 pm

DAMASCUS: A cameraman for Syrian state television has been gunned down outside his home in Damascus, the broadcaster reported on Saturday, blaming the...

Al-Qaeda leader killed in Southern Iraq 22 Dec 2012 - 11:58 am

BAGHDAD: A prominent al-Qaeda leader operating in Baghdad has been killed, the Iraqi army announced. "Taha Ithawi was killed in a joint security...

China's CNPC overseas oil, gas production exceeds 50 million tonnes 22 Dec 2012 - 11:21 am

Beijing: China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) said that combined oil and gas output in its overseas projects reached 50.35 million tonnes of oil...

China to open world's longest high-speed rail line 22 Dec 2012 - 10:51 am

BEIJING/ZHENGZHOU, China: China will open the world's longest high-speed rail line next week when a link between Beijing and the southern metropolis of...