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Doha to host Middle East water summit next year 21 Dec 2012 - 03:26 am

DOHA: WaterWorld Middle East 2013 conference and exhibition will bring the global water sector together at the Qatar National Convention Centre from February...

Charity donates food for the needy on National Day 21 Dec 2012 - 03:26 am

DOHA: The Sheikh Eid Charity Association marked the National Day in a different way by distributing surplus food collected from parties and banquets...

QOC to promote healthy lifestyle with Schools Olympic Programme 21 Dec 2012 - 03:26 am

Doha: With the beginning of the current Olympic session 2008-2012, the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) and the Supreme Education council have launched the...

Winter storm 21 Dec 2012 - 03:23 am

An automobile is damaged by a Mercedes-Benz dealership sign following a winter storm in Mobile, Alabama, yesterday. The first major winter storm of...

Qatar to pour up to $265m a year into PSG 21 Dec 2012 - 03:20 am

PARIS: Qatar will pour up to ¤200m ($265m) a year into Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) under an advertising contract designed to help the French...

Doomsday tale a hoax: Astronomer 21 Dec 2012 - 03:19 am

A laborer works on the construction of a house shaped like a spaceship and is designed by Augusto Vinholis, a naturopathic practitioner, outside...

A video camera in the sky 21 Dec 2012 - 02:29 am

In a first in Qatar, a TV Channel has begun using remote-controlled flying video camera to cover camel racing. In races that began...

Rebels fight for strategic town in Hama 21 Dec 2012 - 02:23 am

BEIRUT: Rebels began to push into a strategic town in Syria’s central Hama province yesterday and laid siege to at least one town...

Britain pays out millions to torture victims in Iraq 21 Dec 2012 - 02:20 am

London: The British Ministry of Defence (MoD) has paid out £14m in compensation and costs to hundreds of Iraqis who complained that they...

Egyptian prosecutor retracts resignation 21 Dec 2012 - 02:19 am

CAIRO: Egypt’s chief public prosecutor, forced to quit this week after opposition protests, retracted his resignation on Thursday, setting the stage for more...

Hollande acknowledges brutal French rule in Algeria 21 Dec 2012 - 02:18 am

ALGIERS: French President Francois Hollande yesterday acknowledged France’s “brutal” colonial rule over the Algerian people, without having to apologise, as he sought to...

The Quranic perspective of the world 21 Dec 2012 - 02:14 am

By Dr Muzammil H Siddiqi So glory be to Allah when you reach evening and when you arise in the morning. Praise belongs...

Giving up sins: An easy prescription 21 Dec 2012 - 02:12 am

There are many Muslim brothers and sisters throughout the world who, due to various negative influences and bad elements, find themselves ‘de-railed’ from...

More funerals held; gun law under review 21 Dec 2012 - 02:03 am

A funeral procession makes its way down Church Hill Road toward the internment ceremony following the funeral for six-year-old Catherine Hubbard, a victim...

Putin backs tit-for-tat response to US rights law 21 Dec 2012 - 02:03 am

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin backed a ban on Americans adopting Russian children yesterday in a feud over a US law that aims...

Monti, Berlusconi spar as poll looms 21 Dec 2012 - 02:03 am

ROME: Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti sparred with Silvio Berlusconi yesterday over the need for austerity, as local media reported the economics professor...

Nigeria gunmen kidnap French national, kill 2 others 21 Dec 2012 - 01:57 am

KANO, Nigeria: A group of 30 gunmen stormed a residence in northern Nigeria where expatriate workers were staying, kidnapping a French engineer and...

S Korea president-elect puts security first 21 Dec 2012 - 01:55 am

SEOUL: Incoming president Park Geun-Hye, basking in her election as South Korea’s first female leader, promised yesterday to stand tough on national security...