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Second peace rally in Belfast 17 Dec 2012 - 01:54 am

BELFAST: About 1,200 peace campaigners gathered in Belfast yesterday for the second rally in as many days against a wave of street violence...

Mayor presses Washington on gun laws 17 Dec 2012 - 01:53 am

NEWTOWN, Connecticut: The mayor of Connecticut’s capital city, whose own father was killed with a gun, urged Washington yesterday to take the lead...

Venezuelans vote in state elections 17 Dec 2012 - 01:53 am

CARACAS: Venezuelans vote yesterday in state elections that will define the future of opposition leader Henrique Capriles and test political forces ahead of...

25 killed as Syrian jets bomb Palestinian camp 17 Dec 2012 - 01:50 am

Beirut/damascus: Syrian fighter jets bombed the Palestinian Yarmouk camp in Damascus yesterday, killing at least 25 people sheltering in a mosque in an...

Kuwait emir warns critics as protest-hit parliament opens 17 Dec 2012 - 01:49 am

KUWAIT city: Kuwait’s ruler opened a new parliament yesterday in the face of months of street protests and political unrest, saying he welcomed...

Four policemen die in Benghazi station attack 17 Dec 2012 - 01:49 am

BENGHAZI: Four policemen in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi were killed when a police compound was attacked yesterday, a security official said,...

Israeli PM steps in to rescue debt-ridden Channel 10 TV 17 Dec 2012 - 01:49 am

JERUSALEM: Israel’s parliament is to meet in special session despite a pre-election recess, in a last-ditch attempt to stave off the closure of...

NORTH KOREA MISSILE ROCKET MERRY LAUNCH NUCLEAR 17 Dec 2012 - 01:43 am

Group: ViewsAsia Credit: CLEMENT Source: National Post - Toronto, Canada Keywords: COLOR NORTH KOREA MISSILE ROCKET MERRY LAUNCH NUCLEAR 121212 Provider: CartoonArts International...

New Doha airport to open in April 2013 17 Dec 2012 - 01:30 am

DOHA: The New Doha International Airport (NDIA) will be opened in April next year, the Qatar Civil Aviation Authority (QCAA) announced yesterday. Airline...

Fire alarm stirs panic at Villaggio 17 Dec 2012 - 01:25 am

By FAZEENA SALEEM DOHA: A fire alarm at the Villaggio Mall, which was the scene of a devastating blaze late last May, caused...

Heavy rains partially disrupt life 17 Dec 2012 - 01:23 am

Vehicles negotiating the rain-lashed Shamal-Doha road yesterday.(Salim Matramkot) DOHA: Incessant rains yesterday partially paralysed life in the city and its outskirts as it...

Heir Apparent meets editors 17 Dec 2012 - 01:20 am

The Heir Apparent H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with editors and journalists participating in the first annual Conference of Strategic...

Actor Depardieu 'giving up French passport' in tax row 16 Dec 2012 - 06:57 pm

PARIS: France's leading actor Gerard Depardieu said Sunday he is giving up his French passport after the prime minister called him "pathetic" for...

Kuwait emir warns critics as protest-hit parliament opens 16 Dec 2012 - 06:57 pm

KUWAIT: Kuwait's ruler opened a new parliament on Sunday in the face of months of street protests and political unrest, saying he welcomed...

Death toll in Greece migrant boat disaster rises to 21 16 Dec 2012 - 06:49 pm

ATHENS: The death toll in the sinking of a makeshift boat carrying migrants off a Greek island near the Turkish coast rose to...

Syria warplanes bomb Palestinian camp for first time: NGO 16 Dec 2012 - 06:40 pm

BEIRUT: Warplanes bombed a Palestinian refugee camp in south Damascus on Sunday for the first time since the start of Syria's more than...

Qatari-Italian solution for water leakage 16 Dec 2012 - 04:26 am

Officials of The Qatar Mobility Innovations Center (QMIC) at the Qatar Science and Technology Park, and Politecnico di Torino (Polito), Italy during the...

Fire on the Corniche building 16 Dec 2012 - 04:23 am

The image of a fire that broke out on the top floors of the under-construction World Trade Center building on the Corniche, captured...