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BofA names Nomura's Ghafur as MENA head 06 Dec 2012 - 09:13 am

DUBAI: Bank of America Merrill Lynch has hired Arshad Ghafur, previously with Nomura Holdings, as the country executive for its Middle East and...

HH the Emir congratulates Finland President 06 Dec 2012 - 08:51 am

DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has sent a cable of congratulations to the President of the Republic of...

Exchange Rates in Qatar 06 Dec 2012 - 08:21 am

Exchange Rates in Qatar DOHA: Exchange Rates for foreign currencies as issued on Thursday by Qatar National Bank (QNB) are as following: Currency...

Four dead in violence around Egypt's presidential palace 06 Dec 2012 - 08:17 am

Supporters of Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi (portrait) march in the street as Egyptian army tanks are deployed near the presidential palace in Cairo,...

Govt wins FDI vote in Lower House 06 Dec 2012 - 04:54 am

Finance Minister P Chidambaram and other ministers come out of the parliament after voting on the motion of the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)...

Nation remembers 20 years of Babri tragedy 06 Dec 2012 - 04:54 am

New Delhi: Twenty years after the Babri mosque demolition sparked off the worst communal clashes after the subcontinent’s partition in 1947, India has...

One more patient dies due to lack of oxygen in Delhi 06 Dec 2012 - 04:53 am

New Delhi: Another patient died at a government hospital here yesterday, a day after four others died due to disruption of centralised oxygen...

Apex Court tells Karnataka to release water to Tamil Nadu 06 Dec 2012 - 04:53 am

New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday directed Karnataka to supply 10,000 cusecs of Cauvery water daily to Tamil Nadu for the next five...

Village bars women from using cellphones 06 Dec 2012 - 04:52 am

patna: A village council in eastern India has banned women from using mobile phones, saying they “pollute the social atmosphere” by encouraging women...

Clinton prods Nato allies to meet Afghan funding pledges 06 Dec 2012 - 04:51 am

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at a press conference yesterday, the second and last day of talks between foreign ministers from the...

Pakistan second among terror-hit countries 06 Dec 2012 - 04:51 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has been placed at the second position out of 158 countries in the ‘Global Index on Terrorism 2012’, which shows that...

PPP mulls strategy for South Punjab province 06 Dec 2012 - 04:51 am

ISLAMABAD: With elections fast approaching and a South Punjab province still nowhere in sight, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) is contemplating other options...

Bomb kills two Pakistani soldiers 06 Dec 2012 - 04:51 am

Pakistan: Two suicide bombers targeted Pakistan’s main army camp in a key tribal district on the Afghan border yesterday, killing two soldiers and...

Rescued leopard gives birth to twin cubs 06 Dec 2012 - 04:50 am

ISLAMABAD: A female leopard that was captured by the wildlife department of Pakistan in injured condition from a dense forest in Kaghan valley...

Baluchistan killings: Judge warns govt 06 Dec 2012 - 04:50 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top judge said yesterday he was determined to pursue the government over killings and disappearances in one of the most troubled...

Philippine typhoon toll reaches 274 06 Dec 2012 - 04:47 am

NEW BATAAN: The death toll from a typhoon that ravaged the Philippines jumped to 274 yesterday with hundreds more missing, as rescuers battled...

New China leaders urge end to ‘pointless’ meets 06 Dec 2012 - 04:47 am

BEIJING: China’s new leaders have urged an end to “pointless” meetings, speeches and other time-wasting events, state-run media said yesterday in the latest...

North Korea puts long-range rocket on launch pad 06 Dec 2012 - 04:47 am

SEOUL: North Korea has completed installing a long-range rocket on its launch pad, ahead of its planned launch this month in defiance of...