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Egypt House seeks to wrap up constitution 29 Nov 2012 - 04:52 am

Riot police stand near one of their vehicles, that was set on fire by protesters, during clashes along a road which leads to...

Palestinians win more support for UN bid 29 Nov 2012 - 04:52 am

GENEVA/RAMALLAH: More European states joined France yesterday in backing a Palestinian bid for limited statehood, but Britain held back, saying it wanted an...

Car bombs kill 34 in Damascus 29 Nov 2012 - 04:50 am

BEIRUT: Two car bombs killed at least 34 people in a district of Damascus loyal to President Bashar Al Assad yesterday in the...

Saudi diplomat shot dead in Yemen’s capital 29 Nov 2012 - 04:50 am

SANA’A: Gunmen shot dead a Saudi diplomat and his Yemeni bodyguard in Yemen’s capital Sana’a yesterday in an attack a local security source...

Turkey lifts ban on headscarf in religious schools 29 Nov 2012 - 04:49 am

ISTANBUL: Turkey has lifted a ban on female students wearing headscarves in schools providing religious education, in a move drawing criticism from secularists...

Tornado hits steel plant in Italy 29 Nov 2012 - 04:48 am

ROME: A powerful tornado yesterday struck a giant steel plant in southern Italy at the centre of a major labour dispute, leaving 20...

Congo rebels begin withdrawing forces 29 Nov 2012 - 04:48 am

GOMA, DR Congo: Rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have started withdrawing from towns captured since last week from government troops, following...

Russian mafia whistleblower found dead outside UK mansion 29 Nov 2012 - 04:48 am

LONDON: A Russian businessman helping Swiss prosecutors uncover a powerful fraud syndicate has died in mysterious circumstances outside his mansion in Britain, in...

Sierra Leone oppn to boycott House 29 Nov 2012 - 04:47 am

FREETOWN: Sierra Leone’s main opposition party said yesterday it would boycott parliament to protest against alleged fraud in an election that handed incumbent...

15 Turks face jail in France for financing banned group 29 Nov 2012 - 04:47 am

PARIS: French prosecutors yesterday sought jail terms of up to eight years in prison against 15 Turkish citizens charged with financing a banned...

Obama rejects EU aviation carbon regime 29 Nov 2012 - 04:47 am

washington: US President Barack Obama has signed a law excluding US airlines from the European Union’s carbon trading scheme, delivering a blow to...

Leaving EU would isolate UK: Blair 29 Nov 2012 - 04:46 am

LONDON: Prime Minister David Cameron risks committing a monumental error that would threaten Britain’s status as a world power if he allows rising...

Violent crime takes a holiday in New York City 29 Nov 2012 - 04:46 am

NEW YORK: New York City passed a day without a single report of a person being shot, stabbed or subject to other sorts...

Chavez’s return to Cuba for treatment rattles Venezuela 29 Nov 2012 - 04:45 am

CARACAS/HAVANA: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez flew into Cuba yesterday for cancer-linked medical treatment that revived questions about the viability of his socialist rule...

Mississippi’s last abortion clinic faces closure 29 Nov 2012 - 04:43 am

washington: Mississippi’s sole abortion clinic will have to close unless a federal judge halts a new state law requiring its physicians to obtain...

Qatar plans to float tenders for railway coach manufacture 29 Nov 2012 - 04:43 am

DOHA: Qatar has plans to float tenders for the manufacture and supply of rail coaches and installation of control systems for its multi-billion...

Qatar, Ukraine sign entry visa pact 29 Nov 2012 - 04:42 am

The President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovich, with Minister of State H E Sheikh Hamad bin Nasser bin Jassim Al Thani at the Doha...

Qatar Foundation hosts Ukrainian president 29 Nov 2012 - 04:36 am

The President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovich, and his delegation being briefed on a scale model of the current buildings and future construction projects...