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More families seek help from consultation center 25 Nov 2012 - 04:04 am

DOHA: The number of citizens and expatriates seeking the services of the Family Consultation Center has gone up manifold over the past four...

Tokyo’s ITOCHU to invest in HBKU education projects 25 Nov 2012 - 04:02 am

Officials of Qatar Foundation and Tokyo-based ITOCHU Corporation during the signing ceremony in Doha recently. Doha: Tokyo-based ITOCHU Corporation has tied up with...

Free flights, accommodation for 110 young Arabs 25 Nov 2012 - 04:02 am

DOHA: Over 100 young representatives from civil society groups across the Arab world are getting a chance to put their views across at...

Qatari and UN flags flutter above QNCC 25 Nov 2012 - 03:59 am

COP18/CMP8 security coordinator, Nawaf Al Ali, and the chief of the UNFCCC security team, Kevin O’Hanlon, hand over the Qatari and UN flags. ...

COP18 set to be first ‘paper smart’ summit 25 Nov 2012 - 03:57 am

DOHA: COP18/CMP8 Doha will be the first COP conference to use the Paper Smart system to reduce the use of papers for documents....

Agricultural farms turned into labour camps 25 Nov 2012 - 03:55 am

DOHA: The Ministry of Environment (MoE) has identified 71 farmhouses whose owners had built labour camps, warehouses and industrial workshops on these facilities...

Kids get taste of media with NU-Q at DTFF 25 Nov 2012 - 03:54 am

Northwestern University-Qatar’s ‘Daily-Q’ live studio at Katara. DOHA: Northwestern University-Qatar (NU-Q) at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF) engaged many children to give...

Meet discusses climate change impact on region 25 Nov 2012 - 03:54 am

DOHA: Speakers at a workshop at the Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) yesterday called for an action plan to minimise the impact of disasters...

Khalfan trains guns on Aljazeera 25 Nov 2012 - 02:30 am

Anti-govt protesters run from tear gas released by police during clashes in front of the Supreme Judicial Council in Cairo yesterday. DOHA: Known...

Kenyan arrested over murder of US woman 25 Nov 2012 - 02:29 am

DOHA: The law-enforcement agencies here have arrested a Kenyan security guard suspected of killing an American woman who was teaching at a school...

Audit firm under probe over graft 25 Nov 2012 - 02:09 am

Doha: The Attorney-General H E Ali bin Fetais Al Marri has ordered an investigation into one of the biggest audit firms operating in...

Syria rebels ready final assault on Sheikh Suleiman base 24 Nov 2012 - 02:24 pm

QABTAN AL-JABAL: Rebels who have besieged Sheikh Suleiman army base for nearly two months are confident it will fall in days, giving them...

At least 18 people killed in coal mine accident in China 24 Nov 2012 - 02:23 pm

BEIJING: At least 18 people have died on Saturday in the country's latest coal mine accident, the official Xinhua News Agency said on...

Nepalese Prime Minister meets HE Qatar's Ambassador 24 Nov 2012 - 01:42 pm

KATMANDU: The Prime Minister of Nepal Baburam Bhattarai, conferred here on Saturday with HE Qatari Ambassador to Nepal Ahmed Jassim Al Hamar, on...

Tough penalties to cut 'horrific' Russia road deaths: PM 24 Nov 2012 - 01:42 pm

MOSCOW: Russia will introduce tough punishments for drunk driving of up to 15 years in prison and $16,000 in fines to combat the...

Tibetan self-immolates in northwest China 24 Nov 2012 - 01:41 pm

BEIJING: A Tibetan villager has died after setting himself on fire, Chinese state media said Saturday -- the latest death in a wave...

Nigeria army offers $1.8 mln reward for Boko Haram leaders 24 Nov 2012 - 01:26 pm

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: Nigeria's army has offered 290 million naira ($1.8 million) for information leading to the capture of 19 leading members of Islamist...

UNHCR delivers aid packages to over 300,000 Syrians 24 Nov 2012 - 12:42 pm

GENEVA: United Nations (UN) agencies have begun delivering winter packages for thousands of Syrian families across the country and in neighboring nations in...