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Dana Gas agrees to develop UAE field for 2014 start up 22 Nov 2012 - 09:19 am

DUBAI: Dana Gas has agreed with the governments of Sharjah and Ajman to develop a gas field off the two emirates' coasts with...

23 killed in attack on Pakistan Shiites: police 22 Nov 2012 - 08:58 am

ISLAMABAD: A suicide attack on a Shiite Muslim procession in Pakistan's city of Rawalpindi overnight killed 23 people and wounded another 62, a...

China arrests 90 over child abductions: state media 22 Nov 2012 - 08:39 am

BEIJING: Police have arrested 90 gang suspects across China and freed 28 children who were allegedly kidnapped from the far west and taken...

Exchange Rates in Qatar 22 Nov 2012 - 08:18 am

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

After your arrival in Qatar 22 Nov 2012 - 08:14 am

What is basic salary? It is the salary paid to you in return for the work done for a specific period of time...

Gaza 22 Nov 2012 - 07:57 am

Greece 22 Nov 2012 - 07:42 am

Anti-Israel protest 22 Nov 2012 - 06:59 am

Supporters of local NGO Khubaib Foundation shout slogans during an anti-Israel demonstration in Islamabad yesterday.

Pakistan hosts Muslim leaders in rare summit 22 Nov 2012 - 06:59 am

ISLAMABAD: Muslim leaders will meet today as Pakistan hosts a rare summit designed to increase trade and investment but likely to be overshadowed...

Surge in number of heart diseases predicted 22 Nov 2012 - 06:59 am

ISLAMABAD: A noted Pakistani cardiologist has stressed on the commonly known phrase ‘prevention is better than cure’ and change in lifestyle to combat...

Bomb hits military vehicle, kills five 22 Nov 2012 - 06:58 am

QUETTA: A bomb tore through a Pakistan army vehicle escorting children home from school yesterday, killing four soldiers and a woman in the...

Taliban warn of revenge if Kabul executes militants 22 Nov 2012 - 06:58 am

KABUL: The Taliban warned yesterday of reprisals if the Afghan government executes any of its militants in an expected series of hangings. Kabul...

Kasab’s hanging stirs hostility in home village 22 Nov 2012 - 06:58 am

Faridkot: Farmers in the village of the Pakistani gunman executed yesterday for the 2008 Mumbai massacre lashed out at India and hounded out...

Suicide bomb attack kills two in Kabul 22 Nov 2012 - 06:57 am

KABUL: A suicide bomber blew himself up near a Nato base in Kabul’s heavily-fortified diplomatic district yesterday, killing two Afghan security guards and...

Last surviving Mumbai gunman executed 22 Nov 2012 - 06:33 am

MUMBAI: India secretly hanged the lone survivor of the Pakistan-based militant squad responsible for a rampage through Mumbai that killed 166 people, sparking...

PM, cabinet learnt of Kasab hanging through TV 22 Nov 2012 - 06:32 am

New Delhi: No one from the union cabinet or even UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi were kept in the loop about Ajmal Kasab’s scheduled...

14 mercy pleas pending 22 Nov 2012 - 06:32 am

New Delhi: As many as 14 mercy petitions from 18 convicts are pending before President Pranab Mukherjee, following the rejection of a similar...

Two former Congress lawmakers join Mamata ministry in Bengal 22 Nov 2012 - 06:32 am

Kolkata: Months ahead of the panchayat polls in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee yesterday carried out a major ministerial reshuffle, inducting eight...