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France’s defeated right to pick Sarkozy successor today 18 Nov 2012 - 06:27 am

PARIS: France’s opposition UMP party votes today to pick a successor to ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy after a bitter battle that will determine whether...

Thousands turn out for Albania king’s reburial 18 Nov 2012 - 06:27 am

TIRANA: Around 3,000 Albanians turned out yesterday to pay their respects to the late self-proclaimed king Zog I, whose remains were reburied with...

UN attack helicopters hit rebels in eastern Congo 18 Nov 2012 - 06:26 am

KINSHASA: United Nations attack helicopters hit rebels positions in eastern Congo yesterday after insurgents gained ground in heavy fighting, the UN said. The...

Seven-year-old Australian girl feared taken by crocodile 18 Nov 2012 - 06:26 am

SYDNEY: Australian police searching for a 7-year-old girl feared taken by a crocodile yesterday said finding what appeared to be human remains inside...

Israel air raids destroy Hamas HQ in Gaza 18 Nov 2012 - 04:47 am

Smoke rises after an Israeli air strike on an alleged Hamas site in the south east of Gaza City yesterday. GAZA CITY: Israeli...

Egypt school bus tragedy kills 47 kids 18 Nov 2012 - 04:45 am

A man stands at the site of a train crash in the city of Manfalut near Assiut, about 300km south of Cairo yesterday....

Qatar to give Egypt $10m for Gaza wounded 18 Nov 2012 - 04:45 am

DOHA: Qatar is to give Egypt $10m (¤7.8m) to help treat Palestinians wounded in Israeli air strikes on the neighbouring Gaza Strip, state...

Saudi probes attacks on police 18 Nov 2012 - 04:45 am

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s police force said yesterday that it is investigating a series of attacks against members of the force in the Shia-majority...

Syria rebels seize airport near Iraqi border: Activists 18 Nov 2012 - 04:44 am

BEIRUT: Rebels captured an airport used by Syria’s military near the Iraqi border yesterday, activists said, a move which they said would allow...

Turkey to ask Nato to set up missiles on Syria border 18 Nov 2012 - 04:43 am

BERLIN: Turkey will formally ask Nato tomorrow to set up missiles on its border with Syria due to growing concern about spillover from...

Gulf security pact seen curbing freedom of expression 18 Nov 2012 - 04:42 am

DOHA: In a dramatic volte-face, Kuwait which had been refusing to be part of a GCC internal security pact on grounds that it...

Syria opposition bloc to appoint envoy to France 18 Nov 2012 - 04:41 am

PARIS: President Francois Hollande said yesterday that France, the only Western country to officially recognise Syria’s new opposition National Coalition, planned to let...

Emir visits Cairo 18 Nov 2012 - 04:40 am

The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani and Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin...

University signs agreements to promote French language 18 Nov 2012 - 04:39 am

Dr Amal Mohammed Al Malki, Executive Director of the Translation and Interpreting Institute, and Regis Dantaux, Cooperation and Cultural Counsellor at the French...

DTFF begins with The Reluctant Fundamentalist 18 Nov 2012 - 04:38 am

The crew of ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ along with director Mira Nair (fourth left) during the opening of the Doha Tribeca Film Festival at...

Stars descend on red carpet 18 Nov 2012 - 04:37 am

Robert De Niro being interviewed on the red carpet during the inauguration of Doha Tribeca Film Festival last night. (Shaival Dalal) DOHA: Film...

Traditional dhow festival concludes 18 Nov 2012 - 04:36 am

Chairman of Administrative Control and Transparency Authority, H E Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah, during a visit to the second Traditional Dhow Festival...

Qatari officer certified international investigator 18 Nov 2012 - 04:33 am

First Lieutenant Mohammed Jassim Al Sulaiti (right) receiving his certificate. Doha: First Lieutenant Mohammed Jassim Al Sulaiti, legal researcher at Legal Affairs Department...