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QA invites travel agents to exclusive IMAX movie night at Novo Cinemas 15 Apr 2015 - 06:49 am

DOHA: Qatar Airways (QA) invited travel agents to an exclusive IMAX movie night at Novo Cinemas — the Pearl on Friday. More than...

Jumbo Sale ends today 15 Apr 2015 - 06:49 am

Doha: The Jumbo Sale by Jumbo Electronics has been garnering an overwhelming response with customers flocking to showrooms to purchase electronics and appliances...

ibq offers 1pc cash back on loans moved from banks 15 Apr 2015 - 06:48 am

Doha: International Bank of Qatar (ibq) offers customers who move their loans to ibq 1 percent cash back and a reduction of their...

Cartoon France 15 Apr 2015 - 06:45 am

Poultry project launched to meet demand 15 Apr 2015 - 06:23 am

DOHA: Qatar yesterday announced the launch of a massive poultry project with the participation of the private sector and said this was the...

HIA to charge QR45 a day for long-term parking 15 Apr 2015 - 06:19 am

DOHA: Vehicles parking at the long-term parking area at the Hamad International Airport (HIA) will be charged a fee of QR2 per hour,...

219 private clinic licences issued in 2014 15 Apr 2015 - 06:17 am

DOHA: Private health care facilities in Qatar grew by 46 percent last year compared to the previous year, which represents the highest growth...

PM opens first yuan clearing hub in region 15 Apr 2015 - 06:16 am

Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani inaugurating the Renminbi (RMB) clearing centre in Doha...

Outlets, offices must close for Friday prayers 15 Apr 2015 - 06:11 am

DOHA: All outlets, including cafes and restaurants, offices, industrial units and clinics, will have to remain closed for 90 minutes during Friday prayers....

Afghan pupil stabbed to death in German school 14 Apr 2015 - 08:17 pm

Hamburg--A 17-year-old Afghan youth stabbed to death a fellow student of the same age and nationality in a German high school classroom Tuesday,...

Qaeda in Yemen says ideological leader killed by drone 14 Apr 2015 - 08:13 pm

Dubai--The ideological leader of Yemen-based Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula was killed in a drone strike this week, allegedly by the United States,...

Erdogan: Genocide remark " Nonsensical" 14 Apr 2015 - 08:11 pm

Ankara,--Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday expressed anger over the pope's use of the word genocide to describe the mass killings of...

Last Rwanda UN court genocide appeal hearing opens 14 Apr 2015 - 07:59 pm

Arusha, Tanzania--Lawyers for a former Rwandan minister, the first woman to be found guilty of genocide and incitement to rape by an international...

British judge orders ETA militant extradited to Spain 14 Apr 2015 - 07:55 pm

London--A British judge ruled Tuesday that a convicted ETA militant who spent years in prison in Spain should be extradited back to the...

Grass warned of 'sleepwalking' into world war in final interview 14 Apr 2015 - 07:44 pm

Madrid--Germany's Nobel-winning author Gunter Grass said he feared humanity was "sleepwalking" into a world war, in the last interview he gave before his...

Protests as Turkey starts work on first nuclear power plant 14 Apr 2015 - 07:41 pm

Ankara--Turkey on Tuesday launched construction of its first nuclear power plant which Ankara hopes will open a new era of greater energy self-sufficiency,...

Canada to send 200 military trainers to Ukraine 14 Apr 2015 - 07:30 pm

Ottawa--Canada will send 200 military trainers to Ukraine, the government announced Tuesday. Alongside British and US troops, a statement said, the Canadians will...

UN imposes arms embargo on Yemen's Huthi rebels 14 Apr 2015 - 07:22 pm

United Nations, United States--The UN Security Council on Tuesday adopted a resolution imposing an arms embargo on Yemen's Huthi rebels and demanding they...