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Woman gets one-year jail for forged visa sale 12 Apr 2015 - 06:10 am

DOHA: A criminal court has sentenced an Asian woman to one year in jail for selling a forged visa to another woman. The...

QU college to begin new MSc in marketing 12 Apr 2015 - 06:10 am

Doha: Qatar University College of Business and Economics (QU-CBE) has launched a new Master of Science in Marketing which begins this Fall. The...

HMC stresses nutrition during pregnancy 12 Apr 2015 - 06:09 am

DOHA: To mark the World Health Day, which focused on food safety this year, Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) is encouraging women to be...

CIS implementation begins at health centre 12 Apr 2015 - 06:08 am

DOHA: The Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) has started implementation of the Clinical Information System (CIS) at Al Shahaniya Health Centre. The system...

Three Saudi officers killed by Houthi mortar shell 12 Apr 2015 - 05:00 am

Militants loyal to Yemen's President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi stand by a tank they used in fighting against Houthi fighters in the southern port...

Temperature to hit 40 degrees 12 Apr 2015 - 04:55 am

Doha: Temperature is expected to hit 40 degrees Celsius today in some parts, with the country is experiencing a heat wave, the Meteorology...

Qatar healthiest country: Report 12 Apr 2015 - 04:54 am

DOHA: Qatar has been ranked as the healthiest country in the world by the 24/7 Wall St, a US-based corporation which runs a...

Single window eases customs clearances 12 Apr 2015 - 04:47 am

DOHA: The Single Window system launched by Qatar’s General Authority of Customs has helped reduce Qatar’s customs clearance time in a considerable way....

Obama and Castro in historic handshake 12 Apr 2015 - 04:44 am

US President Barack Obama shakes hands with his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro at the Summit of the Americas in Panama City. The last...

Emir to open UN crime meet today 12 Apr 2015 - 04:43 am

Major General Abdulla Yousuf Al Maal, Head of the Preparatory Committee of 13th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and Jo...

Qatar seeks more women participation 12 Apr 2015 - 04:41 am

DOHA: Qatar’s fifth and latest report on the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals has identified the relatively low political and economic participation of...

Prime Minister meets UN delegation 12 Apr 2015 - 04:35 am

Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani meeting the Executive Director of the United Nations...

U.S., allies conduct air strikes in Syria and Iraq -U.S. military 11 Apr 2015 - 08:57 pm

WASHINGTON- - U.S.-led forces have targeted Islamic State militants with eight air strikes in Syria and nine in Iraq since early on Friday,...

Doha Hosts 142 Countries Participating in UN Crime Congress 11 Apr 2015 - 08:56 pm

Doha, April 11 (QNA) - The works of the 13th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice will begin Sunday in...

Main players in Ukraine debt battle prepare to face off 11 Apr 2015 - 08:53 pm

LONDON-- Three years after facing off over Greece's debt workout, the two giants of debt restructuring - Lazard and Blackstone - are again...

Ambiguities over sanctions removal must be resolved - Iran commander 11 Apr 2015 - 08:48 pm

An outline nuclear accord reached this month between Iran and world powers respects Iran's principles, though ambiguities over the lifting of sanctions must...

Euro zone officials shocked by Greece's stance - Germany's FAS paper 11 Apr 2015 - 08:42 pm

BERLIN--Euro zone officials were shocked at Greece's failure to outline plans for structural reforms at last week's talks in Brussels, a German newspaper...

Framework nuclear deal respects Iran's red lines -Iran commander 11 Apr 2015 - 08:38 pm

An outline nuclear accord reached this month between Iran and world powers respects Iran's red lines, though ambiguities over the lifting of sanctions...