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Qatar Science Campus opens in Japan 22 Feb 2015 - 04:43 am

Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah with university officials and guests. Sendai: Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin...

Multiple sclerosis affects 64 in 100,000 Qataris: Expert 22 Feb 2015 - 04:42 am

Some of the speakers and members of the symposium organising committee. DOHA: Multiple sclerosis affects about 64 in 100,000 Qataris and the incidence...

Scottish Football Association delegation visits Aspetar 22 Feb 2015 - 04:40 am

Officials during the visit to Aspetar. Doha: A high-level delegation from Scottish Football Association (SFA) visited Aspetar, Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital. The...

70 give consent to donate their organs after death 22 Feb 2015 - 04:39 am

Indian community members show off their organ donor cards next to HMC officials and Priest Chiramel. DOHA: Qatar Organ Donation Centre (Hiba) at...

Doha Bank honours 11 green schools 22 Feb 2015 - 04:38 am

Doha: Doha Bank presented 11 schools in Qatar with ECO-Schools Programme Awards in recognition of their commitment to sustainable practices and for developing...

Qatar Charity donates QR100,000 to QRC for disaster control camp 22 Feb 2015 - 04:37 am

DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) has received a QR100,000 donation from Qatar Charity (QC) for the Sixth Disaster Management Camp which seeks to...

HMC to expand Al Sadd Children Emergency Centre 22 Feb 2015 - 04:36 am

DOHA: Hamad Medical Corporation is expanding Al Sadd Children Emergency Centre, a senior official has said. Work involves the construction of an extension...

QA to attend Air Cargo Africa expo 22 Feb 2015 - 04:35 am

DOHA: Qatar Airways (QA) Cargo will participate in the third Air Cargo Africa exhibition to showcase its expanding services and latest developments such...

Call for more mobile spectrum in Arab states 22 Feb 2015 - 04:34 am

Doha: The GSMA and SAMENA (South Asia, Middle East, North Africa) Telecommunications Council has called on governments in the Arab region to work...

Shuttle bus service for visitors to jewellery and watches expo 22 Feb 2015 - 04:34 am

Doha: As Doha Jewellery and Watches Exhibition is only a few days ahead, q.media Events, which is organising it in partnership with Fira...

Assad clan hometown suffers first attack 22 Feb 2015 - 04:33 am

Residents look for survivors amid the rubble of collapsed buildings after air strikes by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar Al Assad in...

Blaze guts Dubai tower 22 Feb 2015 - 04:24 am

A fire rages at The Torch, a residential high-rise tower, in Dubai yesterday. Dubai: Hundreds of panicked residents fled one of the tallest...

Cold spell back, dusty winds to continue today 22 Feb 2015 - 04:23 am

Very few joggers are seen on the Corniche due to the dusty weather yesterday. Salim Matramkot DOHA: A cold spell is suddenly back...

FM: Qatar and Japan share same views on handling crises 22 Feb 2015 - 04:21 am

Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah DOHA: Qatar and Japan share identical views on how to handle crises internationally....

Call to prevent medicine misuse 22 Feb 2015 - 04:19 am

DOHA: In a new initiative, the Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) has launched a nation-wide campaign to promote the rational use of medicines...

Two jailed for highway robbery at gunpoint 22 Feb 2015 - 04:18 am

DOHA: A criminal court has sentenced two GCC nationals to jail for robbing a person of cash at gunpoint on a highway outside...

Hadi flees Sana’a, challenges Houthi coup 22 Feb 2015 - 04:17 am

Yemeni protesters attend a demonstration against the Houthi movement in Sana’a. Aden: Yemen’s beleaguered Western-backed president escaped house arrest and fled the capital...

Poverty breeds terror: Envoy 22 Feb 2015 - 04:17 am

DOHA: Qatar told a key conference in Washington on countering extremism yesterday that its causes, and not manifestations, should be addressed to fight...