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Bank campaign for SME customers 19 May 2014 - 06:23 am

Doha: Enterprise Banking, Commercial Bank’s unit for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) yesterday launched a campaign to encourage customers to use Corporate Internet...

Diabetes Management Programme launched 19 May 2014 - 06:23 am

DOHA: The National Health Insurance Scheme — Seha — has launched a Diabetes Management Programme to assist members suffering from the disease in...

Part of Al Sudan Intersection shut to study traffic impact 19 May 2014 - 06:22 am

DOHA: Part of Nasser Bin Salmeen Al Suwaidi Intersection (Al Sudan) will be closed temporarily from this evening. The aim of the closure...

Islamic world wary of closer Indo-Israeli ties 19 May 2014 - 06:20 am

DOHA: The Arab and Islamic world is watchful, looking for signs, if any, of growing bonhomie between Israel and India’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya...

Renegade general’s gunmen attack Libyan parliament 19 May 2014 - 06:19 am

Smoke rises over the General National Congress building in Tripoli TRIPOLI: Heavily armed gunmen stormed Libya’s parliament with anti-aircraft weapons yesterday in an...

32 food outlets closed for violating law 19 May 2014 - 06:19 am

DOHA: The Doha Municipality closed down 32 food outlets over the past four months for violating the law, a senior official has said....

Serbia floods 19 May 2014 - 06:17 am

An aerial view of the flooded city of Obrenovac, 40km from Serbian capital Belgrade. At least 44 people have died and tens of...

Palestinian unity government soon 19 May 2014 - 06:17 am

GAZA CITY: A new Palestinian “consensus government” to be named by the Palestine Liberation Organisation and the Islamist movement Hamas is to be...

Emir hosts luncheon for soccer clubs 19 May 2014 - 06:15 am

The Emir H H SheikhTamim bin Hamad Al Thani hosted a luncheon banquet at the Emiri Diwan yesterday for players, technical and administrative...

Iraq election candidate kidnapped as attacks kill nine 18 May 2014 - 06:55 pm

BAGHDAD: Militants kidnapped an Iraqi election candidate Sunday as attacks in Baghdad and northern Iraq killed nine people and officials prepared to announce...

36 dead, some 30 hostages in Mali clashes 18 May 2014 - 06:53 pm

BAMAKO: Weekend fighting between government soldiers and Tuareg rebels in the northern Malian city of Kidal has claimed at least 36 lives, while...

Turkish police detain 24 in mine disaster probe 18 May 2014 - 06:51 pm

SOMA , Turkey: Turkish police on Sunday detained 24 people, including mining executives, suspected of negligence over the disaster that killed 301 people...

Negotiators seek to free 122 prison hostages in Brazil 18 May 2014 - 06:50 pm

BRASïLIA: Inmates holding 122 hostages in a maximum-security prison in northeast Brazil resumed negotiations with police Sunday after seizing visiting relatives and four...

Great views 18 May 2014 - 09:35 am

Members of Estonian defence forces awarded 18 May 2014 - 09:16 am

Britain’s Prince Harry (right) presents awards to members of the Estonian defence forces who served in Afghanistan, during “Spring Storm” military exercise in...

Roadside market 18 May 2014 - 09:14 am

Afghan street vendors wait for customers in Kabul yesterday. Afghanistan’s economy is recovering from decades of conflict but despite the significant improvement in...

Pakistani airports mistreat foreigners 18 May 2014 - 09:13 am

ISLAMABAD: Not amused with the “usual courtesies” extended at airports to non-resident Pakistanis, the Supreme Court has summoned Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Chairman...

Power tariff in Pakistan highest in region 18 May 2014 - 09:12 am

ISLAMABAD: In a rare admission on the floor of the parliament, the Pakistan government has said that electricity charges in the country were...