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KIVA Arab Youth finances 1,400 new Arab businesses 04 Oct 2012 - 12:00 pm

DOHA: Silatech and KIVA have announced that Kiva Arab Youth, a joint initiative in which the public can lend directly to young Arab...

Commercialbank opens branch in Al Kharaitiyat 04 Oct 2012 - 11:59 am

DOHA: Commercialbank has opened its new branch in Al Kharaitiyat. The bank’s newest branch, located on 71, Al Kharaitiyat Street, 600 North Umm...

Ankara furious as Syrian shells kill five in Turkey 04 Oct 2012 - 11:58 am

ANKARA: Turkey protested angrily to the UN and Nato after Syrian shelling yesterday killed five people in a town near the border. The...

German customs seize Stradivarius, demand $1.5 mn 04 Oct 2012 - 11:51 am

TOKYO: An acclaimed concert violinist has been told to pay $1.5 million in duty to German customs, who confiscated her Stradivarius saying she...

Suicide car bombers kill 48 04 Oct 2012 - 11:47 am

BEIRUT: Three suicide car bombs and a mortar barrage ripped through a government-controlled district of central Aleppo housing a military officers’ club yesterday,...

Iranian police clash with protesters over currency plunge 04 Oct 2012 - 11:47 am

DUBAI: Riot police clashed with demonstrators and arrested money changers in Tehran yesterday in disturbances over the collapse of the Iranian currency, which...

Bahrain frees female activist 04 Oct 2012 - 11:46 am

DUBAI: Bahraini authorities released Shia rights activist Zainab Al Khawaja from prison yesterday after she served a two-month jail term for destroying government...

Security man, child killed in Pakistan's Peshawar 04 Oct 2012 - 11:46 am

ISLAMABAD: Unknown gunmen killed a Frontier Corps (FC) man and a child in different incidents in Peshawar, Pakistani (Geo) News reported Thursday. According...

Saudi to curb powers of religious police 04 Oct 2012 - 11:46 am

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia will curb the powers of its notorious religious police charged with ensuring compliance with Islamic morality but often accused of...

Georgian tycoon starts talks on forming cabinet 04 Oct 2012 - 11:45 am

TBILISI: Georgia’s richest man began talks on forming a government for the former Soviet republic yesterday and addressed fears over his links with...

Romney under pressure to score debate win against Obama 04 Oct 2012 - 11:45 am

DENVER: President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney at last were to stand face-to-face late yesterdayto duel for the White House in the first...

British police name suspect in missing girl case 04 Oct 2012 - 11:44 am

LONDON: The distraught mother of a missing five-year-old girl made a moving plea for information yesterday as British police identified a local man...

Kyrgyz police repel protesters’ coup bid 04 Oct 2012 - 11:44 am

BISHKEK: Kyrgyz police fired tear gas yesterday to stop protesters storming government headquarters in what their leader called a coup bid after the...

Barclays replaced by local lender on UAE rate panel - c.bank 04 Oct 2012 - 11:43 am

ABU DHABI: National Bank of Fujairah will replace British lender Barclays PLC on the United Arab Emirates' interbank rate setting panel, the banking...

France to outlaw visits to ‘terrorist’ training camps 04 Oct 2012 - 11:42 am

PARIS: France’s left-wing government, spurred by an Al Qaeda-inspired gunman’s killing spree, tabled legislation yesterday that will allow police to arrest people who...

Asean tackles maritime security amid disputes 04 Oct 2012 - 11:41 am

MANILA: Senior Southeast Asian foreign ministry officials met in the Philippines yesterday to try to improve maritime cooperation amid sea disputes that threaten...

Hong Kong seeks answers after deadly ferry collision 04 Oct 2012 - 11:41 am

HONG KONG: Hong Kong investigators yesterday examined the salvaged wreck of a boat that sank in a collision killing 38 people, as the...

China defers N Korean leader’s trip 04 Oct 2012 - 11:41 am

BEIJING: China quietly deferred a request by North Korea for its young leader to visit last month because the Chinese leadership was preoccupied...