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  Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani being welcomed by his British counterpart David Cameron at 10 Downing Street yesterday. They discussed the Syria situation among other issues.

DOHA: Qatar University is in the throes of a controversy as a number of students have launched a Twitter (Qufail) campaign criticising its academic policies and administration and claiming that their woes have been ignored. By late last evening ther...

  Khalid Al SayedEDITOR-IN-CHIEF In Europe, its election time and the prevailing mood seems to be against ruling parties. Europe seems to be in the throes of a “Socialist Spring”. France now has a socialist president after more than a decad...

15 civilians 'summarily executed' in Syria's Homs: NGO BEIRUT: At least 15 civilians were "summarily executed" by regime forces in a neighbourhood of the central Syrian city of Homs overnight, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Wednes...

Qatar Exchange down 0.30% DOHA: The Qatar Exchange was pursued its upswing trend Wednesday down 25.61 points or 0.30% to 8,465.71 points from the previous closing of  8,491.32 . full story... Tokyo stocks close down 1.12% TOKYO: Tokyo stocks lo...

The winds of political change sweeping through Europe have hit Germany too. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union suffered a stinging defeat on Sunday in the country’s most populous state of North Rhine-Westphalia, which has been ...

  The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani with Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at Al Wajba Palace yesterday. They discussed ties of cooperation and ways to strength them. Qatar and Thailand also held official talks chaired ...

DOHA: There is a huge backlog of court cases related particularly to disputes over inheritance, divorce and custody of children of divorced couples and some of these litigations are lingering for as many as 20 years. Inheritance cases involving Qata...

DOHA: In an innovative move, the Supreme Council of Health (SCH) will bring together the public, members of the medical community and the health authorities in an open discussion on health sector in Qatar. The event on May 30 will review the achie...

DOHA: The Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry, now renamed Qatar Chamber, representative body of the private sector, has plans to launch a public shareholding company that would launch small and medium enterprises. The company will be named ‘Hol...

  The Minister of Energy and Industry H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada and other senior officials from various departments during the unveiling of the new helicopter of GHC which is named after HE Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah Chairman of Admini...

Doha: The Minister of Justice H E Hassan bin Abdullah Al Ghanim stressed the importance of the Eighth Conference of the Arab National Institutions for Human Rights, which started yesterday at the Ritz Carlton in Doha. Following the opening session...

By Fazeena Saleem DOHA: Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) has increased its budget to $140.5m for this year, encouraging a higher number of research projects among  a broad range of disciplines such as the natural sciences, engineering and techno...

  From left: Dr Milivoj Belic, recipient of ‘Research Team of the Year’ award; Dr Abdul Sattar Al Taie, Executive Director of Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF); Faisal Al Suwaidi, President of R&D, and Dr Mark Weichold, Dean and CEO of Texa...

  Palestinian children with the bags they received during the celebrations. DOHA: Reach Out to Asia and Islamic Relief recently celebrated Palestinian Child Day distributing bags with stationery to hundreds of orphans in Gaza Strip. With the su...

  Qatar and Thailand yesterday held official talks, chaired by the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani and Prime Minister of Thailand Yingluck Shinawatra. The leaders reviewed bilateral relations and...

  DOHA: The amount of domestic waste in Qatar is increasing by 10 to 15 percent per annum, a senior official of the Ministry of Environment revealed yesterday. Abdulaziz Al Malki said: “The rate of growth in domestic waste quantities in Qatar is...

  From left: Peter Skak Olufsen, Saoud Abdullah Al Darwish,  Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani and Bader Al Darwish during the opening of  Bang & Olufsen store at Lagoona Mall. (Shaival Dalal) Doha: Darwish Technology, the techn...

  From left: Peter Skak Olufsen, Saoud Abdullah Al Darwish,  Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani and Bader Al Darwish during the opening of  Bang & Olufsen store at Lagoona Mall. (Shaival Dalal) Doha: Darwish Technology, the techn...

Doha:  A report from the World Bank finds that almost half of all Moroccan youth between the ages of 15 and 29 are neither working, nor in school. Promoting Youth Opportunities and Participation in Morocco examines the causes for this widespread ina...

  Doha: MES Indian School, the only institution in Qatar that offers the Kerala Board stream, came out with flying colours in the Higher Secondary Examinations of March 2012 conducted by the Government of Kerala. The 17th batch of the MES, compr...

  The Minister of Education and Higher Education and Secretary General of the Supreme Education Council H E Saad bin Ibrahim Al Mahmoud, Minister of Justice H E Hassan bin Abdullah Al Ghanem, Acting President, Community College Qatar Dr Ibrahim b...

By CHRIS V PANGANIBAN DOHA: Mada (Qatar Assistive Technology Centre) has released yesterday the Arabic version of the web-based “Assistive Technology (AT) Bar,” a powerful open source tool that enables people with disabilities (PWDs) to access t...

DOHA: Children of expatriates working in the private sector can now seek admission in Independent schools in select areas in the country.Earlier only children of expatriate government employees were eligible to apply.Referring to a circular issued by...

DOHA: The Advisory Council has called for unifying the school and university vacations which it felt will benefit the students and the parents.The Council, in its ordinary session on Monday discussed the issue and decided with a unanimous vote to for...

Standard & Poor's rates Qatar Islamic Bank ''A-/A-2'' with stable outlook DOHA: In a move that reflects Qatar Islamic Bank’s (QIB) sound financial position and business strategy, Standard & Poor's recently assigned its ''A-'' long-term and ''A-2...

  The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani hands over the trophy to Al Gharafa captain Othman El Assas at the Khalifa Stadium in Doha yesterday. BY RIZWAN REHMAT DOHA: Al Gharafa yesterday beat Al Sadd 4-3 on penalties to become Emir Cup ...

DOHA: All eyes are on the GCC Consultative Summit to be held in Riyadh tomorrow which will discuss a proposal for a political union between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. A joint committee that was set up with three representatives from each GCC state to...

  Students with SFS-Q officials during the graduation ceremony. DOHA: Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar (SFS-Q) celebrated the graduation of its fourth undergraduate class in a commencement ceremony held at Grand Hyatt Hot...

Ontario Premier visits Qatar's Embassy - for local press OTTAWA: Prime Minister of the Province of Ontario, Canada, HE Dalton McGuinty, has paid a visit to Qatar's Embassy in the Canadian capital, Ottawa in an unprecedented move that reflects the ...