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Obama brings together Abbas and Netanyahu
NEW YORK: US President Barack Obama said yesterday final status talks on the creation of a Palestinian state “must begin soon” after bringing Israeli and Palestinian leaders together to discuss stalled peace moves.
“Simply put, it is past time to talk about starting negotiations,” Obama said befo  [more...]
Posted on:9/23/2009

Woman dies of swine flu
Doha: Qatar has reported yet another death from swine flu, taking the toll to three, reported an official from the Supreme Council of Health.
The official told the Qatar News Agency (QNA) that the deceased was a 54-year-old Qatari woman, and was admitted to the intensive care unit at Hamad Medic  [more...]
Posted on:9/23/2009

HMC emergency receives 1,351 cases on Eid day
DOHA: The emergency unit at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) treated more than 1,300 people on the first day of Eid Al Fitr, twice the number of cases received at the unit on the festival day over the last few years.
Beginning from 7am on the first day of Eid, 1,351 cases were received in 24 hou  [more...]
Posted on:9/23/2009

H1N1 vaccine delay may hit Haj pilgrims
DOHA: A delay in getting the swine flu vaccine in Qatar could adversely affect Haj pilgrims here since the Saudi government has made vaccination mandatory for all pilgrims.
Qatar is expecting to procure the vaccine as soon as it is approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO) but there is stil  [more...]
Posted on:9/23/2009

Shafallah Center announces global initiative
DOHA: Shafallah Center for Children with Special Needs, spearheaded by H H Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned, announced before a group of more than 150 first ladies and dignitaries a new global initiative to raise awareness and break the development gap among people with physical and intellectua  [more...]
Posted on:9/23/2009

Added power: Qatar hopes to export electricity
DOHA: Qatar, a power surplus country, can now hope to comfortably export electricity to neighbouring GCC countries through the regional grid as power generation here has gone up by 1,000 megawatts (MW).
The 1,000 megawatts have already been released into the transmission network of the Qatar Gene  [more...]
Posted on:9/23/2009

Iran testing new model of centrifuges
Tehran: Iran yesterday hailed a major boost to its capacity to produce nuclear fuel as it prepared to join talks with the major powers next month that the West hopes will lead to a suspension of the sensitive process.
The head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation, Ali Akbar Salehi, said that impr  [more...]
Posted on:9/23/2009

Iran will confront any attacker: Ahmadinejad
Tehran: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned yesterday that Iran’s military would “cut off” the hands of those wishing to attack the Islamic republic and repeated his demand that US-led troops leave the region.
Ahmadinejad’s aggressive speech at an annual army parade was, however, marred by Irani  [more...]
Posted on:9/23/2009

Foreign media sowing discord: Top Iran cleric
TEHRAN: Iran’s influential former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (pictured) said yesterday that foreign media were using “psychological warfare” to create discord among Iranians, state
media reported.
Rafsanjani, a rival of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad whose disputed re-election in June   [more...]
Posted on:9/23/2009

Yemen rebels want independent monitors
DUBAI: Yemeni rebels said yesterday they wanted an independently monitored ceasefire in their five-week-old battle with government troops as fighting resumed amid UN warnings of a “dire” humanitarian situation.
Hostilities flared again yesterday after a brief lull on Monday following the weekend   [more...]
Posted on:9/23/2009