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ASIF IQBAL DOHA QATAR Telecom group (Qtel) registered a 12.6 percent increase in net profit to QR2.4 billion in the first nine months of 2012 as its customer base rose 8.2 percent to 89.2 million. G…

JOSEPH VARGHESE DOHA QATAR Foundation Chairperson Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser on Sunday called for closer partnerships to foster an environment conducive to scientific research and intelle…

JEFF GORDINIER NYT SYNDICATE MARIA Gandara stood next to a food processor, waiting for the hum. Inside a fourquart tub churned a bright green, ambrosial slurry of basil, garlic, pine nuts, Italian p…

Anil confident of Oscar nod for Silver Linings... IANS BOLLYWOOD actor Anil Kapoor feels Anupam Kherstarrer Silver Linings Playbook is the front-runner for an Oscar nomination. “He (Anupam Kher) has…

TROY RIBEIRO IANS AFTER love your parents message, Karan Johar now talks about loving your friends in his latest film Student Of The Year (SOTY). Student Of The Year is light and fluffy, yet full of…

REUTERS POP superstar Beyonce on Tuesday confirmed that she will headline the entertainment at next year’s Super Bowl, posting a photo of herself with the words February 3, 2013 inked on her cheeks.…

REUTERS ACTRESS Megan Fox said on Wednesday that she had given birth to a baby boy, her first child, with husband Brian Austin Green, in September. The Transformers actress, 26, made the announcemen…

CINDY PEARLMAN NYT SYNDICATE IT’S a warm fall morning in Beverly Hills, and Tom Hanks is bubbling over. The 56-yearold two-time Oscar winner doesn’t simply walk into a hotel suite, he bounds into it…

AP LONDON JUAN MATA scored two goals and set up another as Chelsea recovered to beat London rival Tottenham 4-2 on Saturday, consolidating the European champions’ dominant lead in the Premier League…

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA THAILAND’S Srirang Sataporn exhibited daring spins and flips to beat Emmanuel Jules of France and entered the top four in the Flyboard World Championship at Doha Bay on Sat…

AFP KARACHI FAST BOWLER Tabish Khan achieved a hat trick while Umar Akmal and Shahzaib Hasan hit rapid half centuries as the Pakistan All Stars defeated an International World XI by 84 runs in a Twe…

IKOLI VICTOR DOHA QATAR Sports Club won its first QSL match of the season with a comfortable 2-0 win over Al Arabi at the Grand Hamad Stadium on Saturday. Two first half goals from Sayed Hadi Aghli …

REUTERS TORONTO/KUALA LUMPUR CANADA has blocked Malaysian state oil firm Petronas’ C$5.17 billion ($5.2 billion) bid for gas producer Progress Energy Resources in a surprise move that could signal p…

REUTERS PARIS A GOVERNMENT-COMMISSIONED report will urge France to cut €30 billion euros ($39.09 billion) in payroll taxes over two to three years to increase the country’s competitiveness, newspape…

REUTERS BRUSSELS AUSTERITY measures in the eurozone are unavoidable, but countries can and should counteract with reforms to boost growth, European Central Bank Governing Council member Luc Coene sa…

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA GCC COUNTRIES continue to have ample domestic liquidity, according to QNB Group analysis. Higher energy prices and increased hydrocarbons production have driven growth in c…

RAMY SALAMA DOHA THE College of the North Atlantic in Qatar (CNAQ) held ‘Family Day’, a day-long event comprising games, live music and a giant birthday cake at the Museum of Islamic Art Park on Sat…

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA QATAR Charity (QC) and the Ministry of Social Affairs have launched the third phase of their training courses. The courses, held at the ministry, will teach over 20 trainee…

LANI ROSE R DIZON DOHA WHEN Amani Halawa first felt a lump in her breast, she took it lightly as do the majority of women would have, believing it that would just go away on its own. However, Halawa…

MOHAMED KHOULAIDI DOHA QATAR is keen to promote principles of justice and human rights through the establishment of a stronger legal profession, said Minister of Justice HE Hasan bin Abdullah al Gha…

AFP MANILA ROCK superstar Sting, a known environmentalist, has forced organisers to move his planned one-night concert in Manila’s SM Mall Of Asia (MOA) Arena to another venue in response to a lobby…

AFP KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIAN authorities have arrested four Indonesian pirates who tried to hijack a tugboat and barge off Borneo island in the first such attack there this year, an official said on S…

AP HO CHI MINH CITY (VIETNAM) AMERICA sent a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier on a cruise through the South China Sea on Saturday, projecting its power in waters that are fast becoming a focal point…

ASIF IQBAL DOHA QATAR’S stagnating or slightly growing fiscal revenues and the anticipated increases in spending are likely to result in dwindling fiscal surpluses, a senior Barclays economist has s…

QNA DOHA THE Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has joined hands with Partners HealthCare Foundation to further improve health services for women in Qatar. According to the three-year agreement signed …

ASIF IQBAL DOHA QATAR’S stagnating or slightly growing fiscal revenues and the anticipated increases in spending are likely to result in dwindling fiscal surpluses, a senior Barclays economist has s…