Showing posts from November 15, 2012

A Thanksgiving feast

SARAH CAREY NYT SYNDICATE IT’S our dream Thanksgiving menu: turkey, stuffing, fresh dinner rolls and a few showstopping sides. CITRUS-RUBBED TURKEY WITH CIDER GRAVY (Serves 12) ACTIVE TIME: 45 minut…

Spice Girls for all age groups: Halliwell

Spice Girls for all age groups: Halliwell SINGER Geri Halliwell says her band Spice Girls is all about bringing every age group together. The band which consists of Halliwell, Victoria Beckham, Mela…

Gomez putting up brave face

The Fiscal Delusion NOW that the election is over, Washington's attention is consumed by the looming combination of automatic spending cuts and tax increases known as 'the fiscal cliff'.…

Dangerous Liaisons: a cunning tale retold in Chinese

MANOHLA DARGIS NYT SYNDICATE THE story and its players look different in the latest screen iteration of Dangerous Liaisons, but the venomous passions remain repellently, seductively familiar. Bankro…

Iraq keep hopes alive with 1-0 win over Jordan

AFP DOHA IRAQ resurrected their slim chances of making it to Brazil in 2014 with a 1-0 victory over Jordan in their Asian World Cup qualifier on Wednesday. Winless in four matches prior to Wednesday…

Sheikh Saoud unveils Qatar sports venue master plan

MIR BASIT HUSSAIN DOHA QATAR Olympic Committee Secretary-General Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman al Thani on Wednesday unveiled the Qatar sports venue master plan (QSVMP) at the Aspire4Sport congress. …

QTA aims to make Qatar a hub of sports tourism

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA QATAR Tourism Authority (QTA), in partnership with Aspire4Sport and the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC), on Wednesday hosted a workshop to discuss sports tourism in Qatar. Th…

Soria revives Qatar’s WC hopes

IKOLI VICTOR DOHA SEBASTIAN SORIA scored a wonder goal to revive the hopes of Qatar qualifying for the 2014 FIFA World Cup with a 1-0 victory over Lebanon on Wednesday. The Lekhwiya striker charged …

Vodafone extendes contract of Qatari arm until 2018, cuts management fee

REUTERS DUBAI VODAFONE Group has extended a contract to manage loss-making affiliate Vodafone Qatar until 2018 and will take a smaller percentage of its revenues under the new terms. Vodafone, which…

QP, Total sign 25-year deal on Al Khalij oilfield

The Fiscal Delusion NOW that the election is over, Washington's attention is consumed by the looming combination of automatic spending cuts and tax increases known as 'the fiscal cliff'.…

BHP to raise iron ore capacity 20% as demand softens

REUTERS PERTH BHP BILLITON expects to expand its iron ore capacity by nearly a fifth just by working its mines, rail lines and port harder as it looks to control costs in a softer iron ore market, t…

Taqa to cut US, Canada spending by 30% after third quarter loss

REUTERS ABU DHABI ABU Dhabi National Energy Co (Taqa) will cut spending in North America by 30 percent in 2013 to weather a downturn in commodity prices, its chief executive said after reporting a t…

Doctors highlight occupational health hazards among workers

LANI ROSE R DIZON DOHA VARIOUS occupational health hazards among workers, including exposure to electromagnetic fields, mercury, infectious diseases, as well as stress at workplace, were highlighted…

HMC mulls study on radiation’s effect on health

LANI ROSE R DIZON DOHA THE Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) is planning to conduct a study on the health effects of electromagnetic radiation field (EMF) to residents in Qatar, officials said. Speaki…

23 Qatari students to go on cultural visit of Tours

RAMY SALAMA DOHA A GROUP of 23 Qatari students of the French language will leave for France on a week-long educational and cultural visit to Tours, a city renowned for the perfection of its local sp…

Cabinet welcomes Syrian opposition agreement, unity

MOHAMED KHOULAIDI DOHA THE International Conference on Food Security in Dry Lands (FSDL) opened at the Qatar University (QU) on Wednesday under the patronage of the Heir Apparent His Highness Sheikh…

Qatar for global efforts to ensure food security

JOSEPH VARGHESE DOHA EVERY child is special to us as we believe that producing wellgroomed children will facilitate overall community development, says Rakesh Bharti Mittal, vice-chairman and managi…

10 killed as Iran rescue chopper crashes in fog

TEHRAN TEN people were killed on Wednesday when a rescue helicopter ferrying wounded people from a vehicle accident to hospital hit power lines and crashed to the ground in northeastern Iran, media …

Kuwaiti political turmoil worsens before Dec 1 polls

REUTERS KUWAIT TO gauge the impact of Kuwait’s political deadlock on its economy, access the Internet with a fixed-line broadband connection. The line is slow, very slow - half the speed of a connec…

Syria unleashes troops, slams opposition for ‘war’

AFP DAMASCUS SYRIA’S regime unleashed tank fire and air strikes on rebels on Wednesday as it slammed France for recognising an opposition bloc formed in Qatar that it said amounted to a “declaration…

Qatar tops M-E luxury spending

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA QATARIS are the biggest buyers of luxury goods across the Middle East; spending up to $5,000 a month on luxury items, says a report of the American Express Middle East Luxu…

Cairo recalls envoy to Tel Aviv over top Hamas leader’s killing

AFP GAZA CITY PRESIDENT Mohammed Morsi on Wednesday recalled Egypt’s ambassador to Israel after a series of airstrikes in Gaza killed a top Hamas militant and six other Palestinians. Morsi decided t…

Moza launches push to educate 61mn children

JOSEPH VARGHESE DOHA CHAIRPERSON of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF) Her Highness Shiekha Moza bint Nasser launched a new global education initiative named ‘Edu…
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