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TODD LASSA NYT SYNDICATE YOU’VE seen this movie before. Ford SVT introduced its hot, 170-hp version of the Focus two-door hatch 10 years ago to much ballyhoo. Although it was priced at a $5K premium…

IANS SOUTHERN actress Trisha Krishnan has written to the government seeking due action to release 70 beagles, who have reportedly been imported from Chinai as ‘pets’, but are likely to be used for s…

IANS TAMIL actor Vijay-starrer action-thriller T h u p p a k k i managed to collect a whopping Rs 100 million within the first three days of its release in Tamil Nadu. “The film collected approximat…

IANS LOS ANGELES ACTRESS Lindsay Lohan says she felt lonely while struggling to cope with her personal issues and considered giving up her acting career. The 26-year-old, who is known for her work i…

IANS LOS ANGELES THEY may have split, but actors Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore are committed towards working together in the fight against child sex trafficking. However, their charitable foundation…

AFP MANCHESTER MANCHESTER City went top in the Premier League by crushing Aston Villa 5-0 on Saturday, but third-placed Chelsea have now gone four games without a win after losing 2-1 at West Bromwi…

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA WALEED AL SHARSHANI rounded off the Qatar International Jet Ski Championship, held under the aegis of the Qatar Marine Sports Federation, with a thrilling double at the Wak…

AFP DHAKA PACEMAN Tino Best grabbed his maiden five-wicket haul to help the West Indies beat Bangladesh by 77 runs in the first Test in an exciting fifth day finish at Shere Bangla stadium on Saturd…

PTI AHMEDABAD PRAGYAN OJHA snapped up five wickets to give India a mammoth 330-run lead before England staged a spirited fightback in the second innings to give themselves a slight hope of saving th…

REUTERS BEIJING INFLATION is the main long-term risk for China as the economy makes a transition from a planned economy to a market-based one and deeper financial reforms are needed to complete the …

REUTERS DUBAI/JEDDAH BARCLAYS did not make any “illegal payment” to win a banking licence in Saudi Arabia, the bank said in a statement in response to a newspaper report last week that said US autho…

REUTERS NEW YORK ALL these events, in the end, turned out to be buying opportunities for stocks. So will the “fiscal cliff,” some investors say as they watch favourite stocks tumble during the polit…

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA THE outlook for the global economy remains gloomy with some key risks: a looming fiscal crisis in the US, potential for further disruption from eurozone sovereign debt cris…

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA QTEL launched ‘The Value Leader’ programme recently. Held in partnership with HECParis, the programme was graced by Qtel CEO Sheikh Saud bin Nasser al Thani. ‘The Value Lea…

RAMY SALAMA DOHA The second edition of the annual Traditional Dhow Festival concluded on Saturday with a fireworks display and an award ceremony where a team of pearl divers received prizes for nurt…

JOSEPH VARGHESE DOHA The Translation and Interpreting Institute (TII) at the Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) recently signed two memorandums of understanding (MoUs) and an agreement with two Fre…

LANI ROSE R DIZON DOHA THE TEDxYouth@Doha event held at the Virginia Commonwealth University - Qatar (VCUQ) on Saturday showcased 17 young speakers who delivered inspiring talks on the theme ‘fail b…

PTI NEW DELHI CONTROVERSIAL liquor baron Ponty Chadha and his brother were killed when both sides opened fire at each other during a meeting to find a resolution to their ongoing property dispute in…

AFP CAIRO EGYPT and Turkey put the onus on Israel on Saturday to end the fighting around Gaza as Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Cairo a day after Washington urged the two governments to pre…

AFP GAZA CITY ISRAELI strikes on Gaza killed nine Palestinians and destroyed the Hamas government headquarters on Saturday as Israel called up thousands more reservists for a possible ground war. Af…

AILYN AGONIA DOHA THE much awaited fourth edition of Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF 2012) opened amidst much fanfare with the screening of “The Reluctant Fundamentalist”, a movie by Mira Nair, at …

AFP CAIRO PRIME Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor al Thani on Saturday delivered a biting criticism of Arab League meetings during emergency talks in Cair…

AFP DOHA QATAR is to give Egypt $10 million (7.8 million euros) to help treat Palestinians wounded in Israeli air strikes on the neighbouring Gaza Strip, state news agency QNA reported on Saturday. …