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JTHJ earns Rs 60.39 crore in four days

Politics Of Status Quo THE five-yearly congress of China's Communist Party that ended with the unveiling of the new leadership recently has - albeit unwittingly - told the rest of the world a lo…

Final Twilight dawns with $30 million from late-night shows

Politics Of Status Quo THE five-yearly congress of China's Communist Party that ended with the unveiling of the new leadership recently has - albeit unwittingly - told the rest of the world a lo…

Marion Cotillard plays an amputee in Rust and Bone

KRISTIN HOHENADEL NYT SYNDICATE MARION Cotillard was barefaced and sleepy eyed. “I just woke up,” she said, and did not quite stifle a yawn as she ordered room-temperature still water in a restauran…

Chelsea, Shakhtar hope to win in CL today

AFP TURIN (ITALY) CHELSEA can qualify for the next round of the Champions League with a win at Juventus on Tuesday, although the defending champions need to overturn a dismal record in their previou…

Sadd posts 7th straight win

IKOLI VICTOR DOHA AL SADD Sports Club extended its unbeaten run to seven Qatar Stars League match with a hard fought 2-1 win over Al Wakrah at the Al Sadd Stadium on Monday. The result lifted Al Sad…

Czechs record historic win in Davis Cup final

AP PRAGUE IT’S a job for two when the Czechs win Davis Cup finals. Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek gave the Czech Republic the title for the first time as an independent nation by beating Spain 3-2…

India rout England in first Test

PTI AHMEDABAD INDIA broke through the stubborn England resistance with a morning burst of five wickets before surging to a comprehensive nine-wicket victory in the opening Test for a 1-0 lead in the…

Sada to inaugurate Arabal 2012 tomorrow

ASIF IQBAL DOHA ARABAL, the conference dedicated to the Arab aluminum industry, will officially be inaugurated in Doha on Wednesday by Minister of Energy and Industry His Excellency Mohammad bin Sal…

GDI signs $34 million boat deal with Dolphin Energy

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA GULF Drilling International Limited (GDI) announced the signing of a contract valued at an estimated $34 million to provide Lift Boat Services to Dolphin Energy Limited ove…

Thyssen seeks binding bids for US, Brazil mills

REUTERS FRANKFURT THYSSENKRUPP will open its books to remaining prospective bidders for its US and Brazilian steel mills and ask them to make binding offers for the loss-making plants, the company s…

Statoil resumes production at North Sea’s Troll C platform

AFP OSLO NORWEGIAN oil group Statoil has resumed part of production from an important North Sea platform which was suspended last week, cutting national daily oil output by 8 percent, the company sa…

No oil shortage despite Iran sanctions: IEA

REUTERS CANBERRA/SYDNEY WORLD oil markets are well supplied despite the loss of nearly 1 million barrels a day of crude from Iran following sanctions by the United States and European Union, the hea…

Pakistan envoy hosts dinner for visiting defence minister

L N MALLICK DOHA PAKISTAN’S Ambassador to Qatar HE Muhammad Sarfraz A Khanzada hosted a dinner banquet in honour of Pakistan’s Defence Minister Syed Naveed Qamar and Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staf…

SDC, RAF in pact to train non-profit sector workers

JOSEPH VARGHESE DOHA THE Social Development Center (SDC) has signed an agreement with Sheikh Thani bin Abdullah’s Foundation for Humanitarian Services (RAF) to provide educational and training resou…

Sheikha Moza launches Qatar library project

MOHAMED KHOULAIDI DOHA HER Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser on Monday launched the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development’s (QF) new Qatar National Library (QNL) project.…

Four competing Arab films screened for mediapersons

AILYN AGONIA DOHA FOUR Arab films competing at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF 2012) were presented to the media at a press conference on Monday. The competition features seven narratives, seve…

MoI trains officers for leadership roles

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA THE 32nd leadership training course for top-level officers has started at Leaders’ Training Centre in Police Training Institute. The course is being held between November 1…

Yemen president vows to stand by transition deal

AFP SANAA YEMENI President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi on Monday stressed his commitment to ensuring the success of the political transition in his country, during a speech in Sanaa attended by UN chief Ba…

Syria opposition bloc to be based in Egypt

AFP CAIRO THE NEWLY formed Syrian opposition bloc that has received Arab and international backing is to be based in Egypt, its head Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib told MENA news agency on Monday. “It has bee…

21 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes, toll 98

AFP GAZA CITY ISRAELI airstrikes killed 21 people in Gaza on Monday, raising the overall death toll to 98 on the sixth day of the relentless bombing campaign. In the latest raids, one person was kil…

QR2.2bn Qapco unit to be opened today

ASIF IQBAL DOHA THE Emir His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani will inaugurate Qatar Petrochemical Company’s (Qapco) QR2.2 billion new low-density polyethylene plant (LDPE 3) at Mesaieed In…

Qatar to invest €1bn in Italy, set up €2bn JV

REUTERS DOHA QATAR agreed on Monday to invest as much as €1 billion ($1.3 billion) in Italian companies, aiding efforts by Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Monti to breathe life into a weak economy. Ita…

PM calls for immediate Gaza truce

AFP DOHA PRIME Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs HE Shiekh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor al Thani called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza on Monday, as Israel and militants in the Palestinian…
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