Indian education activist wins WISE 2012 award

JOSEPH VARGHESE DOHA AN Indian educationist and social worker Dr Madhav Chavan, who has helped millions of Indian children learn to read and write without a brick and mortar school or the aid of a s…

10 soldier among 41 killed in fighting near Damascus

AFP BEIRUT FIERCE battles and army shelling in and near Damascus on Tuesday killed at least 41 people, mostly civilians, a watchdog said, as warplanes launched more air raids on a town on the Turkis…

Reform hopes may get hit Sudan Islamists’ meet

AFP KHARTOUM CALLS for change by Arab Spring-inspired reformers in Sudan will likely be ignored when thousands of government- linked Islamists begin meeting on Thursday, analysts say. The Islamic Mo…

QA takes delivery of first Dreamliner

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA QATAR Airways has taken delivery of its first Boeing 787 Dreamliner at a special ceremony held at the US aircraft manufacturer’s Seattle headquarters. A Boeing hangar was t…

Qatar budget sees QR18.5bn deficit in Q1

REUTERS DUBAI QATAR’s government budget slipped into a deficit of QR18.5 billion in the first quarter of its 2012/13 fiscal year, preliminary data from the central bank showed on Tuesday. The fiscal…

US, France back new anti-Assad formation

AFP DAMASCUS SYRIA’s new opposition chief on Tuesday called on world powers to arm President Bashar al Assad’s foes, as Arab and EU leaders urged his coalition to seek broader support inside the war…

Moza advocates primary education to all by 2015

JOSEPH VARGHESE DOHA THEEmir His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani and Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation attended the opening session of the World Innov…
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