Monitors must desist from making statements before completing their job. IN the eyes of some, the hard work of the Arab League mission to monitor the violence in Syria has been cast into doubt by statement from one of its leaders.
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NEARLY one in four girls who gets the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine mistakenly thinks that her risk of getting other sexually transmitted diseases is lowered, a new study indicates...
RAAJIV TRIPATHI DOHA TOP-SEEDED Rafael Nadal was hustled out of the Qatar Open in the semi-finals on Friday, joining second- seeded Roger Federer at the Doha exit door after the Swiss star pulled out with a back injury...
DOHA THE opening session of the Conference on Polymers and Organic Chemistry, hosted by Texas A&M University in Qatar, was held on Friday. The conference, being held under the patronage of Minister of Energy and..
A STRONG US jobs report boosted world financial markets on Friday, although nagging worries about Europe's debt crisis pushed the euro currency to a new 17-month low against the dollar...
DOHA GAEL Monfils had done this before and he did it again, sending home World No 2 and top seed Rafael Nadal disappointed on a dramatic day of the semifinals at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open on Friday...
TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK 2011 turned out to be a resounding comeback year for the live music business, including a new record for the highest-grossing and most widely-attended tour of all time...
DOHA DEDDY Saiful Hadi, a career diplomat with over 20 years in service, will be Indonesia's next ambassador to Qatar, said an embassy official on Thursday. The diplomat, who is expected to arrive in Doha this month, was among the 26 new envoys sworn in by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, recently. Hadi will be taking over the post vacated by Rozy Munir who died in February, 2010. The Indonesian embassy in the country has been operating without an ambassador for almost two years. "The Indonesian president swore in the new ambassador to Qatar last month and all the procedures of...
DOHA QATARGAS has been awarded a certificate of appreciation for effectively contributing to the Sustainable Development Industry (SDI) Initiative launched by Qatar Petroleum requiring energy industry operators to publish Annual Industry Sustainability Report commencing with the first report for the year 2010. Minister of Energy and Industry and Managing Director of Qatar Petroleum HE Dr Mohammad bin Saleh al Sada presented the certificate to Qatargas in a ceremony organised by the QP HSE Regulations and Enforcement Directorate at Marriott Hotel recently....
DOHA THE Indonesian Embassy in Doha and the Holiday Villa Hotel and Residence is jointly hosting a month-long food festival of diverse Indonesian cuisines, representing different regions of the Southeast Asian nation. The food festival — inaugurated by Third Secretary at the Indonesian Embassy Mohammad al Aula and General Manager of Holiday Villa Joey Chen — opened at the Legenda Restaurant at Holiday Villa on Thursday. "Indonesia consists of more than 7,000 islands and 300 ethnic groups. Each region has its own cuisine — spicy, sour and sweet — which caters to different tastes...
GOLD fell on Friday as a stronger dollar and worries over Europe's debt crisis knocked appetite for bullion, overshadowing upbeat jobs data from the United States that pointed to better growth across the Atlantic. Spot gold fell 0.62 percent to $1,612.69 an ounce by 1521 GMT but was still on course for a weekly rise of nearly 3 percent, its strongest in a month. US gold fell 0.38 percent to $1,614.10. "Towards the latter part of last year, gold's correlation with other commodities and other risk assets increased substantially, so it's not surprising that's continued into the beginning of this year," said Natixis analyst Nic Brown. ...
MUMBAI INDIAN shares erased losses in late trade to end marginally higher on Friday, snapping two days of losses, led by buying in index heavyweight Reliance Industries, even as investors stayed cautious in anticipation of company results beginning next week. Earnings from Indian companies are largely set to disappoint as most of them have been reeling under the impact of slowing growth, sluggish consumer demand and high borrowing costs. The main 30-share BSE index ended 0.07 percent higher at 15,867.73, with more than half of its components ending in the red. The benchmark index fell as much as 1.2 percent during the day...
BRUSSELS THE euro zone's economy deepened its downturn at the end of 2011 as retail sales fell and sentiment soured, but the first improvement in the business climate in 10 months offered hope that an expected recession may be mild. Euro zone retail trade fell a worse-than-expected 0.8 percent in November from October, data from the European Union's statistics office Eurostat showed on Friday. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast a 0.2 percent monthly fall. Pointing to the cautiousness of European households, the European Commission said that in December consumer confidence fell 0.7 points in the 17 countries sharing the euro. ...
DOHA MILLIONS of football fans across Europe will be able to see the stars of the future in action following the agreement with Eurosport Group to broadcast inaugural Al Kass International Cup U-17. Matches will be shown on Eurosport 2 in 47 countries across Europe and on Eurosport Asia Pacific. This agreement is further testament to the growing attention being given to the Doha-based tournament as not only are the top teams from around the world participating in this event, top sports channels will be broadcasting it around the world as well. Eurosport is familiar with the venue of the tournament as they are partner of the Aspire Academy for Sports Excellence...
SYDNEY AUSTRALIA crushed India by an innings and 68 runs in the second Test in Sydney on Friday to take a 2-0 lead in the series and leave Sachin Tendulkar still waiting for his 100th international ton. The home side's big breakthrough came when Tendulkar was dismissed for 80 by man-of-the-match Michael Clarke, precipitating a collapse as India saw their chance of winning a maiden series in Australia slip away. Clarke, who became only the sixth Australian to score a Test triple century on Thursday...
MADRID WITH a masterful strike from Jonas, Valencia was able to earn a comfortable 1- 0 victory over Sevilla at the Mestalla on Thursday evening in the first leg of their Copa Del Rey round of 16 clash. The match began in equilibrated fashion as neither side controlled the contest but instead relied on the pacy play of their respective forwards to create goalmouth opportunities. Alvaro Negredo was the first to have a clear chance at goal as the Spain international was found unmarked in the 18-yard box by a Jesus Navas cross from the right. The resulting volley found the wrong side of Diego Alves' post, to the delight of the goalkeeper who looked beaten by the striker's attempt...
TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK RIDING boots and smoking slippers have emerged as two of the most popular footwear trends of 2011 among various retailers, although labels including Charlotte Olympia have bucked the trend, noting the demand for sky high heels. A report in Women's Wear Daily, sees retailers including Zappos.com, Chinese Laundry and Piperlime discussing their most successful styles of 2011. Despite Charlotte Olympia's placing "super high heels" in the most successful category, Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com, told the publication that brands specialising in practical attire such as Ugg, Hunter Boots and Frye had "continued to be very strong....
SERENA GORDON NYT SYNDICATE SPINAL manipulation and home exercise are more effective at relieving neck pain in the long term than medications, according to new research. People undergoing spinal manipulation therapy for neck pain also reported greater satisfaction than people receiving medication or doing home exercises. "We found that there are some viable treatment options for neck pain," said Gert Bronfort, vice-president of research at the Wolfe-Harris Centre for Clinical Studies at Northwestern Health Sciences University in Bloomington....
REUTERS ACTRESS Demi Moore, who recently ended her six-year marriage to Ashton Kutcher, says her worst fear is finding she is "not worthy of being loved". In an interview conducted just one week after Moore filed for divorce in November, the Ghost star opened up to her friend, British photographer Amanda De Cadenet, for the February edition of Harper's Bazaar magazine. Moore, 49, did not directly address her split with Kutcher, the 33-year-old star of television comedy Two and A Half Men. The marriage foundered after a San Diego woman went public about a brief fling she had with Kutcher...
NAIROBI KENYAN jets bombed an al Shabaab camp in southern Somalia on Friday killing 50 fighters of the rebel group and injuring 60 others, its military spokesman said.
BEIJING TWO people in an ethnically Tibetan part of southwest China set themselves on fire on Friday, an advocacy group said, bringing the number of self-immolations in protest against religious controls imposed by the Chinese government to 14 since March. ...
