WHY aren't there more liberals in America? It's not because liberalism lacks cultural power. Many polls suggest that a majority of college professors and national journalists vote Democratic...
HE took a rare personal interest in one of his investments: the Lifelike Company, which produced My Twinn dolls, fashioned to look like the little girls who owned them.
TUNIS The Emir His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani on Saturday joined the people and leaders of Tunisia in celebrating the first anniversary of the Tunisian Revolution at a special function held at the Conference Palace in Tunis...
DOHA A NEW campus for Philippines School of Doha (PSD), to be constructed near the Catholic Church of Our Lady of Rosary next to Pak Shaama School, Mesaimeer, will accommodate 7,000 students...
US AIRWAYS Group, Delta Airlines and private equity firm TPG Capital are among several parties interested in potential bids for AMR Corp, the bankrupt parent of American Airlines, people familiar with the matter said...
HEN Kate Beckinsale decided to accept the role of Selene, a fierce, sexy, leather-clad, blue-eyed vampire warrior, in Underworld (2003), she saw it as an experiment, a chance to do something different...
DOHA RASGAS Company Limited will be the gold sponsor of the 'Life is Engineering Programme' (LIEP), and will actively participate with its volunteers, for the third consecutive year. The 'Life is Engineering Programme', a partnership between Qatar University College of Engineering and major local business players, provides talented Qatari high school students with technical experience, as well as raising awareness on industry requirements through a mentoring and skills transfer scheme with the support of sponsor companies such as RasGas. The programme, a long term education and skills transfer scheme, culminates in the ...
DOHA THE three apex bodies of the Indian embassy, the Indian Cultural Centre (ICC), the Indian Community Benevolent Forum (ICBF) and the Indian Business Professional Network (IBPN) recently organised a community reception for the Indian shooting team which is participating in the 12th Asian Shooting Championship. The 109 players and officials of team were present at the reception, which was held in the Ashoka Hall of ICC. The chief guest on the occasion was the Deputy Chief of Mission of the Indian embassy Sanjiv Kohli. The First Secretary M R Qureshi and Second Secretary Anil Nautiyal were also present...
DOHA REGENCY Travel & Tours won the Leading Travel Agency award for the fifth time in a row at the World Travel Awards (WTA) in Doha recently. The grand finale of the World Travel Awards, considered the highest level of recognition in the travel industry, was hosted for the first time in Qatar. The most important decision- makers in global travel and tourism attended the show, which was held in partnership with Qatar Tourism Authority, at Katara Cultural Village. The 2011 WTA nominations featured more than 5,000 companies in 1,000 categories across 162 countries...
US AIRLINES are ringing in the new year with higher ticket prices after Delta Air Lines filed a domestic price increase of $20 roundtrip on longer-haul routes this week, a move that major US rivals matched on Thursday. A Delta spokesman said the second-largest US airline has issued a fare hike. United Continental Holdings, AMR Corp's American Airlines, Southwest Airlines and US Airways all said they have matched it. Fare tracker FareCompare.com called the move the first domestic airfare increase attempt for 2012. Airlines have boosted fares and are looking for new revenue sources as higher oil prices raise costs and threaten profitability. ...
TOP oil producer Saudi Arabia is ready to meet any increase in consumer countries' demand for crude oil, oil minister Ali al Naimi told reporters on Saturday. Saudi Arabia is 'always obliged' to meet demand, Naimi said when asked whether the kingdom has enough spare capacity to cover demand in light of possible oil sanctions by the West on Iran's crude oil sales. "Whatever customers want," he said, without making a reference to the possible sanctions on OPEC-member Iran. The kingdom, now pumping just under a record rate of 10 million barrels per day (bpd), has poured billions of dollars into its vast oil fields...
TOKYO JAPAN'S prime minister, attempting to build support for painful fiscal reforms, said on Saturday that the country should be alarmed by ratings cuts in Europe and must tackle its massive public debts to avoid becoming the next target. Japan's debt is more than twice its gross domestic product, higher than any of the struggling European economies whose fiscal problems have set off a eurozone crisis that has reverberated in markets around the world. Japan's credit rating was downgraded last year, and Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said it could be further harmed if the country is seen as dragging its feet on reforms...
PERTH ANOTHER dismal performance by India's creaking top order had the tourists tottering towards a heavy defeat after the second day of the third Test against Australia in Perth on Saturday. At the close of play, India, needing to win to have any hope of retaining the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, was 88 for four in its second innings after yet another collapse, an overall deficit of 120 runs. Veteran Rahul Dravid was unbeaten on 32 and Virat Kohli on 21. Young paceman Mitchell Starc, who claimed the prized wicket of Sachin Tendulkar cheaply in the Indian second innings, said the Australians didn't expect to have to bat again in the match....
LONDON PAUL Scholes scored a fairytale goal as Manchester United outclassed Bolton Wanderers 3-0 to go level on points with Premier League leaders Manchester City on Saturday. Playing his first game at Old Trafford since making a shock return from retirement in the FA Cup win over City on Sunday, Scholes fired United ahead in first-half injury time. The 37-year-old's strike was his 103rd goal in the Premier League and came just under 18 years after his first, scored on his debut against Ipswich Town in September 1994. Late goals from striker Danny Welbeck and Michael Carrick made sure of the points as United — who also had a ...
PARIS AFRICA Cup of Nations cohosts Gabon were done no favours in the draw for the 2012 continental showpiece with Gernot Rohr's side facing an uphill struggle to extricate themselves from Group C
The Panthers, making their fifth Nations Cup appearance, on paper at any rate look destined to be squeezed out of a coveted quarter-final place with previous holders and old foes Tunisia and Morocco favourites to advance. Gabon made its competition debut in 1994, falling at the first hurdle. Four years later they finished top of their group only to be denied by Tunisia on penalties in the last eight - their best Cup performance...
TV and the internet get married Television and the Internet are made for each other; the most popular entertainment medium and the best way of distributing content around the globe should make for a perfect partnership. At least, that's what we've been told for something like the last 15 years, but many of the attempts to hook TV up to the Internet and make beautiful music have failed to impress a mass audience. But this is the year that both the hardware and software giants think it will all happen. In Las Vegas, the likes of Sony and Samsung will be keen to show that it is they, not the software giants, who will determine the way we consume television over the next decade....
SURE, today's phones can deliver the sound of a heartbeat. But how would you like to actually feel the throbbing? A few companies want to replace the crude vibration motors in today's phones and tablets with something that provides a much wider range of sensations, allowing you to feel the rumble of a Harley or the reverberation of a shotgun blast. The new technology can even let you feel the outlines of a button on the screen. At the International Consumer Electronics Show, the gigantic gadget conclave in Las Vegas this week, a company called Artificial Muscle Inc demonstrated how it can make mobile devices shake and ...
GOOGLE'S "your world" theme is carried into the gaming realm with the announcement of an original title powered by WebGL. The title will be coming to Google+ Games exclusively in February 2012. The game was announced quietly in a demo video yesterday. It is Google Maps-based and was developed by the Maps team for Google's gaming platform. The demo video features a cube with a map overlay. Players will have to navigate a blue ball through the location, similar to marble tilt games like Marble Madness or the Wii's Marble Mania...
KOLKATA FACED with a widening fiscal deficit due to a dip in revenue and growth in expenditure, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday called for containing the shortfall, saying it should be within a 'manageable limit'.
AFP KANO GUNMEN have attacked a pub in northeastern Nigeria, killing four people amid a wave of such violence blamed on Islamist group Boko Haram, residents and police said on Saturday...
