IN the State of the Union address, President Obama promised a fresh investigation into mortgage abuses that led to the financial meltdown. The goal, he said, is to 'hold accountable those who broke the law
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NEUROLOGISTS should screen their patients for abuse by family members, caregivers or other people, the American Academy of Neurology says in a new position statement...
VIOLENCE in Syria claimed at least
56 lives on Friday, including the
first reported fatalities in the commercial
city of Aleppo, the Syrian
Observatory for Human rights said.
Syrian forces killed at least 44
civilians across Syria, the watchdog
said.
DOHA A LARGE number of Qatari enthusiasts took part in the shooting competition which concluded recently. The event was organised by the Snipers' Association and was held as part of the Third Falcon and...
THE US economy grew at its fastest pace in 1-1/2 years in the fourth quarter, but a strong rebuilding of stocks by businesses and weak spending on capital goods hinted at slower growth in early 2012...
RAFAEL Nadal once again proved Roger Federer's grand slam nemesis on Thursday, withstanding a withering opening from the Swiss great to reach the final of the Australian Open. The Spaniard won 6-7 (5/7), 6-2.
MADONNA doesn't deny it: There are more than a few strands of her own DNA, her own experiences, in WE, her drama about Wallis Warfield Simpson, the forever-controversial American socialite for...
DOHA FILIPINO stand-up comedians Kim Idol and Ate Gay are set to be part of an entertaining post-Valentine show in Doha on February 17. The event titled 'Lolz! My Funniest Valentines with Ate Gay and Kim Idol, Live in Qatar!' will be staged in two sessions — 4pm and 8pm — at the Sheraton Hotel's Al Majlis ballroom. It is being organised by newly-formed event management firm Fresh Events and Productions...
DOHA THE Pakistan Education Centre (PEC) organised a colourful function to mark the birth anniversary of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, on its campus in Mesaimeer area, recently. A sizzling stage performance by the students of the boys' wing on a short skit, 'Freedom Movement' enthralled the audience. Students from the girls' wing highlighted the role of the young generation in nation building in a speech titled 'Quaid-e-Azam and Youth of Pakistan'...
DOHA QATAR Academy Primary School held its third annual kindergarten (KG) Materials Fashion Parade recently. The students worked on a project titled 'How the World Works'. The students learned about a variety of materials, where they came from, their properties and their uses. As an assignment, the kids were given the task of making their own costume for the fashion parade, using materials of their choice...
CHEVRON Corp reported lower quarterly earnings on Friday, missing Wall Street forecasts, as rising spending on oil and gas projects and losses at its US refinery business offset gains from higher crude oil prices. Oil and gas output at the No 2 US oil company also declined to 2.64 million barrels per day (BPD) from 2.79 million BPD a year-ago, although benchmark oil prices rose about 25 percent during the quarter...
MADRID SPAIN announced on Friday its jobless rate shot to a 17- year high of 22.85 percent at the end of 2011, the highest in the industrialised world, as unemployment punched above five million. The news made grim reading for Spaniards, who face the prospect of recession in 2012 with jobless numbers likely rising even further as national and regional governments axe spending...
FRANKFURT GERMAN steelmaker ThyssenKrupp's supervisory board is to decide on a possible sale of its stainless steel unit to Finnish group Outokumpu in an extraordinary meeting next week, two people familiar with the negotiations said. ThyssenKrupp and Outokumpu said this week they were in early talks over a stainless steel tie-up, moving towards the long-awaited consolidation of a sector that has struggled to battle overcapacity and cheap Chinese imports...
ADELAIDE INDIA were lurching towards defeat and a 4-0 series humiliation against Australia after another batting collapse in the fourth Test in Adelaide on Friday. The beleaguered tourists, chasing a record 500 runs to win, took the Test into a fifth day for the first time in their ill-fated tour but only after losing their top six batsmen, including Sachin Tendulkar. V.V.S.Laxman and first innings century-maker Virat Kohli stalled Australia's charge for almost 90 minutes before Laxman fell two overs from stumps.
ABU DHABI DANISH prospect Thorbjorn Olesen outshone the big guns to lead at the halfway stage of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship here Friday, but Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy are poised to strike. The 22-year-old Manchester United fan added a five under 67 to his opening round of 70 and at one stage led the field by three strokes before a closing bogey pinned him back. Gareth Maybin of Northern Ireland and Matteo Manassero of Italy were a ...
MANCHESTER SIR ALEX Ferguson renewed his pleas for calm on Friday ahead of Manchester United's FA Cup fourth round clash with Liverpool. The northwest rivals collide at Anfield on Saturday in the first meeting between the teams since the racism furore between Luis Suarez and United fullback Patrice Evra which ended with Suarez being banned for eight matches. While the Suarez saga has added another layer of animosity to a rivalry that is already one of the most bitter in English football...
ACTOR R Madhavan is not amused by the plagiarism charges levelled against his new Hindi film Jodi Breakers by the Indian distributors of the Belgian film Heartbreakers. "Let them read our script and point out even one similarity. I challenge them to prove we´ve copied even a frame," said Madhavan. Directed by Ashwini Chaudhary, Jodi Breakers is a story of two individuals who break others´ ...
HAVING grown up in London, I feel somewhat responsible for it. So when I see tourists trudging through Hackney, my indisputably unlovely neighbourhood in east London, kicking crisp packets down the Bethnal Green Road, I want to take their puffa-jacketed arms and lead them to another part of town. Somewhere more genteel and less urine-scented. Somewhere that will make them jealous, rather than itchy. Somewhere with dry cleaners rather than launderettes....
BRAD Pitt's six kids with Angelina Jolie are in for a treat! The 48-year-old actor was just recently nominated in the Best Actor category at the 84th Annual Academy Awards. (The Descendants), Gary Oldman (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), Jean Dujardin (The Artist) and Demian Bichir (A Better Life) — said he's "ecstatic" to be recognised. "It means so much considering this film was just dead on the rocks two years ago," Pitt said...
BEIJING CHINESE security forces shot into a crowd of Tibetans in southwestern Sichuan province, killing a 20-yearold student, as protesters sought to prevent the arrest of another youth, Tibetan advocacy groups said on Friday.
PTI LUCKNOW REVIVING the Ayodhya issue, the BJP on Friday promised to build a Ram temple but Congress came out with plans to create 20 lakh jobs for unemployed youth in their manifestos for the Assembly elections in...
DOHA FILIPINO stand-up comedians Kim Idol and Ate Gay are set to be part of an entertaining post-Valentine show in Doha on February 17. The event titled 'Lolz! My Funniest Valentines with Ate Gay and Kim Idol, Live in Qatar!' will be staged in two sessions — 4pm and 8pm — at the Sheraton Hotel's Al Majlis ballroom. It is being organised by newly-formed event management firm Fresh Events and Productions...
DOHA THE Pakistan Education Centre (PEC) organised a colourful function to mark the birth anniversary of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, on its campus in Mesaimeer area, recently. A sizzling stage performance by the students of the boys' wing on a short skit, 'Freedom Movement' enthralled the audience. Students from the girls' wing highlighted the role of the young generation in nation building in a speech titled 'Quaid-e-Azam and Youth of Pakistan'...
DOHA QATAR Academy Primary School held its third annual kindergarten (KG) Materials Fashion Parade recently. The students worked on a project titled 'How the World Works'. The students learned about a variety of materials, where they came from, their properties and their uses. As an assignment, the kids were given the task of making their own costume for the fashion parade, using materials of their choice... 
CHEVRON Corp reported lower quarterly earnings on Friday, missing Wall Street forecasts, as rising spending on oil and gas projects and losses at its US refinery business offset gains from higher crude oil prices. Oil and gas output at the No 2 US oil company also declined to 2.64 million barrels per day (BPD) from 2.79 million BPD a year-ago, although benchmark oil prices rose about 25 percent during the quarter...
MADRID SPAIN announced on Friday its jobless rate shot to a 17- year high of 22.85 percent at the end of 2011, the highest in the industrialised world, as unemployment punched above five million. The news made grim reading for Spaniards, who face the prospect of recession in 2012 with jobless numbers likely rising even further as national and regional governments axe spending...
FRANKFURT GERMAN steelmaker ThyssenKrupp's supervisory board is to decide on a possible sale of its stainless steel unit to Finnish group Outokumpu in an extraordinary meeting next week, two people familiar with the negotiations said. ThyssenKrupp and Outokumpu said this week they were in early talks over a stainless steel tie-up, moving towards the long-awaited consolidation of a sector that has struggled to battle overcapacity and cheap Chinese imports...
ADELAIDE INDIA were lurching towards defeat and a 4-0 series humiliation against Australia after another batting collapse in the fourth Test in Adelaide on Friday. The beleaguered tourists, chasing a record 500 runs to win, took the Test into a fifth day for the first time in their ill-fated tour but only after losing their top six batsmen, including Sachin Tendulkar. V.V.S.Laxman and first innings century-maker Virat Kohli stalled Australia's charge for almost 90 minutes before Laxman fell two overs from stumps. 
ABU DHABI DANISH prospect Thorbjorn Olesen outshone the big guns to lead at the halfway stage of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship here Friday, but Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy are poised to strike. The 22-year-old Manchester United fan added a five under 67 to his opening round of 70 and at one stage led the field by three strokes before a closing bogey pinned him back. Gareth Maybin of Northern Ireland and Matteo Manassero of Italy were a ... 
MANCHESTER SIR ALEX Ferguson renewed his pleas for calm on Friday ahead of Manchester United's FA Cup fourth round clash with Liverpool. The northwest rivals collide at Anfield on Saturday in the first meeting between the teams since the racism furore between Luis Suarez and United fullback Patrice Evra which ended with Suarez being banned for eight matches. While the Suarez saga has added another layer of animosity to a rivalry that is already one of the most bitter in English football...
ACTOR R Madhavan is not amused by the plagiarism charges levelled against his new Hindi film Jodi Breakers by the Indian distributors of the Belgian film Heartbreakers. "Let them read our script and point out even one similarity. I challenge them to prove we´ve copied even a frame," said Madhavan. Directed by Ashwini Chaudhary, Jodi Breakers is a story of two individuals who break others´ ... 
HAVING grown up in London, I feel somewhat responsible for it. So when I see tourists trudging through Hackney, my indisputably unlovely neighbourhood in east London, kicking crisp packets down the Bethnal Green Road, I want to take their puffa-jacketed arms and lead them to another part of town. Somewhere more genteel and less urine-scented. Somewhere that will make them jealous, rather than itchy. Somewhere with dry cleaners rather than launderettes.... 
BRAD Pitt's six kids with Angelina Jolie are in for a treat! The 48-year-old actor was just recently nominated in the Best Actor category at the 84th Annual Academy Awards. (The Descendants), Gary Oldman (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), Jean Dujardin (The Artist) and Demian Bichir (A Better Life) — said he's "ecstatic" to be recognised. "It means so much considering this film was just dead on the rocks two years ago," Pitt said... 
