It's been nearly 11 months since the killing of Osama bin Laden and almost 11 years since 9/11 thrust Al Qaeda to the forefront of US national security. Since then in fits and starts after 2001, and at an accelerated pace in the last five years
DOHA RESIDENTS had their weekend spoilt as a severe dust storm forced them indoors on Friday. A severe dust storm struck Doha in the evening causing low visibility and traffic disruptions.
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DOHA MORE than 500 Qatari and non-Qatari women from different government and nongovernment institutions have benefited from the awardwinning Springboard programme, since it was launched by the British Council in ...
US CONSUMER spending increased by the most in seven months in February as households shook off a rise in gasoline prices, suggesting the economy may not have slowed as much this quarter as economists had thought...
MIAMI ANDY Murray advanced to the finals of the Miami Masters on Friday when semi-finals opponent Rafael Nadal withdrew before their match with a left knee injury.The walkover luck was the second this week for world number four Murray...
HE may be a Hollywood leading man – his thriller Man on a Ledge is still in theatres even as Wrath of the Titans, in which he stars as the mythic warrior Perseus, but he doesn't talk the right game...
DOHA AFTER a four-hour intense competition against strong contenders, Qatari brothers Khaled Rashed al Muhannadi and Rashed Rashed al Muhannadi emerged champions at the first edition of the Red Bull Jet Duel in Qatar on Friday. During the event, thousands of spectators watched in excitement as 16 teams of 32 jet skiers showcased their speed and agility at the specially designed water track on the Corniche waters in Doha. Speaking to Qatar Tribune, 24-year-old Khaled said, "Actually this is my first time competing in the Red Bull Jet Ski Duel and I was too nervous at the beginning. But my brother encouraged me and told me that I can do it...
DOHA QATAR Charity (QC) completed 147 projects in Bangladesh in 2011 to improve water availability as well as sanitation and income generation for tens of thousands of people. According to QC Interna-tional Operations Executive Director Mohamed Mubarak Salem al Adsani, those projects were taken up in response to calls to help people in Bangladesh. The projects were executed in different sectors and included a multi-services complex that cost QR600,000, different income-generating projects such as distribution of sewing machines, purchasing cattle for needy families, in addition to building mosques and digging medium and deep wells to ...
DOHA KEF Toastmasters held the grand finale of its speech craft and youth leadership programme recently. Around 70 people including division and area officials, special guests, members, gavel members and their parents attended the programme. The gold sponsor of the event was Meridian Constructions WLL while the silver sponsor was Lulu Hypermarket. Division E Governor Krishna Kumar, Area 18 Governor Sameer Hassan Moosa, Division E Secretary Sheikh Iqbal, Falcon Award Committee Chair Nisar Rana and Club Sponsor and past Area 18 Governor Sharma Anupindi were present on the occasion...
GOLD prices rose on Friday as the dollar fell to a one-month low against a basket of currencies, including the euro, after European finance ministers agreed to boost the eurozone's debt crisis firewall to roughly 800 billion euros ($1.1 trillion). Spot gold rose 0.2 percent to $1,664.48 an ounce at 1333 GMT. The metal is on track for a 6 percent gain in the first three months of 2012 after posting its first quarterly drop in three years at the end of last year. The euro rose 0.3 percent, and US and European shares gained after European finance ministers agreed to beef up the region's crisis- fighting funds....
AUSTRALIA'S Qantas Airways said on Friday it was raising domestic and international fares for the second time in as many months to partially offset high jet fuel prices. Domestic fares and international fuel surcharge will increase by between A$7 and A$30 ($7.2 to $30.1) a ticket depending on the sector, Qantas said in a statement. Domestic fares will go up on April 5 and international fuel surcharges on April 12, the airline said. Jet fuel is the largest operational cost for an airline and fuel prices quoting at the highest level in nearly 3 years has forced airlines to raise fares to protect profits....
COPENHAGEN EURO zone finance ministers agreed on Friday on a temporary increase in their financial rescue capacity to prevent a new flare-up of Europe's sovereign debt crisis, but markets may judge it too small to be convincing. Austrian Finance Minister Maria Fekter said the 17- nation currency area would combine two rescue funds for a year to make more money available in case of emergency. She put the total figure at some 800 billion euros, but that appeared to include money already spent to conjure up a more impressive headline number for investors...
NEW DELHI A BLAZING innings by India's Gautam Gambhir could not prevent a South African win in a rainhit one-off Twenty20 international at the Wanderers Stadium on Friday. Gambhir slammed 49 not out off 28 balls as India raced to 71 for no wicket in 7.5 overs in reply to South Africa's 219 for four in 20 overs. But South Africa's big total meant that India were 11 runs short of the Duckworth/Lewis par score when a thunderstorm broke over the ground and the match was halted. Jacques Kallis and Colin Ingram shared a rapid century partnership as South Africa posted a formidable total. Kallis made 61 off 42 balls and ...
KHOR FAKKAN (UAE) TEAM Qatar finished second overall in the UIM Nations Cup, held for the first time off the Khor Fakkan coast in the Sharjah emirate of the UAE, on Friday. Trailing Team UAE by five points heading into the two 20-minute races on Friday, Team Qatar's Khalid Saleh al-Shamlan and Khalid Abdullah al-Kuwari knew they would need to overcome Majed al-Mansoori and Rashid al-Tayer to stand any chance of claiming the UIM Nations Cup title for the Qatar Marine Sports Federation (QMSF). Al-Shamlan began the first 20-lap race in determined fashion and held the initiative for nine laps before slowing with a hand injury....
MADRID FERNANDO Llorente's brace helped Athletic Bilbao to a 4-2 comeback win at Schalke in the Europa League, while Atletico Madrid beat Hannover 2-1 in the other first-leg quarterfinal between Spanish and German teams on Thursday. After Llorente put Bilbao ahead in the 20th minute, Schalke's Raul Gonzalez rallied the hosts back in front with two goals on each side of halftime. But Llorente headed in the leveller in the 73rd to turn the high-tempo contest in Bilbao's favour for good, as Oscar de Marcos and Iker Muniain scored late on at Veltins Arena. "It was a great game," Llorente said. "It wasn't at all easy because they responded very well to our first goal...
ENTERING the B r o o k l y n Museum's "Keith Haring: 1978- 1982," which focuses on his early career, I worried that the show was going to be one big, marketable nostalgia trip. The loud strains of David Bowie, Grace Jones and the B-52s emanating from the galleries were not auspicious. Nor was the sight of a Pop Shop full of merchandise just outside the exhibition. (Haring didn't open his first one, on Lafayette Street, until 1986.) Inside the show were walls of sceney photographs, a recreation of one of Haring's installations at Performance Space 122 and another blast of music (accompanying a slide show of his famous subway drawings).
SOLAR storms like the one that buffeted the Earth's magnetic field last Thursday will soon become a common occurrence. Magnetic eruptions on the sun released two huge bursts of light – two of the largest solar flares over the past five years – and accelerated a blob of highspeed particles headed toward us. As the charged particles slam the Earth's magnetic field at more than 1 million mph and are funnelled toward the north and south poles, they generate the nighttime light now known as auroras or northern and southern lights. Giant solar storms can wreak havoc on satellites and power grids. One storm knocked out power in a large area in Quebec in 1989.
LINDSAY Lohan returned to court on Thursday for a hearing that could give the actress back something she hasn't had for nearly two years: true freedom. Lohan will give a judge her final update on strict probation requirements that have had her doing cleanup duty at the county morgue and attending regular psychotherapy sessions since late last year. Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner had said she would end Lohan's probation on a 2007 drunken driving case on Thursday if she completes the requirements, which the actress has apparently done. The Mean Girls star will remain on informal probation for taking a necklace without permission.
MOSCOW RUSSIA'S leading corruption whistleblower on Friday accused Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's close ally Igor Shuvalov of graft. Alexei Navalny posted on his blog the scans of documents that show tens of millions of US dollars
WASHINGTON US Representative Paul Ryan, a leader in Republican efforts to slash government spending, endorsed presidential candidate Mitt Romney, calling him the party's best chance to beat Democratic President Barack Obama.
