AUNG San Suu Kyi's long resistance to Myanmar's brutal dictatorship gave her people hope that her country would someday be free. Her swearing in this week as a member of Myanmar's Parliament is an important step forward, but the struggle to establish a real democracy is not over. ....
ASPIRIN is just as effective as the blood-thinner warfarin in preventing stroke and death in heart failure patients with a normal heart rhythm, a landmark study indicates...
ZAWYA DOW JONES BEIRUT QATAR Fertiliser (Qafco) expects to start operations at its under-construction Qafco VI train in December, an executive of the company has said.
DOHA THE Polish community in Qatar celebrated their country's national day on Thursday. Minister of Public Health HE Abdullah bin Khalid al Qahtani was the chief guest on the occasion...
EMPLOYERS cut back on hiring in April and the jobless rate fell as people gave up the hunt for work, a somber note on the economy that could hurt President Barack Obama's re-election chances...
TOURNAMENT number one Juan del Potro led the top three seeds into the semi-finals of the Estoril Open on Friday with the Argentine knocking out twotime champion Albert Montanes 6-2, 6-2...
"NERVES? Oh my God," Chris Evans says. "The weekend that Captain America opened last summer, I was really nervous. It needed to be a hit." It was a hit, and Evans, who played Captain America in the ...
DOHA QATAR Academy held its Language Counts Week recently. It was all about words, books and reading with some elements of bookmark- making. The event, held annually to promote literacy and further strengthen the students' reading skills, culminated with the 'Dress-as-a-Word' parade where students and teachers came to school dressed as the word of their choice. Students were given free rein to choose the words that would best represent them and, on top of the usual football player and princess getups, American Indians, witches and even SpongeBob Square Pants marched alongside race car drivers and divers...
DOHA THE recycling service for the recently held TEDx Education City, in Doha was offered by averda, the region's largest environmental solutions provider. According to a press release issued by the company on Wednesday, averda's services assisted the one-day event to be billed as fully sustainable. Featured at the event were five Reverse Vending Machines (RVMs), five averdaProshred consoles and an averdaProshred truck, in addition to averda's stand, at which the RVM was demonstrated, the release said.
DOHA THE Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), Doha Chapter recently held a seminar on the India 2012 budget. According to a ICAI press release issued on Friday, the seminar titled 'Highlights of the Indian Union Budget 2012 – Emphasis on Paradigm Shift in Taxation of Services', was delivered by President of Indian Merchants Chamber Bhavna Gautam Doshi. Explaining the backdrop against which the 2012 Finance Bill was formulated, Doshi, who is a chartered accountant and a Senior Advisor at KPMG as well as a member of ICAI Central Council, said that three key economic parameters: GDP, foreign direct ...
THE Indian rupee on Friday came precariously close to 54 levels but recouped most of the day's losses to end at 53.47/48, down six paise against the US currency, after Resreve Bank of India's suspected intervention in forex market. The domestic unit opened sharply lower at 53.65/66 and further plunged to 53.92 amid sluggish equities and fears of more capital outflows after reports that government is reviewing taxation treaty with tax-heaven Mauritius. However, suspected strong intervention by the Reserve Bank at day's lower levels forced exporters to cover their short positions...
SMACKED by a hefty penalty of over $1 billion for its failure to meet gas output targets, Reliance Industries on Friday hit back at the oil ministry saying there was no provision in the contract to disallow any part of its investment in KG-D6 fields in Bay of Bengal. Stating that the company had on May 2 received a communication disallowing certain investments it had made in developing the deepsea KGD6 fields, RIL said, "There are no provisions in the Production Sharing Contract that entitle the Government to disallow recovery of any contract cost as defined in the PSC.
SYDNEY AUSTRALIA'S central bank slashed its growth and inflation forecasts on Friday, citing sluggish exports due to global turmoil and the robust Australian dollar, which is squeezing local industries. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) said it expects growth of 2.75 percent for the 12 months to June 2012, compared with the 3.5 percent previously forecast, due to the economy performing "weaker than expected". Inflation was expected to be 2.0 percent over the same period, the RBA said in its quarterly statement on monetary policy...
SPRINT king Usain Bolt will run his first individual race of the Olympic season on Saturday when he lines up for the 100m at the Jamaica International Invitational at the national stadium. After running the anchor leg on the Racers' 4x100m club relay team that clocked a season-leading 37.82 seconds in rainy and cold conditions three weeks ago at the UTech Track and Field Classic in Kingston, Bolt had reported he was injury free and ready to go...
PLAYERS will step onto the untried blue clay courts of the ATP-WTA Madrid Masters from Sunday, with serious doubts and some hostility as preparations for the French Open are fine-tuned. King of clay Rafael Nadal, who set records in his last two tournaments with an eighth straight trophy at Monte Carlo and a seventh from eight appearances in Barcelona, has been among the most outraged in the Spanish capital. After training on the courts which are the marketing brainchild of ...
WEBB Simpson admitted his pairing with Tiger Woods made him nervous on Thursday, but it didn't show as he seized a share of the first-round lead at the $6.5 million Wells Fargo Championship. Simpson, playing with Woods and former US Open champion Geoff Ogilvy of Australia, chipped in for eagle at the par-four eighth hole at Quail Hollow and drained a 60-foot birdie putt at 12 en route to his seven-under par 65. He was tied with former British Open champion Stewart Cink and Ryan Moore for the lead...
TWENTY five years ago, Run-DMC updated the world on the new definition of "bad". "Not bad meaning bad but bad meaning good," explained the lyrics of Peter Piper, in an admirable display of patience to stragglers befuddled by popular culture. In 2012, following in the footsteps of bad, wicked, sick et al, another insult has been transformed into a compliment. "Matchy matchy" was, a few short years ago, the last word in fashion putdowns, used to mock and belittle those whose idea of being well-dressed was to simply match the colours in their outfit.
NEW research suggests that global warming is causing the cycle of evaporation and rainfall over the oceans to intensify more than scientists had expected, an ominous finding that may indicate a higher potential for extreme weather in coming decades. By measuring changes in salinity on the ocean's surface, the researchers inferred that the water cycle had accelerated by about four percent over the l a s t half-century. That does not sound particularly large, but it is twice the figure generated from computerised analyses of the climate. If the estimate holds up, it implies that the water cycle could quicken by as much as 20 percent ...
SCARLETT Johansson first joined the Marvel comic book superhero universe when she was introduced as the mysterious Black Widow opposite Robert Downey Jr in the 2010 blockbuster Iron Man 2
The action-filled movie role marked a big change for the actress, who's known more for low-key performances in films like Sofia Coppola's drama Lost in Translation or Woody Allen's sly comedy Vicky Cristina Barcelona. But
MOSCOW A DOUBLE car bombing in Russia’s troubled North Caucasus killed at least 14 people and injured more than 120 just days before Vladimir Putin returns to the Kremlin, officials said on Friday.
WASHINGTON PRESIDENT Barack Obama wants to tell America a few things about Mitt Romney: he is rich and indifferent, bad for women, and might wobble at a fateful moment as commander- in-chief.
