AUGUST 6, the anniversary of Hiroshima, should be a day of somber reflection, not only on the terrible events of that day in 1945, but also on what they revealed: that humans, in their dedicated quest to extend their capacities for destruction
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WHEN you talk to Chinese officials lately, it doesn't take long before they express concern about America's "rebalancing" of forces – the prospect that we'll shift more troops from the Middle East, where they are containing instability, to Asia, where they would contain China...
DOHA QATAR Airways will get five Boeing 787 Dreamliners this year, the first of which will be delivered in September and the next four between October and December...
DOHA AS PART of Qatar First Investment Bank's (QFIB) annual Ramadan Blessings Campaign the Bank recently hosted a special iftar in celebration of the Garangaou for the children of Qatar Orphan Foundation (Dhreima)...
AP NEW YORK THE US labour market staged a rebound last month, adding more jobs than expected, an indication that the economy isn't as sickly as feared. The unemployment rate, though, edged up. Payrolls expanded by 163,000 new workers in July...
LONDON MICHAEL Phelps recalled past glories with a 100m butterfly triumph on Friday as world record-setter Missy Franklin, Katie Ledecky and Florent Manaudou showed Olympic swimming's future has arrived...
DOHA ABDULGHANI Abdulghani & Bros (AAB), sole distributor of Toyota vehicles in Qatar, unveiled one of its luxury brands 'Lexus ES350 on Wednesday. The new brand was launched jointly by AAB Managing Director Nasser Abdulghani Abdulghani and Lexus ES350 Chief Engineer Toshio Asahi. Addressing the media on the occasion, Abdulghani said, "Toyota Corporation has always accepted the suggestions and recommendations of its dealers and customers across the world. We hope the new product will offer all the luxury which our customers have long been looking for....
DOHA EZDAN Hotel launched summer special offers for citizens and expatriates wanting to spend a luxurious weekend. The offer includes bed and breakfast during the weekend, with access to "everything the hotel has to offer", such as the health club, swimming pools, children's play area, in addition to services that are usually provided to hotel guests. The offer costs QR300 per person and QR700 for a family apartment having two bedrooms. The hotel in collaboration with the General Tourism Authority is organising tours to Islamic Art Museum. Ezdan Hotel & Suites General Manager Mohamed Salah said...
DOHA SHARQ Village and Spa is celebrating the holy month of Ramadan with festivities and fervour. With the majestic Seher Al Sharq tent and extravagant buffet to luxurious room stays, festivities at the hotel will provide an authentic Arabian experience. Tents at Sharq Village and Spa will feature private majlis seating, flavoured shisha and live entertainment. Comfortably accommodating up to 190 guests seated in traditional majlis settings, guests can enjoy a buffet spread. This feast for the senses will include carving stations and more than 45 different dishes from cuisines of the region, as well as fresh salads and tempting desserts. ...
REUTERS LONDON GOLD climbed back above $1,600 an ounce on Friday after data showing that the US economy added more jobs than expected last month boosted appetite for risk,pushing the dollar sharply lower against the euro and boosting stock markets 2 percent. The metal initially dropped after the data, which indicated that US employers hired 163,000 workers in July, the most in five months, curbing expectations that the Federal Reserve will launch further monetary stimulus measures to boost growth. However, it quickly reversed those losses as the dollar failed to maintain a brief recovery from lows....
PARIS/SINGAPORE PLANEMAKER Airbus was left reeling on Friday as a highprofile customer defected to Boeing, prompting European accusations of aggressive tactics amid renewed evidence of a jet price war. Silkair, the regional arm of Singapore Airlines , said it had placed the biggest order in its history with a tentative deal to buy over 50 Boeing 737 jets worth $5 billion. The move came as figures showed Boeing outselling Airbus by more than two to one in the first seven months of the year, reversing a deficit seen last year when Airbus broke industry records with a fuel-saving version of its competing A320 jet....
TOKYO TOYOTA raised its sales target for this year to a record 9.76 million vehicles and reported a strong recovery in quarterly profit on Friday, underlining its bounce back from a disaster plagued 2011. Toyota Motor Corp. said April-June profit zoomed to 290.3 billion yen ($3.7 billion) from 1.1 billion yen the year before. Its new sales target would represent a 23 percent increase from the 7.95 million vehicles sold in 2011, and is 180,000 vehicles more than Toyota's last forecast in February. The car maker's quarterly sales soared nearly 60 percent to 5.5 trillion yen ($70.5 billion), rebounding from a sales crash that all Japanese
LONDON BEIJING champions Ethiopian Tirunesh Dibaba and Poland's Tomasz Majewski defended their titles to lend athletics programme a thrilling start during the Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on Friday. Dibaba put injury woes behind her by retaining her Olympic women's 10,000m crown in majestic style in the first track title to be decided. Majewski became the first thrower in almost 60 years to keep the shot put crown. Dibaba, 26, has hardly competed at the longest track event since winning the 5,000m and 10,000m double in Beijing but put her injury hit years behind her to take gold in 30 minutes, 20.75 seconds. ...
UNHERALDED Army shooter Vijay Kumar produced a surprise silver medal in the men's 25 metres rapid fire pistol event to provide a big boost to India's Olympic campaign while another unfancied shooter Joydeep Karmakar came very close to a bronze medal, on Friday. The 25-year-old Vijay, who is a subedar with 16 Dogra Regiment, took the spotlight with a stunning display of precision shooting to fetch India's second medal in the ongoing Games and the fourth shooting medal in Olympic history. ...
QATARI swimmer Nada Arkaji produced her personal best in the 50m women's freestyle qualifying competition before bowing gracefully out of the London Olympic Games on Friday. The 17-year-old posted a healthy time of 33.89 secs to finish fourth in a group of eight swimmers in heat 3 out of the 10 planned at the Aquatics Centre. Nada, 17, is one four female athletes representing Qatar for the first time at the Olympic Games. The heat was won by Karin Clashing of Antigua with a time of 30.01secs. In second spot was Vitiny Hemthon (30.44) while Rwanda's Alphonsine Agahozo finished as third fastest swimmer the heat (30.84)....
MODEL Rosie Huntington-Whiteley says she finds it very difficult to trust people. "It takes me a long time to make friends, only because I travel a lot and I don't trust easily," Elle magazine quoted her as saying. The 25-year-old admits that she has learnt this through rough experiences. "I'm cautious, that's just something I've learnt. I've been burnt in many ways and you're cautious about the people you'll allow into your life and who you invest time in," she added. She is currently dating actor Jason Statham.
COMEDIAN Russell Brand is reportedly planning to move in with a new girl, Isabella Brewster, just months after meeting her in a yoga class. The duo have already looked at a house here and they want to rent it together, reports thesun.co.uk. "Russell doesn't mess about. He's throwing himself into this new relationship as they've really hit it off," said a source....
BOLLYWOOD´S famed Bachchan family is under constant media scrutiny with rumours finding their way in print almost each day, but Abhishek Bachchan says its better to keep mum than issuing clarifications. "What is the use of clarifying things? The media will write what they want to. They write something and then I react... I don´t see any point in that," Abhishek said."I don´t think people even care what I think, that is why I don´t say much," he added ...
BEIJING THE WIFE of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai will be tried for the murder of a British businessman on August 9, a lawyer for the family said on Friday.
SEOUL NORTH KOREA'S new leader hosted a dinner in Pyongyang for senior political officials visiting from China, state media said on Friday, in what marked Kim Jong-un's diplomatic debut and a sign that he is turning his attention to foreign affairs.
