IRELAND'S tempestuous love affair
with European treaty referendums
is set for another date on 31 May.
That leaves eight long weeks of
debate before the public votes on
the fiscal compact treaty. Over the past
two, ambassadors ...
AFEW years ago, God
seemed caught in a devil
of a fight. Atheists were
firing thunderbolts suggesting
that 'religion poisons
everything,' as Christopher
Hitchens put it in the subtitle of
his book, 'God Is Not Great.' Sam
Harris
...
THE Emir His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin
Khalifa al Thani and HH Sheikha Moza on
Monday attended a dinner banquet held in
their honour by the Indian President Pratibha
Devisingh Patil at the presidential palace.
At the start of the function, the ...
THE QU Wireless Innovations Center (QUWIC) officially launched an innovative air quality monitoring system (HAWA'AK) with the commencement of a field trial at Qatar Science and ...
THE business chambers of India and Qatar on Monday signed a pact to set up a joint business council that will promote twoway trade and investment. The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry ...
SEVEN-TIME champion Al Rayyan Club, sans its injured star Tanguy Ngombo, vowed to work harder and improve its play when it comes face-to-face against holder Al Gharafa Club in the Emir Cup Basketball Championship's semi-finals .
FOR a while, the photographer Maxwell Snow's favourite subject was people with guns. He hung out and took pictures of gang members in South Central Los Angeles, attended a meet-up of white supremacists in Kentucky, embedded with an Army unit in Afghanistan ...
THE legendary Alain Robert, a French skyscraper climber nicknamed ´The Spiderman´, will climb the Torch Doha Hotel Tower for the first time on April 12. Robert is currently preparing for the ascent and will scale Doha´s highest building without a safety rope and harness. As he performs the unique climb of Doha´s iconic 300- metre-tall tower, the Guinness Book of Records representative will be present at the exciting event. Additionally, Alain Robert´s ...
NINE hotels across Qatar will be competing in four sport events as part of the 3rd Inter-Hotel Mini Beach Olympics 2012 which starts on Tuesday. The five-day event aimed at promoting camaraderie through sportsmanship among the hoteliers in the country was inaugurated through a ceremony held at the InterContinental Doha, the year´s Olympics host, on Monday. The participating hotels include Diplomatic Club, Four Seasons, La Cigale, Oryx ...
A pact to enhance cooperation in oil and gas exploration was among the six agreements inked on Monday between India and Qatar, which has the world´s third-largest natural gas reserves after Russia and Iran. The Emir His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani and India´s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held comprehensive talks on a whole gamut of bilateral ties, including boosting trade as well as energy cooperation and welfare of Indian workers ...
AL MEERA Consumer Goods Company´s shopping mall in Ain Khalid will be opened in 2014, and its concept would be replicated in another location north of Doha in the coming years, its vice-chairman has said. "The bids for the construction of the mall in Ain Khalid is expected to be invited in the second quarter of this year. The 45,000-square-metre mall will have 10,000 square metre hypermarket that will house electronic and furniture stores," ...
OIL prices fell more than $1 on Monday after Iran agreed to resume talks over its nuclear programme, easing fears of a supply disruption in the Middle East. Prices were also under pressure on concerns about the pace of US economic recovery after data last week showed US employers had hired far fewer workers in March than in previous months. Job growth in the world´s biggest oil consumer slowed to 120,000, the smallest increase since October. Brent crude ...
AOL ANNOUNCED plans to sell more than 800 patents to Microsoft in a $1.056 billion deal giving the struggling Internet pioneer a needed cash injection as it seeks to fend off pressure from shareholders. The deal also provides Microsoft with licenses to more than 300 additional patents and patent applications, AOL said in a statement. AOL chief executive Tim Armstrong said the deal "unlocks current dollar value for our shareholders and enables.
AMERICAN Bubba Watson parred the second sudden-death playoff hole to defeat South Africa´s Louis Oosthuizen and capture the 76th Masters on Sunday for his first major golf championship. The 33-year-old US left-hander became the eighth first-time major winner in a row and only the third southpaw to claim the green jacket symbolic of Masters supremacy after three-time winner Phil Mickelson and Canada´s Mike Weir. "I never got this far in my dreams, to talk."
VETERAN batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul hit his 25th Test century as West Indies piled-up 449 for nine declared to take a firm grip on the first Test against Australia on Sunday. At stumps on the second day at Kensington Oval, Australia had reached 44 without loss in reply with openers Ed Cowan on 27 and David Warner also unbeaten on 13. Chanderpaul batted for 386 minutes for his unbeaten 103, becoming the leading run scorer in Tests at the ...
STUTTERING Real Madrid have Barcelona breathing down its necks after its La Liga lead was cut to just four points following a 0-0 draw with third-placed Valencia on Sunday. Real started well with Cristiano Ronaldo hitting the post early on, but it was unable to maintain the impetus and Valencia also hit the woodwork in both halves through Ricardo Costa and Tino Costa. Karim Benzema was denied by a double save from keeper Vicente Guaita as Real pressed ...
ON Monday afternoon, in a small room hidden amid the swirling insanity that is the International Home and Housewares Show, Tom Mirabile showed off a sleek, stylish spoon with a twinkle in his eye. "It´s just love, you know," said Mirabile, who served as the show´s lifestyle trend forecaster . The steamy utensil was part of the Savora line, due on shelves later this year from Lifetime Brands, the giant housewares and kitchenwares company where Mirabile works as senior ...
SUPERMODEL and TV host Heidi Klum filed for divorce from her husband, the singer Seal, following the pair´s separation earlier this year, representatives for the couple said. Klum´s spokeswoman declined to give further details and said the Project Runway television star would not be making a statement. Seal´s spokeswoman also confirmed the divorce filing but offered no further comment. Celebrity website TMZ.com said divorce ...
THE Cannes International Film Festival red carpet is not indifferent to Bollywood presence and this time again a number of celebrities, including Aishwarya Rai, Arjun Rampal and Bipasha Basu are likely to attend the gala, to be held from May 16 to 27. Arjun is expected to make an appearance at the forthcoming 65th Cannes International Film Festival as the ambassador of liquor brand Chivas, the official partner of the event. He is likely to be accompanied by his ...
A PEACE plan for Syria was in
jeopardy on Monday as fresh
clashes raged after President
Bashar al Assad’s government laid
down conditions for it to pull
troops and armour out of protest
hubs.
QATAR’S sovereign wealth fund
has increased its stake in Xstrata
to just over 5 percent, potentially
making it easier for commodities
trader Glencore to buy the Anglo-
Swiss miner. Qatar is now
Xstrata’s third-largest shareholder
behind Glencore and asset manager
BlackRock, giving it exposure to
a metals powerhouse after missing
out on other recent deals.
THE legendary Alain Robert, a French skyscraper climber nicknamed ´The Spiderman´, will climb the Torch Doha Hotel Tower for the first time on April 12. Robert is currently preparing for the ascent and will scale Doha´s highest building without a safety rope and harness. As he performs the unique climb of Doha´s iconic 300- metre-tall tower, the Guinness Book of Records representative will be present at the exciting event. Additionally, Alain Robert´s ...
NINE hotels across Qatar will be competing in four sport events as part of the 3rd Inter-Hotel Mini Beach Olympics 2012 which starts on Tuesday. The five-day event aimed at promoting camaraderie through sportsmanship among the hoteliers in the country was inaugurated through a ceremony held at the InterContinental Doha, the year´s Olympics host, on Monday. The participating hotels include Diplomatic Club, Four Seasons, La Cigale, Oryx ... 
A pact to enhance cooperation in oil and gas exploration was among the six agreements inked on Monday between India and Qatar, which has the world´s third-largest natural gas reserves after Russia and Iran. The Emir His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani and India´s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held comprehensive talks on a whole gamut of bilateral ties, including boosting trade as well as energy cooperation and welfare of Indian workers ... 
AL MEERA Consumer Goods Company´s shopping mall in Ain Khalid will be opened in 2014, and its concept would be replicated in another location north of Doha in the coming years, its vice-chairman has said. "The bids for the construction of the mall in Ain Khalid is expected to be invited in the second quarter of this year. The 45,000-square-metre mall will have 10,000 square metre hypermarket that will house electronic and furniture stores," ...
OIL prices fell more than $1 on Monday after Iran agreed to resume talks over its nuclear programme, easing fears of a supply disruption in the Middle East. Prices were also under pressure on concerns about the pace of US economic recovery after data last week showed US employers had hired far fewer workers in March than in previous months. Job growth in the world´s biggest oil consumer slowed to 120,000, the smallest increase since October. Brent crude ... 
AOL ANNOUNCED plans to sell more than 800 patents to Microsoft in a $1.056 billion deal giving the struggling Internet pioneer a needed cash injection as it seeks to fend off pressure from shareholders. The deal also provides Microsoft with licenses to more than 300 additional patents and patent applications, AOL said in a statement. AOL chief executive Tim Armstrong said the deal "unlocks current dollar value for our shareholders and enables.
AMERICAN Bubba Watson parred the second sudden-death playoff hole to defeat South Africa´s Louis Oosthuizen and capture the 76th Masters on Sunday for his first major golf championship. The 33-year-old US left-hander became the eighth first-time major winner in a row and only the third southpaw to claim the green jacket symbolic of Masters supremacy after three-time winner Phil Mickelson and Canada´s Mike Weir. "I never got this far in my dreams, to talk." 
VETERAN batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul hit his 25th Test century as West Indies piled-up 449 for nine declared to take a firm grip on the first Test against Australia on Sunday. At stumps on the second day at Kensington Oval, Australia had reached 44 without loss in reply with openers Ed Cowan on 27 and David Warner also unbeaten on 13. Chanderpaul batted for 386 minutes for his unbeaten 103, becoming the leading run scorer in Tests at the ... 
STUTTERING Real Madrid have Barcelona breathing down its necks after its La Liga lead was cut to just four points following a 0-0 draw with third-placed Valencia on Sunday. Real started well with Cristiano Ronaldo hitting the post early on, but it was unable to maintain the impetus and Valencia also hit the woodwork in both halves through Ricardo Costa and Tino Costa. Karim Benzema was denied by a double save from keeper Vicente Guaita as Real pressed ...
ON Monday afternoon, in a small room hidden amid the swirling insanity that is the International Home and Housewares Show, Tom Mirabile showed off a sleek, stylish spoon with a twinkle in his eye. "It´s just love, you know," said Mirabile, who served as the show´s lifestyle trend forecaster . The steamy utensil was part of the Savora line, due on shelves later this year from Lifetime Brands, the giant housewares and kitchenwares company where Mirabile works as senior ...
SUPERMODEL and TV host Heidi Klum filed for divorce from her husband, the singer Seal, following the pair´s separation earlier this year, representatives for the couple said. Klum´s spokeswoman declined to give further details and said the Project Runway television star would not be making a statement. Seal´s spokeswoman also confirmed the divorce filing but offered no further comment. Celebrity website TMZ.com said divorce ...
THE Cannes International Film Festival red carpet is not indifferent to Bollywood presence and this time again a number of celebrities, including Aishwarya Rai, Arjun Rampal and Bipasha Basu are likely to attend the gala, to be held from May 16 to 27. Arjun is expected to make an appearance at the forthcoming 65th Cannes International Film Festival as the ambassador of liquor brand Chivas, the official partner of the event. He is likely to be accompanied by his ... 
