LAST week I stood before a military judge at Guantanamo Bay to argue that the press and public had a constitutional right to observe the proceedings of military commissions.
She's also a good pol. And though her people skills are far superior to Mitt's, it turns out that Ann is just as capable as her husband of turning an advantage into a disadvantage.
ISLAMABAD A PAKISTANI airliner with 127 people on board crashed in bad weather as it came in to land in Islamabad on Friday, scattering wreckage and leaving no sign of survivors.
DOHA THE Emir His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani and Her Highness Sheikha Moza on Friday hosted a dinner banquet at Al Wajba Palace in honour of Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife...
MAJOR emerging powers stood ready on Friday to pledge money to bolster the International Monetary Fund's crisis-fighting war chest, though Brazil was holding out for promises that their voting power at the...
THE annual two-week cinematic blitz that is the Tribeca Film Festival, began on Wednesday with the world premiere of the romantic comedy The Five-Year Engagement made by the team behind Forgetting Sarah Marshall...
DOHA QATAR University's College of Business and Economics recently felicitated 198 students (151 women and 47 men) who were named on the dean's list for achieving GPA 3.5 and above in Fall 2012. Dr Nitham Hindi, dean of the college, commended the students for the achievements at the honouring ceremonies where they were awarded certificates for the feat. QU Honours Programme Director Dr Ahmed Ibrahim, QU Scholarship Office Director Cesar Wazen, representatives from QU Student Affairs Office, college staff, faculty and students as well as parents and well-wishers attended the event. ...
DOHA QATAR Shell Research and Technology Centre (QSRTC) recently hosted a group of 64 TEDx Summit organisers from around the world at its centre located at the Qatar Science and Technology Park. According to a press release issued by Shell recently, the visitors toured the QSRTC facility and had an overview of the research being conducted at the centre during the visit. The TEDx Summit recently held in Qatar was the first to be held in the Middle East. The work at QSRTC is focused on the development and implementation of technologies that support Qatar's energy industry, specifically in the fields of Gas to Liquids (GTL)
DOHA AN ICT platform developed and owned by Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP) and Aspetar has been deployed by the city of Rome, in Italy for studies aimed at addressing prevalent health concerns. According to a press release issued by Qatar Foundation, the new technology, known as Rasad, is a wireless information transfer platform that enables real time remote monitoring using wireless sensors and is the first technology developed in Qatar outside the energy sector to be commercialised and exported. The application of Rasad was demonstrated during a presentation at the Campidoglio in Rome recently...
QATAR'S sovereign wealth fund has increased its stake in Xstrata to nearly 6.3 percent from 5 percent just 10 days ago and is now the second-largest holder in the miner ahead of its proposed $48.4-billion merger of equals with Glencore International. The QIA's latest build-up makes any attempt to block the deal more difficult. Many Xstrata shareholders are pushing for a better deal than the one on the table, in which Glencore will give 2.8 shares for each of Xstrata's shares. The transaction would give the combined company a market capitalisation of around $90 billion at the time the deal was announced. Qatar started building its stake in ...
GENERAL Electric topped Wall Street's profit and revenue forecasts for the first quarter, helped by strong demand for energy equipment and railroad locomotives. The largest US conglomerate said industrial orders had risen 20 percent in the quarter and that selling prices had improved in most of businesses. This should help Chief Executive Officer Jeff Immelt achieve his goal of boosting profit margins by a 0.5 percentage point this year. "We witnessed broadbased strength in orders across all our infrastructure businesses and in both equipment and services," Immelt said in a statement...
BERLIN GERMAN business confidence hit a nine-month high in April amid optimism about the growth outlook for Europe's biggest economy, a key survey released on Friday showed. The Munich-based Ifo institute said its closely watched survey edged up for the sixth consecutive month to 109.9 points in April, from 109.8 points in March. The increase came despite the ongoing economic and financial tensions unleashed by the debt crisis. But, releasing the survey, Ifo president Hans-Werner Sinn said: "The German economy shows itself resilient...
DOHA QATARI ace Nasser bin Saleh al Attiyah and his Spanish codriver Lucas Cruz Senra stormed through the third penultimate special stage in Toyota Hilux to be in sight of an outright victory in the Sealine Cross-Country Rally, on Friday. Spanish rider Marc Coma also came closer to his second victory in a row in the World Cup of Cross Country Rallies after the 357.99-km SS in the southern Qatar desert. Attiyah comfortably set the fastest time in the car category to extend his overall lead to a massive 46 minutes and 09 seconds on a day where Portugal's Paulo Goncalves won the motorcycle section and ...
DOHA JABOR Ali Mutawa and Mousa Zayed returned to the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex after a day's rest to upset Jordan in the Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV and raise prospects of taking Qatar into the promotion play-off battle. With the 2-1 victory over high-ranked Jordan, Qatar is at the second spot in the Pool B standings behind debutant Cambodia, who is undefeated in three matches in the week so far. Qatar's coach Amine Bustani was extremely elated with his team's performance in against Jordan. "It was a difficult match. We won the first singles but lost the other singles....
MADRID BITTER rivals Barcelona and Real Madrid meet on Saturday in the sixth 'Clasico' of the season to fight for three crucial points that will shape the destiny of this season's La Liga title. With five games remaining, Real Madrid go to the Nou Camp four points clear of their great rivals knowing that a win or draw will almost certainly break Barca's dominance and hand Jose Mourinho's side their first title in four seasons. Real were 10 points clear of the Catalans just over a month ago but have drawn three of the last seven games while Barca have won their last 11 league matches. Real's run, that has opened the door for Barcelona...
JAMES Cameron made headlines last month by successfully diving 6.8 miles (11 kilometres) to the deepest part of the Mariana Trench in a oneperson submersible called the Deepsea Challenger. Best known as a Hollywood director and now a National Geographic Society explorer-in-residence, Cameron is one of just three people to dive to Earth's deepest point, and the only one to be able to stay long enough to look around. Though Cameron and his team are hoping to discover more about the biology of the Mariana depths, geologists already know a lot about how the Mariana Trench formed – and why it's Earth's deepest spot.
THE industrial production of animal products is a nasty business. From mad cow, E coli and salmonella to soil erosion, manure runoff and pink slime, factory farming is the epitome of a broken food system. There have been various responses to these horrors, including some recent attempts to improve the industrial system, like the announcement this week that farmers will have to seek prescriptions for sick animals instead of regularly feeding antibiotics to all stock. My personal reaction has been to avoid animal products completely.
GABRIELLE Union got a bad reputation when she began dating Miami Heat player Dwyane Wade in 2009. The Think Like a Man actress, 39, was accused of stealing the NBA player from his wife Siohvaughn Funches — something she vehemently denies. In the April 12 issue of JET, Union explains why it's taken her so long to refute the rumours that she was a homewrecker. "I think people mistook me taking the high road as an admission of guilt.
AFP KANO SUSPECTED members of Islamist group Boko Haram have killed at least eight people, including a policeman, in separate attacks in restive northern Nigeria, police said on Friday.
