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Mowasalat steps in to ease Eid rush
DOHA: More than 100,000 people used public buses of Karwa on the eve of Eid Al Fitr. A number of people also used public buses to reach the early morning prayers on the first day of Eid.
The buses stopped at all the places where prayers were held.
The main bus terminal at Al Ghanim has been   [more...]
Posted on:9/22/2009

Banks’ loan deferment plan criticised
DOHA: The decision of some banks here to reduce loan deferment from four times a year to twice a year has not gone well with customers.
Under financial pressure due to summer holidays, Ramadan, Eid Al Fitr and the back-to-school season coinciding this year, some families feel banking services ber  [more...]
Posted on:9/22/2009

Emir arrives in New York today
Doha: The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani will arrive in New York today to take part in the 64th UN General Assembly meetings.
The Emir will be accompanied by H H Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor Al Thani an  [more...]
Posted on:9/22/2009

US weapons simulator in Bahrain
MANAMA: The Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron Three, Detachment of Bahrain on September 20 marked the installation of a $1.5m Littoral Combat Laser Shot Weapons Simulator (LCLSWS) used to train and qualify sailors in land and waterborne gunnery in support of security operations in the US 5th   [more...]
Posted on:9/22/2009

Man injured as lift falls
DOHA: A 37-year-old man suffered multiple fractures on his body after an elevator he took to go to the basement parking of a building suddenly fell to the ground.
The incident took place in Souq Najada recently and the man involved was an employee of Qatar Telecom which has an outlet there.
Th  [more...]
Posted on:9/22/2009

Who is responsible for safety?
DOHA: The tragic elevator incident raises some basic questions about the safety of elevators in buildings all over the country, including the mushrooming high-rise structures.
Who is to be blamed for the Souq Najada incident? It was sheer negligence on the part of those responsible for the mainte  [more...]
Posted on:9/22/2009

China commences world’s first mass flu vaccination
Beijing: China kicked off mass vaccinations for swine flu yesterday in Beijing, making it apparently the first nation in the world to start inoculating its population against the virus.
The Asian giant has been at the forefront of international efforts to produce an A(H1N1) influenza vaccine, wit  [more...]
Posted on:9/22/2009

Pressure match for hosts South Africa
CENTURION, South Africa: South Africa and Sri Lanka are set to play two frontline spinners apiece on what promises to be a turning wicket at Centurion Park for their Champions Trophy opener today.
The hosts, the International Cricket Council’s top-ranked one-day team, have off-spinner Johan Botha  [more...]
Posted on:9/22/2009

Ashes tour was like ‘booze cruise’: Flintoff
LONDON: Andrew Flintoff (pictured above) has likened England’s disastrous 2006/07 Ashes tour of Australia to a “booze cruise” and revealed how he smashed his own bat in despair as the tourists headed for a 5-0 whitewash.
The all-rounder, who retired from Test cricket after helping England regain   [more...]
Posted on:9/22/2009

Ponting not taken in by England’s spin
CHESTER-LE-STREET, England: Ricky Ponting insists Australia do not have a problem against spin bowling despite Sunday’s Graeme Swann-inspired defeat to England.
Off-spinner Swann took a career-best 5-28 on a turning Riverside pitch as Australia were bowled out for the lowest score of the one-day  [more...]
Posted on:9/22/2009