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Genie would be laughing.
Four men in India, one of them a police driver, landed behind bars Thursday after they attempted to sell a "genie in a bottle" to an unsuspecting man in West Bengal's Burdwan city.
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According to NDTV, the con began after Tapas Roy Choudhury, the victim, was informed by a friend that there was a merchant in Burdwan selling a $15,000 "ghost" that would grant...
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10:44 23.01.2018(updated 10:58 23.01.2018)Get short URL
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Pulling over to the side of the road to pray is not uncommon among bus drivers and other motorists in the United Arab Emirates. Now, however, they will most likely think twice before doing so in the nation's capital.
Abu Dhabi Police have announced that drivers who stop their vehicles in undesignated...
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BUSINESS
13:32 22.01.2018(updated 14:25 22.01.2018)Get short URL
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The Saudi government is looking for support from private-sector banks in the restructuring of its international syndicated loan as the nation steps up its effort to assert itself in the global capital markets.
Kristian Rouz – Saudi government asks the nation’s banking sector for assistance in refinancing its $10-billion international loan, as well as raising...
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EUROPE
10:43 22.01.2018(updated 16:40 22.01.2018)Get short URL
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In addition to posing financial difficulties and severe integration problems, it's been found that the migrant crisis in Sweden has a morbid underside in the form of unethical sexual relations between the newcomers and staff.
Three women employed at a refugee accommodation center...
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Amena Khan posted tweets critical of Israel's war in Gaza
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23 Jan 2018 - 0:40
QIB headquarters at Grand Hamad Street.
The Peninsula
Doha: Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) has been named “Best Islamic Bank in Qatar” by Islamic Finance News (IFN), the world’s leading Islamic finance publication. QIB also won two more awards “Best Deal of the Year in Qatar” and the “Structuring Deal of the Year”. The prestigious awards mark QIB’s...
By Nick Zazulia | January 22, 2018
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Single European Sky ATM Research Joint Undertaking and the Qatar Civil Aviation Authority have signed an agreement pledging increased cooperation between the two organizations beginning immediately.
The groups hope that the exchange of data and experience will “create more interoperability between” ATM systems, according to QCAA Chairman Abdulla Nasser Turki Al Subaey.
Beyond attempting to...
20 Jan 2018 - 12:59
UAE has omitted Qatar from a world map. Photo Credit: Twitter/@Dr_Ulrichsen
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DOHA, Qatar: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has omitted Qatar from a world map exhibited at a recently opened Louvre museum in Abu Dhabi, according to a veteran observer of Gulf affairs.
In an analysis piece written earlier this week entitled “The UAE/Qatar...
23 Jan 2018 - 10:36
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By Barbara Bibbo | Al Jazeera
Geneva, Switzerland: The UK police is actively investigating a group of United Arab Emirates officials for torture and cruel treatment inflicted on several Qatari nationals, a human rights lawyer has said.
The Emiratis may be questioned and arrested if they were to enter the UK under the...
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Today the global leg of the FIFA World Cup™ Trophy Tour by Coca-Cola kicked off with an official launch ceremony in London, with former FIFA World Cup™ winners Sir Geoff Hurst of England and Andrea Pirlo of Italy on hand to celebrate and send the FIFA World Cup Original Trophy off on its worldwide journey.
Starting today,...
17 Jan 2018 - 12:34
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LG Electronics (LG) is again setting trends in the air purifier market with the availability of its latest PuriCare air purifier equipped with advanced air purification technology. Boasting cutting-edge air filtration system and air purifying technologies, users now can have instant access to fresh, clean air throughout their homes.
“As people in the Gulf are...
22 Jan 2018 - 2:13
Hamad Al Khaja of QTA (right) announces one of the lucky winners of the second weekly raffle draw held at Hyatt Plaza Mall on Thursday.
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DOHA: The second week of Shop Qatar 2018 generated more than QR15m of spending represented by over 78,000 vouchers entered into the weekly draw on Thursday, organisers Qatar Tourism Authority...
22 Jan 2018 - 1:19
Qatar under-23 football players pose for a photograph following a training session in Changzhou, China yesterday.
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CHANGZHOU: Captain Ahmed Moein said he will be relying on the fighting spirit of his players when Qatar take on Vietnam in the semi-finals of the AFC U-23 Asian Cup tomorrow.
On Friday, Qatar edged Palestine 3-2 to seal their...




































