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Sean Penn interview helped 'Chapo' capture: Mexico A meeting between US actor Sean Penn and Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in the Mexican jungle helped lead to the drug kingpin's capture this week, a Mexican official said Saturday. The US rock magazine posted online on Saturday an interview between Penn and Guzman as well as an October 2 picture showing the Oscar-winning...

US bomber flies over S. Korea as show of force against North The US sent a heavy bomber over South Korea on Sunday in a show of force as North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un insisted his country's latest nuclear test was carried out in self-defence. The test on Wednesday of what the North claimed was its first hydrogen bomb has sparked...

Launch QBX-Expo 2016 in Qatar, The First International Exhibition For support Services and Business Solutions Sedeer Media’s senior management team had the pleasure to hold a press conference, on 6/1/2016 to Announcing the launch of The First International Exhibition For support Services and Business Solutions 10-12 January 2016 Under the patronage of the Ministry of Economy and Commerce at Doha...

Qatar’s Ras Abu Aboud World Cup stadium to include waterfront community Qatar’s seventh stadium for the 2022 World Cup in Ras Abu Aboud will be redeveloped into a new “urban neighborhood” looking out toward West Bay after the tournament, architects have said. Local tournament organizers announced plans last month to construct the stadium near Hamad International Airport and the old Doha...

Report: Qatar construction costs still highest in the GCC Qatar continues to be one of the most expensive countries in the Gulf to build office towers, retail storefronts and homes, a new report has found. Though blue-collar workers earn relatively low wages, Doha still has some of the highest constructions costs in the region, according to an annual ranking by consulting...

Blatter, Platini now free to appeal bans - FIFA ethics committee Geneva (AFP) - FIFA's ethics tribunal said Saturday it had provided Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini with the reasons for its decision to ban them from football for eight years, clearing the way for them to appeal against the decision. "The adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee ... has...

Egypt hotel attack victims stable, witness recounts ordeal Three European holidaymakers wounded in an attack in an Egyptian resort were in stable condition on Saturday, as a witness recounted how the assailants burst into the hotel and stabbed guests. An elderly Austrian couple and a young Swedish man were hospitalised after the assault on Friday at the Bella Vista hotel in...

Touch-free car controls split world's drivers Germans love the latest wave of touch-free car controls, which respond to the flick of a wrist or the swipe of a hand, as it means no messy fingerprints on their spotless dashboards. Italians, known for an extravagant hand gesture or two, are not so sure. A simplistic stereotype, but it captures the split among...

Students for Road Safety Praised for 2015 Behaviour Change Campaign Qatar’s General Directorate of Traffic has praised Maersk Oil Qatar’s social investment road safety programme for helping address road deaths and injuries in the country. More than 4000 students experienced Students for Road Safety coaching in its state-of-the-art driving simulator and in schools and community events in 2015. Brigadier Mohammed Saad...

Macys cutting 4800 jobs closing dozens of stores NEW YORK -- Macy's is cutting up to 4,800 jobs and has slashed its profit outlook after a miserable holiday season. The nation's largest department store chain, which also operates upscale Bloomingdale's, said about 2,110 of the job cuts will come from reducing staffing levels at stores, eliminating duplications in back office operations...

Further NYE sexual assaults in Helsinki prevented by police tip Finnish police have reported an abnormally high number of sexual harassment cases in Helsinki on New Year's Eve. Police also said they received a tip about possible problems and increased security ahead of time. Finnish police reported on Friday that women in its capital city experienced an unusually high level of...

Qatari Expert on Quest to Continue to Improve the Quality of Patient Care Executive Director of the Corporate Quality and Patient Safety Program at Hamad Medical Corporation, Dr Moza Al Ishaq, PhD, is the first certified Root Cause Analyst in Qatar who is using her expertise to train local and regional healthcare professionals in the area of risk management to...

North Korea says it successfully conducts hydrogen bomb test Hong Kong (CNN) - North Korea says it has successfully carried out a hydrogen bomb test, which if confirmed, will be a first for the reclusive regime and a significant advancement for its military ambitions. A hydrogen bomb is more powerful than plutonium weapons, which is what North Korea used in its...

Qatar Airways Commences Daily Non-Stop Service to Los Angeles Qatar Airways rang in the New Year with a new daily, non-stop service between Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Hamad International Airport (DOH) in Doha, which started January 1. The new route features the airline’s landmark Boeing 777-200 and represents Qatar Airways’ first passenger service to the West Coast of...