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France poised to ink 36-fighter-jet deal with Qatar French group Dassault Aviation is poised to sign a multi-billion-euro deal with Qatar for 36 of its Rafale fighter jets, sources close to the negotiations said Thursday, the third foreign order this year. Having struggled for years to sell any of its Rafale jets abroad, Dassault has recently scored several lucrative, high-profile contracts...

Boy pulled from Nepal quake rubble in rare moment of joy Earthquake survivor Pema Lama, 15, is rescued by the Armed Police Force Rescuers pulled a 15-year-old boy alive from the rubble of Nepal's massive earthquake on Thursday, five days after the disaster which is now known to have killed more than 5,500 people. The teenager's rescue from the ruins of a...

Abbey Clancy is the ultimate rock chick as she models her new range of leopard dresses and sexy jumpsuits for Matalan »» Abbey, 29, has released her SS15 campaign, which was shot in December »» Star has given her designs a 70s twist and added fun prints and new shapes »» Mother-of-one is just days away from giving birth New shots of Abbey...

About this recipe: The combination of coffee, chocolate ice cream, chocolate syrup and whipped cream makes this a perfect pick-me-up drink. A very decadent mocha iced coffee. Ingredients 1½ cups (375ml) cold coffee 1½ cups chocolate ice cream 1/4 cup (60ml) chocolate syrup crushed ice 1 cup (250ml) whipped cream Directions Prep:5min › Ready in:5min Serves: 4 In a blender, combine coffee, ice cream and chocolate syrup. Blend...

The top 3 health benefits of eggplant Following are top 3 health benefits of eggplants: »» High in Nasunin The antioxidant, nasunin, is found in the skin of eggplants. In 2005, a study published in a scientific journal reports that the nasunin in eggplant skins has antiangiogenic properties. According to experts, cancer cells can gain angiogenesis ability and develop a means to...

Sheikha Al Mayassa Honours Executive Leadership Programs Graduates Doha, April 28 (QNA) - HE Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad Al -Thani, Board Chairperson of Qatar Leadership Centre (QLC) honoured 94 Qataris who have completed the Executive Leadership Programs, Future Executive Leaders,, and Government Leaders program 2014 2015, at a ceremony held this evening at the Four Seasons Hotel. The event was...

‘Biggest’ environmental project in the world opens in Qatar HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani and HE the Minister of Energy and Industry Dr Mohamed bin Saleh al-Sada The $1bn Jetty Boil-Off Gas Recovery (JBOG) Project in Ras Laffan, described as the “biggest environmental project in the world”, was inaugurated by HE...

White House: Obama receives Abe, lauds Japan friendship Barack Obama has welcomed Shinzo Abe to the White House for a rare official visit. The US president and Japanese prime minister were greeted with cheers by school children waving flags of their two countries. Obama is hosting Abe during a visit to showcase deeper defense ties and advance a Pacific trade pact...

Nigeria's army rescues nearly 300 women from Boko Haram Soldiers in Nigeria have managed to free the women from a Boko Haram stronghold in the country's northeast. The army said the girls aren't those abducted from their school dormitories last year in Chibok. Nigerian troops destroyed and cleared four militant camps, and rescued 200 abducted girls and 93 women during an...

Baltimore curfew holds amid reports of renewed protests in Ferguson A curfew enforced following two days of riots in the US city of Baltimore has been largely followed. Social media users and local media, however, have reported protests reignited violence in Ferguson, Missouri. Authorities imposed the emergency seven-hour at 10:00 p.m. local time on Tuesday (0200 UTC Wednesday) in a bid...

Nepal urges better international aid coordination Nepal has urged the world not to "dump" inappropriate aid on the earthquake-hit nation amid its logistics nightmare. Fights and looting have broken out as survivors cope with lack of clean water, food and medicine. Nepal's disaster management head Ram Kumar Dahal said on Wednesday only specific relief, such as such as tents, medics to...

Emergency vehicles in Qatar get green light thanks to traffic sensors To make it easier for ambulances to get through congestion in Qatar and improve their response times, some 80 key intersections across Doha have been fitted with new sensors that override traffic signals, giving emergency vehicles priority, the public works authority has announced. The Emergency Vehicle Preemption System (EVPS) allows...

10 Pakistanis, Indian killed in Saudi collapse At least 10 construction workers from Pakistan and one from India were killed in the collapse of a convention centre being built in Saudi Arabia, an Asian diplomatic source said on Tuesday. The building, at a university in Qassim northwest of the capital Riyadh, collapsed on Monday. The bodies of six Pakistanis had been pulled...

QRC provides field hospital for quake-hit people in Nepal Doha - A TEAM of Qatar Red Crescent's (QRC) 20 professionals and volunteers left Doha on Monday for Kathmandu to implement quick assessment of damages inflicted by the devastating earthquake that hit Nepal on Saturday. The relief team will also distribute shipments of emergency relief materials that include food packages, hygiene...