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Black Bean and Corn Salad II Ingredients 1/3 cup fresh lime juice 1/2 cup olive oil 1 clove garlic, minced 1 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper 2 (15 ounce) cans black beans, rinsed and drained 1 1/2 cups frozen corn kernels 1 avocado - peeled, pitted and diced 1 red bell pepper, chopped 2 tomatoes, chopped 6 green onions, thinly sliced 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro (optional)   Directions PREP: 25 mins READY IN:...

The Best Oral Spring Cleaning Tips to Get You Healthy (1) Toss Out your Old Toothbrush If your toothbrush looks like it has been cleaning tile grout for the past two months, then maybe it’s time to get a new one. Spring is a time of renewal and a new toothbrush will help you, and your mouth feel perfectly refreshed. It...

Here's the hierarchy of luxury brands around the world A model at Milan Fashion Week.Photo: REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo Brands are the best way to show off wealth, and there is a flood of new millionaires around the world who like showing off. "The brands bought are actually more important than the level of money earned," HSBC managing director Erwan Rambourg writes in his...

PewDiePie hit with near 100,000 kronor tax fine PewDiePie told radio listeners about his life on his own episode of the SR Summer programme. The world-famous Felix "Pewdiepie" Kjellberg has been told to pay an extra SEK 92,347 by the tax agency, over a mistake in his tax return for 2013. He is reported by Expressen to not have included profits...

Qatar court upholds death penalty ruling for Lauren Patterson’s killer A panel of Qatar appeal judges has endorsed the lower court sentences given to two men convicted in the murder of British teacher Lauren Patterson. “There was a consensus that the sentence would be upheld,” a judge told a busy courtroom this morning. That means the death penalty ruling handed to Badr...

Russia plans to export halal chicken to Qatar by year-end Qatar residents may have a new poultry option – Russian chicken – to choose from at the supermarket this year, after Qatari and Russian authorities signed an agreement that would help address the Gulf state’s ongoing shortage of the birds. Speaking to Doha News, a Russian embassy official confirmed that representatives...

Five things to know about the 2015 Qatar International Food Festival The annual Qatar International Food Festival (QIFF) is scheduled to kick off tomorrow (Tuesday) evening at the Museum of Islamic Art Park and run through Saturday, March 28. Now in its sixth year, the focus will still be on food, but organizers are also hoping to draw large crowds with...

HH the Emir Meets Pakistani President Doha, March 23 (QNA) - HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani arrived today met with President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain at the presidential palace in the Pakistani capital Islamabad. The meeting reviewed relations between the two countries and means of developing them in various fields specially areas of...

Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan sign Nile agreement Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir (C) shakes hands with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-sisi and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn in Khartoum March 23, 2015. (Reuters) Leaders from Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia signed a declaration of principles on Monday relating to Ethiopia's Renaissance Dam on a tributary of the River Nile.’ Egypt, which relies almost...

Tunisia fires top security chiefs after attack Tunisian police officers guard the entrance of the National Bardo Museum in Tunis March 19, 2015. (Reuters) Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid fired six leading security officials on Monday, including the head of tourist security, after three gunmen attacked a renowned Tunis museum, killing 21 in the deadliest attack on tourists in Tunisia in...

Amid tensions, Greek PM Tsipras meets Chancellor Merkel in Berlin Greece's new prime minister has begun a much-anticipated meeting with the German chancellor in Berlin. His first visit to Germany since taking office was meant to reduce heightened tensions between Athens and Berlin. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was greeted with full military honors at the chancellery in Berlin on Monday,...

Minister attacked with fire extinguisher Säpo detained the suspect and moved the minister out of the way. Photo: Dajana Kovacevic/Sveriges Radio. A man has doused the Minister for Justice and Migration with a fire extinguisher. The minister, of the Social Democrat Party, was visiting a refugee home in Broby in a former hospital and was unharmed in the attack, when a man...

Qatar to receive more rain today Owing to rains, traffic movement was affected on flooded roads in and around Doha yesterday. Children racing on bicycles on a flooded internal street in Doha. Qatar received substantial showers yesterday, coinciding with World Water Day, with more thundershowers and lightning forecast for today. The rain, which started in the early hours yesterday, left many streets...

Lekhwiya a win away from fourth Stars League title Lekhwiya's Khaled Muftah (left) celebrates his goal against Al Arabi with teammates. Lekhwiya have all but secured their fourth Qatar Stars League title after rallying to a 3-1 victory over former giants Al Arabi at the Jassim bin Hamad Stadium yesterday. In somewhat surreal conditions for Qatar – with the rain pelting...