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| Platini renews call for winter World Cup |
| European football chief Michel Platini has renewed his calls for the 2022 World Cup to be staged in the middle of the European winter to avoid the summer heat of Qatar. |
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| Iran may halt oil exports to Europe |
| Fighting sanctions with sanctions in a trial of strength with the West over its nuclear ambitions, Iran warned yesterday it may halt oil exports to Europe next week in a move calculated to hurt ailing European economies. |
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| Stampede at school event |
| Three girls and a school nurse had to be admitted to the Hamad Hospital emergency with respiratory problems and minor injuries after a stampede at an event in a local middle school, local Arabic daily Arrayah reported yesterday. The school authorities said in a statement that the stampede had occurred when a large number of girls rushed to a classmate who swooned abruptly at a function. The event was for felicitating students who had obtained excellent grades. |
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| Boko Haram leader warns Nigeria forces |
| In an audio tape posted on the Internet, the purported leader of the Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram threatened to kill more security personnel and kidnap their families, and accused US President Barack Obama of waging war on Islam. In the 45-minute tape, a man’s voice in the main northern Hausa language claimed to be Abubakar Shekau. He said President Goodluck Jonathan would fail to stop their insurgency. |
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| Awqaf minister on visit to Mauritius |
| HE the Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Dr Ghaith bin Mubarak al-Kuwari left Doha yesterday for Mauritius for an official visit that also includes Thailand. The minister will attend the graduation ceremony of students of Doha Academy in Mauritius. In Thailand, he will participate in laying the foundation stone for the Sheikh Jassim bin Mohamed al-Thani Hospital. |
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| Suicide bomber kills 31 in Baghdad attack |
| A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-filled taxi near a Shia funeral procession in Baghdad yesterday, killing 31 people and bringing the death toll from violence since an Iraqi political crisis erupted in December to more than 400. The attack struck outside a hospital as the funeral procession was transporting the bodies of a family who had been killed in the capital on Thursday. |
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| Suicide bomber kills 31 in Baghdad attack |
| A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-filled taxi near a Shia funeral procession in Baghdad yesterday, killing 31 people and bringing the death toll from violence since an Iraqi political crisis erupted in December to more than 400. The attack struck outside a hospital as the funeral procession was transporting the bodies of a family who had been killed in the capital on Thursday. |
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| PMs review bilateral ties |
| HE the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor al-Thani yesterday received a phone call from British Prime Minister David Cameron . They reviewed bilateral relations and the latest developments in the region. |
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Gulf Drilling International (GDI) has placed an order for two land rigs (GDI-5 and GDI-6) with Lanco Well Services Inc (Lanco), a rig builder based in Victoria, Texas, expanding GDI’s land rig fleet from four to six rigs with all six rigs operating in Qatar under contracts with Qatar Petroleum.
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The director general of Qatar Orphan Foundation (Dhreima) has said that the foundation had been promoting itself as a home for brief stay rather than a permanent one.
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As people throughout Doha look ahead to what the rest of 2012 has to bring, the Qatar Animal Welfare Society (QAWS) is preparing itself to continue to provide its much needed services to the community in Qatar.
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A suicide bomber set off an explosives-packed car outside a Baghdad hospital yesterday, killing 31 people in the capital’s deadliest day in a month, amid a political crisis that has stoked tensions.
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The Philippines is considering a US proposal to deploy surveillance aircraft on a temporary, rotating basis to enhance its ability to guard disputed areas in the South China Sea, the Philippine defence minister said yesterday.
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President Barack Obama, appearing before thousands of cheering students at the University of Michigan, touted his plan yesterday to reward colleges that keep their tuition under control with more federal aid as he makes school affordability a top election-year priority.
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Australian indigenous leaders said yesterday that they were appalled at the disrespect shown to Prime Minister Julia Gillard after she had to be dragged to safety from furious Aboriginal rights protesters.
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