Bahrain on Sunday called for the repatriation of 107 Bahraini professional and amateur fishermen held by Qatar. “The ministers of interior and municipalities and agriculture have been tasked by the government to monitor the conditions of the Bahraini fishermen held in Qatar and to coordinate with their counterparts in Doha to ensure their safe...
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The High Criminal Court on Sunday said that it would issue its verdict in the case of the alleged killers of a Pakistani national on July 5. The 10 defendants are charged with causing the death of Shaikh Mohammed Riaz after they planned an attack on a police patrol at the entrance of Maameer,...
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Islamic Action Society (Amal) has linked its participation in the forthcoming legislative elections with the chances of winning a seat in parliament, reports have said. The society that appeals mainly to Shiite followers of Ayatullah Hadi Al Mudarrisi and who are known as “the Shirazi faction”, boycotted the elections in 2002 and 2006, ostensibly...
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Egyptian president Hosni Muabrak has given assurances to Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa that he would be a candidate for a third five-year term, a Kuwaiti newspaper reported. “Cairo has already started coordinating with Riyadh, the Saudi capital, to ensure Arab support for the nomination, particularly that several Arabs countries, mainly in the...
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The Indian embassy has told the Indian schools in Qatar that the safety, security and well-being of their students are their responsibility alone. Addressing a monthly community meeting, Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa, India’s ambassador in Qatar, said that the community school operators have often been told that they should not compromise on the safety and...
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Qatar Charity has completed the construction of Kosovo’s second largest mosque at a cost of QR 1.4 million ($385,000). “The Mosque consists of three floors and includes special classes for teaching the Holy Quran and Arabic language,” Mahmood Abbas, Qatar Charity’s representative in Kosovo said. “The mosque, built on an area of 800 square...
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