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Vietnam 'may have found missing jet's door'

KUALA LUMPUR: Vietnamese authorities searching waters for the missing Boeing 777 jetliner spotted an object Sunday that they suspected was one of the plane's doors, as international intelligence agencies joined the investigation into two passengers who boarded the aircraft with stolen passports. More than a day and half after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 went missing, no confirmed debris from the plane had been found, and the final minutes before it disappeared remained a mystery. The plane, which was carrying 239 people, lost contact with ground controllers somewhere between Malaysia and Vietnam after leaving Kuala Lumpur early Saturday morning for Beijing. The state-run Thanh Nien newspaper cited Lt. Gen. Vo Van Tuan, deputy chief of staff of Vietnam's army, as saying searchers in a low-flying plane had spotted an object suspected of being a door from the missing jet. I...

Arabs ‘must unite to defeat terror’

Saudi Arabia’s decision to declare regional militant and insurgent groups, including the Muslim Brot...

Grand Mosque imam’s advice: Put society before self

Selfishness causes many worries for society, according to Sheikh Saud Al-Shuraim, imam of the Grand...

India's Hamdard University gets $5m Saudi aid

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has ordered a financial assistance of $5 million to Hamdard University in India to fund the university’s educational projects, including a medical college, which will be named after the king, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Sunday.Sulaiman Abalkhail, president of Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University, signed an agreement with Dr. G.N. Qazi, vice chancellor of Jamia Ha...

Islamic sites to be developed in 3 years

The development of historic Islamic sites in the Kingdom would take three years, according to Prince Sultan bin Salman, president of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA).In a statement issued at the second Tourist Guides Forum hosted by Al-Ahsa municipality recently, Prince Sultan said this deadline was set by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah. The Cabinet recently gave the go-ahead for th...

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32,000 illegals held in Eastern Province

Col. Ziyad Al-Ruqaiti, spokesman for Eastern Province police, said 32,015 expatriates have been arrested in the province’s various cities, governorates and villages for v...

4 die in head-on collision in Qunfudah

Four people were killed and three were injured in a head-on collision on the Al-Zayed Road in Bani Zayed town, east of Qunfudah, late Friday.One car had on board a family of two men, three women and a child, while the other had only the driver inside.Both drivers died, in addition to the male passenger and one of the women,...

748 charities received SR753 million...

Charities in the Kingdom received SR753 million last year, according to the Ministry of Social Affairs. It said the number of charitable establishments affiliated with the ministry has reached 748 with 83 women’s charities. Recent reports from the ministry stated that the number of members of these charities exceeded 153,00...

Best of Arab artworks to go under the...

A number of art pieces by Saudi artists will be auctioned in Jeddah on Sunday. Arabian Wings is the first Saudi organization to launch publicly and officially an auction of contemporary art pieces.Arabian Wings launched the first auction dedicated to contemporary arts in Jeddah in early December 2011 in collaboration with S...

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Libya threatens to bomb N. Korean-flagged vessel

BENGHAZI: Libya threatened Saturday to bomb a North Korean-flagged tanker, which...

Israel brings Iranian ship to dock

EILAT, Israel: A ship allegedly carrying advanced rockets from Iran to Gaza that...

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Boeing Dreamliner makes emergency landing in Honolulu

TOKYO: Japan Airlines said its Dreamliner flight from Tokyo to San Francisco mad...

Malaysia launches terror probe over vanished jet

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has launched a terror probe into the disappearance of a p...

ECONOMY »

Tadawul: Energy, real estate sectors in limelight

Saudi Arabia’s benchmark Tadawul All-Share Index (TASI) continued its positive d...

Jeddah Economic Forum to discuss ways to create more jobs

Thirty Saudi and international figures joining the 2014 Jeddah Economic Forum (J...

SPORTS »

Wigan sends Man City crashing in FA Cup repeat

LONDON: Second-tier Wigan Athletic stunned Manchester City in the FA Cup for the second season running with a shock 2-1 quarter-final victory at a disbelieving Etihad Sta...

Friendster wins McDonald’s-Lifestylez...

Another year, another victory by a Filipino team in the 3rd annual McDonald’s-Lifestylez Jeddah 3-on-3 Basketball Championship.Friendster beat defending champion MGI Thunderous in overtime 17-15 in a thrilling final on Saturday that climaxed the two-day competition featuring 24 teams divided into Pool A and Pool B with pl...

Nadal survives; Federer, Murray through

INDIAN WELLS: Top seed Rafa Nadal survived a scare from Radek Stepanek before winning his BNP Paribas Open second round match in three tight sets at Indian Wells on Saturday.The Spaniard, in his first match as defending champion, was stretched to the limit before prevailing 2-6, 6-4, 7-5 in night match that lasted two hours...

Boone drives home point as Beermen rout...

Suddenly, and with good reason, San Miguel Beer is now having second thoughts as far as Josh Boone is concerned.Which team wouldn’t, especially if the man shoots 32 points, collars 21 rebounds and blocks two shots while providing a lot of the intangibles that have been critical in the Beermen’s second straight victory in th...

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Assad: Beneficiary of Ukrainian crisis

Syrian President Bashar Assad is taking advantage of the rift between Russia and...

Rasheed Abou-Alsamh

Shooting itself in the foot

Tiny Qatar has always liked to be different. And its immense wealth, which comes...

Rajeev Sharma

Can Kejri do without courting controversies?

Arvind Kejriwal is the shoot-and-scoot politician who first stokes a controversy...

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China’s assertiveness hardens Malaysian stance in sea disput...

KUALA LUMPUR: The submerged reef would be easy to miss, under turquoise seas abo...

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Best of Arab artworks to go under the ga...

A number of art pieces by Saudi artists will be auctioned in Jeddah on Sunday. Arabian Wings is the first Saudi organization to launch publicly and officially an auction of contemporary art pieces.
Arabian Wings launched the first auction dedicated to contemporary arts in Jeddah in early December 2011 in collaboration with Sunaidi Xpo, a le...

ALJCI lauded for restoring scu...

Former slave trade town to bec...

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY »

Candy Crush sweetens gaming for female a...

LONDON: With three young children and a full-time job, Emma Martini has little time for computer games. But every night she sits quietly at the end of her son’s bed to reassure him while he falls asleep — and plays Candy Crush.
“It stops me sitting there in the dark for 15 minutes staring at the wall!” the 32-year-old told AFP, laughing....

Video-gaming industry breaks c...

Facebook expands server farm i...

90 million videos viewed daily...

FASHION »

Shoes that speak luxury and a language

Women are crazy about shoes because the right pair can take an outfit to another level. Wearing comfortable, stylish shoes is the secret to self-confidence, which is surefire head turner.
And there is someone who thinks along the same lines and has taken shoe design to a whole new level. That person is none other than Anas Younes Shanaah,...

Najla Zainy: Good skin is key...

Fantasy, furs draw Milan week...

French revolution inspires ris...

TRAVEL »

Statue of pharaonic princess found in Eg...

Archaeologists in Egypt have found a nearly 3,500-year-old statue of the daughter of pharaoh Amenhotep III in the famed temple city of Luxor, the Antiquities Ministry said on Friday.
An Egyptian-European team uncovered the statue of princess Iset, 170 centimeters tall and 52 cm wide, during renovation work at the Amenhotep III mortuary temp...

Dubai food festival: A flavor...

Tourism sector to create 1.8m...

SCTA lauded for protecting Al-...

FOOD & HEALTH »

Potent new painkiller stokes alarm in US

WASHINGTON: A potent new painkiller hit the US market this week, despite warnings from top experts that the drug may deliver a deadly setback in America’s battle with opioid addiction.Zohydro ER can contain 10 times the amount of hydrocodone as the most popular prescription painkiller, Vicodin, and is easily crushable so it could be snorted, bearing none of the recent safeguards added to pills like OxyContin (oxycodone).In a nation where some 15,000 people die annually from prescription painkiller use, the drug’s approval has raised alarm among doctors, lawmakers and relatives of those lost to overdose.Two senators have launched an investigation into practices by the US Food and Drug...

Be proud to sleep on the job

Some forward-thinking companies such as Nike and Google offer places for their employees to nap. But for most workers, napping in the office is frowned upon. This is a shame given the long list of benefits from an afternoon nap. Here are eight reasons why we should embrace and encourage naps during the workday:1. Napping makes you more productive: Research has shown that naps refresh our bodies, make us more attentive and improve our moods. It’s in the best interest of employers and employees for everyone to be functioning at their best. Fatigue contributes to $18 billion a year in lost productivity. And when tired employees go home, they’re at an increased risk of being in a car crash.2....

Polio’s last stand on the Afghan-Pakistan border

Trundling across the Afghan-Pakistani border in a handcart, Shayma dismisses militant threats and conspiracy theories about polio vaccinators while her four children receive drops that could finally eradicate the crippling disease.About 1.3 million oral vaccinations are administered every year to children at the Torkham Gate crossing, the focal point of an intense global campaign to eradicate polio by 2018.But Afghanistan and Pakistan — two of the three remaining “endemic” polio nations — face a tough task due to fighting on either side of the border, Taleban opposition to vaccinations and rumors that the drops could cause impotency.Families hurrying through the Torkham mountain pass are...

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Shakira opens charity school in Colombia shanty

A girl kisses Colombian Singer Shakira during the inauguration of a school funded by her foundation...

CARTAGENA, Colombia: Lomas de Peye residents used to fear that a strong gust of wind from the Caribbean would be enough...

Pakistani actress Sana Khan dies in tragic road crash

JAMSHORO: Renowned Pakistani drama actress and model, Sana Khan, passed away following a road accident on Friday evening while her actor husband Babar Khan received critical injuries.According to local media reports, the newly married couple was going toward Hyderabad city from Karachi when the sorrowful accident took place on the highway.The most popular drama of Sana Khan that was aired on ARY digital is ”Parchaiyaan.”The car flipped over as Babar Khan lost control of the vehicle. Ambulances rushed the newly-wed couple to hospital, but Sana succumbed to her injuries before receiving first...

Will never join politics, says Aamir

MUMBAI: Leading Bollywood actor Aamir Khan on Friday said he is not interested in joining politics, and does not consider himself a social activist either, ndtv.com reported.Speaking with women journalists at Indian Women’s Press Corps (IWPC), Aamir said: “I don’t belong to the field of politics, I won’t be able to do well in politics. Why does one enter politics, to contribute to the society. I can contribute to the society from where I am. This is why I would not join politics.” He said an activist is one who takes up a cause close to his heart and lives with that. “I am just an entertainer...