Oil slicks found in hunt for missing Malaysia jet
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Vietnamese air force planes on Saturday spotted two large oil slicks close to where a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 went missing earlier in the day, the first sign that the aircraft carrying 239 people had crashed.The air force planes were part of a multinational search operation launched after Flight MH370 fell off radar screens less than an hour after it took off from Kuala Lumpur for Beijing early Saturday morning.The oil slicks were spotted late Saturday off the southern tip of Vietnam and were each between 10 kilometers (6 miles) and 15 kilometers (9 miles) long, the Vietnamese government said in a statement. There was no confirmation that the slicks were related to the missing plane, but the statement said they were consistent with the kinds that would be produced by the two fuel tanks of a crashed jetliner.Two-thirds of the missing plane’s passengers were fr...
Indian airliner catches fire in Nepal; passengers safe
KATMANDU: A rear wheel of an Airbus A320 operated by an Indian budget airline caught fire after land...
China-bound Malaysian jet vanishes with 239 aboard
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Search and rescue crews across Southeast Asia scrambled to find a Malaysia A...
KSA tightens noose on Brotherhood terrorism
Saudi Arabia has declared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization and banned it and other organizations effective from March 8, according to an Interior Ministry statement.The ministry issued a list of banned organizations that includes the ‘Saudi Hezbollah’ movement, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, the Al-Nusra Front, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Al-Qaeda in Yemen, Al-Qaeda in Iraq, and the Houthis in...
Kingdom near ‘AAA’ rating
Saudi Arabia’s robust economy is clearly due for a further rating upgrade and this should take place sooner rather than later, says a top Riyadh-based economist. “The economy is on a solid footing and the rating agencies should take note of this and hopefully upgrade Saudi Arabia a notch up,” said John Sfakianakis, chief investment strategist at MASIC, a Riyadh-based investment firm. His comments came...

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OIC names envoy to Central African Republic
Iyad Madani, secretary-general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), has appointed a special envoy to the Central African Republic (CAR).A press statement rel...
Campaign to promote tolerance among...
A campaign to promote tolerance in society kicked off in Jeddah on Thursday under the slogan “A Tolerant Person is A Winner” with the aim to promote youths’ tolerance to challenges they may face in society.The 3-month campaign was launched by a Saudi non-profit organization ‘Rekaaz’ as part of a social responsibility drive...
Shoura study suggests 5-year jail for...
A Shoura Council study has proposed five-year jail terms and fines of up to SR500,000 for those found guilty of sexual harassment, including the abuse of children and persons with disabilities.A source said that these penalties are contained in draft anti-harassment legislation with tough provisions for male and female sex...
Denying children rights eyed as a...
The Ministry of Justice is considering a proposal that calls for the government to take criminal action against parents who deprive their children of education and registration of national identification as a result of marital disputes. According to the proposal, such parents would be referred to the Bureau of Investigation...

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Egyptian envoy ‘will not return to Qatar’

CAIRO: Egypt has welcomed the decision of three Gulf states to withdraw their en...
Yemeni accused of guiding US drone strikes ‘executed’

SANAA: Al-Qaeda militants shot dead a man in southeastern Yemen on Thursday for...

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Officer says US general sexually assaulted her

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina: An Army captain at the center of a sexual assault ca...
Kashmir: Police drop sedition charge against cricket fans

LUCKNOW: Police in northern India said they had dropped sedition charges against...

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Samsung offers free radio-streaming service in US

SAN FRANCISCO: Samsung Electronics Co. began offering a free radio-streaming ser...
Flipkart sales to exceed $1bn milestone this year

NEW DELHI: Flipkart, India's answer to US online giant Amazon, said Saturday its...

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Sri Lanka waltzes to Asia Cup title
DHAKA: Opener Lahiru Thirimanne hit a magnificent century to help Sri Lanka thump Pakistan by five wickets to regain the Asia Cup title in Dhaka on Saturday.The left-hand...
Barcelona suffers shock defeat at...
MADRID: Barcelona slumped to their third defeat in seven league games as they lost away to relegation-threatened Valladolid 1-0 on Saturday.Italian Fausto Rossi scored the only goal of the game as he slammed home from close range after 17 minutes.Valladolid goalkeeper Diego Marino was forced into four saves by Lionel Messi,...
Huntelaar trick ends Schalke crisis;...
BERLIN: Dutch striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar scored a hat trick and had a penalty saved as Schalke 04 bounced back from last week’s heavy defeats to ease past Hoffenheim 4-0 on Saturday and tighten their hold on fourth spot.Leaders Bayern Munich’s unstoppable march toward the Bundesliga title continued with Thomas Mueller and...
Arsenal into FA Cup semis; United wins...
LONDON: A rejuvenated Mesut Ozil helped Arsenal secure a place in the FA Cup semifinals for the first time since 2009 while Manchester United eased past West Bromwich 3-0 to keep alive its faint top-four hopes in the Premier League on Saturday.Arsenal beat Everton 4-1 at Emirates Stadium to become the first team through to...

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Saudi Press Roundup
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Shiraz Hasan
Dubious surveys
Arvind Kejriwal’s brief detention by police and an attack on his car in Narendra...
Neil Berry
Ghosts of the colonial past that haunt France
A British professor of French studies resident in Paris, Andrew Hussey became cu...
Muhammad Waqas
Pakistan really needs a census
AFTER a long gap of almost 15 years, the government of Pakistan has finally deci...

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ALJCI lauded for restoring sculptures

Makkah Gov. Prince Mishal bin Abdullah lauded Abdul Latif Jameel Community Initiatives (ALJCI) for its latest contribution to the community in restoring the sculptures along Jeddah’s waterfront and giving them a new home within the Jeddah Sculptures Museum.
Prince Mishal congratulated ALJCI President Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel, as well as...
Former slave trade town to bec...
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Video-gaming industry breaks culture bar...

It’s a city better known for its history and culture, but a new generation of mobile game developers is bringing a slice of Silicon Valley to Pakistan’s Lahore.
With open plan offices, mixed gender teams, gourmet catering and an emphasis on a fun atmosphere, the small but growing IT industry worth an estimated $2.8 billion is being led by y...
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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,...
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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...
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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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Will never join politics, says Aamir
Aamir Khan
MUMBAI: Leading Bollywood actor Aamir Khan on Friday said he is not interested in joining politics, and does not conside...
Benazir’s niece named for fiction prize
LONDON: Fatima Bhutto, the niece of assassinated Pakistani former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, has been nominated for the Women’s Prize for Fiction, the judges announced Friday.Bhutto is among 20 women on the long list for the award, which was formerly known as the Orange prize and is open to English-language novels from anywhere in the world.She is nominated for “The Shadow of the Crescent Moon,” her first attempt at fiction following several fact-based books, including a memoir of her family’s blood-soaked history.Bhutto is a fierce critic of her charismatic aunt, who twice served as...
British premier laughs off Twitter parodies of Obama call
LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday laughed off the widespread mockery of a photo he posted on Twitter of him looking serious while on the phone to US President Barack Obama. In a tweet to actor Patrick Stewart, one of those who had parodied Cameron’s photo, the premier posted a snap of a meeting with former US president Bill Clinton — “this time face to face, not on the phone.” On Wednesday, Cameron posted a photograph of himself discussing the situation in Ukraine in a telephone call with Obama. His grave expression was intended to convey the...

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