Oman Daily Observer - 2017-09-21

• RUSH-HOUR MISERY: MINOR ACCIDENTS, MAJOR HOLD-UPS
• His Majesty, world leaders greet on Hijri Year
• Workshop on Insurance and Risk Management held in Salalah
• Residents seek hefty penalties to check litterbugs
• Meet sheds light on Alzheimer’s Disease
• Duqm, Sohar, Salalah airports shine in 2017
• Net electricit­y production grows 8 per cent till July end
• Oman heritage to go on show at global maritime event in France
• Airline’s extra fee for carrying TVs to Lanka
• US-backed force seizes 90 per cent of Raqa
• Turkey threatens sanctions over Kurdish independen­ce vote
• Bangladesh army to help build shelters for Rohingya refugees
• S Korea says Trump’s warning to North Korea ‘firm and specific’
• Australia says first refugees to be resettled in US under swap deal
• Pakistan, US vow to remain engaged
• Fire kills six people in clothing factory
• Heat drives India’s farmers from fields to cities
• Trump’s UN speech redefines US role in the world
• Wildlife pays the price of Kenya’s illegal grazing
• Heavy rains batter Mumbai yet again; air and rail traffic hit
• Country has averted a million child deaths since 2005: Study
• No floor test, no elections in 18 seats: Madras HC
• Frantic search for survivors of deadly Mexico quake, 217 killed
• Hurricane Maria slams Puerto Rico with high rains
• Kenya court blames polls commission
• More than 50 countries — none from Nato — sign treaty for nuclear ban
• London’s Parliament Square to get its first statue of a woman
• A century on, royal family’s letters return to Russia
• Maiden mid-air refuel ensures supplies to Antarctic station
• Asia firms’ sentiment slips on geopolitic­al tensions
• Concept developed for new water and wastewater sector structure
• 21.6 million barrels of oil auctioned on DME
• Insta8 and Omantel collaborat­e on ‘Amazing Happens Together’
• First smart offices and solar power for buildings exhibition all set in Suhar
• Oman, South Korea discuss cooperatio­n in SEZAD
• PDO hosts profession­al Omani translator event
• Stocks steady, dollar shaky as investors wait on Fed
• Airbus opens first plane completion centre in China
• ThyssenKru­pp, Tata to merge steel operations
• Lebanon passes new petroleum tax law
• Quercus plans $600m Iran solar project
• How $5 billion of debt caught up with Toys ‘R’ Us
• Fed conflicted by tepid inflation, economic rebound
• Britain pushes ahead with nuclear projects
• CHINA RISES
• Al Shabab set for Al Nasr challenge, Al Suwaiq eye win
• MESSI HITS FOUR AS BARCA ROMP
• Pakistan bans Latif for 5 years over spot-fixing
• Bairstow propels England to win
• Liverpool rocked, Alli lifts Spurs
• James hits first Bundesliga goal as Bayern go top
• Close shave as Icardi rescues Inter Milan
• Leaner and meaner Premier League promises edge of seat drama
• MUGURUZA stuffs Puig to reach quarters

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Oman Daily Observer - 2017-09-22