Oman Daily Observer - 2017-10-27

• Iceland, Norway best for women; Syria, Afghanista­n worst
• Omantel to buy 12.1% in Zain for RO 520m
• Science festival shows off creative innovation­s
• Youth Day opportunit­y to recognise achievemen­ts
• Tanfeedh fisheries labs conclude
• Experts discuss healing powers of frankincen­se
• WHERE TRADITION AND DEVELOPMEN­T GO HAND IN HAND
• UN rejects Myanmar claim of nod for houses for refugees
• Thais bid final goodbye to late King Bhumibol
• North Korea official: take H-bomb threat ‘literally’
• Duterte orders army to form new battalions
• Abadi for scrapping vote outcome
• Demolition­s leave S Sudan refugees homeless:
• New round of Syria talks to begin on November 28
• Red Cross says has access to IS families held near Mosul
• New Dutch cabinet sworn in after record coalition talks
• Catalan leader set to call regional polls
• Italy adopts electoral law that could hobble populists
• UP CM visits Taj, vows to conserve Agra’s history
• Govt plans to convert old train coaches into homeless shelters
• Pushkar death: Swamy plea dismissed
• Scientists discover ‘fish lizard’ fossil
• Kenya protests prompt partial vote delay
• Judge rejects bid by 18 states to revive Obamacare subsidies
• Brazil’s Congress rejects corruption case against President Temer
• Ancient skull from oldest tsunami victim: Scientists
• Stormy political journey of Pakistan’s ex-PM
• Xi takes short cut to China’s Communist pantheon
• Al Qaim last IS bastion
• China court orders would-be divorcees to ‘cool off’
• Alphabet: Kazakh leader orders switch to Latin letters
• L OCTOBER 27
• ECB to scale back stimulus from 2018
• Amazon stretches delivery arm inside houses
• US business spending on equipment robust, new home sales surge
• New Saudi mega-city will be listed publicly: Crown prince
• Omantel signs deal to drive digital transforma­tion
• Oil slips on higher US crude inventorie­s, production
• Barclays banks soaring quarterly net profit
• Google and Cisco join forces in the cloud
• Deutsche Bank Q3 profit more than doubles
• Ko leads Feng in Malaysia
• Lakers win gives Ball last word on Wizards’ Wall; Thunder cruise
• Koepka leads WGC event in Shanghai
• Brewster blasts Brazil to send England to Under-17 final
• West Ham beat Spurs, Chelsea sink Everton
• Mertens scores as Napoli race to top
• CONTE HAPPY WITH CHELSEA PROGRESS
• Bayern beat 10-man Leipzig on penalties
• INDIA THRASH KIWIS TO LEVEL SERIES
• Neymar must learn from sending-off, says Emery
• Sarfraz rejected spot-fixing approach
• Wants to seal title with win
• Venus stuns Muguruza to keep year-end bid alive

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