Oman Daily Observer - 2018-03-04

• REVAMP OF ORANGE TAXIS
• Syrian forces advance in battered Ghouta
• Relief as fee increase postponed
• HM’S craft awards winners feted
• Over 700,000 vehicles recalled since 2013
• Over a million visitors throng Muscat book fair
• Animal lover turns hobby into running private zoo
• Need water, please!
• Sohar to host forum on English language teaching tomorrow
• OBG hails Sultanate’s progress in air transport, logistics
• New phase of Zimam programme to benefit underprivi­leged children
• NCSI: Gross loans and finance by commercial banks rise 6.4 per cent
• CBO to launch GDB by auction method
• Iraq adopts budget, cutting allocation­s for Kurds
• Turkish strikes kill 36 pro-govt fighters in Syria’s Afrin enclave
• North Korea threatens to ‘counter’ US over military drills with South
• Three die from melon contaminat­ed with listeria
• MH370 hunt likely to end by mid-june
• China pledges friendship with Taiwan amid row
• Develop habit of reading in children
• Schools must deliver quality learning experience­s
• In Mosul, hundreds fear arrest for sharing names with extremists
• Planned Indian military base stirs Seychelles controvers­y
• Opened bathroom to find Sri dead: Boney
• BJP bags Tripura from Left, Meghalaya hung
• Student who killed parents at US university in custody
• 7 killed, over 1 m without power as massive storm pounds US
• Putin promises ‘victories’ for Russia at star-studded rally
• Snow: Ireland, Britain grind slowly back to normal
• Young men more vulnerable to mental illness than women
• Foundation laid for $365m Philex Pharma at SFZ
• Investment­s in Duqm petrochem hub projected at $20 billion
• Crowe Horwath Chairman lauds Oman’s regulatory framework
• Invest Easy issued 2,525 profession­al offices licences last year
• Efforts on to source more fruits, vegetables from South Africa
• Omantel is MENA’S 3rd largest telecom group in wake of Zain stake purchase
• Market recovers but trades remain thin
• Omantel, Huawei ink pact for smart city solutions for Al Mouj Muscat
• Foundation laid for $365m Philex Pharma at SFZ
• EU may target $3.5 bn of US imports for trade retaliatio­n
• Snap up $1 from its IPO price
• Arcelormit­tal stands by $1 billion Mexico pledge despite trade threats
• ‘Trade wars are good,’ Trump says, defying global concern over tariffs
• Broadcom plans to return to US in May
• Multidimen­sional Initial Coin Offering analysis
• Mobile network equipment makers eye 5G windfall
• A question of interest over GM Korea rescue
• Artificial eye to help correct blurry images
• Ocean acidificat­ion is a threat to coral reefs
• LG unveils V30S Thinq packing 6 GB of RAM, AI lens
• The Moon will get its own 4G network in 2019
• NEYMAR’S GOLDEN FOOT TO GO UNDER THE KNIFE
• Football’s laws body approves VAR for World Cup
• Road Warriors sink Hawks, Curry tweaks ankle
• Second seed Pouille survives Sugita to reach Dubai semis
• Saudi Arabia’s Pizzi optimistic despite World Cup challenges
• Bangladesh’s Shakib ruled out of Sri Lanka tri-series
• England hold nerve to beat New Zealand by four runs
• Bancroft half-century helps Australia tighten grip
• Assarain, PTI, Enhance win as T20 Premier League kicks off
• US teen golf star Korda tops leaderboar­d in Singapore
• SHARMA upstages big names to take halfway lead in Mexico
• Antarctica, a laboratory for climate change
• Lacoste swaps its crocodile for logos of endangered species
• Tattoos discovered on mummies after millennia under wraps
• ‘Emoji Movie’ swoons below Cruise, Gibson at ‘worst in film’ Razzies
• When colour & water mix

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