Gulf Times - 2018-12-13

• Blockade made Qatar stronger on all fronts: Argentinea­n FM
• Qatar and China hold first round of strategic dialogue
• National Day celebratio­ns begin at Darb Al Saai
• Cabinet welcomes outcome of Amir’s visit to Malaysia
• Qatar condemns Strasbourg attack
• Ecuador president Moreno set to begin three-day visit to Qatar
• Minister for bolstering trade ties with Argentina
• Argentina eyes co-operation in science and technology
• Qatar Museums to host cultural programme at heritage sites
• Doha Forum set to begin on Dec 15
• Minister opens health centre for expat workers
• Interior Ministry to hold cultural and sports events for Asian communitie­s
• AZF’s National Day events get underway today
• Katara Hospitalit­y to launch ‘Local’ initiative
• Ooredoo, Qatar First Bank sign deal on data security
• German mega ship AIDA Prima in maiden call at Doha Port
• Special edition of Bang and Olufsen’s Beolab speakers and Beovision OLED TV unveiled
• Air India Express commences service from Doha to Kannur
• Top collection­s on show at Muscat’s largest jewellery fair
• MoI plays stellar role in meeting regional security challenges
• Qatar a pillar of regional stability: Polish ambassador
• National Day enhances sense of solidarity, says Japanese ambassador
• Yemen peace talks go down to the wire
• Four-year-old Gaza boy dies after troop firing
• Nobel laureate urges Iraq to probe fate of abducted Yazidis
• Tanzania picks firms to build disputed power plant on world heritage site
• Turkey to launch operation against Kurds in Syria
• Bodies found in mass graves near former IS bastion
• Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen sentenced to three years jail
• US officials ‘feel China linked Marriott hack’
• Canada to cap pilot flight hours
• Pentagon argument for bigger budget attacked
• Activists stage rally to mark one year of Reuters reporters’ arrest
• Lanka parliament demands ousted PM is restored
• Anguished search for Vietnam’s kidnapped brides
• 2 dead, dozens injured in Bangladesh clashes
• New Zealand holds candleligh­t vigils for murdered British backpacker
• Papuan rebels refuse Indonesia’s call to surrender over massacre
• North, South Korean soldiers enter each other’s territory
• Govt trying to force two disabled kids to leave UK
• Grenfell ‘fire could have been put out with simple extinguish­er’
• Driver charged over girl’s death 9 years after crash
• Missing woman found dead at hospital
• Court jails woman who faked her own kidnap
• Spanish PM hardens Catalonia stance
• Pope removes scandal-hit cardinals from inner circle
• As Modi takes a beating at polls, small parties see big chance
• Kamal Nath, Gehlot, Baghel front-runners for CM posts
• Voters rejected BJP’s vicious poll campaign, says Pawar
• Election losses in the Hindi heartland worry BJP in UP
• SC extends Assam NRC deadline by two weeks
• Welfare schemes help Telangana leader storm back to power
• Ambani home decked up for Isha’s wedding
• I’m not running away from country: Vadra
• Mexico govt’s Pemex plans rattle faith of debt-holders
• Chile drives electric vehicle rollout in Latin America
• Brazil healer denies abuse allegation­s
• Germany gets access to lithium deposit in Bolivia
• Govt rejects US blacklist for religious freedom violations
• Retirement age to be increased by 3 years in KP
• Officials discuss steps to fight drug traffickin­g
• Punjab to have five mother and child hospitals
• Urbanisati­on of hills threatens biodiversi­ty
• Mobile phone tax policy for visitors announced
• Congress approves martial law extension for south
• Comelec chief threatens airport staff
• From wars to Duterte, Ressa ‘holds the line’
• Agency to exclude six local officials from illegal ‘drug-list’
• The strengthen­ing case against Trump
• The political roots of falling wage growth
• Lies and artificial intelligen­ce
• CCQ celebrates QND with lineup of cultural activities

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