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Thursday, 17 March, 2011
RAMALLAH — Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas said he was ready to go to Gaza this week for talks with Hamas about ending the split and forming a interim government.
Abbas said he was ready to go to Gaza “tomorrow” for talks with Hamas about ending the bitter split.
“I am ready to go to Gaza tomor
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Thursday, 17 March, 2011
WASHINGTON — A new laser device could make high-speed computing faster and more reliable, opening the door to a new age of the Internet.
Professor Dennis Deppe at the University of Central Florida has made miniature laser diodes that emit more intense light than those currently used.
The light emi
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Thursday, 17 March, 2011
LONDON — Wealthy migrants from outside the European Union will be allowed to settle more quickly in Britain to help stimulate inward investment and attract entrepreneurs, the government said yesterday.
Immigration Minister Damian Green said that he was announcing the change to draw the “brightest a
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Thursday, 17 March, 2011
LAHORE — A Pakistan court yesterday freed a CIA contractor accused of double murder after $2 million in blood money was paid to the families of the dead, ending a damaging row with the United States.
Raymond Davis, remanded in jail since he shot dead two men in Lahore on January 27, said he acted i
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Wednesday, 16 March, 2011
Lt Gen Hassan bin Mohsin al Shraiqi, Inspector-General of Police and Customs, took oath before His Majesty Sultan Qaboos at Bait al Baraka yesterday. — Picture by Mohamed Mustafa
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Wednesday, 16 March, 2011
His Majesty Sultan Qaboos has received a cable of thanks from Shaikh Sabah al Ahmed al Jaber al Sabah, Emir of Kuwait, in reply to His Majesty’s greetings cable on the occasion of his country’s National Day. Shaikh Sabah wished His Majesty the Sultan good health and happiness and the Omani people fu
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Wednesday, 16 March, 2011
Assigned by His Majesty Sultan Qaboos, Sayyid Hamoud bin Faisal al Busaidy, Minister of Interior, conveyed a verbal message from His Majesty Sultan Qaboos to King Hamad bin Issa al Khalifa of Bahrain. Sayyid Hamoud arrived in Manama yesterday on an official visit to the kingdom. Sayyid Hamoud left
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Wednesday, 16 March, 2011
His Majesty issues 2 Royal Decrees - MUSCAT — His Majesty Sultan Qaboos has issued two Royal decrees as follows: Royal Decree No 41/2011 promoting Lt Gen Sultan bin Mohammed al Numani, Royal Office Minister to the rank of General. The decree took effect yesterday. Royal Decree No 42/2011 specifies t
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Wednesday, 16 March, 2011
MUSCAT — The Council of Ministers yesterday issued a statement underlining Royal steps to develop state institutions and improve citizens’ living conditions. The Council of Ministers also resented the negative impact of sit-ins and related sabotage and acts that, it said, have obstructed normal life
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Wednesday, 16 March, 2011
MUSCAT — Port Services Corporation (PSC) has announced 7.5 per cent to 20 per cent increase of its employees’ basic salaries and a raise to the annual allowance. It also initiated a ‘port allowance’ to be granted to all the corporation employees with effect from November 2010. The annual allowance w
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