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Ban children from dangerous religious rituals: India commission INTERNATIONAL

Ban children from dangerous religious rituals: India commission

India's child protection agency has appealed to parents not to let children take part in religious rituals that could be dangerous, following a teenager's death after a 68-day fast.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Rio champ Puig back to winning ways in Tokyo CULTURE

Rio champ Puig back to winning ways in Tokyo

Olympic champion Monica Puig thrashed American Varvara Lepchenko 6-0, 6-3 at the Pan Pacific Open yesterday, her first victory since winning a stunning gold in Rio. Puig beat Germany’s Angelique Kerber in last month’s Olympic final to nab Puerto Rico’s first ever gold medal.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Argentina humiliate defending hockey champions Germany CULTURE

Argentina humiliate defending hockey champions Germany

Argentina humiliated double defending Olympic champions Germany 5-2 to reach the men’s hockey final for the first time yesterday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
INLD protests crop insurance scheme INTERNATIONAL

INLD protests crop insurance scheme

Supporters of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), the main opposition party in Haryana, yesterday held a march here to protest against the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (Prime Minister’s Crop Insurance Scheme).

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Monte dei Paschi woes add up to large fees for investment banks ECONOMY

Monte dei Paschi woes add up to large fees for investment banks

Italy’s troubled lenders are offering lucrative opportunities for investment banks, with Monte dei Paschi di Siena set to pay some of the highest fees in Europe this year to arrange its high stakes rescue plan.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Frampton wins slugfest over Santa Cruz to claim WBA title CULTURE

Frampton wins slugfest over Santa Cruz to claim WBA title

Carl Frampton defeated Mexico’s Leo Santa Cruz by a majority decision on Saturday to claim the WBA featherweight crown and become the first boxer from Northern Ireland to win titles in two divisions.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Man jailed for attempting to steal sheep ARABIA

Man jailed for attempting to steal sheep

A Doha Criminal Court has handed down a one-year jail term to an expatriate man for attempting to steal a sheep, local Arabic daily Arrayah reported on Friday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Cuban woman gets Obama mail INTERNATIONAL

Cuban woman gets Obama mail

Ileana R Yarza holds a letter US President Barack Obama sent her via a flight carrying the first batch of US mail to Cuba, at her home in Havana.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
US waging cyber war on Islamic State, commandos active ASIA

US waging cyber war on Islamic State, commandos active

The United States is waging cyber-attacks against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, and its newly deployed commandos are also carrying out secret missions on the ground, Pentagon leaders said on Monday, in the latest signs of quietly expanding US activity.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Two Malaysian visitors jailed for using fake credit cards ARABIA

Two Malaysian visitors jailed for using fake credit cards

Two Malaysian visitors, a man and a woman, have been sentenced to five years in jail by a Doha Criminal Court for using counterfeit credit cards to pay for their purchases at local outlets.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Jewellery chain launches special Eid promotion ARABIA

Jewellery chain launches special Eid promotion

Joyalukkas has announced Eid al-Adha special offers and exclusive gifts at all its branches in Qatar for 10 days from today.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
49ers’ Anthony Davis departs football over health fears CULTURE

49ers’ Anthony Davis departs football over health fears

San Francisco 49ers star Anthony Davis announced he was taking a prolonged break from the sport for health reasons on Friday, reigniting debate about concussion in the NFL.

4:45 AM November 25 2016