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Vatican official: Church ‘mucked up’ with paedophile priests
SYDNEY: Vatican finance chief Cardinal George Pell admitted yesterday the Catholic Church "mucked up" in dealing with paedophile priests and vowed he would not "defend the indefensible" before an Australian inquiry. Pell gave evidence from a hotel in Rome via video-link to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Sydney rather than appear in person as he has a heart condition.The inquiry is currently focused on...
BARCELONA: Barcelona’s Argentinian forward Lionel Messi (left) shoots a free kick to score a goal next to Barcelona’s Brazilian forward Neymar during the Spanish league football match FC Barcelona vs Sevilla FC at the Camp Nou stadium. — AFP
Barca equal unbeaten record in Sevilla win
BARCELONA: Barcelona’s Argentinian forward Lionel Messi (left) shoots a free kick to score a goal next to Barcelona’s Brazilian forward Neymar during the Spanish league football match FC Barcelona vs Sevilla FC at the Camp Nou stadium. — AFPBARCELONA: Lionel Messi scored with an unstoppable free kick to help Barcelona come from behind to beat Sevilla 2-1 on Sunday, a record-equaling 34th game without loss that kept the champions on track...
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Zain awards GulfRun Karting Endurance Race winners
KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecommunications company in Kuwait, awarded the winners of the three first-place winners of GulfRun’s Karting Endurance Race. The honoring came as part of the company’s main sponsorship of the region’s most popular motorsport activity.Zain’s sponsorship of the latest edition of this unique motorsport event is in line with the company’s strategy and belief in supporting the youth and sports sectors, and...
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Indian property exhibition in Kuwait on March 4-5
KUWAIT: The New Indian Express newspaper in association with Life Insurance Cooperation Housing Finance Limited (LIC HFL) will be holding an exclusive Indian property exhibition at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Salmiya, on 4 and 5 March, from 10 am to 8pm. More than a 100 real estate projects from cities across south Indian real estate spectrum will be exhibiting at the show, promising to make it one of the most encompassing property exhibitions in...
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VIVA concludes its participation in Mobile World Congress 2016
KUWAIT: VIVA, Kuwait’s fastest-growing and most developed telecom operator, concluded successfully its participation in Mobile World Congress 2016 organized by Group Special Mobile association “GSMA”, held in Barcelona between 22 and 25 February 2016. VIVA is always anxious to participate in such events focusing on technology, to update its products and services to meet the customers’ expectations, and foster its leadership in the telecom...
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Ooredoo honors its official distributors and exceptional retail shops
KUWAIT: Ooredoo Kuwait, a member of the international Ooredoo Group, organized a special ceremony to honor its official distributers who have achieved the highest sales in 2015. The event was held at Ooredoo's headquarters and was attended by a number of distributers representatives and a number of Ooredoo senior managers.This ceremony is considered to be a gratitude gesture to the company's official distributers and partners for their...
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KAMCO wins World Finance 'Best Investment Management Company in Kuwait' award
Faisal M.SarkhouKUWAIT: KAMCO Investment Company, a leading investment company with one of the largest AUMs in the region, won the reputable 'Best Investment Management Company in Kuwait 2015 Award' from the renowned World Finance magazine. KAMCO won the award based on a number of criteria including the evaluation of overall performance, financial services, team leadership, consistency, targets and objectives.The magazine announced several...
Swedish IT entrepreneur Robert Ilijason shows how to use a cell phone to scan a purchase at the no-staff, app shop in the southern Sweden village of Viken in this photo dated Jan. 27, 2016.
In Sweden's first unmanned food store, all you need is a phone
Swedish IT entrepreneur Robert Ilijason shows how to use a cell phone to scan a purchase at the no-staff, app shop in the southern Sweden village of Viken in this photo dated Jan. 27, 2016.VIKEN: It was a chaotic, late-night scramble to buy baby food with a screaming toddler in the backseat that gave Robert Ilijason the idea to open Sweden's first unmanned convenience store.Home alone with his hungry son, Ilijason had dropped the last baby food...
Jessica Alba, Jennifer Lawrence & Olivia Munn
Something for everybody on the Oscars red carpet
Jessica Alba, Jennifer Lawrence & Olivia MunnThe year's biggest night for red carpet glamour included something for everybody in bold color and soft shades, frothy wonders and sleek, body hugging looks. And there was, of course, plenty of sparkle."I was really taken by the super fitted dresses, the very long and lean silhouettes," said Eric Wilson, the fashion news director for InStyle."The whole idea of the ball gown seems to have gone away...
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Pakistan’s praises Oscar for film denouncing ‘honour killings’
Sharmeen Obaid-ChinoyPakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif hailed Sunday's Oscar win for a documentary about the practice of "honour killings", with activists calling for changes in laws to punish those who kill women deemed to have disgraced their families.Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy's film, "A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness", follows the story of a young woman who survived being beaten, shot and thrown into a river by her father and...
Oscar winners celebrate on stage at the 88th Oscars on Sunday in Hollywood, California.
DiCaprio, Brie Larson win Oscars - 'Spotlight' grabs best film
Oscar winners celebrate on stage at the 88th Oscars on Sunday in Hollywood, California.Leonardo DiCaprio won his long-awaited first Oscar for revenge epic "The Revenant" Sunday but journalism drama "Spotlight" took best picture in a surprising end to Hollywood's glittering awards season.The night was overshadowed by a simmering race row, addressed head-on by black host Chris Rock, who delivered a series of caustic jokes targeting the Academy's...
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KUWAIT CITY: Jassim Al-Awadhi waits at a bus stop as a bus approaches in this file photo.
Disorganized bus network behind lacking transit system
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Kuwait's fencer Yusuf Al-Shamlan
Shamlan leaves Olympic Games
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KUWAIT: Young girls participate in Girl Up Kuwait's first conference which focused on the role of women in Kuwaiti society and politics.
Girl Up Kuwait: Young trailblazers give girls a voice
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Air Force carries out aeromedical evacuation exercise
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Kuwait under unsteady northern and northwesterly winds triggering dust. - KUNA
Kuwait weather to remain unstable