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DOHA: Nearly 60 people were killed, Philippine capital Manila was blacked out and airline flights were suspended as a powerful typhoon battered the main Philippine island of Luzon yesterday, disaster officials said.
The heavy flooding due to tropical storm “Ondoy” has worried Filipino expatriates [more...]
Posted on:9/27/2009 Manila-Doha flight delayed
DOHA: The Qatar Airways flight from Manila which was originally scheduled to arrive here at 9.40pm yesterday is expected to land at 7.30 this morning.
Airline officials told this newspaper that due to the situation arising from the typhoon in Manila, the flight (QR644) was expected to be delayed [more...]
Posted on:9/27/2009 Laffan Refinery starts production
DOHA: Qatargas has started production from its Laffan Refinery, which is the first condensate refinery in the country. The refinery’s production reached commercial quantities and specifications on September 23 for all products.
The new refinery has a total processing capacity of 146,000 barrels p [more...]
Posted on:9/27/2009 Iran defiant over nuclear plant ahead of talks
WASHINGTON/TEHRAN: President Barack Obama said yesterday the discovery of a secret nuclear plant in Iran showed a “disturbing pattern” of evasion by Tehran which added urgency to its October 1 talks with world powers.
Iranian officials voiced defiance, with one saying he hoped the plant, under co [more...]
Posted on:9/27/2009 Reopening delay won’t hit school calendar
DOHA: A week’s delay in reopening the schools to allow them enough time to take preventive steps to contain a possible spread of H1N1 virus will not affect the academic calendar.
Periodical tests, examination and holiday schedules of all the schools, including private, community and Independent S [more...]
Posted on:9/27/2009 Qatar reaffirms support for Palestinians
New York: Qatar’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, H E Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud said the State of Qatar is carrying out commendable efforts to support the Palestinian people and to stand by their side in all crises. In a statement he delivered at the OIC Foreign Ministers’ coordinating me [more...]
Posted on:9/27/2009 Filipinos concerned about relatives
DOHA: A number of Doha-based Filipinos from Metro Manila say this is the first time in their lifetime that such a devastative typhoon has struck their home city.
“We are extremely concerned over the fate of our relatives in the typhoon-hit areas in the Philippines, especially in Metro manila,” sa [more...]
Posted on:9/27/2009 Parents call for monitoring of school stationery prices
DOHA: Several parents have called for monitoring the prices of school stationeries, as many shops are said to be squeezing customers with unjustifiable prices, with the beginning of the school season.
Low quality counterfeit products are flooding the market and there is no mechanism to control or [more...]
Posted on:9/27/2009 Four more Indian students for QSL
DOHA: Four more Indian students were formally named by Qatar Scrabble League (QSL) to be the official players of Qatar for the upcoming World Youth Scrabble Championship in Malaysia in December.
The students, Varshini Elanguvan, Daniel D’Souza, Siva Sethupathy and Dylan D’Souza, were the finalist [more...]
Posted on:9/27/2009 Air-India pilots’ strike won’t affect Gulf sector
DOHA: The tug of war between India’s national Carrier Air-India and its pilots is not going to affect the passengers in the Gulf sector, a Doha-based official of the airline said.
All the Air-India flights bound for the Gulf region will operate as per the original schedule and there is no room fo [more...]
Posted on:9/27/2009
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