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Page 1/14 The Pearl-Qatar: Redefining luxury
The Pearl-Qatar is a QR50bn manmade island being developed off the eastern coast of the West Bay shoreline, with a close proximity to West Bay Lagoon area and a ten minutes drive to the heart of the city and fifteen minutes from Doha’s International Airport.
Upon completion in 2012, it will [more...]
Posted on:9/30/2009 Flu jab only with parents’ consent: SCH
DOHA: The Supreme Council of Health (SCH) will soon start vaccinating all school students in Qatar against seasonal flu. However, no student will be administered the vaccine without the consent of parents, a senior SCH official said yesterday.
The SCH is all set to launch the mass vaccination cam [more...]
Posted on:9/30/2009 Pro-Palestinian activists demand Israeli minister’s arrest in Britain
London: Pro-Palestinian activists sought yesterday to have Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak arrested in Britain, they said ahead of a planned protest against his visit here.
Meanwhile, the United States called on its close ally Israel yesterday to conduct credible investigations into allegatio [more...]
Posted on:9/30/2009 Qatar Airways secures $700m for Boeing deal
DOHA: Qatar Airways has secured two financing deals worth a total of $700m for the purchase of four new Boeing 777 aircraft due for delivery over the next few months. A $350m finance lease deal to purchase two new Boeing 777 aircraft — both a 777-300ER and a 777-200LR version – followed an agree [more...]
Posted on:9/30/2009 DTFF to kick off with Mira Nair’s ‘Amelia’
DOHA: The Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF) team yesterday announced renowned director Mira Nair’s “Amelia” as the choice for opening night film, as well as a host of 33 films and sidebars that comprises the rest of the festival’s slate.
DTFF has also confirmed the attendance of two well-know [more...]
Posted on:9/30/2009 Museum of Islamic Art to screen the opening film
DOHA: The interior of the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) will undergo some major transformations for the opening night of the Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF), as well as the museum’s grounds to accommodate some expected 3,000 film enthusiasts.
The opening film, highly acclaimed director Mira Nair [more...]
Posted on:9/30/2009 Qtel bags award for social responsibility
DOHA: Qtel was named as the winner of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) award at the CEO Middle East Awards 2009, at a ceremony held in Dubai.
The award was presented to Qtel in recognition for its ongoing efforts to support CSR activity in its home market of Qatar, and for its succe [more...]
Posted on:9/30/2009 Qatar lauds human rights report on Palestine territories
Geneva: Qatar has welcomed the report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Implementation of the Human Rights Council resolution adopted on the extraordinary session on the gross violations of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, particularly those arising from recent Is [more...]
Posted on:9/30/2009 TAMU-Q appoints Assistant Dean for graduate studies
DOHA: Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMU-Q) has appointed Professor Eyad Masad (pictured) as Assistant Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, in support of continuing its expansion of research activities and implementation of its graduate programmes.
Dr. Masad holds a joint appointment as Hall [more...]
Posted on:9/30/2009 Air-India pilots’ strike hits flights to India
DOHA: Several returning passengers from the southern Indian state of Kerala have been affected by cancellation of Air-India’s Kozhikode-Doha flight (IC 997) yesterday, as a result of the strike launched by the airline’s pilots.
It is not clear whether the flight will operate today. The airlin [more...]
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