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Page 1/12 First glass factory in Qatar to be completed in mid-2010
DOHA: Several types of superior quality glass in high demand for Qatar’s booming construction sector will soon be produced in the country with the setting up of a QR43m glass factory.
The Zujaj Company, owned by ASAS Company for Industrial Projects is to set up the plant at the Small and Medium s [more...]
Posted on:9/13/2009 Flu cases may increase after schools reopen
DOHA: Several suspected cases of swine flu have been reported by schools that have recently reopened. Health authorities in Qatar are expecting a rise in suspected cases of swine flu with reopening of the remaining schools after
Eid holidays.
All government and Independent schools as well as [more...]
Posted on:9/13/2009 Emir to open LNG terminal in Italy on Oct 19
DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani will open the Adriatic LNG storage and regasification terminal in Italy, on October 19, 2009, Al Sharq daily reported.
The Adriatic LNG terminal is the world’s first offshore gravity-based structure LNG regasification terminal. The terminal is [more...]
Posted on:9/13/2009 Britain training Libyan troops: Reports
LONDON: British special forces have been training Libyan elite troops for the past six months, newspapers reported yesterday.
The Special Air Service (SAS) has been ordered to pass on skills to their Libyan counterparts, The Daily Telegraph said.
The Ministry of Defence does not normally comme [more...]
Posted on:9/13/2009 Officials confirm swine flu death
DOHA: The Supreme Council of Health (SCH) has confirmed the death of a Nepalese in Qatar recently due to swine flu, taking the total death toll to two. In the first incident, a Qatari had died of the H1N1 infection. The Nepalese — a Muslim who worked with the Qatar Guests Center — died at the Al [more...]
Posted on:9/13/2009 Obama chooses VCU-Q calligraphist to design gift for Saudi King
DOHA: Renowned Islamic calligraphy artist and Virginia Commonwealth University-Qatar (VCUQ) Joint Advisory Board member Mohamed Zakariya was recently commissioned by US President Barack Obama to create a gift of calligraphy for the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz of Sau [more...]
Posted on:9/13/2009 Biography of Queen Mother set for release
London: ‘We heard the unmistakable whirr-whirr of a German plane. We said ‘ah, a German’ and before anything else could be said, there was the noise of aircraft diving at great speed and then the scream of a bomb.”
Luckily everybody was all right after this bombing raid on September 13, 1940, at [more...]
Posted on:9/13/2009 SEC to accept award nominations till Sept 17
DOHA: The Supreme Education Council (SEC) will continue accepting nominations for its prestigious Education Excellence Awards 2009 until September 17, 2009.
The Minister for Education and Higher Education, H E Saad bin Ibrahim Al Mahmoud, said Education Excellence Day, being hosted under the patr [more...]
Posted on:9/13/2009 Many tenants, agents want rent law extended
DOHA: Many tenants as well as real estate agents want the existing rent law to be extended for another period.
About 50 percent of the respondents in an online survey conducted by Al Sharq daily have expressed this view. Thirty-six percent didn’t want an extension of the law while 14 percent didn [more...]
Posted on:9/13/2009 Qatar, Syria review bilateral ties
Damascus: Syrian President Bashar Al Assad received Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, H E Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani, at the Tishreen Palace yesterday. During their meeting, the Premier and Foreign Minister conveyed the greetings of the Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al [more...]
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