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DOHA: Qatar has delayed the reopening of schools for a week to enable them to make adequate preparations to prevent a possible spread of the dreaded H1N1 virus.
The schools will now reopen on October 4 instead of the originally scheduled September 27, which is tomorrow.
The decision, made [more...]
Posted on:9/26/2009 West warns Iran over secret N-fuel plant
PITTSBURGH/VIENNA: US President Barack Obama and the leaders of Britain and France accused Iran yesterday of building a secret nuclear fuel plant and threatened tough new sanctions unless Tehran comes clean about its nuclear programme.
Sharpening a standoff with the Islamic Republic, Obama went p [more...]
Posted on:9/26/2009 G20 sets ambitious goals
PITTSBURGH: World leaders lined up yesterday behind sweeping promises to fix a malfunctioning global economic system in hopes of heading off future financial meltdowns. For now, they said, they would keep stimulus programmes going “until recovery is assured.”
“We will need to work together as we [more...]
Posted on:9/26/2009 Emir hosts banquet for Arab dignitaries
New York: The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani hosted a dinner banquet in honour of heads of the Arab countries’ delegations participating in the 64th session of the UN General Assembly meetings at the Four Seasons Hotel in New York City on Thursday night.
The dinner banquet was attende [more...]
Posted on:9/26/2009 Schools prepared to face flu emergency
DOHA: There is no need for panic over swine flu scare in schools here, says the principal of a prominent Indian educational institution, Birla Public School.
A K Shrivastava said sufficient guidelines have been issued by the Supreme Council of Health to all the schools in the country early this m [more...]
Posted on:9/26/2009 Hygiene guidelines at Scrabble League
DOHA: Concerned over the growing number of cases of H1N1 in Qatar, the Qatar Scrabble League have been telling students participating in the ongoing scrabble endurance training to observe sanitary hygiene during their weekend sessions at the International Academy for Intercultural Development (IAID) [more...]
Posted on:9/26/2009 Decision to delay school reopening evokes mixed reactions among parents
DOHA: Parents came out with a mixed reaction to the authorities’ last minute decision to put off the school reopening by one week. While a section of parents hailed the decision another section is in a ‘wait and watch’ mood.
“I appreciate the authority’s decision to postpone the school reopening [more...]
Posted on:9/26/2009 Gold loses shine after Eid buying spree
DOHA: With the festive season over, the demand for gold jewelry as well as gold coins and bars has come down considerably.
Outlets selling gold jewelry and 24-carat gold coins and bars here say that the prices of the yellow metal had soared up to QR147 per gram (24-carat) during the festive seaso [more...]
Posted on:9/26/2009 Philippine schools take stringent precautionary steps against virus
By CHRIS V PANGANIBAN
DOHA: Since they started classes last June, there have been no cases of H1N1 yet but two Philippine schools in Qatar are not taking any chances as they are taking some stringent precautionary measures to prevent students from being affected by the dreaded virus.
Both the [more...]
Posted on:9/26/2009 Surplus rice stocks bring prices down
DOHA: The demand for basmati rice was 15 percent less in the country this festive season, according to the estimate of importers and retailers.
But a silver lining to the otherwise negative development has been that with enough unsold stocks, some brands are still available in the local marke [more...]
Posted on:9/26/2009
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