Report: UAE, Qatar out-tweet rest of Arab world
Gulf residents are the most prolific tweeters in the Middle East, a social media report has found. An estimated 6.6 million people use Twitter in the Middle East, with about…
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New Qatar laws aim to curb unhealthy food habits
Qatar is set to pass new laws promoting health, which include regulating fast-food marketing and mandating nutrition labels on food in restaurants and supermarkets. Health experts have long promoted food…
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Qatar pushes back deadline on plastic packaging ban
Restaurants in Qatar now have until March 1 to comply with a government order to stop serving hot food in plastic and styrofoam containers, officials have announced. To address noncompliance…
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Barwa announces rent increase for low, middle-income tenants
More than a 1,000 tenants living in Qatar’s “affordable housing” tracts will soon be hit with rent hikes of up to 10 percent, Barwa Real Estate Company has announced. Those…
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The US, Hong Kong or Qatar: which is the richest?
Qatar became the wealthiest nation on earth in 2010, according to a new report from the US business magazine Global Finance. Pushing its way up the “global rich list”, Qatar…
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Official: Qatar should mandate insurance for ‘runaway’ housemaids
Official: Qatar should mandate insurance for ‘runaway’ housemaids Recruitment agencies should offer two years of insurance for housemaids working in Qatar in case they run away from their sponsors, a…
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Do you know where your food is grown?
Do you know where your food is grown? Growing disquiet in Australia over loss of national sovereignty, as Qatari companies ‘buy up’ farm land, The Age reports. Qatar-based Hassad Foods,…
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Qataris renew boycott calls against Qatar Airways
A wave of discontent with Qatar Airways has gathered steam on Twitter and in Qatar over the past week, as what started out as anger at a Civil Aviation Authority decision to block…
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BBC: Superfast broadband may help make Qatar new tech hub
BBC: Superfast broadband may help make Qatar new tech hub Come September, Qatar and the rest of the GCC, as well as Iraq and Iran, are expected to get hooked…
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