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Are you a sports fan, or an athlete? Qatar Statistics Authority wants to know
Are you a sports fan, or an athlete? Qatar Statistics Authority wants to know Ahead of next month’s new official holiday – Qatar Sports Day – the Qatar Statistics Authority…
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Cost of Hajj to go up by a third for some Doha residents
Cost of Hajj to go up by a third for some Doha residents The Peninsula reports: A number of expatriates planning to go for Haj this year will be hit…
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Qatar advances plans to move laborers out of town
Qatar’s Ministry of Municipality has issued a new ultimatum to companies whose workers still live in residential areas following a Nov. 1 ban ordering them to move out of those areas.…
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Women’s-only cinema to open on Thursday
Qatar will open possibly the first ladies-only cinema in the Middle East on June 30, showing the latest releases currently screened by other movie theaters around town. The 154-seat single-screen…
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Vodafone narrows losses, gains mobile subscribers
Vodafone Qatar posted a net loss of QR122 million in the third quarter, less than the QR144 million in the same period a year ago, but still falling short of…
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QSA: Cost of living in Qatar continues to rise
The cost of everything but rent has gone up in Qatar, according to the most recent Consumer Price Index released by the Qatar Statistics Authority. Compared to the cost of…
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MET: Doha to be hit with cold spell this weekend
Cold winds from Siberia are expected to waft over the region tonight and linger for about a week, cooling Qatar and the rest of the GCC countries down by several…
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Blatter: Verdict on Bin Hammam corruption charges expected in July
Blatter: Verdict on Bin Hammam corruption charges expected in July AFP reports: FIFA president Sepp Blatter said Saturday he expects a verdict next month from the committee charged with investigating…
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