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SEC: Qatar University classes must be conducted in Arabic

In a move that’s certain to cause simultaneous cheer and consternation among students at Qatar University, the Supreme Education Council has issued a decision that classes at QU be conducted…

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Qatar’s “foremost” art collector emerges from house arrest

He was once the world’s biggest art buyer, spending more than $24 million in a single week at auction houses in London in 2004. Then in 2005, he suddenly disappeared…

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Report: Gulf countries to cut mobile roaming rates by 50 percent next week

Report: Gulf countries to cut mobile roaming rates by 50 percent next week In a brief today, the Gulf Times newspaper reports: Gulf Arab states aim to cut mobile phone roaming…

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Saudi bans Filipino, Indonesian maids

Saudi bans Filipino, Indonesian maids The National reports: Saudi Arabia’s Labour Ministry said the kingdom would no longer issue work permits for domestic workers from Indonesia and the Philippines after…

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Geomagnetic storm could affect some satellite communications

A notice recently circulated by the Health, Safety, Security and Environment Directorate (HSSE) at Qatar Foundation is warning of a possible disruption to some GPS and satellite communications due to a…

Report: Qatar’s food consumption growth highest in GCC

Report: Qatar’s food consumption growth highest in GCC The Peninsula reports: Food consumption in Qatar is projected to grow at 6.3 percent during 2011–15, the highest among GCC countries, according…

PM: Qatar keen to diffuse tensions between Iran, EU

PM: Qatar keen to diffuse tensions between Iran, EU Qatar does not support “any kind of action in Iran” and insists that tensions over the country’s nuclear program be resolved…

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US ambassador lauds Qatar’s anti-human trafficking moves

Following the release of the US State Department’s 2011 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, Joseph LeBaron, the US ambassador to Qatar, has highlighted positive steps taken by the Gulf state…

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Marlboro cigarettes now cost a riyal more!

Marlboro cigarettes now cost a riyal more! The price of Marlboro and other Philip Morris brand cigarettes (L&M, Merit) rose by one riyal yesterday after a notice from the distributor,…

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