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Is a Canadian Embassy open here yet? I read they were opening one in fall 2011?

No, the Canadian Embassy in Qatar is not open yet, but is under construction in Tornado Tower. An opening date hasn’t been set yet, but Embassy officials in Kuwait assure us…

Peninsula: Syrian unrest takes its toll on barley prices

Peninsula: Syrian unrest takes its toll on barley prices Reports the Peninsula newspaper: DOHA: Prices of barley has sharply gone up due to the shortage of supply in the local…

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Qatar (finally!) climbs up Reporters Without Borders press freedom index

After four years of tumbling rankings, conditions have finally improved for Qatar’s journalists, according to Reporters Without Borders’ newly released 2011 annual press freedom index. At 114th, Qatar climbed seven slots…

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‘We are busting at the seams’

Hamad Medical Corp. struggles to cope with influx in number of babies born.

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Yusuf Islam coming to Doha

The singer/songwriter formerly known as Cat Stevens is due to give a concert in Doha’s MIA park on February 16, at 8pm, according to a QMA press release announcing the…

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Property owners at the Pearl can now apply for RPs

Property owners at the Pearl can now apply for RPs The Peninsula reports: Three foreign investors on The Pearl-Qatar have obtained Qatari residence permits, under the sponsorship of their properties,…

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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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