Qatar plans to grow most if its own food by 2024
Qatar plans to grow most if its own food by 2024 As Reuters correspondent Martina Fuchs reports, Qatar’s next big purchase is a farming sector: [Qatar] aims to produce most…
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Poll: GCC residents more fearful of, pessimistic about Arab Spring
Poll: GCC residents more fearful of, pessimistic about Arab Spring The Peninsula reports: A growing number of Gulf citizens are frightened and pessimistic about the “Arab Spring”, according to an…
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Filipino drug traffickers “operating” in Qatar
Filipino drug traffickers “operating” in Qatar Drug traffickers from the Philippines have been smuggling narcotics to Qatar and elsewhere in the region, according to a new report in the Philippine…
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Qatar ranked among top ‘halal-friendly’ places to vacation
Qatar ranked among top ‘halal-friendly’ places to vacation Muslim travel website CrescentRating has listed Qatar among its top 10 Muslim-friendly destinations out of countries in the Organization of the Islamic…
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CMC pushes for female taxi drivers
Qatar’s Central Municipal Council has asked Mowasalat, the state-backed public transportation company, to hire female taxi drivers in an effort to make the country’s female passengers and families more comfortable. …
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Christie’s chairman joins Qatar Museums
The chairman of Christie’s International is leaving the London-based auction house to join the board of the Qatar Museums Authority, Bloomberg news reports. Edward J. Dolman, 51, will be working…
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Penin: Weather change triggers rise in respiratory ailments
Penin: Weather change triggers rise in respiratory ailments Dusty, furnace-like conditions are prompting an increasing number of people, mostly children, to present to Qatar emergency rooms with breathing issues. The…
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Qatar alcohol ban could be ‘tip of the iceberg’ for GCC
Qatar alcohol ban could be ‘tip of the iceberg’ for GCC Last month’s surprise ban on alcohol at the Pearl-Qatar may be just the beginning of a region-wide clampdown on…
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Qatar reports significant gas flaring reduction amid emissions criticism
Qatar reports significant gas flaring reduction amid emissions criticism State-owned Qatar Petroleum (QP) has released a new report highlighting the reduction of its gas flaring volume by 14 percent –…
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