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FIFA slaps four-year ban on players for doping during World Cup qualifiers

The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has handed out four-year doping bans to two players who tested positive for illegal substances during last year’s World Cup qualifiers. FIFA issued a statement on Monday that…

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Qatar-based Nigerian drug smuggler denied bail over cocaine charge

A drug smuggler goes undetected on a Qatar Airways flight travelling from Kenya to Nigeria. A Federal High Court in Nigeria has rejected the bail application of a Qatar-based Nigerian…

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Teacher who gave sedative pills to students fired

An investigation was launched last week following a parent’s complaint to authorities after it emerged that students at a private school in Qatar were given drugs by a teacher without…

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Qatari national faces rape charges in London court

The Qatari media personnel allegedly attacked a woman at a million pound flat in London. A Qatari TV director has been accused of repeatedly raping a woman between 11 January…

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System error: Smugglers found with narcotics inside laptop

Authorities have thwarted several attempts in the past months to smuggle illegal drugs inside the country hidden in ‘unusual places.’ An attempt to smuggle 181 tablets of narcotic pills inside…

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Smugglers busted with crystal meth stashed in bread toaster

Authorities have continued to issue warnings against those attempting to carry illegal substances into the country. Qatar Customs has seized over 1kg of crystal meth hidden inside a bread toaster…

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Qatar Customs make chilling discovery as 17kg of marijuana is found in air conditioners

Qatar customs have stopped an attempt to smuggle illegal drugs into the country for the second time this month. Over 17.5kg of marijuana was found hidden inside compressors of air…

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The controversy behind the new FDA-approved ‘historic’ Alzheimer’s drug

The new FDA approved drug Aducanumab, used to treat Alzheimer’s disease, has caused a divide among health experts. Aducanumab, a new drug for Alzheimer’s disease, was approved by the US’s…

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Qatar customs thwarts attempt to smuggle illegal pills in cans of beans

Qatar customs have thwarted an attempt to smuggle illegal substances into the country using food cans. Some 2,805 lyrica pills were found stuffed inside a shipment of baked bean cans…

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