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Qatar’s Hamad Hospital launches robot pharmacy to cut wait times
HMC/FacebookRobots at Hamad General Hospital pharmacy To help reduce patient waiting time, the pharmacy at Hamad General Hospital this week officially launched new robot dispensers that can deliver up...
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Reuters: US poised to approve $4 billion fighter jet sales to Qatar
BoeingSilent Eagle fighter jets Qatar’s purchase of 36 F-15 fighter jets from American manufacturer Boeing has cleared two key hurdles and is expected to receive White House approval, Reuters has...
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ITUC backpedals on claim that 4,000 World Cup workers will die in Qatar
Penny Yi Wang / Doha NewsITUC general secretary Sharan Burrow The head of an international trade union has retreated from suggestions that thousands of expats brought here to prepare Qatar to host the...
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Report: Qatar Foundation people mover to start running by early 2017
Habtoor LeightonPeople mover rendering A new tram system that will help make Education City a car-free campus will come into operation by the end of this year or early next year, officials have...
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Court rules in favor of FIFA exec Zwanziger over Qatar ‘cancer’ remarks
A German court has upheld the right of Theo Zwanziger, a former member of FIFA’s executive committee, to call Qatar “a cancerous growth on world football,” according to media reports. Yesterday’s...
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Qatar’s World Cup Wakrah Stadium starts to take shape
SCDLWakrah Stadium works After a long period of enabling works, construction has commenced in earnest at the site of a World Cup stadium in Al Wakrah, where the quarter-finals will be held in 2022....
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As GCC tightens belt, Qatar shoppers spend $4,000 monthly on luxuries
Osarieme Eweka/FlickrPhoto for illustrative purposes only. Wealthy Qatar residents spent an average of US$4,000 a month on luxury goods and experiences last year – twice that of their regional peers,...
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Balking at lower rates, some Uber Qatar drivers stop picking up fares
Joakim Formo/FlickrPhoto for illustrative purposes only. Uber officials are meeting with drivers in Qatar today and encouraging them to return to work after many stopped picking up passengers this...
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Seven things to do in Qatar this weekend (April 20-23)
QMMFSealine Rally From off-roading action to meeting Xavi to taking a moonlit kayaking trip, enjoying some film screenings and listening to the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra play the theme song for...
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Qatar slips in annual press freedom index for third year in a row
Popicinio/FlickrPhoto for illustrative purposes only. The arrests last year of two foreign film crews in Qatar has made journalists more apprehensive about investigating and reporting on the country,...
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Qatar company takes ownership of largest local liftboat
QNAMilaha Explorer Qatar Navigation has taken delivery of the largest liftboat owned by a Qatari company, the Milaha Explorer, according to QNA. The vessel will be used for offshore oil and gas field...
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Record month for tourism in Qatar, but hotel occupancy falls
Chantelle D'melloSouq Waqif Spring Festival 2016 Some 305,014 visitors traveled to Qatar in March, setting a record in terms of the number of tourists to the country in a single month, officials said....
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Qatar’s Lekhwiya to hold training exercises in Zekreet next month
Members of Qatar’s Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya) will conduct landing exercises at an altitude of 15m and a radius of two miles at a camp in Zekreet next month. The exercises will take place on...
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Qataris given a peek inside under-construction National Museum
Qatar Museums/TwitterNational Museum of Qatar As work continues on the long-awaited National Museum of Qatar, a select group of 20 nationals took the first in a short series of “behind-the-scenes”...
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Look up: Int’l Space Station will be visible over Qatar tonight
Paul Williams / FlickrThe International Space Station passing overhead Though it’s been a relatively rainy and cloudy month, tonight’s clear skies should make for an easy viewing of the International...
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Qatar’s Emir meets with US President Obama in Saudi Arabia
QNAQatar’s Emir and US President Barack Obama Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and US President Barack Obama met today in Riyadh ahead of a GCC-US summit to quell Gulf nations’ concerns...
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New FIFA president Infantino makes first official visit to Qatar
FIFANew FIFA President Gianni Infantinto The new head of football’s global governing body made his inaugural visit to Qatar today amid calls for FIFA to pressure the country into improving its human...
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Qatar’s former energy minister: Oil prices will rise again
Gulf IntelligenceFormer energy minister Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah Qatar has weathered low oil prices before and its projects are not currently “under pressure” because of them, a senior government...
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A view of the International Space Station from Barwa City
@DohaJames12A view of the ISS from Barwa City James on Twitter sent this photo to Doha News last night, of the International Space Station passing over Qatar, as seen from Barwa City. If you missed...
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Opinion: Qatar must ensure employers pay staff their dues
Omar Chatriwala / Doha NewsPhoto for illustrative purposes only. Briton Martin Hedley arrived in Qatar in December 2014 to work for an American citizen who had set up a small consulting company in the...
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