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Qatar calls for emergency meeting on Aleppo, steps up Syrian aid
Qatar Red Crescent SocietyAid to Aleppo Following the deaths of hundreds of people, including children, in the Syrian city of Aleppo over the past week, the Arab League will hold an emergency meeting...
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Hamad General Hospital moves to electronic patient records
Starting on Friday, May 6, Hamad General Hospital will switch all its patients records to an electronic system as part of a wider roll-out of a new system across all hospitals and clinics run by Hamad...
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Less construction waste being dumped in Qatar landfills
New Port Project / FacebookFor illustrative purposes only. Though construction picked up across Qatar in 2014, contractors across the country dramatically cut down on the amount of waste sent to...
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Civil Defense roundabout to be overhauled into signalized junction
Brian Candy/FlickrCivil Defense Roundabout circa 2014 Starting tomorrow, Qatar’s public works authority will begin phase one of a plan to convert the iconic Civil Defense roundabout into a...
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QNB: Company’s reputation, not customers, was target of recent hack
Trinidade/WikicommonsPhoto for illustrative purposes only. Speaking out about a massive data leak that affected hundreds of thousands of its customers, Qatar National Bank has said it’s taken steps to...
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HBKU commencement kicks off graduation season in Qatar
Photos by Mohammed Ismail and HBKU Some 111 students celebrated graduating from Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) yesterday in a ceremony that launches a week of commencements in Education City. The...
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Ministry launches effort to clean up Qatar’s Industrial Area
Some 240 Baladiya employees and contractors have been assigned to haul away abandoned vehicles, tires and construction waste from the Industrial Area, the Ministry of Municipality and Environment has...
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Man sentenced in Patterson murder released after serving jail term
Via Alison PattersonMohamed Abdallah Hassan Abdul Aziz The mother of murdered British teacher Lauren Patterson said she is dismayed to learn that one of two men convicted in relation to her daughter’s...
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Reports: First phase of Qatar’s Motor City to be complete by mid-2017
Plans for a massive complex of used car showrooms, vehicle rental facilities and repair workshops have again been revised, with developer Barwa Real Estate Group saying its “Motor City” project will...
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Qatar’s population hits 2016 high, continues to rise
Ezdan Mall/FacebookFor illustrative purposes only Qatar’s population grew another 216,000 people last month compared to the same time last year, marking yet another all-time high for the nation. There...
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State hospitals in Qatar to stop selling junk food
Thomas Hawk/FlickrPhoto for illustrative purposes only. State-run hospitals and clinics in Qatar will stop selling junk food in their cafeterias, restaurants and vending machines, the Ministry of...
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Qatar’s high court upholds espionage conviction of Filipinos
Chantelle D'melloCourt of Appeals and Cassation With reporting from Riham Sheble Updated at 4:30pm with a comment from the Philippines Embassy in Qatar. Qatar’s highest court has decided to uphold the...
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Qatar’s first skydiving center lets residents take a leap of faith
khk/InstagramSheikh Khalifa bin Hamad takes a leap Thrill-seekers in Qatar will have a new way to get their adrenaline fix when the country’s first skydiving center opens to the public today. The...
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Reuters: Qatar Investment Authority to diversify away from Europe
Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund is hiring more external advisors and using more of the country’s cash to buy assets in the US and Asia after traditionally focusing on European markets, according to...
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Expat camel worker in Qatar diagnosed with MERS
BSIP/UIGMERS A 40-year-old Qatar expat who works with camels has become the second person in the country this year to be diagnosed with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). According to the...
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Seven new hospitals to open in Qatar by December 2017
AshghalQatar Rehabilitation Institute, under construction 2015 Hamad Medical Corp. (HMC) has announced new opening dates for seven upcoming hospitals in Qatar, many of which have already missed their...
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Eat at these Qatar restaurants on Friday to help Syria
UNHCR/FlickrPhoto for illustrative purposes only. More than a dozen restaurants in Qatar will donate 100 percent of their cash revenue on Friday, May 6 to help support Syrians stuck in the under-siege...
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For Qatar sports fans, BeIN goes off air ‘at worst possible time’
BeIN/TwitterFootball match on beIN Updated at 5pm with comment from Ooredoo Football fans in Qatar who have been trying to watch the English Premier League’s final matches this week are expressing...
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‘Deep freeze’ between Qatar and the UAE is over
Abraham Puthoor/FlickrPhoto for illustrative purposes only. After years of frayed diplomatic ties, Qatar and the UAE appear to be working toward mending their relationship and becoming “brotherly...
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Amnesty calls on Qatar to review espionage trial
An international human rights organization has repeated its calls for an investigation into allegations made by three Filipino men convicted of spying in Qatar that they were tortured while in...
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