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Hungry men (and women) eat for free at this new Qatar restaurant
Neha Rashid / Doha NewsCustomer eating at Sharwa Restaurant Mohammed Hussain remembers what it feels like to be hungry and living below the poverty line. When food was hard to come by 20 years ago in...
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International Space Station, as seen from Qatar at 4am
Hammad IqbalInternational Space Station, as seen from Qatar Here’s a brilliant capture of the International Space Station passing over Qatar while parallel to the Milky Way. Photographer Hammad Iqbal...
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Four-year-old girl dies in Qatar after being left in car for hours
Moertl/FlickrPhoto for illustrative purposes only. With reporting from Malak Monir Qatar authorities have launched an investigation into the death of a four-year-old British girl after she was...
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Qatar Airways, QNB ranked among the region’s most valuable brands
Trinidade/WikicommonsPhoto for illustrative purposes only. Qatar National Bank (QNB) has one of the strongest brands in the Middle East, according to a new business report. That news will likely be of...
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Report: Qatar Airways A330 grounded in Pakistan after striking bird
A Qatar Airways plane hit a bird as it approached Lahore’s airport yesterday before managing to land safely, according to airline website Aviation Herald. However, the damage to the engine was...
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Reuters: Qatar to name Dr. Hessa Al Jaber to Volkswagen board
IctQatar/FlickrDr. Hessa Al Jaber Less than four months after being shuffled out of cabinet, former government minister Dr. Hessa Al Jaber is reportedly poised to take a new job. Reuters, citing an...
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Reports: Qatar’s CMC calls for more park fitness equipment
Chantelle D'melloFor illustrative purposes only More parks in Qatar should have outdoor exercise equipment installed to encourage residents to get active, the Central Municipal Council (CMC) has...
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MOI launches mobile police station in northern Qatar
A mobile police station has been set up in northern Qatar to help, in part, residents and tourists visiting the area’s popular beaches, the Ministry of Interior (MOI) announced in Arabic yesterday....
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Six things to do in Qatar this weekend (May 12-14)
Qatar Motor & Motorcycle Federation / FacebookKarting at Losail Despite the hot weather, there are still plenty of ways to fun outdoors this weekend. Whipping around a racing track in a go-kart,...
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More details released as three new Qatar hospitals prepare for opening
AshghalHamad bin Khalifa Medical City Three hospitals at Hamad Bin Khalifa Medical City are inching closer to public opening, as Qatar’s public works authority announced today that construction and...
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Qatar Armed Forces to hold exercises in Zekreet next week
Qatar’s Internal Security Forces (Lekhwiya) will conduct “rowing landing exercises” at an altitude of 15m and the radius of two miles at a camp in Zekreet on Monday, May 16, QNA said. The exercises...
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Qatar Customs arrests man for smuggling marijuana in box of pastry
All photos courtesy of Qatar Customs Authority A passenger at Hamad International Airport has been caught after attempting to smuggle 332g of marijuana into the country by hiding it in a box of...
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Qatar building in the running for new world architecture award
Jameel Riaz/FlickrQFIS The striking Qatar Faculty for Islamic Studies building in Education City has been selected as a finalist for a new world architecture prize as “the most significant and...
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Abercrombie & Fitch to open in Qatar next year
American retailer Abercrombie & Fitch has tied up with a regional company to open outlets in Qatar and other Gulf countries. Its Qatar branch will open in the first quarter of 2017, though it is...
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It’s going to be really hot and then sandstormy in Qatar
Ameer Abdul Razak/FlickrPhoto for illustrative purposes only. The next few days are going to be alternatively unbearably hot and then uncomfortably dusty, forecasters in Qatar have warned....
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Starting Sunday, government schools in Qatar to have reduced hours
MoI/FacebookPhoto for illustrative purposes only. Effective Sunday, May 15, more than 100,000 students at Qatar’s publicly-run kindergartens and schools will wrap their days up earlier to give them...
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Cost of housing in Qatar falls for the first time in two years
Ezdan Holding GroupPhoto for illustrative purposes only. As demand for housing in Qatar begins to fall, the average cost of renting a home here has dropped for the first time since 2013, new...
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British Airways introduces non-stop Doha to London flight
British AirwaysA British Airways Boeing 777 Starting in October, British Airways will begin flying direct from Doha to London, dropping its stopover in Bahrain, the carrier has announced. The airline...
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Qatar Rail awards QR151.6 million Lusail LRT contract
A joint venture led by US-based Hill International said it has received a multimillion-dollar project management contract to work on the delayed Lusail light-rail project for the next four years....
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Losail Sports Club opens outdoor karting and Moto track
All photos by Reem Saad Eager for some competition, a crowd of young automotive enthusiasts braved last night’s hot, sticky weather to try out the new outdoor karting and mini Moto track at the Losail...
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