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Qatar’s Sheikha Moza, Pope Francis meet at the Vatican
Photos courtesy of Sheikha Moza on Instagram Qatar’s former first lady and the head of the Roman Catholic Church met over the weekend at the Vatican. In a private audience, Sheikha Moza bint Nasser...
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Qatar’s Prime Minister visits victims of labor camp fire
Qatar News AgencyThe Prime Minister visits fire victims at Hamad Hospital.Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Qatar’s Prime Minister, visited Hamad Hospital on Saturday to check on...
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Indian PM Modi arrives in Qatar for first official visit
Narendra Modi/TwitterIndian PM Modi at workers’ medical campIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in Qatar on his first official visit, and has pledged to press for changes to “rules and...
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Report: Qatar’s Hamad Airport expansion to begin by year-end
Hamad International Airport will begin its expansion by the end of this year, Gulf Times reports Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker as saying. The airport, which open in 2014 and is operated by the...
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Qatar trauma team offers road safety tips for Ramadan
Joseph "Jay" Suasin/FlickrPhoto for illustrative purposes only.Every Ramadan, Qatar’s emergency rooms brace for an influx of patients with road-related injuries. Many of these are the result of...
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New school and nursery to be built on the Pearl-Qatar
Abdulla Almesleh/FlickrPhoto for illustrative purposes only.Plans are underway to build and open the first school on the Pearl-Qatar, its developer and operator has said. A 83,746 square meter site in...
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New app shows which Qatar venues are wheelchair, stroller-friendly
Jan Smith / FlickrPhoto for illustrative purposes only.It’s not always easy to get around Qatar in a wheelchair or with a stroller. To help residents with their navigation issues, a collection of...
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Ramadan fasting to begin on Monday, June 6 in Qatar
Omar Chatriwala / Doha NewsPhoto for illustrative purposes only.This year, fasting during the month of Ramadan will begin tomorrow (Monday, June 6), corresponding with the Islamic calendar year 1437...
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Donate to Qatar Charity without spending a riyal
Shehan Peruma/FlickrPhoto for illustrative purposes only.With Ramadan just beginning and many residents looking to step up their charitable contributions, Qatar Charity (QC) has launched a new way to...
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HMC: Qatar residents shouldn’t use other people’s health cards
Patients at Hamad Medical Corp. (HMC) hospitals are putting their own health at risk when they present other people’s health cards as their own, doctors have said. This “alarming trend” is illegal and...
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Qatar Airways to introduce direct Doha-Las Vegas route
Peter Russell / FlickrPhoto for illustrative purposes only.Qatar’s national carrier is planning to launch service directly from Doha to Las Vegas, a spokesperson has confirmed. However, no specific...
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Doha News Ramadan 2016 opening hours guide
Chantelle D'melloCarrefour This Ramadan guide is presented by Vodafone Qatar. Most shops, government offices, restaurants and businesses in Qatar change their opening hours significantly during...
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Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund to buy $2.5 billion Singapore tower
Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) will buy asset manager BlackRock Inc.’s Asia Square Tower 1 in Singapore’s central business district for $2.5 billion (QR9.1...
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Convicted murderer shouts at Qatar court that confession was coerced
Chantelle D'melloCourt of Appeals and CassationIn an angry outburst yesterday, a man facing the death penalty for the murder of British teacher Lauren Patterson has accused prosecutors of tampering...
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Qatar’s Emir pardons several prisoners for Ramadan
my_southborough/FlickrPhoto for illustrative purposes only.Qatar’s Emir has pardoned a number of prisoners today as part of an annual Ramadan tradition, QNA reports. Official figures have yet to be...
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Qatar and India pledge to tackle international terrorism
QNAQatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim and India’s PM Narendra ModiQatar and India will fight together to “eliminate the global menace” of international terrorism, both states have said in a joint agreement...
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Wishing you a blessed Ramadan from Doha News
Check Out My [Designs] / Doha NewsBest wishes this holy month.The team at Doha News wishes our community a generous and blessed Ramadan this year. May it be filled with family, food and time for...
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Emir, Father Emir greet well-wishers for Ramadan
All photos courtesy of QNA Qatar’s Emir and Father Emir greet well-wishers on the occasion of Ramadan yesterday at Al Wajba Palace. According to QNA, visitors included senior Qatari officials,...
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Al Rayyan Stadium contract awarded to Qatari-Indian joint venture
SCDLAl Rayyan Stadium renderingThe main construction contract for another 2022 World Cup stadium in Qatar was awarded this week to a joint venture of Qatar-based Al Balagh Trading & Contracting...
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Census: Majority of Qatar’s residents live in ‘labor camps’
ITUCPhoto for illustrative purposes only.Qatar’s low-income workforce has grown dramatically in the past six years and is responsible for most of the country’s population growth, according to recently...
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