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PHOTOS: Civil Defense to install small fire trucks inside Qatar malls
All photos courtesy of Ministry of Interior on Facebook In an effort to reduce emergency response times, Qatar’s Civil Defense department has been testing out new fire trucks that are small enough to...
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PHOTOS: Favorite Qatar landmarks
Qatar residents don’t seem to be big on street names. It’s much more common here to give directions by landmark – saying you live near the Ramada signal, or that you’ll meet someone at a coffee shop...
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Qatar minister: Labor law revisions expected by year-end
Lance CenarPhoto for illustrative purposes only. Changes to Qatar’s Labor Law, including a provision to pay workers their salaries directly into their bank accounts, could be made by the end of this...
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Artist Shirin Neshat’s first regional solo exhibition opens in Qatar
Via Gladstone Gallery Renowned Iranian visual artist Shirin Neshat has opened a new retrospective at Qatar’s Arab Museum of Modern Art (Mathaf). New and existing works by the artist span the entire...
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Qatar builds first recycled road, planning more to come
For the first time, Qatar has constructed a road using reclaimed and recycled stones from a construction site and landfill as part of a research initiative by the Ministry of the Environment and other...
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Researchers: Qatar’s labor policies helping fight income inequality
Penny Yi Wang By importing a huge labor force from poor countries, Qatar is actually doing more to help counter global inequality than its well-off peers, a pair of American academics has argued....
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Expansion planned for Qatar hospital’s emergency department
HMC/FacebookPhoto for illustrative purposes only. In a bid to expand Hamad General Hospital’s busy emergency department, officials have said two new units would be added to the hospital, and additional...
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Judge in Jennifer Brown murder trial orders travel ban on Doha witnesses
Shabina S. Khatri With reporting from Riham Sheble Fed up with delays in a nearly two-year-old case involving the death of an American teacher in Doha, a judge has called for a travel ban on six...
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Report: Qatar’s air pollution unacceptably high 44 percent of the year
Amid ongoing concern about air pollution in Qatar, a new environmental report shows harmful airborne particles exceeded recommended levels for 159 days of the year in 2012. The Environment Statistics...
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GCC meet in Doha apparently postponed as Gulf tensions continue
abcdz2000 / FlickrGulf Cooperation Council (GCC) - Flags flying high A meeting of foreign ministers from across the Gulf Cooperation Council that was supposed to be held in Doha today has apparently...
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Qatar’s Mowasalat to set up unified call center for booking Karwa taxis
jerry dohnal/FlickrPhoto for illustrative purposes only. Amid ongoing complaints about the service and availability of taxis in Qatar, the state transportation company Mowasalat has announced plans to...
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Prolific Qatari art collector, former culture minister dies in London
Abraham Puthoor/Flickr After a tumultuous decade, one of the world’s most prolific art collectors, Sheikh Saud bin Mohammad Al Thani, has died at the age of 48. Benjamin Pietro Filardo/Wikicommons Al...
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Ajyal Film Festival to shine spotlight on 20 local productions
Eric FaustAjyal Film Festival 2013 Local filmmakers are expected to debut nearly two dozen productions during this year’s international Ajyal Youth Film Festival. The six-day event, organized by the...
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PHOTOS: Fire breaks out near Qatar’s Wholesale Market
A fire that broke out this afternoon around 2:30pm off Salwa Road sent plumes of thick black smoke into the air before being quickly brought under control by Civil Defense firefighters. One reader...
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Qatar hotel worker donates month’s pay to Philippines typhoon victims
Peter KovessyHezron Onyango / InterContinental In the eyes of his coworkers at InterContinental Doha The City, Hezron Jeremiah Onyango is an unsung hero. In the aftermath of last year’s devastating...
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Qatar’s Emir names second-in-command, and a new head of the Diwan
QNA Qatar’s Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, has named two individuals to some of the nation’s most powerful political positions, according to the state news agency. The moves were announced on...
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Amnesty: Qatar running out of time to address worker exploitation issues
Sorin Furcoi/Flickr Qatar has not taken concrete steps to end the widespread exploitation of migrant workers in the four years since it won the 2022 World Cup hosting rights, Amnesty International has...
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Smoking on the rise among teens and adults in Qatar
Andy Hayes/Flickr More people in Qatar are taking up smoking, according to new government figures that show the habit is becoming more popular among adults and teenagers alike. Some 12 percent of the...
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10 things to do in Qatar this weekend (Nov. 12-15)
Beat Diabetes/Facebook From film screenings, to eating in the dark for charity to checking out designer yachts, walking for a cause, or cheering on kitesurfing champions, there are a ton of things...
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Ashghal closing Kinana St. and ‘Garage’ St. to C-Ring for two weeks
Peter Kovessy Starting Nov. 14, the heavily trafficked street near Toys ‘R’ Us and C-Ring Road will be closed for two weeks due to expansion plans. According to public works authority Ashghal, the...
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