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New year-long diversion to begin on Al Shamal Road
AshghalShamal Road diversion The signal at Wadi Al Salamiya St. and Al Kharaitiyat St. on Al Shamal Road will be closed for the next year starting tomorrow (Jan. 8), Ashghal has announced. The closure...
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Qatar cabinet approves draft privacy law to curb spam messages on phones
Jan Persiel/FlickrPhoto for illustrative purposes only. In the latest effort to stop spam from pestering Qatar residents, local authorities are working on a new law that would make it harder for...
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Qatar Airways to continue flying to Iran despite ambassador’s recall
Qatar Airways/FlickrPhoto for illustrative purposes only. Though Qatar has followed in the footsteps of most of its Gulf neighbors by recalling its ambassador to Tehran yesterday, the country does not...
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Reminder: Corniche closed Friday morning for Oooredoo Marathon
OoredooOoredoo marathon The Corniche will be closed tomorrow from 6:30am to 11:30am to accommodate those running the Ooredoo Marathon. Spectators are welcome to watch the event, which includes a full...
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Report: Qatar construction costs still highest in the GCC
Peter KovessyPhoto for illustrative purposes only. Qatar continues to be one of the most expensive countries in the Gulf to build office towers, retail storefronts and homes, a new report has found....
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Qatar runners test limits at Ooredoo marathon
All photos by Baba Tamim More than 1,000 runners in Qatar woke up early this morning, laced up their trainers and spent hours racing down the Corniche during the annual Ooredoo Marathon. Participants...
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Qatar’s Ras Abu Aboud World Cup stadium to include waterfront community
Manaf Kamil/FlickrPhoto for illustrative purposes only. Qatar’s seventh stadium for the 2022 World Cup in Ras Abu Aboud will be redeveloped into a new “urban neighborhood” looking out toward West Bay...
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Qatar traffic department announces half-off discount on old fines
Muhammad Kamran Qureshi/FlickrPhoto for illustrative purposes only. In a bid to get more people to pay off long-standing traffic violations, Qatar’s Ministry of Interior has announced a new 50 percent...
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Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic to face off in Qatar Open finals today
Top-seeded tennis players Rafael Nadal of Spain and Novak Djokovic of Serbia will vie for the trophy today at the sold-out 2016 Qatar ExxonMobil Tennis Open finals. World No. 1 Djokovic, who racked up...
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Doha’s Sheraton Park now open to the public
Photos by Matthew Walker and Lesley Walker The new public park in front of the Sheraton Doha Hotel in Dafna has finally opened to visitors and already appears to be proving a hit with children and...
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Thousands in Qatar partake in ‘world’s happiest 5k’ (photos)
All photos by Ray Toh More than 7,000 Qatar residents flocked to the Qatar National Convention Center this morning to take part in the second annual Color Run. Clad in white, participants walked,...
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Novak Djokovic wins his first Qatar Tennis Open title (photos)
All photos by Ray Toh World No. 1 Novak Djokovic easily beat Rafael Nadal of Spain 6-1, 6-2 in the 2016 Qatar ExxonMobil Tennis Open finals last night. This is the 28-year-old Serbian’s first time...
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Pardoned by Qatar’s Emir, jailed expats get ready to head home
my_southborough/FlickrPhoto for illustrative purposes only. More than 50 expats have been released from prison in Qatar over the past month following pardons from the Emir on National Day. The men,...
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Bayern Munich returns to Qatar for winter training camp (photos)
All photos courtesy of FC Bayern Some of the best-known names in European football are in Doha this month as players, coaches and officials from Germany’s FC Bayern Munich return for the team’s winter...
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Qatar health ministry green-lights alternative medical treatments
Lars Ploughmann/FlickrAcupuncture After several years of debate, Qatar authorities have approved of the practice of homeopathy, ayurvedic medicine, acupuncture, chiropractic treatments and hijama (wet...
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Qatar’s first Spar supermarket to open at Tawar Mall
Tawar MallA rendering of the interior of Tawar Mall. A new under-construction mall in Qatar hopes to woo shoppers with a Dutch hypermarket and a family entertainment area designed as a mock giant toy...
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What it’s like to leave my child behind to look after someone else’s
Amnesty InternationalPhoto for illustrative purposes only. Like hundreds of thousands of other women searching for ways to feed their families, Marie Alojera (not her real name) left her native...
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Qatar more than doubles number of labor inspectors in past two years
Qatar has increased the number of labor inspectors from 300 to 350 in the past month, advancing on plans to have 400 such workers in place by the end of the year. About two years ago, there were 150...
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Report: Salary raises across Qatar in 2016 to be lowest in five years
Omar Chatriwala / Doha NewsPhoto for illustrative purposes only. Qatar employers are expected to show more restraint when doling out raises in 2016 compared to past years thanks to a slowing economy,...
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Tickets for DJ Tiesto in Qatar now on sale
Jacob Stisen/FlickrTiësto live at the Skive Festival in 2011 Tickets for an upcoming concert in Qatar by Dutch electronic music sensation Tiesto are now on sale. The concert will be held at the...
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