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ICT market likely to reach QR24.7bn by 2016: Minister 12 Jun 2014 - 04:37 am

Doha: Qatar’s ICT (information and communication technology) market is expected to grow 10 percent annually and reach QR24.7bn by 2016, the Minister of...

Qatari female students outnumber males in private universities 12 Jun 2014 - 04:36 am

DOHA: Qatari female students continue to outnumber their male counterparts in universities and make up more than 50 percent of the students in...

QA first to offer non-stop flight to Miami from Middle East 12 Jun 2014 - 04:35 am

Doha: Qatar Airways’ maiden voyage to Miami International Airport (MIA) touched down yesterday, commencing service to the airline’s sixth US gateway. The service...

GU-Q awarded research grants for three major projects 12 Jun 2014 - 04:35 am

DOHA: Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) was awarded three research grants by Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) during the sixth annual QNRF Forum...

Diesel prices, rents push up inflation 12 Jun 2014 - 04:35 am

DOHA: Costlier diesel, soaring house rents and increasing cost of home furnishings, appliances and textiles pushed the rate of inflation up to 3.4...

Qatar Railways Company to have more powers 12 Jun 2014 - 04:34 am

Doha: The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani chaired the weekly Cabinet session at...

Prices fixed for 400 Ramadan items 12 Jun 2014 - 04:34 am

DOHA: The government has announced price controls for nearly 400 food and non-food items ahead of Ramadan and said the reduced rates will...

Mercury likely to hit 49 degrees 12 Jun 2014 - 04:23 am

DOHA: A heat wave was expected to hit the country since last night that could probably take the temperature to one of the...

Graft charges fabricated, says ex-FIFA official 12 Jun 2014 - 04:20 am

DOHA: The former General Secretary of FIFA Michel Zen-Ruffinen has described the corruption allegations related to 2018 and 2022 World Cup as “fabricated”...

Prices fixed for 400 Ramadan items 12 Jun 2014 - 02:48 am

DOHA: The government has announced price controls for nearly 400 food and non-food items ahead of Ramadan and said the reduced rates will...

Outage forces residents to check into hotels 12 Jun 2014 - 02:42 am

DOHA: A sudden power outage in Al Mamoura area of Doha early yesterday afternoon that lasted hours, forced some residents to check into...

Loan terms for expats may be tightened 12 Jun 2014 - 02:41 am

DOHA: Amid reports of impending reforms in sponsorship law, banks here are gearing up to tighten lending conditions for expatriates. A top banker...

Scrapping the sponsorship system 12 Jun 2014 - 01:31 am

I can say that May 2014 was a month of traumas, because prices of diesel increased at the beginning of the month, pushing...

Qatar’s heartening achievements 12 Jun 2014 - 01:24 am

Qatar National Vision 2030 is a plan that can be divided into five development strategies. These strategies anchor programmes with specific timetables. A...

Iraq rebels seize four cities 12 Jun 2014 - 01:01 am

Iraqi families fleeing violence in the northern Nineveh province gather at a Kurdish checkpoint in Aski kalak, 40km West of Arbil, in the...

Yemen president reshuffles cabinet 12 Jun 2014 - 01:00 am

Protesters burn tyres during a demonstration against Yemen’s fuel shortages in Sana’a yesterday. SANA’A: Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi replaced several top ministers...

Egypt activist Abdel Fattah jailed for 15 years 12 Jun 2014 - 12:54 am

Prominent activist Alaa Abdel Fattah stands outside the police academy in Cairo’s Tora prison after he was denied entrance to attend his trial...

PLO for action against Israel over detainees 12 Jun 2014 - 12:54 am

A man displays New Israeli Shekels (NIS) bills after he took his salary from a bank in Gaza City yesterday. Palestinian police in...