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Several dead in Taliban siege in Kabul Two Spaniards and at least four Afghan policemen have been killed in a terrorist attack in Kabul's diplomatic quarter, near the Spanish embassy. According to the Afghan government, police forces ended the siege. Afghan security forces suppressed a suicide attack on a guesthouse near the Spanish embassy in Kabul's diplomatic quarter. According to...

World leaders to decide on global climate change plan French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said the "proposed agreement is fair ... and legally binding." "Today we are close to the final outcome. It is my deep conviction we have come up with an ambitious and balanced agreement," French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Saturday. "The final draft agreement which has been put...

Too Much of a Good Thing: How Four Key Survival Traits Are Now Killing Us Dean of Columbia University's medical school explains why our bodies are out of sync with today's environment and how we can correct this to save our health. Over the past 200 years, human life-expectancy has approximately doubled. Yet we face soaring worldwide rates of obesity, diabetes,...

First Bite: How We Learn to Eat We are not born knowing what to eat; as omnivores it is something we each have to figure out for ourselves. From childhood onward, we learn how big a “portion” is and how sweet is too sweet. We learn to enjoy green vegetables—or not. But how does this education happen? What are the...

Médicis Daughter: A Novel of Marguerite de Valois Winter, 1564. Beautiful young Princess Margot is summoned to the court of France, where nothing is what it seems and a wrong word can lead to ruin. Known across Europe as Madame la Serpente, Margot’s intimidating mother, Queen Catherine de Médicis, is a powerful force in a country devastated by religious war....

The Age of Reinvention: A Novel An international bestseller and finalist for the Prix Goncourt, France’s most prestigious literary award, The Age of Reinvention is a suspenseful Gatsbian tale of a famous New York lawyer whose charmed and glamorous life is a sham. Top Manhattan criminal defense attorney Sam Tahar seems to have it all: fame, fortune, an enviable marriage to...

I Quit Carbs and Sugar and Here is What I Learned I don’t know jack shit about health. I’m not qualified to tell you about it. I like to party my ass off, and eat the best of everything. Depending on who you ask, I’m 10 to 20 pounds overweight. I do have some unique health related experiences though. In particular,...

What to do if you lose your Qatar ID while traveling As the annual holiday exodus out of Qatar begins, the Ministry of Interior (MOI) has reminded residents not to head to the airport without their ID cards. However, those who misplace their IDs while abroad will still be allowed back into the country as long as they’ve only been gone...

Beauty and the Beast dazzles Qatar audience on opening night More than 40 actors took to the Qatar National Convention Center (QNCC) stage last night in a whirlwind of color, music, and dance, as crowds gathered to attend the opening performance of Beauty and the Beast, one of the country’s first ever Broadway shows. The production has transformed the QNCC’s theater...

Prime Minister Inaugurates Floating Platforms Project Doha, December 10 (QNA) - HE the Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al-Thani opened this morning the Floating Platforms Project (Yamal I and Yamal II) at Ra Laffan Industrial City. The inauguration ceremony was attended by Their Excellencies ministers and the country's guests.  

HH the Emir Participates in GCC Closing Session Riyadh, December 10 (QNA) - HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani took part at noon today in the 36th meeting of the GCC Supreme Council's closing session, held under the chairmanship of the Custodian of the two holy mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia at Al...

Syrian refugees now in Toronto look forward to 'beautiful future' Shadi Mardelli said he's looking forward to a "beautiful future" in Canada after arriving in Toronto late Thursday along with more than 160 other refugees who have fled the civil war in Syria. Mardelli expressed gratitude and told CBC News he is "very happy" he has arrived. He spent almost an...

What does ISIS really want? (CNN) - How to stop ISIS -- it's the question the leaders of the free world are struggling to answer. The debate is frequently about tactics: How to gain a battlefield advantage, how to stop its propaganda machine, how to block its sources of revenue. But less frequently is there discussion of the group's aims -- what...

Summary About Qatar and visas Country statistics Area: 11,435 sq km Population: 1.7m Capital City: Doha (80% of the population) Languages: Arabic (official), English (widely-used) Religion(s): Islam Currency: Qatari Riyal (QR) Visit Visa Requirements Tourist visas valid for 14 days, extendable for another 14 days, are available upon arrival (for a fee) for nationals of 33 different countries (USA , Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Canada, Australia, New Zealand,...