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HH the Emir Meets GCC Secretary General Doha, December 02 (QNA) - HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani met at his Emiri Diwan office on Wednesday with HE the GCC Secretary General Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani. During the meeting, HE the Secretary General briefed HH the Emir on the latest preparations for the upcoming 36th GCC Summit...

Hungarian PM warns of "secret" EU plans to bring Syrian refugees from Turkey   Three days after a meeting between officials from the EU and Turkey about the refugee crisis, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said a "secret behind-the-scenes" deal was discussed at the gathering that would see Syrian refugees directly brought from Turkey to the EU and distributed among...

Drug nearly eliminates risk of HIV transmission when taken as needed An antiretroviral drug is showing promise in the fight to eliminate AIDS by drastically reducing the odds of contracting HIV when taken before and after sex. According to a new study published by the New England Journal of Medicine on World AIDS Day Tuesday, study participants who took the antiretroviral...

Mark Zuckerberg says he's giving away 99% of his Facebook shares — worth $45 billion today Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday that he's giving away 99% of his Facebook shares — valued at $45 billion today —during his lifetime. The Facebook CEO announced the news in a letter to his newborn daughter, Max. Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, created the Chan Zuckerberg...

Former U.S. Special Forces Commander Confirms: Bush Invasion Of Iraq Created ISIS The fact that Bush created ISIS isn’t all, either. President Bush also released the future leader of ISIS claiming that he was “harmless.” Mission accomplished, asshole. That’s right, the former commander of U.S. Special Forces under President George W. Bush put the nail in the coffin once and for...

Leaders urge breakthrough at Paris to save planet earth World leaders launched an ambitious attempt on Monday to hold back the earth's rising temperatures, with the US and China urging the climate summit in Paris to mark a decisive turn in the fight against global warming. The Emir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani attended the climate summit. In a series...

Preparations in top gear for national day celebrations He said celebratory vibe usually starts around December 10 in Souq Waqif and goes on till December 18. Al Wassam shop runner Ajmal said the item that sells like hot cakes is sword. "Men who like to participate in traditional dance celebrations during QND come to us shopping for swords, which cost between QR50...

QM to Launch 2 Books at Doha International Book Fair Doha, November 30 (QNA) - Qatar Museums (QM) will launch two new books, "Qatari Kitchen" and "99 Domes," in its pavilion at the 26th Doha International Book Fair, which launches on Wednesday. In addition, during the fair, QM will deliver a series of diverse cultural activities for adults and children including...

AirAsia QZ8501: Pilot response to equipment malfunction caused crash (CNN) - The way pilots responded to a technical malfunction resulted in the crash of AirAsia Flight QZ8501, investigators said Tuesday. The plane was en route to Singapore from the Indonesian city of Surabaya on December 28 last year when it crashed into the Java Sea, killing all 162 people on board. The...

Moscow alleges Turkey shot down plane to protect oil trade with ISIS (CNN) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he'll resign if Moscow can prove its claim that Turkey shot down a Russian plane to protect its oil trade with ISIS. "As soon as such a claim is proved, the nobility of our nation requires to do this," Erdogan...

4 strategies for remembering everything you learn If you're going to learn anything, you need two kinds of prior knowledge: • Knowledge about the subject at hand, like math, history, or programming • Knowledge about how learning actually works Force yourself to recall. The least-fun part of effective learning is that it's hard. In fact, the "Make It Stick" authors contend that when learning...

Driver who crashed into Rolls Royce at Sheraton Doha turned over to police A young man driving a white Mercedes Benz that careened out of control and smashed into a parked Rolls Royce at the Sheraton Doha yesterday was escorted off the premises by police, the hotel said. After video footage of the incident went viral last night, the Sheraton acknowledged...

‘Qatar keen to create global partnerships’ HE the Foreign Minister, Dr Khalid bin Mohamed al-Attiyah, yesterday highlighted Qatar’s keenness to create global partnerships in the context of achieving its National Vision (QNV) 2030. In a press statement made on the occasion of hosting a delegation of 15 Qatari students and three supervisors at the Japanese Tohoku University’s Qatar Science Centre, HE...

Change hits Saudi Arabia: 900 women run for office (CNN) - More than 900 women are campaigning for public office in Saudi Arabia -- a first in the kingdom's history. The December 12 municipal election will be the first opportunity for Saudi women to vote or run for office since a 2011 order by the now deceased King Abdullah that granted...