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Qatar National Basketball Team bags the gold medal in international tournament A victorious news to all the basketball fans out there! The World Military Games are currently being held at Daegu, South Korea and the Qatari national basketball team has won the gold medal in it. The Qatari team defeated the Greek National Team in the Final match last evening by scoring...

Qatar International Boat Show 2015 Following the resounding success of the second edition of Qatar International Boat Show in 2014 and in line with Qatar's National Vision 2030 to position Qatar as a world class tourism hub for business, leisure, culture, education and sport, QIBS 2015 will be held from 10-14 November in Mourjan Marinas – Lusail City. This will be...

Qatar takes initiative on online wage transfer With issuance of the new wage protection law, salaries of about 550,000 workers of 11,000 companies have already been transferred to their bank accounts, a senior official of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs has said. The law has made it mandatory on all employers to transfer salaries of their employees to a...

Emir meets GCC attorney generals The Emir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani with GCC attorney generals, public prosecutors and heads of investigation departments in Doha on Sunday. They reviewed common areas of cooperation. Read the full text news in resource site… Source News: Qatar Tribune

The proof that 3 men survived their escape from Alcatraz In June 1962, three inmates shimmied through a hole they’d chiseled into the walls of Alcatraz prison and climbed up to the roof. To mask their escape, they’d placed in their bunks realistic-looking dummy heads they’d made out of papier-mâché and human hair from the prison barber shop. The three...

Princeton's Angus Deaton wins Nobel in economics British-American economist Angus Deaton has won this year's Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said the award was announced in recognition of his analysis of poverty and welfare. The award-giving body announced Monday that this year's economics prize would be bestowed upon the British-American professor Angus Deaton, who lectures...

Qatar fashion designers offer new twist on abaya designs As women in the Gulf seek to differentiate themselves through their style of dress, two young Qatar-based fashion designers have recently launched modern abaya collections, offering a new twist on a traditional cultural item. As the ubiquitous attire for a Khaleeji woman, the abaya remains popular throughout the region. While black is the...

Qatar’s first IHOP opens for business at Gulf Mall The first branch of US restaurant chain IHOP (International House of Pancakes) officially opened its doors to customers today at Gulf Mall. IHOP is best known for its all-day American breakfast, and fans have been anticipating the restaurant’s opening since before Gulf Mall itself welcomed visitors in April. The restaurant, which soft-opened last...

Participants from 55 countries to Take Part in 12th World Robot Olympiad Left to Right: Dr Theodore Chiasson, Dean of Information Technology at CNA-Q; Fawziya Al-Khater, Director of the Education Institute at the Supreme Education Council; Lewis Affleck, Managing Director of MOQ; and Dr. Ken MacLeod, President of CNA-Q Maersk Oil Qatar (MOQ) and College of the North Atlantic Qatar (CNA-Q),...

DOHA: In a first in Qatar, Mowasalat has launched double-buses (articulated bus) for public transport with a capacity of more than 60 passengers. It is a single-deck bus comprising two rigid sections linked by a pivoting joint (articulation) enclosed by protective folding bellows and a cover plate on the inside of the vehicle. The bus, equipped with an advanced monitoring system,...

British soldier wins £13.2 million from 25p online bet Afghanistan veteran Jon Heywood won the sum after placing a bet online. Credit: PA A British soldier has become an overnight multimillionaire after scooping more than £13.2 million on a 25p stake. Afghanistan veteran Jon Heywood placed a bet online and said winning the huge sum "hasn't sunk in". The 26-year-old's win is set...

Turkey in mourning after deadly Ankara blasts Turkey has begun three days of mourning after deadly explosions killed and wounded scores of people at a peace rally in the capital, Ankara. The attack threatens to exacerbate the country's ethnic tensions. Turkey started its official mourning period on Sunday after the twin blasts at a peace rally of leftist and pro-Kurdish activists...

Boxing champion Pacquiao arrives in Doha Professional boxer and world champion, Manny Pacquiao has arrived in Doha today for the AIBA World Boxing Championship. Personally invited by the AIBA World Boxing Championship’s President, Ching-Kuo Wu, Pacquiao will be the first big name to attend the tournament. Pacquiao tweeted in his official twitter account earlier today, stating that he’s on the way to...

Kahramaa’s energy awareness park is set to open shortly Kahramaa, Qatar’s General Electricity and Water Corporation is all set to open its energy awareness park (Tharsheed). The work over the park, which is located in Al-Thumama, is on its final stages and will be completed any moment now. The park which is part of the Tarsheed programme launched by Kahramaa, will strive...