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Louisiana shooter 'lone white male,' police say The man who killed himself and two others in a cinema in Louisiana was a "lone white male," police say. Without warning, he opened fire during a packed screening of the film "Trainwreck." Police have not yet disclosed the 58-year-old shooter's name. During a screening of the newly released comedy "Trainwreck" at the Grand 16...

Turkey strikes 'IS' targets in Syria Turkey says its warplanes have carried out airstrikes against "Islamic State" targets across the border in Syria. Turkish police have also raided several locations in Istanbul in search of "IS" and Kurdish militants. The airstrikes, carried out by Turkish F-16 fighter jets, struck three "Islamic State" ("IS") targets close to Turkey's border with Syria early...

Fate of Qatar Bowling Center uncertain past 2017 The Qatar Bowling Center, a long-favored haunt among residents in Doha, is slated for possible demolition in two years, the center’s marketing manager has confirmed. Speaking to Doha News, Marilyn Kapirig said that the future of the center remains uncertain due to ongoing construction projects in the area. “We’re here until 2017, but after...

Two Qatar World Cup stadiums among sites to get new power substations German engineering company Siemens has been awarded a contract by Kahramaa to build three substations in Qatar, including two at upcoming 2022 World Cup stadium sites. The company announced the project yesterday, saying it will supply three 132/11kV substations as part of Phase 11 of the Qatar Power Transmission...

Affordable Housing Biggest Obstacle For Expats In Qatar While there is no dearth of villas and apartments in Doha, many expatriates find it rather hard to spot a truly “affordable” house that suits their pockets and also allows them to live in comfortable environs. And many of those who live in houses with “reasonable” rents fear that their landlords may increase...

Qatar To Recruit 200,000 Trained Workers From Pakistan Qatar is set to welcome 200,000 trained blue-collar workers from Pakistan in the next four years as it constructs the infrastructure to support FIFA World Cup 2022, it has been reported. Provincial Labour Minister Raja Ashfaq Sarwar told local daily Pakistan Today that the country is developing a new program that will give...

Kuwari lauds Qatari-Italian cultural ties MINISTER of Culture, Arts and Heritage HE Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz al Kuwari lauded ties of cooperation between Qatar and Italy, particularly in areas of art and culture. Speaking to an Italian news agency on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of Giffoni Film Festival, Kuwari said,"We are proud that Doha has now become one...

At least 21 people killed in Egypt ferry crash Police boats search for victims of a boat accident on the River Nile in the Warraq area of Giza, Egypt. (Reuters) At least 21 people including two children were killed after a cargo boat collided with a ferry on the Nile on Wednesday, hospital, security and political sources said, according to Agence...

Early life and family John Jacob Astor was born in Walldorf, near Heidelberg in the old Palatinate. It became part of the Duchy of Baden in 1803 (now in Rhein-Neckar-Kreis in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany). He was the youngest son of butcher Johann Jacob Astor (July 7, 1724 – April 18, 1816) and Maria Magdalena Vorfelder (1730–1766). His three elder...

Chinese Face Map Reveals What Your Body Fights With! When one of our biggest organs – our skin, begins to give symptoms, this can be an indicator that something is wrong. And what is that, we can see from our face. According to Chinese medicine every part of our face represents certain organs of our body, and when imbalance occurs it...

Early life Friedman was born in Brooklyn, New York on July 31, 1912, to recent Jewish immigrants Sára Ethel (née Landau) and Jenő Saul Friedman, from Beregszász in Carpathian Ruthenia, Kingdom of Hungary (now Berehove in Ukraine), both of whom worked as dry goods merchants. Shortly after Milton's birth, the family relocated to Rahway, New Jersey. In his early teens,...

We Appreciate The Hard Work And Impact Of Our Mentors Here at the Foundation, we know that having a mentor can make all the difference to women entrepreneurs. Mentors provide guidance and support at crucial moments, helping to accelerate progress on the path to success. Since its inception, our Mentoring Women in Business Programme has matched 1,800 women entrepreneurs in developing...

The next billion entrepreneurs will be women There’s an abundance of advice and literature on the key factors that make a business successful. Ask any expert, and they’ll likely give you a long list that includes delivering a product that has a market need, great market timing, a team that can execute together, and many others. But until recently, one factor...

50 Cent testifies his lifestyle is an illusion: 'I take the jewelry and cars back to the stores' Curtis Jackson, aka 50 Cent, appears in Manhattan Supreme Court on Tuesday, July 21, 2015, in New York to testify in a lawsuit about a sex tape he allegedly posted online. After filing for bankruptcy last week, 50 Cent, whose real name is...