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QU Medical College first batch to have 50 students The new Medical College, scheduled to open at Qatar University (QU) in September 2015, is to enrol both male and female students, who will take some courses in a segregated environment and others in a co-educational set up. “Efforts will be made to attract Qatari students to pursue careers in medicine with...

HE Speaker of Advisory Council Meets Sicilian Parliament President Doha, November 10 (QNA) - HE Speaker of Advisory Council Mohamed bin Mubarak Al Khulaifi met Monday with President of Sicilian Regional Assembly Giovanni Ardizzone.     Read the full text news resource site… Source News: qna.org.qa

Obama pressures FCC for strong net neutrality rules A pro-net neutrality Internet activist rally in the neighborhood where President Obama attended a fundraiser in Los Angeles, July 23, 2014. (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday struck a blow to large cable and wireless companies by publicly pressuring the federal communications regulator to adopt tougher rules that would treat Internet...

Young Israeli killed in West Bank stabbing Israeli Zaka emergency services volunteers clean the site where a Palestinian man stabbed three Israelis outside the Alon Shvut settlement in the Etzion settlement bloc in the southern West Bank on November 10, 2014. (AFP) One of three Israeli settlers stabbed in the West Bank died on Monday, Israeli police said, adding that the...

HE Minister of Labor Meets Ugandan Counterpart Doha, November 10 (QNA) - HE Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Dr. Abdullah Saleh Mubarak Al-Khulaifi met Monday with Uganda's Minister of State for Youth, Labor ,Employment & Industrial Relations Mwesigwa Rukutana. They discussed bilateral relations and the means to enhance them as well as a number of issues of joint interest....

Qatar Participates in 26th Session of Council of Arab Environment Ministers Doha, November 10 (QNA) - HE the Minister of Environment Ahmad bin Amer Al-Hemaidi led Qatar's delegation to the 26th session of the Council of Arab Ministers Responsible for Environment (CAMRE) and the 51st meeting of Arab Environment Ministers Council's Executive Board held in Jeddah.     Read the full text...

Minister of State for Defence Affairs Meets US Commander Doha, November 10 (QNA) - HE the Minister of State for Defence Affairs Major General Hamad bin Ali Al-Attiyah met here today with Commander of the Special Operations Command Central at the U.S. Central Command General Michael Nagata.     Read the full text news resource site… Source News: qna.org.qa

Hamad Airport Announces Opening of Hotel and Fitness Centre Doha, November 10 (QNA) - Hamad International Airport announced today the opening of the Airport Hotel and the Vitality Wellbeing and Fitness Centre which will provide a variety of services featuring flexiblility and response to the different needs of travel and flight schedules. The 100-room Airport Hotel is located in the...

Qatar SQUAD is well prepared for gulf cup:Team manager DOHA: Qatar squad is well prepared for the Gulf Cup that will feature the region’s top teams in Saudi Arabia next week, team manager Farid Mahboob said in an interview. Here are excerpts from the interview: How do you see the readiness of the Qatar side ahead of the Gulf Cup opener? The...

Nico Rosberg celebrates his win Nico Rosberg ended Lewis Hamilton's five-race winning streak to claim victory at the Brazilian Grand Prix and set up a double-points showdown in the season-ending race in Abu Dhabi. Rosberg completed his utter dominance of the weekend at Interlagos with a vital victory to close the gap to Hamilton to 17 points, with the Briton having...

81% Of Catalans Vote For Independence From Spain In Symbolic Referendum Nearly 81% of 2.25 million Catalans who participated in a simulated referendum Sunday said they wanted autonomy from Spain, according to preliminary results cited by the Financial Times and other news outlets. Catalan Vice President Joana Ortega announced the results of the vote on Monday morning at 12:30 a.m. with...

100-year-old woman celebrates birthday with sky dive Eleanor Cunningham of Howes Cave, New York, has bested former President George H.W. Bush. (Shutterstock) Eleanor Cunningham of Howes Cave, New York, has bested former President George H.W. Bush. He celebrated his 90th birthday by skydiving; she made the big leap to mark her centennial.     Read the full text news resource site… Source News: alarabiya.net

Three-man multinational space crew returns to Earth Expedition 41 light Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (ESA) (L), Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) (C), and NASA Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman (R) sit in chairs outside the Soyuz TMA-13M capsule just minutes after they landed in a remote area near the town of...

5 ways Obama can push back in Asia Obama'a less than warm Asia welcome (CNN) - China's propaganda system appears to be working hard to belittle U.S. President Barack Obama before he heads to Asia for three key multilateral meetings. The open mockery of the Democratic Party's loss in the midterm elections is likely an attempt to put the President on...