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Sheikha Mayassa Attends Opening of CIMAM Conference Doha, November 09 (QNA) - HE Chairperson of Qatar Museums Sheikha Mayassa bint Hamad Al-Thani attended Sunday the opening Ceremony of the CIMAM Annual Conference, which took place in Arab Museum of Modern Art. CIMAM conference, which Doha will hold for the next three days, is one of the most important events related...

Advisory Council Speaker Receives Message from Omani Counterpart Doha, November 09 (QNA) - HE the Speaker of the Advisory Council Mohamed bin Mubarak Al Khulaifi has received a message from the Speaker of the Sultanate of Oman's Majlis Al-Shura (advisory council) Sheikh Khalid bin Hilal Al-Mawali, accepting to attend the 7th meeting of Speakers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)...

Qatar 2015 proud supporter of Educate A Child Qatar 2015 director general Dr Thani Abdulrahman al-Kuwari and Education Above All CEO Marcio Barbosa at a press conference yesterday. The Qatar 2015 Organising Committee has announced that it is a proud supporter of Educate A Child, a global programme of Education Above All (EAA). It has pledged to donate all funds raised...

Qatar Airways Joins Interpol's Pioneering I-Checkit Initiative Doha, November 09 (QNA) - As part of efforts to enhance international travel security, Qatar Airways has signed an agreement with INTERPOL to use the world police body's I-Checkit system to screen the passports of its passengers against INTERPOL's Stolen and Lost Travel Documents (SLTD) database. With the agreement, Qatar Airways becomes the...

Orbital Highway to open by end of 2017 Artist's impression of an intersection in the proposed Orbital Highway. The Orbital Highway project, part of Qatar's ambitious Expressway programme and aimed at linking the Mesaieed Industrial City (MIC) and suburbs on the southern side with Al Khor and Ras Laffan Industrial City (RLIC) in the northern region, is expected to become a...

US, EU and Iran hold nuclear talks in Oman Senior diplomats from Iran, the United States and the European Union have met in Oman ahead of a deadline for a deal on Tehran's contested nuclear program. All parties note 'major gaps' in negotiating positions. The high-level talks in Muscat on Sunday aimed to speed up progress towards reaching a deal on...

Bubba Watson's miraculous bunker shot forces playoff After carding a double bogey on the 17th hole Sunday at the HSBC Champions event in Shanghai put him one shot behind the leader, it seemed that Bubba Watson had blown his chance at winning the tournament. On the par-5 18th, Watson hit his second shot in a greenside bunker.     Read the full text...

Rejoice, fans: Matt Damon will be back as Jason Bourne! BFFs Matt Damon and Ben Affleck celebrated the return of their HBO series Project Greenlight in Hollywood. But it was the resurrection of another franchise that’s made bigger headlines: Damon will be returning as Jason Bourne! “Yes, next year,” Damon told E! News. “It’ll be in 2016 when the movie will actually...

Germany celebrates 25th anniversary of fall of Berlin Wall The text reading 'Freedom' is projected on the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, November 9, 2014. Germany on Sunday marks the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. (Reuters) - More than a million Germans and people from around the world on Sunday celebrated the 25th anniversary of the fall...

Mouawad is a privately held multinational jewelry and timepiece company that sources diamonds and gemstones, designs, manufacturers, and sells jewelry collections, objects of art, and luxury watches. The firm has headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, with a Middle East headquarters at Jumeirah Lakes Towers in Dubai. Founded in 1891 in Beirut, Lebanon by David Mouawad, the firm is now led by...

Best films of the week Follow us with the introduction of the best films of the week (9 November)   1) A Merry Friggin' Christmas (2014) Genre: Comedy Director: Tristram Shapeero Stars: Robin Williams, Lauren Graham and Wendi McLendon-CoveyBoyd Mitchler and his family must spend Christmas with his estranged family of misfits. Upon realizing that he left all his son's gifts at home, he hits...

5 Facts About Emails That You Didn't Know We send and receive emails every day for our personal and work purposes, but we don't know a lot of facts about emails. Before email was like posting a letter to your friend - we didn't do that too often, and when we received one, we were pretty happy. Nowadays more than...

Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames With exquisite simplicity, Buddhist monk and Vietnam refugee Thich Nhat Hanh gives tools and advice for transforming relationships, focusing energy, and rejuvenating those parts of ourselves that have been laid waste by anger. His extraordinary wisdom can transform your life and the lives of the people you love, and in the words of Thich...

Ingredients For pastry: 3 cups all purpose flour or 600 g 1 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons sugar 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1¼ cups water or 300 ml For stuffing: 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 500 g minced lamb 1 medium onion or 150 g, finely chopped 2 cloves garlic, crushed ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon ½ teaspoon ground cloves ½ teaspoon ground cumin ½ cup water or 125 ml, hot 2 cubes MAGGI® Chicken Bouillon or 20...