Afghan peace lost in transition worries
Source: Washington Post
Doha :: Qatar | updated 2013-05-20 18:36:04 -0700 | travel-news
Everything in Afghanistan seems very ambiguous now, said Abdul Hakim Mujahid, a former Taliban diplomat and a member of the government-appointed peace council . There are a hundred questions to be answered, but nothing is clear, and we have no...
Texas joins states suing BP ove...
Source: Qatar English Daily
Doha :: Qatar | updated 2013-05-18 17:32:34 -0700 | travel-news
Texas has joined the crowd of Gulf of Mexico states to file suit against BP Plc, Halliburton Co and others for their role in one of the worst oil spills in US history. The complaint alleges that the companies and...
South Sudan town 'trashed by army'
Source: Al Jazeera English
Doha :: Qatar | updated 2013-05-17 20:52:31 -0700 | travel-news
37 Al Jazeera has gained access to a South Sudanese town, where fighting and looting have forced most of the population to leave. Homes and a hospital have been looted and destroyed, with the UN blaming South Sudanese soldiers who...
Road Safety Project deal signed
Source: Qatar English Daily
Doha :: Qatar | updated 2013-05-14 18:25:56 -0700 | travel-news
H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, and Minister of Energy and Industry H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada. Director General of Public Security Staff Maj Gen H E Saad bin Jassim Al Khulaifi and...
Qatar University marks UN Road Safety Week focusing on pedestrians
Source: Qatar English Daily
Doha :: Qatar | updated 2013-05-13 18:51:59 -0700 | travel-news
Pedestrian safety was the focus of a campaign launched at Qatar University (QU) to mark the 2nd United Nations Global Road Safety Week. Qatar Road Safety Studies Center was established in September 2012 at QU and is the only research...
Ashghal announces two-day road closure
Source: Qatar English Daily
Doha :: Qatar | updated 2013-05-08 17:21:11 -0700 | travel-news
A section of Street 150 heading north from Salwa Road to Al Waab street will remain closed today and tomorrow, the Public Works Authority (Ashghal) said yesterday...The closure is part of the development works on Salwa Road intersections. Motorists traveling...
Sudan NCP endorses proposal to extend Bashir?s mandate for 5 years
Source: Sudan Tribune
Doha :: Qatar | updated 2013-05-08 00:22:05 -0700 | travel-news
Sudan's ruling National Congress Party NCP) approved on Tuesday a proposition aiming to amend its statute and to extend the term of the leader from four to five years. NCP secretary of women's affairs Samia Ahmed Mohamed told reporters in...
Farmers held for selling tainte...
Source: Qatar English Daily
Doha :: Qatar | updated 2013-05-06 20:40:02 -0700 | travel-news
Three Chinese farmers were held for operating an illegal pork business selling meat from pigs that died of disease, state media said yesterday, the latest in a series of food scandals to hit China. The farmers were contracted to dispose...
Civil Defence holds mock drill at W Doha Hotel
Source: Qatar English Daily
Doha :: Qatar | updated 2013-05-05 18:07:29 -0700 | travel-news
W Doha Hotel (QIC) in Dafna yesterday as part of its efforts to raise safety awareness. The drill started with information received at operation room on a fire outbreak in the Hotel's ninth floor. Firefighting and rescue team from Wadi...
Heavy rains inundate many low-lying areas
Source: Qatar English Daily
Doha :: Qatar | updated 2013-05-04 17:52:17 -0700 | travel-news
Many low-lying areas in the city, its suburbs and other parts of the country were under knee-deep water after heavy rains paralysed life late yesterday afternoon, exposing the hollow claims of the municipal authorities that they were ever-ready to clear...
Arizona National Guard unit returns from Qatar
Source: Arizona Daily Sun
Doha :: Qatar | updated 2013-05-02 10:38:29 -0700 | travel-news
The Associated Press The Associated Press 2 hours ago An Army National Guard unit returns to Arizona on Thursday after serving in Qatar in the war against terrorism. The National Guard says 70 soldiers of the Phoenix-based headquarters detachment of...
HH the Heir Apparent meets representatives of GCC Chiefs...
Source: Qatar English Daily
Doha :: Qatar | updated 2013-05-02 04:10:33 -0700 | travel-news
HH the Heir Apparent and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Qatari Armed Forces Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met here on Thursday morning in Al Qalayel area with representatives of GCC Chiefs of Staff and senior military officers from sisterly...
Cameras to monitor traffic at junctions
Source: Qatar English Daily
Doha :: Qatar | updated 2013-04-27 16:44:39 -0700 | travel-news
Traffic congestions at junctions will soon be cleared as authorities have installed surveillance cameras at 33 major intersections in the country. The cameras will beam images to control rooms round-the-clock. This kind of monitoring of traffic movements near traffic intersections...
Armed Forces General Command issues precautionary warnin...
Source: Qatar English Daily
Doha :: Qatar | updated 2013-04-25 00:34:58 -0700 | travel-news
Armed Forces General Command issues precautionary warning Thursday, 25 April 2013 DOHA: The General Command of the Qatari Armed Forces announced on Thursday that Sealine area will be active during the period from 28/04/2013 until 02/05/2013 from 6:00 am to...
Dutch firm introduces fire-resi...
Source: Qatar English Daily
Doha :: Qatar | updated 2013-04-11 19:30:55 -0700 | travel-news
A leading Dutch firm, Hunter Douglas, that makes window blinds and coverings for buildings and high-rise towers, claims to have come out with new QuadroClad' panels that are, according to the company, complete fire-resistant facade system unlike competing products, a...
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