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Wednesday, May 22 2013
Syria's Chance For Change

WHEN Ban Ki-moon opens the promised international conference on Syria in Geneva next month, the war-ravaged country will experience the first sliver of hope it has dared to feel for months. A year has gone by since Russia and the United States approved guidelines for a transition to a more democratic and pluralistic Syria and it is a tragedy that so many lives have been wasted without any effort to implement the guidelines. It has required several Uturns...

What Our Words Tell Us
ABOUT two years ago, the folks at Google released a database of 5.2 million books published between 1500 and 2008. You can type a search word into the database and find out how frequently different words were used at different epochs. The database doesn't tell you how the words were used; it just tells you how frequently they were used. Still, results can reveal interesting cultural shifts. For example, somebody typed the word "cocaine" into the search engine and found that the word was surprisingly common in the Victorian era. Then it gradually declined during the 20th century until around 1970, when usage skyrocketed. I'd like to tell a story about the last half-century, based on studies done with this search engine. The first element in this story is rising individualism. A study by Jean M Twenge, W Keith Campbell and Brittany Gentile found that between 1960 and 2008 individualistic words and ...
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20,000 to 35,000 workers needed for Rail projects

THE construction of Qatar's railway projects worth $40 billion - Doha Metro, Passenger Rail, Freight Rail and Light Rail Transit - will require 20,000 to 35,000 workers to complete, said Qatar Railways Company ...

Emir meets dignitaries

THE Emir His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani on Tuesday met with dignitaries, who are currently in Qatar to participate in the Doha Forum and Enriching the Middle East's Economic Future conference. HH the Emir conferred with former secretary-general of the ...

QCB official advocates more flexible exchange rate

QATAR and other Gulf states should consider moving to a more flexible exchange rate from long-entrenched pegs to the US dollar, to better manage inflation risk in the next decade, a senior Qatar ...

GHARAFA, JAISH OUSTED

AL GHARAFA and El Jaish were eliminated from AFC Champions League knockout stage with heavy losses on Tuesday. Playing in Riyadh, Gharafa were beaten 3-0 by Al Shabab, and lost 5-1 on aggregate after losing the first leg 2-1 a week ago ...

Flaunting the baby-bump

LAST week, the most talkedabout moment from the Met Gala, the annual black-tie event to benefit the museum's Costume Institute, did not involve Anna Wintour, the host committee headlined by Rooney Mara and Beyonce or Madonna going pantless ...

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Ashghal launches QR1bn plan to develop Rawdat Al Hamam
THE Public Works Authority (Ashghal) on Tuesday announced the launch of a QR1 billion project to develop Rawdat Al Hamam/Bani Hajer area, located in the northern part of Al Rayyan Municipality, as a quality residential area of Qatar boasting all necessary facilities. The project, which is divided into two phases, is expected to be complete by the end of next year and will include construction ...
QC awards QR805,000 to schools for promoting morals among students
QATAR Charity (QC) recently awarded QR805,000 to a group of schools for promoting good behaviour and positive values among students. The awards were presented to the schools during the celebration of the conclusion of the ´Ana Snafi´ (I am Snafi) and ´Habbat Reeh´ (Gust of Wind) programmes of the Charity. The gala ceremony held under the auspices of the Ministry of Social Affairs in ...
Ghazali Education Trust on a mission to make Pakistan 100% literate
DR Ishtiaq Ahmed Gondal, member board of directors of Pakistan´s Ghazali Education Trust (GET), recently arrived in Doha to brief the Pakistani community about the ongoing projects of the forum and to seek their support in increasing literacy rate in Pakistan. Speaking to community members at a reception hosted by Halqa-e-Ahbab forum at Zaoq Restaurant, Gondal said more than 48,000 ...
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Rafsanjani, one other barred from Iran polls
TEHRAN Iran’s electoral watchdog has barred moderate ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani from standing in a June 14 presidential election, the interior ministry said on Tuesday. Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, a close but controversial aide to incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was also omitted from the list. No explanation was given. Eight candidates won approval to stand – five conservatives, two moderate conservatives and a reformist.
Qatar needs more flexible exchange rate: QCB
DUBAI Qatar and other Gulf states should consider moving to a more flexible exchange rate, to better manage inflation risk in the next decade, Qatar Central Bank Director (Research and Monetary Policy) Khalid al Khater said on Tuesday. “We in the GCC need more than an outdated four-decade old simple policy framework,” Khater said. A more active monetary policy may now be needed as Qatar plans to spend $140 billion on infrastructure, partly to prepare for hosting the 2022 World Cup.
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