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New Hope for M-E Peace
IT´S been 10 long years since the Palestinians and Israelis last came close to establishing a permanent peace, in January 2001 at Taba in Egypt. During my career in the Egyptian Air Force, I saw the tragic toll of war between the Arabs and Israel. As president of Egypt, I have endured many ups and downs in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Egypt´s decision to be the first Arab state to make peace with Israel claimed the life of my predecessor, Anwar el Sadat. Ever since the day in 1981 that I witnessed his assassination by extremists, I have tried to turn the dream of a permanent peace in the Middle East into a reality. Now, after a nearly two-year hiatus in direct negotiations, we are opening...
M-E´S MISSIONS IMPOSSIBLE
PRESIDENT Barack Obama is embarking on something I´ve never seen before - taking on two Missions Impossible at the same time. That is, a simultaneous effort to heal the two most bitter divides in the Middle East: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Shiite-Sunni conflict centred in Iraq. Give him his due. The guy´s got audacity. I´ll provide the hope. But kids, don´t try this at home. Yet, if by some miracles the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks that open in Washington on Thursday do eventually produce a two-state solution, and Iraqi Shiites and Sunnis do succeed in writing their own social contract on how to live together, one might be able to imagine a Middle East...
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Qatar kicks firms out of villas amid office space glut

TARIK AL TOUBASSI is about to move the company he manages out of a villa on the outskirts of Doha, and into new offices downtown that command three times the rent. It's either that or close down...

Top institutions take part in Georgetown students' fair

THE Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar held its sixth annual student activities fair on Wednesday. Around 30 top institutions, including the Education City, Brookings...

Meltdown fails to scar Qatari banks: Fitch

QATARI banks have emerged relatively unscathed from the global financial crisis and regional downturn displaying strong financial profiles, although high credit risks, taken during the lending boom, continue to pose challenges...

American teen Capra upsets Rezai

GOODBYE, Melanie Oudin. Hello, Beatrice Capra. The day after the sensation of last year's US Open departed quietly, another 18-year-old American made her way unexpectedly to the third round. Capra, a wild-card ...

Life without Antibiotics

JUST 65 years ago, David Livermore's paternal grandmother died following an operation to remove her appendix. It didn't go well, but it was not the surgery that killed her. She succumbed to a series of infections that the pre-penicillin world had no drugs...



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PCID honours inmates at Ramadan gathering
THE Penal and Correctional Institutions Department (PCID) at the Ministry of Interior organised an annual Ramadan gathering to honour winning teams in sports activities held for jail inmates. The event was attended by the PCID Director Col Mohammed Saud al Otaibi, Director of Social Rehabilitation Centre Rashid al Nuaimi as well as heads of other sections at the PCID and a number of officers. Welcoming the guests, Col al Otaibi said, "The PCID organised the cultural...
CMU proud of Qatar campus: Cohon
THE achievements of Carnegie Mellon University at Qatar (CMU-Q) have been lauded by President of Carnegie Mellon University Jared L Cohon whose tenure has just been extended by one year. Cohon´s current and third five-year term ends in June 2012. With the extension he will have three years remaining as president through June 2013, allowing him the time necessary to complete and make significant progress on key initiatives. Mark Kamlet, executive vice...
MoI takes part in community iftars
THE Ministry of Interior conducted three security and traffic safety awareness programmes on the sidelines of the "Iftar and Brotherhood with Communities Project" organised by the Sheikh Thani Bin Abdullah Foundation for Humanitarian Services (RAF) in collaboration with the ministry for the Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Indian communities at Al Ahli and Al Arabi clubs recently. Apart from officials of RAF and ministries of interior and municipality and urban planning...
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Tainted trio opted out: Pakistan
THE three Pakistan cricketers implicated in the match-fixing controversy had asked to be kept out of the team’s remaining matches in England, Pakistan’s High Commissioner said in London on Thursday.
NATO air strike kills 10 civilians
TEN Afghan civilians were killed on Thursday in a NATO air strike on three vehicles carrying election campaign workers in northern Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai said in a statement.
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