OUT of the ashes of the horrific 9/11 attacks, a positive custom
is taking hold. Since 2002, victims´ family members and
friends have joined with community nonprofits, faith-based groups
and others to mobilise Americans to mark the anniversary of
the attacks with useful volunteer service. Under a provision
of the larger national service measure signed in April by President
Barack Obama, Friday will be the first 9/11 anniversary to be
commemorated as a National Day of Service and Remembrance. The
simple goal, explains David Paine, a co-founder of MyGoodDeed,
an important mover...
EARLY
day care, so the story goes, exposes kids to more germs and
illnesses at an early age, thereby protecting them from asthma
and allergies later on. Scientists call it the ´hygiene
hypothesis´, but a new study casts doubt on its existence
and finds early infections have no effect on asthma and allergy
rates at age 8. An unexplained increase in asthma among children
in both industrialised countries and developing nations has
scientists searching for ways to reduce the disease. In the
United States, asthma affects nearly 5 million children and
is the most common serious chronic childhood disease.
Qatar on Thursday
offered to host further inter-
Lebanese talks after prime minister-
designate Saad al Hariri gave
up on forming a government that
could have ended a longstanding
political...
Various government
and non-government schools were
advised on the dos and don'ts
of swine flu prevention at a workshop
on Thursday. The workshop, "With
Prevention, my School is Safe",
organised by the Supreme Council
of...
Chevron has
sealed an estimated A$70 billion
($60 billion) worth of gas deals
with three North Asian buyers
for its massive Gorgon project
in Australia, paving the way for
a final investment decision in
coming weeks...
Roger Federer
will play Novak Djokovic in the
US Open semifinals on Saturday,
their third consecutive clash
at Flushing Meadows after the
final of 2007 and the semifinals
of last year...
Residents
of Juneau brag that their town
is the most beautiful capital
city in America, and they have
a strong argument. Juneau is inside
the Tongass National Forest, part
of the world's largest temperate
rain forest. Oldgrowth groves...
A catalogue of the works of well-known Qatari artist Ali Hassan will be published soon, said Director of the VCU Qatar Gallery Jochen Sokoly on Wednesday. Sokoly, who is also assistant Professor of Art and History at VCU Qatar made the statement at the opening of an exhibition of Ali Hassan´s works at the Virginia Commonwealth University. Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage His Excellency Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz al Kuwari opened the exhibition ´Qatar Now´...
Zahid Nasrullah Khan, Minister and Deputy Head of Mission at the Pakistani embassy, has invited highly-skilled and accomplished Pakistanis in Qatar to join the National Talent Pool (NTP) and contribute in the socio-economic development of Pakistan. "We owe a lot to our country and it is high time to pay back to our motherland. Those Pakistanis who feel that they can contribute their services for the development of Pakistan are requested to send their...
Qatar Robotic Surgery Centre will sponsor the 12th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI) that will take place from September 20 to 24 at Imperial College London. Qatar Robotic Surgery Centre is an initiative from Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP) that seeks to become a focal point for international expertise in robotic surgery. It will develop three core activities: demonstration...
US carmaker General Motors has decided to sell Opel to a group led by Canadian car parts maker Magna, signaling an end to months of uncertainty for the European unit and its 50,000 workers. The decision, announced after a two-day meeting by the GM board, was welcomed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel who had lobbied for the Russian-backed Magna bid and could profit from GM´s choice in an election on September 27. Talks on Opel, control of which GM is selling as part of a US governmentorchestrated...
China on Thursday condemned a US decision to slap tariffs on steel pipes from the mainland, as US President Barack Obama mulled whether to also curb tire imports from the Asian giant. The twin disputes are a litmus test for Obama´s trade policy with Beijing, and are coming to the forefront ahead of his highly anticipated first presidential visit to China set for November. In July, Obama laid out his vision of "cooperation, not confrontation" between Washington...
MTN Group Ltd shareholders said they want more for their stakes in Africa´s biggest wireless company after it reached a $24 billion share-purchase accord with Bharti Airtel Ltd, the first step in their planned merger. Bharti, India´s biggest mobilephone operator, sweetened its bid to buy 49 percent of MTN by raising the cash portion of its $14 billion offer, three people familiar with the matter said. MTN´s minority shareholders will be able to opt for an all-cash payment...
The Qatari sports fans will be in in for a gymnastics treat as the Qatar Gymnastics Federation (QGF) organizes the second Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Category A Championship here at the Aspire Academy from September 28 to 30. The above information was given by the President of the Qatar Gymnastic Federation Ali al Hitami, while addressing a press conference here at the Holiday Villa Home and Residence on Wednesday evening. "This is the third most important gymnastics competition after the Olympic Games...
Cameron White accepts he´ll have to cede the No 3 berth back to Australia captain Ricky Ponting despite scoring his maiden one-day international (ODI) century in the position. White´s 105 saw Australia to a six-wicket win over England in the third ODI at the Rose Bowl here on Wednesday as the world champions went 3-0 up in the seven-match series. Ponting looked on from the pavilion, having only recently arrived back in England after taking a break following Australia´s 2- 1 Ashes Test series loss....
Paraguay beat Argentina 1-0 in Asuncion to secure a berth in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and complicate Argentina´s chances of qualifying. Nelson Haedo Valdez scored the lone goal Wednesday in the 29th minute after a pass from striker Salvador Cabanas. Moreover, Paraguay hit the woodwork twice in the first half and appeared to dominate the match from start to finish. "We stayed orderly, and that´s what is important," Cabanas said...
Matt Damon stars as a whistleblower at a big US agri-business company in The Informant!, a black comedy based on a true story which had the audience laughing out loud at the Venice film festival. Damon had to put on 30 pounds, wear a mustache and look unusually unglamorous to play Mark Whitacre, who turns from corporate golden boy at Archer Daniels Midland to FBI informant to uncover price-fixing practices in the industry. "It was probably the funniest time I ever had working because I didn´t have to think...
Acclaimed filmmaker Shyam Benegal describes Minnisha Lamba as an ´exceptionally good´ actress but rues that she hasn´t got her ´due´ in Bollywood. He feels his movie Well Done Abba will no doubt fetch her the muchdeserved appreciation. "Minnisha will be seen in something very different from what she has done till now. I hope with Well Done Abba she gets the appreciation she deserves. She is an exceptionally fine actress and I feel that she has not got her due in the industry," said Benegal over the phone...
When the rapper and former drug dealer Curtis Jackson first laid hands on a copy of a vaguely sinister self-help book entitled The 48 Laws Of Power, he says, "I related to it immediately." The book, by Robert Greene, is a coldly amoral compilation of rules for winning life´s wars - ´Never outshine the master´; ´Pose as a friend, work as a spy´; ´Crush your enemy totally´ - and it seized the imagination of many hip-hop artists, including Busta Rhymes, Jay-Z...
The Minister of State for Cabinet
Affairs HE Sheikh Nasser bin
Mohammed bin Abdulaziz al Thani
issued a circular No. 20 on Thursday
for the Eid-al-Fitr holidays. The circular
stipulates that for the ministries
and other government
departments, public authorities
and corporations, Eid holidays will
begin from Thursday (September
17) or Ramadan 27. All the employees
are expected to resume their
work from Sunday (September 27).
The Qatar Central Bank, other
banks and institutions, Qatar
Financial Markets Authority and
Qatar Securities Company employees
will avail a three-day holiday
from the date fixed by the QCB
governor.
More than 200 people, including
many schoolchildren remained missing
on Thursday, a day after a wooden
boat capsized at sea and left at
least eight dead, police said. Some 39
passengers have been rescued so far
off the coast of the Sierra Leone,
police official said. At least 221 people
remain missing and some of the
passengers also were travelling with
young children.
A catalogue of the works of well-known Qatari artist Ali Hassan will be published soon, said Director of the VCU Qatar Gallery Jochen Sokoly on Wednesday. Sokoly, who is also assistant Professor of Art and History at VCU Qatar made the statement at the opening of an exhibition of Ali Hassan´s works at the Virginia Commonwealth University. Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage His Excellency Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz al Kuwari opened the exhibition ´Qatar Now´...
Zahid Nasrullah Khan, Minister and Deputy Head of Mission at the Pakistani embassy, has invited highly-skilled and accomplished Pakistanis in Qatar to join the National Talent Pool (NTP) and contribute in the socio-economic development of Pakistan. "We owe a lot to our country and it is high time to pay back to our motherland. Those Pakistanis who feel that they can contribute their services for the development of Pakistan are requested to send their... 
Qatar Robotic Surgery Centre will sponsor the 12th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI) that will take place from September 20 to 24 at Imperial College London. Qatar Robotic Surgery Centre is an initiative from Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP) that seeks to become a focal point for international expertise in robotic surgery. It will develop three core activities: demonstration... 
US carmaker General Motors has decided to sell Opel to a group led by Canadian car parts maker Magna, signaling an end to months of uncertainty for the European unit and its 50,000 workers. The decision, announced after a two-day meeting by the GM board, was welcomed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel who had lobbied for the Russian-backed Magna bid and could profit from GM´s choice in an election on September 27. Talks on Opel, control of which GM is selling as part of a US governmentorchestrated... 
China on Thursday condemned a US decision to slap tariffs on steel pipes from the mainland, as US President Barack Obama mulled whether to also curb tire imports from the Asian giant. The twin disputes are a litmus test for Obama´s trade policy with Beijing, and are coming to the forefront ahead of his highly anticipated first presidential visit to China set for November. In July, Obama laid out his vision of "cooperation, not confrontation" between Washington...
MTN Group Ltd shareholders said they want more for their stakes in Africa´s biggest wireless company after it reached a $24 billion share-purchase accord with Bharti Airtel Ltd, the first step in their planned merger. Bharti, India´s biggest mobilephone operator, sweetened its bid to buy 49 percent of MTN by raising the cash portion of its $14 billion offer, three people familiar with the matter said. MTN´s minority shareholders will be able to opt for an all-cash payment... 
The Qatari sports fans will be in in for a gymnastics treat as the Qatar Gymnastics Federation (QGF) organizes the second Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Category A Championship here at the Aspire Academy from September 28 to 30. The above information was given by the President of the Qatar Gymnastic Federation Ali al Hitami, while addressing a press conference here at the Holiday Villa Home and Residence on Wednesday evening. "This is the third most important gymnastics competition after the Olympic Games...
Cameron White accepts he´ll have to cede the No 3 berth back to Australia captain Ricky Ponting despite scoring his maiden one-day international (ODI) century in the position. White´s 105 saw Australia to a six-wicket win over England in the third ODI at the Rose Bowl here on Wednesday as the world champions went 3-0 up in the seven-match series. Ponting looked on from the pavilion, having only recently arrived back in England after taking a break following Australia´s 2- 1 Ashes Test series loss....
Paraguay beat Argentina 1-0 in Asuncion to secure a berth in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and complicate Argentina´s chances of qualifying. Nelson Haedo Valdez scored the lone goal Wednesday in the 29th minute after a pass from striker Salvador Cabanas. Moreover, Paraguay hit the woodwork twice in the first half and appeared to dominate the match from start to finish. "We stayed orderly, and that´s what is important," Cabanas said... 
Matt Damon stars as a whistleblower at a big US agri-business company in The Informant!, a black comedy based on a true story which had the audience laughing out loud at the Venice film festival. Damon had to put on 30 pounds, wear a mustache and look unusually unglamorous to play Mark Whitacre, who turns from corporate golden boy at Archer Daniels Midland to FBI informant to uncover price-fixing practices in the industry. "It was probably the funniest time I ever had working because I didn´t have to think... 
Acclaimed filmmaker Shyam Benegal describes Minnisha Lamba as an ´exceptionally good´ actress but rues that she hasn´t got her ´due´ in Bollywood. He feels his movie Well Done Abba will no doubt fetch her the muchdeserved appreciation. "Minnisha will be seen in something very different from what she has done till now. I hope with Well Done Abba she gets the appreciation she deserves. She is an exceptionally fine actress and I feel that she has not got her due in the industry," said Benegal over the phone... 
When the rapper and former drug dealer Curtis Jackson first laid hands on a copy of a vaguely sinister self-help book entitled The 48 Laws Of Power, he says, "I related to it immediately." The book, by Robert Greene, is a coldly amoral compilation of rules for winning life´s wars - ´Never outshine the master´; ´Pose as a friend, work as a spy´; ´Crush your enemy totally´ - and it seized the imagination of many hip-hop artists, including Busta Rhymes, Jay-Z...
