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| Leading From Behind |
 WHEN I tweeted a sincere
"Bravo Obama" message the
other day, congratulating
the president on "leading
from behind" in Libya, it
took only minutes for the US ambassador
to NATO to tweet back a... |
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LIKE IT'S 2008 |
 WHEN Goldman Sachs
went public on May 4,
1999, Jon Corzine, who
was then the firm's
chief executive, held a
stake that was suddenly valued at
$305 million. So, perhaps, it's
uncharitable to complain. |
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| | Qatari steps
to check
AIDS hailed |  QATAR has made tangible
progress on the United
Nations Millennium
Development Goal 6 and its
two HIV/AIDS targets on
´having halted and begun to
reverse the spread of
HIV/AIDS by 2015´, and
´achieving universal access to
HIV/AIDS treatment for all
those who need it´, an expert
said on Wednesday.
Speaking at the ´Qatar
Symposium on Family, the
Millennium Development
Goals and AIDS in the Middle
East´, Dr Hussam al Soub, consultant
on infectious diseases
at the Hamad Medical
Corporation (HMC) said that
no new cases of HIV/AIDS
have been reported in the last
few years in Qatar.
He said Qatar´s HIV/AIDS
prevalence was only... |
| | QA launches flights to Uganda |  QATAR Airways has further
expanded operations in
Africa with the introduction
of its 16th destination on the
continent, daily scheduled
flights to Uganda.
Flight QR536 arrived at
Entebbe International
Airport, near Uganda´s capital
city of Kampala, to an
impressive water salute performed
by the local fire service.
The arrival was followed
by an airport ceremony
attended by local dignitaries,
airport officials and media.
On board the maiden nonstop
flight from Doha were
Ugandan government representatives
and international
media led by Qatar Airways
Chief Executive Officer Akbar
al Baker.
Entebbe becomes the 16th
destination in Qatar... |
| | Better parametres, role models
for education reforms stressed |  BETTER role models and
better benchmarks are needed
for effective reforms in
education, said the speakers
during a debate on the second
day of the WISE summit
in Doha on Wednesday.
Speaking at the plenary session
titled ´Achieving
Effective Reform´, panelists
explored ways of raising the
bar and increasing equity in
educational outcomes.
The panel consisted of Sir
Michael, chief education advisor
of Pearson and a former
head of the Global Education
Practices, McKinsey (UK),
Tom Bentley, deputy chief of
Staff to Australian Prime
Minister Julia Gillard, Luc
Chatel, French Minister of
National Education, Youth
and Community, Dr Jacek... |
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