I CAME, "I falsified, I won" read an
ironic poster with an image of Julius
Caesar that I saw in the hands of a
demonstrator who had come out to
protest the rigging of the recent parliamentary
elections.
DRIVEN by its women's brilliant
performance, Qatar has
emerged a potent regional
sports power as the Arab
Games completed halfway
stage on Friday.
Qatar's investment in
sports and attempts to promote
a...
ARAB states may take their proposals
for ending Syria's crackdown on
protests to the UN Security Council
next week unless Damascus agrees
to implement the initiative, Prime
Minister and Minister of Foreign
Affairs ...
QATAR is celebrating its 2011 National Day as the most peaceful country in the Arab region and 12th among 153 countries in the world, according to the Institute of Economics and Peace (IEP).
THE Qatar Exchange (QE) showed a mixed performance during the week starting December 11. The official QE index decreased by 0.63 percent over previous week's closing and finished the week.
QATAR'S medal hunt lost a bit of its sheen because of the cagers' unfortunate loss to Jordan at the Arab Games on Saturday. Egypt, the champion country of the region, maintained its steady push forward and collected.
SILENT movie The Artist painted a pretty picture at the Golden Globe nominations on Thursday, leading all movies with six nods overall including best film comedy or musical in the race to Hollywood's Oscars. Following The Artist among top nominees for the.
STUDENTS of Qatar Aeronautical College (QAC) celebrated the Qatar National Day on Thursday. The Qatar national flag flew high as the students performed one of the folkloric dances that revive memories of the origin of Qatar and its people. As they commemorated the occasion, the students expressed pride in being Qatari nationals. They pointed out that this year´s celebration of the National Day is distinctive as the country...
QATARGAS, as part of its Corporate Citizenship initiative, has extended support to Qatar´s National Day celebrations in Al Khor, organised by the Al Khor and Al Dhakhira Municipality. The municipality is organising a series of cultural activities and contests for children and community members to mark the day. Qatargas Public Relations Manager Mansour Rashid al Naimi presented...
A FESTIVE mood permeated the Doha atmosphere on Saturday as residents trooped out to participate in various activities on the eve of the National Day. Children took part in a number of competitions that tested their knowledge of the history, culture and traditions of Qatar. People, both young and old, nationals and expatriates, drove or walked through the streets braving the cold. Clad in warm clothes, mufflers thrown around their necks, they nevertheless.
THE nearly $11 billion lawsuit Brazilian prosecutors filed this week against Chevron Corp over an offshore oil leak could scare away foreign capital needed to develop Brazil´s huge offshore oil deposits, an analyst said on Friday. Brazilian officials and environmentalists, however, argued that such a high amount was needed for the US-based company to take proper responsibility for the leak...
THE credit rating agency Fitch has told eurozone countries it believes a comprehensive solution to their debt crisis is beyond reach, putting six eurozone economies including Italy on watch for potential downgrades in the near future. It reaffirmed France´s topnotch triple-A rating but even here said the outlook was now negative, meaning it could be downgraded within two years...
FOR most of us, the holiday season is a time of lists. There are wish lists, shopping lists, naughty and nice lists. But way down on the litany of to-do is one particular item that many find as off-putting as coal in a Christmas stocking: Cleaning the house. After all, this is the time of year when you open your home to all manner of friends and family, who come to town to celebrate and, surely, to evaluate your housekeeping. It´s not an uncommon concern...
UNITED Arab Emirates riders and their mounts proved their endurance power on Saturday by winning the team gold and all three individual medals, repeating their haul from 2007. At the Mesaieed Endurance Course, Yousef Ahmed al Blooshi led the way along the 120km of desert track, coming in first at every gate. His grabbed the individual gold medal with a total riding time of 4 hours, 40 minutes and 24 seconds. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed al...
EGYPT proved itself to be the dominant force in Arab Games weightlifting when a triple on Saturday took its golds tally to eight on the final day of competition at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex. The day´s competition began in familiar fashion as Gaber Mohamed comfortably won Egypt´s sixth successive gold medal in the 94kg category. Abdelrahman Elsayed then added gold in the 105kg class, before Ibrahin Moursi rounded off the tournament.
BOLTON´S slide towards Premier League relegation continued on Saturday as Owen Coyle´s side crashed to its fifth consecutive loss with a 2-0 defeat at Fulham. With Manchester City, Manchester United, Arsenal, Tottenham all playing on Sunday, Saturday´s reduced programme saw attention turn to the lower half of the table where Bolton began the day rooted to the bottom. But Bolton´s hopes of bagging a crucial three points were...
FOR most of us, the holiday season is a time of lists. There are wish lists, shopping lists, naughty and nice lists. But way down on the litany of to-do is one particular item that many find as off-putting as coal in a Christmas stocking: Cleaning the house. After all, this is the time of year when you open your home to all manner of friends and family, who come to town to celebrate and, surely, to evaluate your housekeeping. It´s not an uncommon concern...
IT´S no secret that Janet Jackson has battled weight issues her entire life, but what her fans may not know is that even when the singer is on tour, sweating every night, she still has problems staying slim. So Jackson joined the ranks of Nutrisystem users recently to become the "new face" of the weight-loss program, promoting a new "SUCCESS" diet plan even as she uses it to help raise money to feed the world´s hungry. The Rhythm Nation singer and member.
MEGASTAR Amitabh Bachchan is overjoyed after receiving praise from thespian Dilip Kumar and says he no longer needs any other endorsements after receiving such appreciation from the man who has been his inspiration. "There are actors and there are actors and there is Dilip Kumar, Dilip Saheb, Yusuf Khan! From the moment I saw him in a film, I knew he was the ultimate inspiration for me. Today he posts a generous comment on me on his...
TROPICAL storm Washi
whipped the southern
Philippines, unleashing
mammoth floods across vast
areas that left 440 people
dead and nearly 200 missing,
relief workers said Saturday.
VIOLENCE raged in the administrative
heart of Egypt’s capital on
Saturday as troops and police
deployed in force after clashes
with protesters against continued
military rule left nine people dead.
Smoke billowed over Tahrir
Square, the iconic focus of the
protest movement that overthrew
veteran president Hosni Mubarak
in February, after two nearby government
offices caught fire.
STUDENTS of Qatar Aeronautical College (QAC) celebrated the Qatar National Day on Thursday. The Qatar national flag flew high as the students performed one of the folkloric dances that revive memories of the origin of Qatar and its people. As they commemorated the occasion, the students expressed pride in being Qatari nationals. They pointed out that this year´s celebration of the National Day is distinctive as the country...
QATARGAS, as part of its Corporate Citizenship initiative, has extended support to Qatar´s National Day celebrations in Al Khor, organised by the Al Khor and Al Dhakhira Municipality. The municipality is organising a series of cultural activities and contests for children and community members to mark the day. Qatargas Public Relations Manager Mansour Rashid al Naimi presented...
A FESTIVE mood permeated the Doha atmosphere on Saturday as residents trooped out to participate in various activities on the eve of the National Day. Children took part in a number of competitions that tested their knowledge of the history, culture and traditions of Qatar. People, both young and old, nationals and expatriates, drove or walked through the streets braving the cold. Clad in warm clothes, mufflers thrown around their necks, they nevertheless. 
THE nearly $11 billion lawsuit Brazilian prosecutors filed this week against Chevron Corp over an offshore oil leak could scare away foreign capital needed to develop Brazil´s huge offshore oil deposits, an analyst said on Friday. Brazilian officials and environmentalists, however, argued that such a high amount was needed for the US-based company to take proper responsibility for the leak...
THE credit rating agency Fitch has told eurozone countries it believes a comprehensive solution to their debt crisis is beyond reach, putting six eurozone economies including Italy on watch for potential downgrades in the near future. It reaffirmed France´s topnotch triple-A rating but even here said the outlook was now negative, meaning it could be downgraded within two years... 
FOR most of us, the holiday season is a time of lists. There are wish lists, shopping lists, naughty and nice lists. But way down on the litany of to-do is one particular item that many find as off-putting as coal in a Christmas stocking: Cleaning the house. After all, this is the time of year when you open your home to all manner of friends and family, who come to town to celebrate and, surely, to evaluate your housekeeping. It´s not an uncommon concern...
UNITED Arab Emirates riders and their mounts proved their endurance power on Saturday by winning the team gold and all three individual medals, repeating their haul from 2007. At the Mesaieed Endurance Course, Yousef Ahmed al Blooshi led the way along the 120km of desert track, coming in first at every gate. His grabbed the individual gold medal with a total riding time of 4 hours, 40 minutes and 24 seconds. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed al...
EGYPT proved itself to be the dominant force in Arab Games weightlifting when a triple on Saturday took its golds tally to eight on the final day of competition at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex. The day´s competition began in familiar fashion as Gaber Mohamed comfortably won Egypt´s sixth successive gold medal in the 94kg category. Abdelrahman Elsayed then added gold in the 105kg class, before Ibrahin Moursi rounded off the tournament. 
BOLTON´S slide towards Premier League relegation continued on Saturday as Owen Coyle´s side crashed to its fifth consecutive loss with a 2-0 defeat at Fulham. With Manchester City, Manchester United, Arsenal, Tottenham all playing on Sunday, Saturday´s reduced programme saw attention turn to the lower half of the table where Bolton began the day rooted to the bottom. But Bolton´s hopes of bagging a crucial three points were...
FOR most of us, the holiday season is a time of lists. There are wish lists, shopping lists, naughty and nice lists. But way down on the litany of to-do is one particular item that many find as off-putting as coal in a Christmas stocking: Cleaning the house. After all, this is the time of year when you open your home to all manner of friends and family, who come to town to celebrate and, surely, to evaluate your housekeeping. It´s not an uncommon concern... 
IT´S no secret that Janet Jackson has battled weight issues her entire life, but what her fans may not know is that even when the singer is on tour, sweating every night, she still has problems staying slim. So Jackson joined the ranks of Nutrisystem users recently to become the "new face" of the weight-loss program, promoting a new "SUCCESS" diet plan even as she uses it to help raise money to feed the world´s hungry. The Rhythm Nation singer and member. 
MEGASTAR Amitabh Bachchan is overjoyed after receiving praise from thespian Dilip Kumar and says he no longer needs any other endorsements after receiving such appreciation from the man who has been his inspiration. "There are actors and there are actors and there is Dilip Kumar, Dilip Saheb, Yusuf Khan! From the moment I saw him in a film, I knew he was the ultimate inspiration for me. Today he posts a generous comment on me on his... 
