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| IRAN'S threat to shut the Strait of Hormuz _ one-fifth of the world's oil trade passes through there _ if the United States and Europe press ahead with new sanctions is unacceptable. The Obama administration is right to signal, in deliberately moderated ways
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THE boom, not the slump, is the right time for austerity at the Treasury." So declared John Maynard Keynes in 1937, even as FDR was about to prove him right by trying to balance the budget too soon... |
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 | Doha Trade Fair to open today DOHA QATAR residents will wake up to a New Year shopping extravaganza as the 10-day Doha Trade Fair 2012 (DTF) opens at the Doha Exhibition Center on Sunday.
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| | 7 QC relief projects help 20,000 in Somalia |  DOHA WITH about QR1.2 million donated by benefactors from Qatar and Saudi Arabia, Qatar Charity (QC) has established seven relief projects in Somalia for the benefit of 20,000 displaced families.
Executive Director of International Development at QC Jassim al Salem said that the projects aim to facilitate the return of the displaced as well as the reconstruction of areas affected by drought.
"This will enable the returnees to have a decent stable life in their original places, transferring them from people in need to productive people," Salem said.
Targeting Bay, Bakool and lower Shabelle provinces, the projects include the provision of basic cooking equipment at the cost of QR602,000 for 3,000 families, plastic sheets costing QR424,000, for 7,750 families, a childhood malnutrition project worth QR33,000, a potable water project worth QR28,000, a project to provide water tank to an orphanage at the cost of QR15,000, a project to provide support to the Afgooye Centre for Maternal and Child Care at QR11,000, and a project to purchase and distribute mosquito nets costing QR70,000.
... | | | Qatar assures Libya of support on human rights issues |  DOHA DIRECTOR of the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) Dr Ali bin Smaykh al Marri stressed Qatar's continuous support to the Libyan revolution and its National Transitional Council and added that it would continue till freedom and democracy are firmly established in Libya.
He said this during a meeting with Libya's Minister of Justice Mohamed al Allaqi which was held to discuss a protocol between NHRC and the Supreme Council of Human Rights in Libya.
He said that Libya should implement its regulations in conformity with the Paris Human Rights Principles and added that Qatar would assist the Libyan authorities in this.
He used the opportunity to review NHRC's activities in the country and beyond. He said the committee was already the vice-president of the Asian Network and would be appointed president of the network in 2013.
... | | | SENDONG EXPOSES PHILIPPINES' LACK OF DISASTER PREPAREDNESS: EXPATS |  TYPHOON Sendong also known as 'Washi' battered the Mindanao region of the Philippines, killing over one thousand people and leaving more than 370,000 homeless. The southern port cities of Cagayan De Oro and Iligan bore the brunt of the disaster and suffered most fatalities.
As the government agencies continue their search for likely survivors, various international organisations and communities have been sending donations and relief materials to the victims who are currently living in temporary shelters across the country. Qatar Tribune's Ailyn Agonia spoke to some Philippine expatriates in Qatar to get their reactions to the incident and the subsequent steps taken by the government of their home country. Excerpt: I SALUTE GOVERNMENT EMERGENCY RESPONSE ACTIVITIES EErriicc PPaaddiillllaa FFeerrnnaannddeezz,, Philippine Muslim Federation & Davao Muslim Qatar Adviser The typhoon has dealt a devastating blow on the Filipinos in general and the people of Davao Oriental in particular. However, I am happy with the quick response of the Philippine government to the situation. The government and its agencies are doing well in taking care of the displaced people.
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