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| Mediocre Campaign |
 THERE are millions of political
activists, volunteers, organizers
and would-be officeholders.
There are hundreds of thousands
of elected officials. Yet
somehow, out of all this multitude, the
Republican Party has been ... |
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| TEACHERS
DESERVE MORE |
 IF you want to understand how
great teachers transform lives,
listen to the story of Olly Neal.A
recent study showed how a great
elementary school teacher can
raise the lifetime earnings of a single
class by $700,000. After I wrote
about the study, skeptics of school. |
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 | Minister launches fourth
children literature award MINISTER of Culture, Arts
and Heritage HE Dr Hamad
bin Abdulaziz al Kuwari officially
launched the fourth
annual edition of the Qatar
National Prize for Children´s
Literature on Monday.
Speaking at the launch ceremony,
the minister said,
"This ...
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| | Shafallah forum stresses disaster plan |  A COMPREHENSIVE and
inclusive disaster management
strategy to meet the
challenges faced by people
with various types of disabilities
during natural disasters is
of utmost importance.
This was the common
refrain of experts during the
discussions on the second day
of the fifth Shafallah
International Forum in Doha
on Monday.
During the session on
´Disability in Crisis: Ensuring
Community Equality at a
Local Level´, Rooshey
Hasnain, project director of
capacity building at the
University of Illinois
(Chicago), said coming up
with a systematically thorough
disaster management
strategy to respond to crises
remains one of the biggest
challenges facing the ... |
| | East Timor premier visits Barwa office |  PRIME Minister of East
Timor (Timor-Leste) Kay
Rala Xanana Gusmão visited
the head office of Barwa Real
Estate Group to meet its senior
management during his
visit to the country.
Hitmi bin Ali al Hitmi,
chairman, Abdulla Abdulaziz
al Subaie, group chief executive
officer, and Ahmad al
Abdullah, deputy GCEO of
Barwa Real Estate Group,
along with senior officials
were present at the meeting,
which explored ways of future
business opportunities and
cooperation between East
Timor and Qatar.
Commenting on his visit,
Gusmão said, "It was an honour
to meet each and every
individual from Barwa, and
exchange ideas with some of
the most ... |
| | QU fetes students for success
in freshman seminar course |  QATAR University (QU)
Honours Programme organised
a function to celebrate
the success of its students
who passed the Honors
Freshman Seminar course
conducted in Fall 2011
recently. Twenty-five out of
a total of 31students of the
programme received an ´A´
grade in the course.
The students were honoured
in the presence of
Qatar Museums Authority
(QMA) chairperson HE
Sheikha al Mayassa bint
Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani.
The event, which took
place in the courtyard of the
Museum of Islamic Art
(MIA), was attended by the
Director of QU Honours
Programme Dr Ahmed
Ibrahim, QMA Chief
Executive Officer Abdulla al
Najjar and MIA Director.. |
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