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Qatar playing for their fans in Uzbekistan clash - Peninsula On-line

Date: 
Tue, 18/06/2013 - 1:24am

Gulf Times
Qatar playing for their fans in Uzbekistan clash
Peninsula On-line
Taskhkent: Qatar are focused on putting on a good performance that would do 'Qatari football proud', coach Fahad Thani said ahead of their final FIFA World Cup qualifier against Uzbekistan today. Qatar saw their hopes of reaching their first World Cup ...
Qatar take on Uzbekistan, tempers high elsewhereGulf Times
Uzbekistan vs. Qatar AFC World Cup 2014 Qualifiers: Live Stream, Score ...Latinos Post
Uzbeks confident ahead of crucial Qatar clashPersian Football
KpopStarz -Sportal.com.au
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Doha Turkish Film Fest set to begin this week - Gulf Times

Date: 
Tue, 18/06/2013 - 12:46am

Gulf Times
Doha Turkish Film Fest set to begin this week
Gulf Times
Among the celebrities who will be in Qatar for the festival is Mahsun Kırmızıgül, who is the director and lead actor in the movie Five Minarets in New York, which will be screened on the opening day. Kirmizigul is also a very popular singer in Turkey ...


AECOM Inks $148 Million Qatar Contract - Motley Fool

Date: 
Tue, 18/06/2013 - 12:40am
AECOM Inks $148 Million Qatar Contract
Motley Fool
... Arabian Peninsula state of Qatar. The company announced it has been awarded a contract to, in its words, "provide construction-supervision and design-review services" for that nation's Doha Expressway. The deal is worth $148 million and covers a ...
AECOM awarded US$148-million, three-year contract for Doha Expressway ...National Post
AECOM confirms $148m Doha Expressway dealConstruction Week Online
Aecom receives $148M pact for Doha programBusinessweek

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Taxi woes far from over, say residents of Doha outskirts - Gulf Times

Date: 
Tue, 18/06/2013 - 12:22am

Gulf Times
Taxi woes far from over, say residents of Doha outskirts
Gulf Times
A senior official from another franchisee said, “While it may be true that there are fewer taxis in some places that lie in Doha's vicinity, we have conducted extensive studies at most locations in the city and deployed vehicles based on the actual ...


Qatar chief hints at winter World Cup switch - Yahoo! Canada Sports

Date: 
Mon, 17/06/2013 - 11:40pm
Qatar chief hints at winter World Cup switch
Yahoo! Canada Sports
Hassan Al Thawadi, secretary general of the Qatar 2022 supreme committee for the World Cup, insists that the nation is planning for a June tournament in nine years, but admits it is prepared to alter the schedule. “There are significant voices in the ...

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Qatar chief hints at winter World Cup switch - Goal.com America

Date: 
Mon, 17/06/2013 - 11:19pm

Goal.com America
Qatar chief hints at winter World Cup switch
Goal.com America
Hassan Al Thawadi, secretary general of the Qatar 2022 supreme committee for the World Cup, insists that the nation is planning for a June tournament in nine years, but admits it is prepared to alter the schedule. “There are significant voices in the ...

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Fibre rollout fastest in Qatar, says report - Gulf Times

Date: 
Mon, 17/06/2013 - 11:11pm

Gulf Times
Fibre rollout fastest in Qatar, says report
Gulf Times
In what is seen as the country's huge success in harnessing modern communication technology, Qatar has topped the world for the “fastest fibre rollout,” a new report by researcher Arthur D Little shows. In its report “National Fibre Strategies ...
Qatar ranks 7th in fibre optic penetrationPeninsula On-line

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Qatar mulls being launch customer for 777 upgrade - Chicago Tribune

Date: 
Mon, 17/06/2013 - 8:44pm
Qatar mulls being launch customer for 777 upgrade
Chicago Tribune
Asked whether the provisionally named 777X could be ready for Qatar to place orders by the Dubai Airshow in November, Al Baker said: "Yes, if we can iron out all our requirements and they can iron out all the performance specifications and enhancements ...


AIRSHOW-UPDATE 1-Qatar mulls being launch customer for 777 upgrade - Reuters

Date: 
Mon, 17/06/2013 - 8:41pm
AIRSHOW-UPDATE 1-Qatar mulls being launch customer for 777 upgrade
Reuters
PARIS, June 17 (Reuters) - Qatar Airways is talking to Boeing about being a launch customer for a successor to its mini-jumbo, the 406-seat 777-9X, Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker said at the Paris Airshow on Monday. The airline is also looking at ...


Qatar Air CEO Prefers Boeing 777-9X as Airbus Trumps Smaller Jet - Bloomberg

Date: 
Mon, 17/06/2013 - 8:40pm
Qatar Air CEO Prefers Boeing 777-9X as Airbus Trumps Smaller Jet
Bloomberg
“I am more interested in the -9 for one very simply reason and that is that it will perform better than what they say,” Akbar Al Baker, chief executive officer of the Doha-based carrier said. Boeing still needs to provide more information before Qatar ...
Big jets make a splash in Paris – Qatar Airways buys up to 9 Boeing 777-300ERKuwait Times
ILFC leasing buys 50 Airbus A320neo planesPeninsula On-line

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Qatar Airways orders Boeing 777-300ER jets - MarketWatch

Date: 
Mon, 17/06/2013 - 3:36pm
Qatar Airways orders Boeing 777-300ER jets
MarketWatch
The Doha-based airline, already a 777 customer, operates 35 of the extended-range jets. The latest order, valued at $2.8 billion before discounts, and announced at the Paris Air Show will grow its fleet of the Boeing jets to 51. Deliveries begin in ...


Qatar Airways announces new Boeing 777-300ER order - USA TODAY

Date: 
Mon, 17/06/2013 - 3:07pm

Gulf Times
Qatar Airways announces new Boeing 777-300ER order
USA TODAY
The planes are scheduled to begin arriving to the Doha-based carrier early next year. With the new order, Qatar Airways will have 51 Boeing 777s in its fleet or on order. Al Baker said 35 are already flying as part of the airline's fleet. He lauded the ...
Qatar Air CEO Prefers Boeing 777-9X as Airbus Trumps Smaller JetBloomberg
Qatar Airways in $2.8bn deal for 777-300ER jetsGulf Times
Qatar Airways orders nine Boeing 777 planesgulfnews.com
Peninsula On-line -GlobalPost -Business Insider Australia
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Taliban 'set to open office in Qatar' - Aljazeera.com

Date: 
Mon, 17/06/2013 - 2:55pm

Aljazeera.com
Taliban 'set to open office in Qatar'
Aljazeera.com
Sources tell Al Jazeera that Afghan armed group will open political office in Doha on Tuesday. Last Modified: 18 Jun 2013 02:20. Email Article. Print Article. Share article. Send Feedback. Nabi Misdaq, an Afghan political analyst, says the Taliban move ...
Taliban 'set to open office in Doha'Gulf Times
Taliban to open Doha office on Tuesday: reportThe News International
Op-Ed: Afghan Taliban to open political office in QatarDigitalJournal.com
Al-Bawaba -PakistanToday.com.pk
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'Hilly' course for 2016 Qatar Road World Championships - Cycling Weekly

Date: 
Mon, 17/06/2013 - 2:13pm
'Hilly' course for 2016 Qatar Road World Championships
Cycling Weekly
The course for the 2016 Road World Championships in Qatar will not be totally flat like the surrounding natural terrain a UCI spokesperson has told Cycling Weekly. The titles are also set to be moved from the traditional September time slot to mid ...


AECOM awarded US$148-million, three-year contract for Doha Expressway ... - National Post

Date: 
Mon, 17/06/2013 - 2:02pm
AECOM awarded US$148-million, three-year contract for Doha Expressway ...
National Post
... 140 countries around the world, announced today that it has been awarded a US$148-million, three-year contract to provide construction-supervision and design-review services for the portion of the Doha Expressway program in Qatar known as Group 7.
Aecom receives $148M pact for Doha programBusinessweek

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Solarworld Jumps on Reports of Qatar Interest in Holding - Bloomberg

Date: 
Mon, 17/06/2013 - 1:34pm

Recharge
Solarworld Jumps on Reports of Qatar Interest in Holding
Bloomberg
The investor, a unit of the Qatar Foundation, plans to spend as much as 35 million euros ($47 million) on the holding when Solarworld sells new stock, and it may buy a convertible bond that will add about 200 million euros to the Bonn-based target's ...
SolarWorld possibly saved by Qatar-based subsidiarypv magazine
SolarWorld Qatar stake 'this week'Recharge

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Qatar sells back 10 percent Porsche stake to founding families - Reuters

Date: 
Mon, 17/06/2013 - 1:31pm

The Guardian
Qatar sells back 10 percent Porsche stake to founding families
Reuters
Porsche was forced to sell a 10 percent voting stake to Qatar Holding in 2009 as a way to prop up its strained finances. The Qatar sale gave outsiders a say in the debt-saddled family-controlled auto group for the first time since it started building ...
Qatar sells 10% Porsche stakeThe Guardian
Porsche Family Buys Back Stake From QatarSky News
Qatar Holding sells Porsche voting stake back to familiesFinancial Times
The Daily Star -MiamiHerald.com -FRANCE 24
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Qatar Airways buys up to nine Boeing 777-300ER - Reuters

Date: 
Mon, 17/06/2013 - 1:27pm
Qatar Airways buys up to nine Boeing 777-300ER
Reuters
PARIS (Reuters) - Qatar Airways has signed an agreement to buy up to nine Boeing (BA.N) 777-300ER aircraft valued at $2.8 billion at list prices, the airline said at the Paris Airshow on Monday. Two of the aircraft on firm order will be delivered in ...


AIRSHOW-Qatar Airways buys up to 9 Boeing 777-300ER - Reuters

Date: 
Mon, 17/06/2013 - 1:27pm
AIRSHOW-Qatar Airways buys up to 9 Boeing 777-300ER
Reuters
PARIS, June 17 (Reuters) - Qatar Airways has signed an agreement to buy up to nine Boeing 777-300ER aircraft valued at $2.8 billion at list prices, the airline said at the Paris Airshow on Monday. Two of the aircraft on firm order will be delivered in ...


Porsche stake sale ends Qatar Holding's effort to combine with VW - Financial Times

Date: 
Mon, 17/06/2013 - 12:45pm

ArabianBusiness.com
Porsche stake sale ends Qatar Holding's effort to combine with VW
Financial Times
Qatar Holding has sold its 10 per cent stake in Porsche SE back to the families behind the luxury car brand, rounding off Qatar's involvement in the creation of a single car group combining Porsche and Volkswagen. Qatar Holding, the direct investment ...
UPDATE 1-Qatar sells back 10 pct Porsche stake to founding familiesReuters
Qatar Holding sells 10% stake in PorscheArabianBusiness.com
Porsche-Piech Family Buys Qatar 10% Stake in Porsche HoldingSan Francisco Chronicle

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