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Pearl Qatar developer to raise $428m loan - ArabianBusiness.com

Date: 
Sat, 15/06/2013 - 11:26am
Pearl Qatar developer to raise $428m loan
ArabianBusiness.com
United Development Co (UDC) , the developer of a man-made island in Doha, has said that is raising a QR1.56bn ($428.4m) loan facility from Qatar National Bank. The loan would be used to finance the purchase of remaining residential units at Qanat ...


Qatar's National Health Strategy's achievements highlighted in milestone event - AME Info (press release)

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Sat, 15/06/2013 - 11:22am
Qatar's National Health Strategy's achievements highlighted in milestone event
AME Info (press release)
The NHS forms part of the wider National Development Strategy 2011-2016, created to help deliver the objectives of the Qatar National Vision 2030 ("QNV 2030"). It is the first 5-year plan for the development of the health sector, that will ensure that ...


UK firm wins $112m Qatar road building contract - ArabianBusiness.com

Date: 
Sat, 15/06/2013 - 11:22am

ArabianBusiness.com
UK firm wins $112m Qatar road building contract
ArabianBusiness.com
UK engineering consultancy Hyder has won a $112m contract from Ashghal for the design and construction supervision of a new section of the Doha Expressway projects. Hyder's scope, split into four separate projects, includes the concept design review, ...
Qatar faces materials squeeze in pre-World Cup boomNew Civil Engineer
Civil engineers in the fast lane in QatarGlobal Engineering News

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Qatar UK 2013 and WISE bring spirited debate on the future of education to ... - AME Info (press release)

Date: 
Sat, 15/06/2013 - 9:46am
Qatar UK 2013 and WISE bring spirited debate on the future of education to ...
AME Info (press release)
In March, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Patron of the Qatar UK Year of Culture, joined officials in Doha to launch the Qatar-UK Alumni Network. The network offers citizens and residents in Qatar who have graduated from a UK university unique ...


Envoy to Qatar for Nepali's deportation - E Kantipur

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Sat, 15/06/2013 - 5:51am
Envoy to Qatar for Nepali's deportation
E Kantipur
Nepali Ambassador to Qatar Maya Kumari Sharma has requested the Qatari government to deport a Nepali migrant worker who allegedly published an article critical of her, a confidential document made available to the Post has revealed. Sharma, who invited ...


Qatar-Philippines meeting set to tackle labour issues - Gulf Times

Date: 
Sat, 15/06/2013 - 1:46am

Gulf Times
Qatar-Philippines meeting set to tackle labour issues
Gulf Times
“Many other issues are also to be tackled,” said Relacion, who led the celebrations at the Sheraton Doha. Labour officials from the Philippines are expected to visit Qatar next month. “They are just waiting for the availability of all the members of ...
Crowne Plaza Doha marks Philippine DayPeninsula On-line

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Qatar Airways suspends Benghazi flights - Saudi Gazette

Date: 
Sat, 15/06/2013 - 1:42am

eTurboNews
Qatar Airways suspends Benghazi flights
Saudi Gazette
BENGHAZI – Qatar Airways has suspended flights between Benghazi and Doha following an incident at Benghazi's Benina Airport when protestors prevented non-Libyan passengers arriving from Doha from going through passport control. Said to be mostly ...
Qatar Airways to suspend services between Doha and SeychelleseTurboNews

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New A350 takes its maiden flight; Qatar Airways set to be the launch customer - Gulf Times

Date: 
Fri, 14/06/2013 - 11:16pm

Gulf Times
New A350 takes its maiden flight; Qatar Airways set to be the launch customer
Gulf Times
The new A350 is expected to undergo a year-long flight test and certification campaign and enter service in the second half of 2014 with Qatar Airways. The plane roared through its maiden flight with flying colours, leaving company executives brimming ...
Airbus A350 makes successful first flight over FrancePuget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)
What A350s might mean around hereCrikey (blog)
A350 completes maiden flightPeninsula On-line
Arabian Aerospace -Indian Express
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Qatar Airways to suspend services between Doha and Seychelles - eTurboNews

Date: 
Fri, 14/06/2013 - 10:45pm

eTurboNews
Qatar Airways to suspend services between Doha and Seychelles
eTurboNews
The Seychelles Minister for Home Affairs and Transport, Minister Joel Morgan, has received an official letter dated June 10, 2013 from the Chairman of the Qatari Civil Aviation Authority, Mr. Abdulaziz Mohamed Al Noaimi, confirming that “with great ...


Qatar faces materials squeeze in pre-World Cup boom - New Civil Engineer

Date: 
Fri, 14/06/2013 - 9:36pm
Qatar faces materials squeeze in pre-World Cup boom
New Civil Engineer
The consultant last week won a QAR414M (£71M) design contract for the 900km long Doha expressway, a key part of the planned pre-World Cup modernisation of Qatar. Speaking to NCE at the contract signing in Doha, Hyder project director Ian Hughes ...
Civil engineers in the fast lane in QatarGlobal Engineering News

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Regime Change in Qatar - by Simon Henderson - Foreign Policy (blog)

Date: 
Fri, 14/06/2013 - 8:41pm

gulfnews.com
Regime Change in Qatar - by Simon Henderson
Foreign Policy (blog)
On a visit to Doha, the Qatari capital, in March 2011, at the time of the international intervention in Libya, a Qatari friend laughed as he showed me a cartoon in London's the Independent, depicting a fighter jet with British Prime Minister David ...
Qatar, Middle East 'Market Maker'Al-Monitor
'Little expected to change with Qatar transition'gulfnews.com
Qatari leaders signal they are ready to change guardBBC News
Voltaire Network -Shanghai Daily (subscription)
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Report: Fernandez ends Qatar loan, wants another move abroad - Soccer By Ives

Date: 
Fri, 14/06/2013 - 8:04pm

Soccer By Ives
Report: Fernandez ends Qatar loan, wants another move abroad
Soccer By Ives
With an injury-riddled half-season at Qatari club Al-Rayyan that saw him feature just 10 times the domestic league and AFC Champions League combined, Alvaro Fernandez is ready for the next challenge. Fernandez, currently a member of the Chicago Fire, ...


Qatar Air Said to Plan Dreamliner Order Amid Boeing Paris Push - Bloomberg

Date: 
Fri, 14/06/2013 - 5:09pm

Gulf Times
Qatar Air Said to Plan Dreamliner Order Amid Boeing Paris Push
Bloomberg
The Qatar purchase is a top-up to 30 787s the carrier previously agreed to buy, said two people, who asked not to be named because talks are private. The accord will spearhead a series of Dreamliner sales at the industry gathering as Boeing starts ...
New A350 takes its maiden flight; Qatar Airways set to be the launch customerGulf Times
Airbus A350 makes successful first flight over FrancePuget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)
A350 completes maiden flightPeninsula On-line
Arabian Aerospace
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Qatar firm invests in Australia's LNG industry - ArabianBusiness.com

Date: 
Fri, 14/06/2013 - 10:38am

ArabianBusiness.com
Qatar firm invests in Australia's LNG industry
ArabianBusiness.com
A company owned by Qatar's former finance minister has made a "major investment" into Australia's liquefied natural gas industry. The deal, which was finalised last week, saw Qatar-based Petroserv Group buying a 49 percent stake in Brisbane-based ...

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Abu Dhabi set to rival Qatar as top LPG producer , exporter : ADNOC exec - Platts

Date: 
Fri, 14/06/2013 - 9:00am
Abu Dhabi set to rival Qatar as top LPG producer , exporter : ADNOC exec
Platts
Abu Dhabi's LPG output is expected to jump to 13.761 million mt by 2017, up 3.6 million mt from this year as two new gas projects come on stream over the next year, rivaling Qatar as the top Middle Eastern producer and exporter, an executive with Abu ...


Qatar leadership change unlikely to shift policies - The Daily Star

Date: 
Fri, 14/06/2013 - 2:17am
Qatar leadership change unlikely to shift policies
The Daily Star
DOHA: A planned leadership change that could see Qatar's U.S.-allied emir eventually ceding power to his son is unlikely to change the Gulf state's taste for bold investments overseas and assertive support for Arab Spring revolts. Analysts say heir ...


Qatar Airways ready to go daily from O'Hare - Chicago Business Journal

Date: 
Fri, 14/06/2013 - 2:10am

Travel Daily News International
Qatar Airways ready to go daily from O'Hare
Chicago Business Journal
The flying has been so smooth, in fact, that Qatar Airways is moving forward with its announced plans to expand to daily service between Doha and Chicago's O'Hare Airport staring this Saturday. Until now, the service was only three times a week. Qatar ...
Qatar airways flight makes emergency landingDeccan Chronicle
Qatar Airways cuts Seychelles servicese-Travel Blackboard (press release)

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CTC invites aspiring NZ pilots to Qatar Wings open day - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

Date: 
Fri, 14/06/2013 - 1:29am

Travel Daily News International
CTC invites aspiring NZ pilots to Qatar Wings open day
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Qatar Airways will provide a conditional offer of employment to successful applicants prior to training commencement and deliver the final stages of training and Line Operating Experience (LOE) at its home base in Doha, Qatar. • Including the line ...
Qatar Airways newest aircraft type on Airbus' Toulouse production line in FranceTravel Daily News International
Qatar Airways' First Airbus A380 On course For DeliveryMENAFN.COM

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Ikebana master creates magic with flowers for Doha audience - Gulf Times

Date: 
Thu, 13/06/2013 - 11:21pm
Ikebana master creates magic with flowers for Doha audience
Gulf Times
Japanese ambassador to Qatar Kenjiro Monji, who was accompanied to the QU event by his wife and embassy staff, said the mission invited the artist to Doha as part of its continued efforts to promote cultural relations with Qatar and to honour the long ...


Qatar star Very Nice Name on course for King George - Racing Post

Date: 
Thu, 13/06/2013 - 9:57pm

Racing Post
Qatar star Very Nice Name on course for King George
Racing Post
VERY NICE NAME, a gallant third behind St Nicholas Abbey and Gentildonna in the Dubai Sheema Classic, is on course to add an international flavour to the Betfair-backed King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot on July 27.


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