cellular telephone

The i Phone for sale on the qatar living website lists a contact mobile phone number as 5542244. This belongs to a friend of mine who is not in the country and HE IS NOT selling his phone. So please stop calling him. I think the posting is spam and have reported it as such already

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A 98 year old woman in the UK wrote this to her bank.. The bank manager thought it amusing enough to have it published in the Times.

Dear Sir,
I am writing to thank you for bouncing my cheque with which I endeavoured to pay my plumber last month. By my calculations, three nanoseconds must have elapsed between his presenting the cheque and the arrival in my account of the funds needed to honour it. I refer, of course, to the automatic monthly deposit of my Pension, an arrangement, which, I admit, has been in place for only thirty eight years. You are to be commended for seizing that brief window of opportunity, and also for debiting my account £30 by way of penalty for the inconvenience caused to your bank.

Automatic Theft Machines: How To Protect Yourself From ATM Skimmers

By Seth Porges
Published on: May 13, 2009
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ATM skimming is on the surge. This week alone, officials discovered two major operations, one based in Staten Island, New York and another operating in three locations in New York state responsible for millions of dollars in theft from hundreds of stolen numbers. Here's what you need to know to protect yourself against the new wave of fraud.

Everyone in Qatar has a mobile phone. It not only seems that way, but according to different research, the mobile penetration rate in Qatar may be as high as 170%. If accurate, that means almost two mobile phones for each person living in the country. While more conservative estimates put the number just above 90%, there is a clearly a high demand for mobile phones here.

With a mobile phone in almost everyone's hands, there is increased interest in how to tap into its full potential from all sectors.

Read the full article, in ictQATAR's latest e-newsletter issue: http://www.ict.gov.q...

AFP/Graphic – Updated graphic showing the spread of swine flu cases worldwide. China on Monday confirmed its first …
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by Robert J. Saiget Robert J. Saiget – Mon May 11, 11:52 am ET
CHENGDU, China (AFP) – China confirmed its first mainland case of swine flu on Monday and launched a search for the patient's fellow air passengers to prevent the virus spreading in the world's most populous nation.

The 30-year-old man surnamed Bao was hospitalised with a fever after arriving in Sichuan province in southwestern China on a flight from the United States via Tokyo and Beijing on Saturday, the Ministry of Health said.