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At approximately 9:00 a.m, on May 18 a suspicious powder was discovered at the U. S. Embassy in Doha, Qatar. The suspicious substance is being sent to a laboratory for analysis. Until the results are received and a determination is made that the substance does not pose health or safety risks, the Embassy will be temporarily closed to the public. All visa appointments and routine American citizen services will be postponed until the incident is resolved. The U.S. Embassy will immediately inform the American community and the public at large in a warden message and Embassy public announcement when the Embassy reopens.

The Embassy's consular section will remain available to provide emergency services to American citizens while the Embassy is closed. If you are an American citizen and need emergency assistance please call 496-6000.

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Just saw this and figured I'd post as an fyi/in case anyone had heard anything.

Update from US Embassy (thanks Treysdad): U.S. Embassy to Re-Open on Tuesday, May 19.

The U.S. Embassy in Doha will re-open tomorrow morning, Tuesday, May 19, for all services. Testing of the suspicious powder determined that the substance does not pose a health or safety risk. The Consular Section will be open to provide services to all American citizens and visa applicants who scheduled appointments for tomorrow, Tuesday, May 19.

Russia raises prospect of war over Arctic energy reserves

Tony Halpin, Moscow | May 15, 2009
Article from: The Australian

RUSSIA has raised the prospect of war in the Arctic as nations struggle for control of the world's dwindling energy reserves. The country's new national security strategy yesterday identified the intensifying battle for ownership of vast untapped oil and gasfields around its borders as a source of potential military conflict within a decade.

"The presence and potential escalation of armed conflicts near Russia's national borders, pending border agreements between Russia and several neighbouring nations, are the major threats to Russia's interests and border security," said the strategy document, which analysed security threats up to 2020.

So are we going to be taxed on 100% of our foreign earnings here in Qatar????

Read the following link.

http://www.theaustra...

Check out the Latest Top 100 Most Influential People of 2009. Are they Worthy or Not?

http://www.time.com/...

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when surfing the net, found a cool video. I think its very much relevant in qatar since many of us are using 'single hand' driving. iF YOU ARE A GOOD DRIVER, YOU MAY SMILE SEEING THIS VIDEO. ELSE DNT KNW. JUST WATCH IT. http://www.youtube.c...

TIME Magazine released its annual list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World.

TIME Managing Editor Rick Stengel said, “The TIME 100 is not a list of the most powerful people in the world. It’s not a list of the smartest people in the world, it’s a list of the most influential people in the world. They’re scientists, they’re thinkers, they’re philosophers, they’re leaders, they’re icons, they’re artists, they’re visionaries. People who are using their ideas, their visions, their actions to transform the world and have an effect on a multitude of people.”

Here are some of the most influential personalities:

LEADERS & REVOLUTIONARIES

Nicolas Sarkozy, Joaquín Guzmán, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton

BUILDERS & TITANS

A passionate techie and a shrewd businessman, Bill Gates changed the world once, while leading Microsoft to dizzying success. He plans to do it again with his very own style of philanthropy.

He hopes to solve some of the world's biggest problems using a new kind of philanthropy. In a passionate and, yes, funny 18 minutes, he asks us to consider two big questions and how we might answer them.

Bill Gates: How I'm trying to change the world now
click on this link to hear this video talk ..turn on the volume...

and make up your mind to do something to make life more worthwhile. more meaningful, in your own small way.

http://www.ted. com/talks/ bill_gates_ unplugged. html

Sabeer Bhatia (सबीर भाटिया) (born December 30, 1968) is the co-founder of Hotmail and an entrepreneur.

After a brief stint at Apple, Sabeer joined a startup company called Firepower Systems Inc, where he spent two years. In 1994, Sabeer started working on new ideas for the Internet and he teamed up with Jack Smith, a colleague from Apple Computer, Inc.

hello there just want some idea about the "Bots" or "automatic clickers" are they for real?
does it makes life easier and lazier or the imperfect makes perfect?
i am just curious how they do that?is there any html for it?
any help will much greatly appreciated..thanks...

Came across this article this morning while going through my news reading.

The story its self is only amusing in the first bit , but the Title would bring a smile to anyone's face...

http://www.theaustra...