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| Qatar, Iran sign pact on security |
| Qatar and Iran yesterday signed a security pact enhancing their co-operation in the fight against organised crime, human and drug trafficking and fraud. |
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| Murdoch urges greater Mideast media freedom |
| Rupert Murdoch yesterday urged Arab governments to reject media censorship and open their markets to foreign competition as he opened a high-profile conference aimed at furthering Abu Dhabi’s ambitions as a cultural hub. |
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| Europe furious at US air force tender rules |
| Europe yesterday cried foul over Pentagon contract rules it said favoured US plane-makers, after European consortium EADS threw in the towel on a mammoth US defence tender. American giant Boeing is now poised to win the $35bn deal to supply US air force refuelling tanker jets, after rival partners Northrop Grumman and EADS dropped out of the race. |
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| Dubai accuses Israel of ‘vast falsification’ |
| Dubai’s police chief yesterday accused Israel of “vast falsification” of travel documents, noting that dozens of false passports were uncovered following a Hamas leader’s murder in the emirate. “I ring alarm bells. Israel is falsifying Western passports on a large scale. We discover forged passports on a daily basis,” Dahi Khalfan said. |
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Qatar University’s College of Engineering has announced sponsors of its ‘Life is Engineering project’ (LIEP) and signed a co-operation agreement with Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation (QMMF).
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To coincide with International Women’s Day, the British Council held their first Springboard networking dinner last night at Sharq Village and Spa.
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Darwish Holding’s luxury retail division 51 East has signed an agreement with Gulf Contracting Company to build their 14,000sqm flagship store located at the upcoming Lagoona Mall beneath the Zig Zag towers in West Bay.
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The economic downturn and low representation of women in key decision-making posts were highlighted as the main challenges for gender equality at the fifth Arab-European human rights dialogue on women’s rights yesterday.
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Two goals in the space of three minutes gave Qatar’s Al Gharafa a thrilling 3-2 home victory over Saudi Arabia’s Al Ahli in the AFC Champions League Group A encounter yesterday.
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Under the banner of “The Road to 2022”, a festival was held yesterday morning by Al-Ahnaf bin Qais Independent School in support of Qatar’s Bid to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
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