The United Development Company (UDC), master developer and owner of The Pearl-Qatar held a party for the unveiling of its Tower 4 at Porto Arabia on Monday evening, where residents and guests were entertained at the tower’s swimming pool and terrace area.

A Doha court has sentenced an Asian man to 15 years’ imprisonment and subsequent deportation following his conviction of premeditated murder of his two colleagues. He gunned them down because he believed they were framing him for getting a housemaid pregnant.

Qatari investments overseas have suffered in the wake of the global financial crisis and the loss due to falling asset value has been worth $4bn.

The Supreme Council of Health yesterday announced three confirmed cases of swine flu in Qatar, in the first incidence of the disease in the country.

Qatar said yesterday it will include low-income foreign workers in its report on the human rights situation in the country to be presented at a key United Nations (UN) forum early next year.

Fishing boats and private yachts will soon be required to install electronic identification equipment on board for the Coast Guards to identify them. For this purpose, new laws will be framed and the existing legislation regulating the entry and operation of fishing boats and yachts in Qatar’s territorial waters will be amended to conform to relevant international regulations.

Qatar’s riyal does not figure among the names suggested by GCC nationals for the proposed common currency of the Gulf in a survey conducted by Al Sharq.

Eleven Arab nationals are undergoing trial for bringing fake Qatari currency notes into the country and trying to circulate them in the local market. The prosecution has accused five of them of smuggling the fake notes and one of them of trying to put them into circulation.

The Ministry of Interior has launched a survey to get feedback from nationals as well as expatriates about traffic law No.19/2007.

QAFCO and Texas A&M University at Qatar, along with the Environmental Studies Center at Qatar University, have launched a one-year research project to study the environmental impact of cooling water discharge at Mesaieed Industrial City (MIC).