A Filipino worker, who carries an identical name with an Interpol lookout, was held and deported back to his country.

Lawyers, accountants and engineers (including consultancies) having offices in villas in residential areas of the city have been given time until early September this year to move out and shift to the posh towers area in Al Dafna.

A few days of rains have made a difference to Qatar’s desert life. Seeds lying dormant for a nearly a year have sprouted into new growth, and have bloomed in the interiors of the country.

A tripartite agreement on demarcation of maritime borders between Qatar, Iran and Bahrain will be signed soon, the Iranian ambassador to Qatar, Abdullah Sohrabi, has said.

As a continuation to the field visits conducted to the security departments in the country, a delegation headed by Lt. Abdul Rahman Al Ibraheem, Head of training section in the coast guard department isited the headquarters of the Internal Security Force on last Tuesday, 5/1/2009.

Qatar Airways flights to Europe are operating normally with the exception of slight disruption to a flight to London Gatwick yesterday on account of heavy snowfall in some parts of the UK, a spokesman said.

Rents may continue to fall in Qatar due to an excess supply in apartments, according to a study.

Qatar Foundation (QF) for Education, Science and Community Development will host its sixth Distinguished Lecture Series featuring renowned American scientist Professor Robert H Grubbs, winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize in chemistry.

The Deputy Premier and Minister of Energy and Industry, H E Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah, yesterday said that although the World Trade Organisation was created long ago to promote free trade, tariff barriers were being erected not only against petrochemicals, but also against agriculture products, textiles and other goods.

Plans are afoot to build a solar power project in the country at a cost of a staggering $1bn. A number of Qatari and foreign investors are in serious talks to launch the ambitious project, a local Arabic daily reported yesterday.