Middle East nations have fared badly in the annual “freedom survey” released by US independent watchdog Freedom House yesterday.

Dohaland’s Knowledge Enrichment Centre, an innovative floating venue on the Corniche, is set to become the culture and knowledge hub of the city.

The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday evening attended the groundbreaking ceremony of Dohaland’s signature project, renaming ‘Heart of Doha’ as ‘Musheireb’, given the historical significance and importance of the area.

Qatar International Beauty Academy Tajmeel is all set to begin its International Beauty Courses and the academy is now open for student registrations.

Sumptuous dishes from the ‘Land Down Under’ will feature at The Grill for Grand Hyatt Doha’s ‘Taste of Australia’ from January 21 to 29, celebrating Australia’s National Day.

Workers gave the finishing touches to the Corniche-Ras Abu Aboud underground tunnel, which opens to traffic today. The tunnel, part of the last stage of the Ras Abu Aboud Road project launched by the New Doha International Airport Steering Committee, is a two-lane link that facilitates traffic in one direction – from the Corniche to Ras Abu Aboud http://gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=336463&version=1&template_id=36&parent_id=16

Property market experts in Doha expect it would take yet another year to stabilise the land prices that took a nose dive during the last two years in the aftermath of global credit crunch.