The morning session of ‘Mudawanat: All About Blogging,’ an event being hosted by Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology (ictQATAR) on Saturday will be webcast live on http:livestream.com/ictQATAR

Qatar yesterday joined 195 countries in a simultaneous broadcast of the Beatles’ song ‘All You Need Is Love’ as part of Project Red which is expected to raise around $3m for the Global Fund to help the fight against Aids in Africa.

Qatar is going to launch mandatory pre-marriage medical tests on December 13. The much-vaunted screening, in use in all other Gulf countries, comes to Qatar after years of planning.

The global economic downturn has not affected any of Qatar’s projects, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, H E Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani, said here yesterday.

While world leaders and environmentalists gather in Denmark for the 11-day Copenhagen Climate Conference (COP15 Summit), the Japanese Embassy here has been giving its own discussions and lectures about the environment.

The weather in Qatar will be partly cloudy to cloudy with slight dust haze and a chance of scattered rain may be thundery to the north.

Qatar Telecom (Qtel) has been named as the “Best Company for Investor Relations in Qatar” in the First Middle East Investor Relations Society Awards at a major ceremony in Dubai.

Development of the Shard, Europe’s tallest, and first major mixed-use building, has now reached the point where its steel skeleton is appearing over the top of London Bridge station and is becoming a highly visible presence to the 375,000 users of the rail terminus.