Vodafone is committed to building a world-class network in Qatar and provide value to customers, Group CEO Vittorio Colao said.

A round of official talks was held at the Emiri Diwan yesterday between HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani and President Mikhail Saakashvili of Georgia.

Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) has spent about QR7bn on its ongoing projects in the first nine months of 2009.

The law enforcement agencies have arrested four persons, all of them Arab nationals, on charges of stealing large quantities of expensive electric cables from the company where they worked.

The United States has agreed to sell its landmark embassy in London’s Grosvenor Square to Qatari Diar, as part of a plan to relocate to a higher-security facility outside the city centre.

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry H E Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah opened the second edition of Civil Defence Exhibition at Qatar International Exhibition Centre (QIEC) here yesterday.

The weather in Qatar will be relatively hot with dust at places and some scattered clouds with chance of rain to the north.

The internet can literally bring the world to your fingertips, but this powerful resource also brings with it some inherent risks. How can children, with their natural wonderment and curiosity, best experience these benefits safely? ictQATAR recently launched its "Keep Them Safe, Keep Them Curious" campaign to begin raising awareness about the need for parents to be involved in their child's online safety and to give some basic tips for how to help be more cyber smart.

Minister of Finance HE Yousef Hussein Kamal and German Ambassador to Qatar Dirk Baumgartner cutting a cake to launch a five-week-long German-Qatari Cultural programme in Doha yesterday. A reception to mark the German unity day was held at the Sheraton Doha at the start of the programme. The ambassador told the gathering that the event would showcase German culture and economy.

The labour Ministry has hinted the salary limit for expatriates to sponsor their families might be revised soon as part of a set of new regulations being put in place to regulate the recruitment of foreign workers.