AN Interior Ministry official has urged the public to report any security-related information to the Al Adeid programme, saying that maintaining a partnership with the community is essential to achieving security in any country.

Absence of democracy is behind the lack of Arab inventiveness and the Arabs' attempts to excel other civilizations have been a failure, renowned Islamic scholar Sheikh Yousuf Al Qaradawi has said.

Qatar Islamic Cultural Centre (Fanar) hosted 60 Filipinos in a basketball programme at Al Sadd Sports Club last Friday.

H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, Minister of State for Internal Affairs, and H E Dr Ali bin Muhsin bin Futais Al Murri, the Attorney General of Qatar, inaugurated a project for electronically connecting the archives of the Public Prosecution and Security departments in the Ministry of Interior.

Qatar joined the world in observing World Drugs Prevention Day yesterday with an exhibition organized by the Permanent Committee on Drugs and Alcohol Affairs of the Ministry of Interior. Staff Major-General Saad bin Jassem Al Khulaifi, Director of General Security, formally opened the exhibition at the Villaggio mall.

A young businessman was burnt to death in a fire that broke out at his office in the Industrial Area yesterday.

Qatar has won the honour of being listed in the second top slot of the UN’s Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity. This was announced at a recent meeting of the Convention held at Bonn, Germany.

The next US president, whether it be Barack Obama or John McCain, is not going to change the American policy towards Israel and the Middle East, thanks to the powerful Jewish lobby in the country, according to John J Mearsheimer, a noted American author and academician.

Providing facilities for pedestrians to cross roads is not the responsibility of Traffic Department but it is the duty of Ashghal, a senior official has said.

Shoppers at Hyatt Plaza can visit the interactive booth providing services of Hukoomi, Qatar's online gateway to the government, until June 23. The portal provides more than 290 services, including 56 e-services, and information on government entities, with more services and information planned.