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Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar’s (VCU-Q) Graphic Design Department is organising a lecture entitled: ‘Two Cultures, One Design’ today. The lecture is open to the public.

The Human Rights Department at the Ministry of Interior (MOI) in collaboration with Human Rights Office of the Ministry of Foreign affairs and UN Human Rights Commission is organising a training workshop with the theme ‘Preventing torture is a respect to human dignity and promotion of human rights’.

Expatriates serving in the Qatari defence and public security forces can now avail of long-term soft loans up to five times their basic salaries for personal and family needs provided they have completed at least one year of service.

Unlicenced real estate brokers have once again become active in the market with the availability of more properties for rent.

Qatar Airways is going Green. It has signed a ground-breaking agreement with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to spearhead the global carbon offset trading scheme designed to help fund global environmental projects.

The Vodafone Qatar Shareholding Company (QSC) of the Vodafone Group announced yesterday that Qataris and Qatari organisations who have subscribed to their IPO will have the exclusive opportunity to be the first people in Qatar to choose their Vodafone number.

Qtel has objected to a section of media reports which said the CEO of Vodafone Qatar, Grahame Maher, had suggested that lack of cooperation from Qtel and Qatari authorities are among the reasons for the significant delay in the launch of Vodafone operations

Applications for subscription to some 2.7 million shares of Vodafone Qatar were made until yesterday, the second day after the company launched its mega primary issue here. The subscription is open only to Qatari retail and institutional investors.

Qatar and Belarus yesterday signed an agreement for educational and scientific cooperation, and one for cultural cooperation, following official talks led by the Emir

Casey Stoner of Australia yesterday led from start to finish to win the season’s opening MotoGP race and complete a personal hat-trick of victories in Qatar.