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Barwa and Qatari Diar, in partnership with America’s University of Pennsylvania, have developed the first performance-based sustainability rating system in the Middle East.

For the first time, Doha will celebrate World Press Freedom Day on May 2 and 3 in an event at the Intercontinental hotel. The celebration, being organised jointly by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and the Doha Center for Media Freedom, will focus on the media and its role in promoting dialogue, mutual understanding and reconciliation.

Qatari and American musicians performed last night at a private concert at the American ambassador’s residence in Onaiza.

The Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani said differences in stances between Qatar and the US administration have become less than what they had been during the Israeli war on Gaza.

As the Qatari economy continues to remain stable despite the recessionary pressure mounting worldwide, inflation is expected to ease further, stated a key study whose findings were released yesterday.

Qatar is not known for political spats and controversy but a publicly aired argument between the Doha Centre for Media Freedom and its political sponsors has recently livened up the peninsula.

The Qatar-Bahrain Friendship Causeway will go ahead as planned, despite having been delayed for months, Vinci president Yves-Thibault de Silguy said.

Members of Qatar Natural History Group (QNHG) took a step up this weekend – literally! Stranded in Al Khor by the unexpectedly heavy rain on Friday morning. Members who had planned a wildlife photography workshop with the eminent visiting Danish photographers Jens and Hanne Eriksen were forced to take shelter and hold the event in the stairwell of a block of flats.

More than 100 real estate developers from the region will participate in the 4th Qatar Real Estate Exhibition (QREX 2009) to be held at the Doha Exhibition Center from May 25 to 28.