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Money laundering and financing terrorism are the most dangerous financial crimes which have negative impacts on society, a Doha seminar was told.

A team of 50 staff from Regency Travel & Tours participated in the Green and Clean Qatar campaign held at the Sealine beach area.

This year’s Doha Cultural Festival has been cancelled due to it coinciding with other events in the city. “Yes, the Doha Cultural Festival this year has been cancelled for a number of reasons,” an official from the Ministry of Culture said yesterday. According to a report from the Qatar News Agency, the Ministry’s reasons for canceling the festival include the celebration of the Cultural City of Arabs 2010 event, which Doha will be hosting, and several other events and expositions happening in

The Capital Security Department (Capital Police) has opened a new office to receive cases of violence against women and children.

Reflecting the needs of the ever growing population in Qatar, the Out–Patient Department (OPD) of the Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) is to initiate new projects. HMC has an OPD with 122 clinics in the morning and 29 in the evening which caters to more than 1,600 patients each day, according to healthcare experts.

Qatar is under pressure not to receive Sudanese President Omar Hassan Al Bashir at an Arab summit next week over an international indictment for war crimes, the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani has said.

The Cabinet yesterday approved the budgetary estimates for fiscal year 2009-10, which begins from April 1, and referred the outlay for mega infrastructure projects to the Advisory Council for recommendations.

Part of Nasiriyah Street in Izghava area will remain closed from tomorrow until October 10.

Qatar First Investment Bank (QFIB), a new fully Shariah-compliant investment bank, was formally launched at a ceremony attended by a galaxy of dignitaries including former US president Bill Clinton at the Museum of Islamic Art last night.

HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani and HH Sheikha Mozah Nasser al-Misnad attended yesterday a detailed presentation on the New Doha International Airport (NDIA) project. The presentation was made by the project’s steering committee at Qatar International Exhibition Centre.