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The College of the North Atlantic (CNA-Q) will tomorrow host the 2009 Terry Fox Run for Cancer Research. This annual event will see participants run, walk or skate to raise money for the Terry Fox Foundation. Registration will begin at noon with the run beginning at 2pm at the Duhail campus. CNA-Q has long been a sponsor of the event, with hundreds of employees taking part in the run each year and donating money throughout the year. In 2008, CNA-Q’s ‘free t-shirt campaign’ raised over QR1,000 in

Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing is set to start publishing books in spring next year, fulfilling its mission to help with knowledge transfer leading to a knowledge-based society. This was announced during a reception organised yesterday at the Museum of Islamic Art where dozens of members of the academic community gathered.

Qatar Foundation Chairperson H H Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned said yesterday that the Qatar Foundation was going at an important phase of its development.

Roger Dubuis, the Geneva-based watch maker known for its extravagant design and technical expertise, unveiled at the 6th Doha Jewellery and Watches Exhibit at the Qatar International Exhibition Centre the latest in its line of high-caliber watches - the KingSquare Haute Joaillerie, which cost close to a million dollars.

Famous Japanese landscape photographer Takashi Amano will unveil his works today at the Qatar Photographic Society. In his first exhibition in the Middle East, Takashi will showcase his works of Sado, Japan.

Qatar-based operator Qtel is considering rebranding the various operators that sit within its group.

The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Urban Planning has granted corner shops and convenience stores an extension until July 5, 2010 by which they should close down their businesses, says a report published in the local Arabic daily Al-Sharq.

MOWASALAT has built an air-conditioned bus-stand at Al Wosail as a pilot project, a local Arabic daily reported yesterday.

Vodafone sent out a warning to the public against agents illegally representing Vodafone and claiming to have Vodafone Star Numbers. “Vodafone would like to warn the public that these people are fraudulent,” a Vodafone spokesperson stated.

Qatar’s diplomatic prowess in the marathon peace negotiations succeeded in convincing Sudan’s government and Darfur’s rebel group the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) leading to the signing of a historic ‘good intentions’ accord here yesterday after years of bloodletting.