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Barwa Real Estate Company yesterday awarded main contract for the second phase of Doha Exhibition Centre and Tower (DECT) to Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company.

Even as a controversy is raging about the quality of water filters being sold in the country, a senior official of the Qatar General Organisation for Standards and Metrology has said that water filters available in the local market do not pose any heath hazard.

The Labour Ministry has said that 7,594 Qataris, both men and women, have been appointed to public and privates sector positions since the adoption of the Qatarization policy.

Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi yesterday hailed the cordial relations between Qatar and Malaysia and said he was positive about increasing the volume of trade between the two countries.

Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany arrived here yesterday on a two-day official visit. During the visit, an agreement on the energy sector will be signed on the sidelines of the prime minister’s meetings with a number of dignitaries, said the Hungary embassy in Qatar.

Driving tests in Qatar are being simplified, with major changes in the internal parking tests. Box parking has been replaced with straight parking, the system commonly found in most parking lots in the city, according to driving school sources.

After being sworn in as the 44th US President, Barack Obama used his inaugaration speech to pledge to seek a 'new way forward' with the Muslim world. But he also warned that the United States will defeat 'terror'.

THE first five-year plan, announced by Ashghal in 2005, is being completed and a new one will be announced soon, a senior official has said.

A new clean and green technology has the potential to save significant sums of money in the Gulf region by cutting costs of corrosion in wastewater industry and greenhouse gas emissions, an expert has disclosed.

Investors in the Qatari market have been warned against panicking by real estate officials, who explained that although the phenomenal growth over the past year has slowed down, prices have stabilised and the industry will strengthen once again over the coming year.