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House rents are expected to dip sooner than later as real estate prices have already come down by almost 30 percent due to the world economic meltdown, a top industrialist told The Peninsula yesterday.

The House of Cartier yesterday inaugurated its second branch at the Villaggio Mall with plans of opening another branch in the Middle East this month.

Hosts Qatar and Asian powerhouse Japan clash in a crucial 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying match at the Al Sadd Stadium today with the coaches of both teams under pressure to produce positive results after recent slip-ups.

The US pharmaceutical major Panacea will open a state-of-the-art Cancer Research Centre at Qatar Science and Technology Park (QSTP). The QSTP Center will be Panacea’s first and exclusive research institute for the MENA region, Professor Dr Hossein Ghanbari (pictured) , Chairman and CEO of Pancea Pharmaceuticals told The Peninsula yesterday.

THE Pearl-Qatar, being promoted as the most glamorous address in the Middle East, is gearing up to host Qatar’s first-ever exhibition of luxury and supercars on November 21 and 22.

THE Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa has praised Qatar’s diplomatic moves seeking to hold a conference of the Arab-African Committee in Doha to end the Darfur crisis.

Get ready Mr James Bond 007, the state-of-the-art sophisticated weapons and technologically advanced security systems equipment in the world are here. Set for a three-day exhibition, manufactures, developers, experts and consultants converged at the Qatar International Exhibition Centre to show off their wares on the latest internal state security technologies.