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With oil prices falling by almost 50 percent since last July, a correction in commodity prices is expected here in the near future, the Undersecretary of Business and Trade, Abdullah Al Qahtani, said yesterday.

Customers in Qatar will be able to access a whole new seven-digit number series this week, beginning with the digit “3”.

THE head of a local animal welfare society has argued that restrictions need to be imposed on pet shops in Qatar, and claimed that she has been working with animal welfare and legal experts to prepare an adequate legal framework for maintaining certain standards.

USER-OPTED cell phones sending precise locations to a centralised traffic control room, coupled with low-cost wireless sensors on the roads are developments that could actually lead to less congestion on the road.

Qatari female students have outshone their male counterparts by securing as many as 30 of a total of 37 Education Excellence Day awards presented yesterday.

In a unique initiative, the Barwa Real Estate Company is offering houses and shops for those who have been displaced in the demolition drive in the city.

QATAR will have a new world-class seaport by 2014. Construction work on the new Doha port is due to begin by next year-end at a coastal area north of Mesaieed and south of Wakrah, it was announced yesterday.

QATAR Tourism and Exhibitions Authority succesfully launched its new identity at the opening of the World Travel Market (WTM) in London yesterday.

A leading Arab journalist yesterday painted a bleak picture of the future of political reform in the Arab region, saying that the US president-elect Barack Obama is not expected to step up pressures on the Arab countries for democratisation.