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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.

The Global Hyatt Corporation is set to unveil a new hotel and residential complex in Doha, the group’s first property in Qatar, early next year.

Dukhan Highway Road, the Public Works Authority’s (Ashghal) yet another major project, is nearing completion.

Qatar is marking the National Human Rights Day on November 11 with tremendous achievements to showcase at the local and international levels, said an official statement.

Investors from Qatar have proposed a rescue bid for the financially-troubled Olympic village.

Many hotels in Qatar have been asked not to submit visit and tourist visa applications until December 5 in view of a UN-sponsored development conference in Doha, Gulf Times has learnt.

A phone pest faces deportation after bombarding a 28-year-old woman with indecent text messages – one of which she received while filing a complaint at a police station. The Egyptian man was further fined QR3,000 for the offence.