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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.

Qatar has been chosen as the permanent venue of a Gulf-wide centre to fight the drug menace which is a major threat to the social and economic stability of the region.

Police officers investigating the killing of Qatari student Mohammed Al Majed on August 22 in Hastings, Britain, have made a significant breakthrough. Hours of CCTV evidence and many detailed witness statements have pointed to one particular man whom the investigation team at Sussex is now hunting.

The State Audit Bureau has referred some 26 cases of suspected embezzlement of government funds to the Public Prosecution (PP) for investigation.