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Alfardan Automobiles completed its successful sponsorship of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open 2010 with an autograph session for tennis fans. As ‘Official Car’ of the tournament, BMW also provided a host of services inside and outside the stadium with chauffeured limousines.

Qatar is set to receive a huge ‘vegetable garden’ that would sail all the way from Japan to Qatari shores in the month of April. The scientifically developed shipping container, meant for growing vegetables, would be delivered to Qatar by a Japanese company.

Demand for tattooing whether as a means for beauty enhancement or a form of self expression is growing in Doha despite ban.

Nowadays, there are mobile phone applications for almost anything one could possibly think of — even for tracking police speed traps on the streets and highways of the city you live in.

The multi-million riyal Dukhan Highway project will be completed by the end of this year. A works of major part of the project would be accomplished by June-July, Al Sharq reported.

Qatar is set to increase the arable land area in the country with the support of cutting-edge technology and engineering tools. The State is working to provide sufficient quantity of water for farmers by tapping the huge solar energy potential in a bid to multiply agriculture production, according to the Qatar National Food Security Programme (QNFSP). The QNFSP wrapped up a two-day meeting of its Taskforce committee here on Thursday.

Vodafone Qatar is celebrating 2010 by granting all customers 2,010 Vodafone minutes, or bonus minutes which can be used for domestic calls within the Vodafone network in addition to value included with their

For all you ladies who always wanted to learn about or be professionally trained in some sort of beauty therapy - there actually is a Beauty school here in Qatar - which offers professional qualifications. They have international courses and some locally awarded ones. Check their website at www.qatarinternationalbeautyacademy.com. I saw a banner on expat woman advertising some competition where you can win a beauty Course from them for free. But so far nothing on their website.

As the founder of Caption First, Patricia Graves is one of the pioneers in the field of assistive technologies for persons with disabilities.

Vodafone is celebrating 2010 with a series of incredible offers, the latest of which is the return of its first international calling promotion. Vodafone will kick off this celebration with a fireworks display to be held this Saturday, January 16, 2010 at 8:10pm.