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The number of students from the Middle East at colleges and universities in the United States increased by 18 percent to a total of 29,140 students in the 2008/09 academic year, according to the Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange, which is published annually by the Institute of International Education (IIE) with support from the US Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The report shows particularly strong increases in enrollments of students from

Qtel customers who are members of the popular free rewards programme, Nojoom, have another reason to celebrate this Eid holiday, with a huge range of specially-developed rewards and experiences.

A landlady was in for a shock when she suddenly got an electricity and water bill for QR50,000 for a small house she had rented out to some single workers years ago.

Two young students who stole a jazzy sports car from the parking lot of a five-star hotel just for the thrill of driving it, have been sentenced to two

Soaring rents of shops, especially in the sprawling suburbs of Doha, are forcing a number of smaller shops like hair-cutting salons, laundries, garages and even neighbourhood stores to close down.

Prominent Qatari businesswoman, Aisha Alfardan, Group Marketing Manager of Alfardan Group Holding and Vice Chairwoman of Qatari Businesswomen Forum has addressed a “Design Entrepreneurship Class” hosted by the Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar.

QATAR University’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering yesterday launched its second website design contest, QU_WSC 2009, for all high school students in the country.

The weather in Qatar will be fine with slight haze and some clouds.

Vodafone’s new ‘promotional rates’ to ‘frequently called countries’ begin at Dh66 a minute.