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A law to regulate the employment and working hours of domestic servants is expected to be enforced soon.

At least 42 people suffered minor injuries in a blast in an underground fuel reservoir at a petrol and service station in the city early yesterday.

The Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology, ictQATAR, invited all interested parties on October 14th, 2009 to participate in the pre-qualification stage of the licensing process for three additional VSAT licenses in the Qatari Market. The launch of this process followed a public consultation that ictQATAR conducted earlier in 2009 on its intention to license new VSAT providers in Qatar.

The weather in Qatar will be relatively hot and humid slight dusty.

Providing young talents an opportunity to showcase their creativity and seeking to foster a spirit of social responsibility amongst the next generation of regional innovators, the Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar (VCU-Q) has announced the 2010 edition of its annual Design Competition for secondary school students in Qatar.

Qatar Foundation will hold its annual “Discover Education City” admissions open-house event on Wednesday, starting at 6pm in the atrium of Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar. The sessions during the event will raise awareness of the academic programmes offered at the higher education institutions, the admissions process and the vast resources available at Qatar Foundation’s Education City. The event is open to all secondary students and their parents in Qatar, as well as school counsellors.

W Hotel hosted the first ‘Chefs Table’, a gathering of 39 executive head chefs from all over Qatar as part of their preparation of the upcoming Diyafa 2009, the fourth edition of the international hotel, restaurant and food exhibition.

Qatari and Japanese students recently learned the traditional Japanese art of ‘Sumi-e’ (black and white painting) at the Japan School of Doha (JSD).

The Second Qatar International Exhibition for Tower Building Technologies (TowerTech 2009) opened yesterday at the Qatar International Exhibition Centre with nearly a hundred exhibitors participating mostly from Qatar showing the Qatari economy’s strength amid global crisis.