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Qatar has bucked the global gloom and registered a sizeable increase in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in 2008. The country registered a 43 percent increase in FDI inflows, mainly in liquefied natural gas (LNG), power and water; and telecommunications.

The tragic elevator incident raises some basic questions about the safety of elevators in buildings all over the country, including the mushrooming high-rise structures.

The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani will arrive in New York today to take part in the 64th UN General Assembly meetings. The Emir will be accompanied by H H Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor Al Thani and a high level official delegation. QNA

The decision of some banks here to reduce loan deferment from four times a year to twice a year has not gone well with customers.

More than 100,000 people used public buses of Karwa on the eve of Eid Al Fitr. A number of people also used public buses to reach the early morning prayers on the first day of Eid.

Ahmad Saif Al Sulaiti, Operations Manager at Dukhan Fields, said that construction of the projects on the field included in the 2009 budget were well on their way.

For members of the Filipino Muslim community in Qatar, the Holy Month of Ramadan was the best time of the year, when they could propagate their faith among their non-Muslim compatriots here.

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BEIRUT, Lebanon — The Yemeni Army fought back a major offensive by rebels in the northern city of Sadah early Sunday morning, killing dozens of insurgents, witnesses and Yemeni officials said.

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