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The emergency unit at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) treated more than 1,300 people on the first day of Eid Al Fitr, twice the number of cases received at the unit on the festival day over the last few years.

Elderly people have visited the Cultural Village at Rumailah Park as part of a three-day Eid programme. They took part in competitions, tasted the best traditional dishes made specially for them and listened to songs sung by traditional bands.

The volume of trade between China and Qatar has increased, and the cultural and political relations between the two sides have greatly improved, a Chinese diplomat said.

The newly developed underpass and a roundabout on the under construction Ras Abu Aboud road project have been thrown open to traffic.

Qatar, a power surplus country, can now hope to comfortably export electricity to neighbouring GCC countries through the regional grid as power generation here has gone up by 1,000 megawatts (MW).

Qatar has reported yet another death from swine flu, taking the toll to three, reported an official from the Supreme Council of Health.

Shafallah Center for Children with Special Needs, spearheaded by H H Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned, announced before a group of more than 150 first ladies and dignitaries a new global initiative to raise awareness and break the development gap among people with physical and intellectual disabilities, in New York, yesterday.

A number of experts and specialists from Qatar, GCC member states and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are scheduled to meet in Doha on Monday to study mechanisms and strategy for the establishment of a regional nuclear training centre in the GCC region.