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Qatar has taken a 6.78 percent stake in Europe’s biggest carmaker Volkswagen as part of a plan to take over around 17 percent of the company, Volkswagen said yesterday.

The prestigious British independent school, Sherborne, will hold a celebration to mark the launch of its Doha campus, Sherborne Qatar, on September 9, 2009. The new school will start its academic session for junior students on September 27.

More than 80% expatriate employees said they were happy they had come to Qatar, according to a jobs and employment survey released yesterday.

The website containing an image bank of H H Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned was officially launched yesterday.

A Doha-based Islamic scholar believes that the recent economic recession in the West is a result of “lack of mercy in their business dealings” with other nations.

The weather in Qatar will be hot and humid with slight haze.

The Supreme Council for Health has announced the following timings for the various medical facilities in the country during the holy month of Ramadan effective from today (Saturday):

The head of an investment company in Qatar accused of embezzling over QR200m was nabbed at the Doha International Airport after he flew into the country from another GCC state.

Vodafone Qatar has reminded prospective customers that only five days remain in its online special promotion under which they can get a free ‘My Number’ online. The offer, which ends on August 31, enables customers to choose their own ‘My Number’, which would normally cost QR500, for free when they join Vodafone online.

Doha is the second most expensive city in the Arab world, according to a latest study. The USB, one of the world’s leading financial firms, recently released the 14th edition of its ‘Prices and Earnings’ review which has included Doha for the first time in the list of 73 international cities.