News

Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF) yesterday announced key members of the team heading up the inaugural 2009 Festival. As a major collaboration between the Qatar Museums Authority (QMA) and the Tribeca Film Festival will be a major step into artistic progress of Qatar — the cultural capital of Middle East.

Two Qatari children ‘missing’ in Makkah located in Al Qaseem

Vodafone Qatar opened yesterday their retail store in Al Khor, its first retail store outside of Doha. The store is located in Al Mohanady Area, New Al Khor road.

Qtel yesterday unveiled the lowest call rates ever enjoyed in Qatar or the region to celebrate the Holy Month of Ramadan. Qtel’s Shahry Value Pack customers can now make international calls at a price as low as QR0.29 per minute. This is the first in a series of promotions that will be announced over the coming month.

The first solar-powered traffic radar in Doha installed recently near Qatar Science and Technology Park. The radar can function in the night too with energy stored in the day time.

A criminal court has sentenced a man to one year in jail and ordered him to pay up compensation to the tune of QR200,000 to a young woman for distributing her objectionable photographs to some of his friends, relatives and neighbours.

Qatari youth need to make use of the tremendous opportunities coming their way. Khalifa Saleh Haroon, 25, said Qatari society is experiencing the ‘Tradition versus modernity’ conflict in the face of rapid globalisation – especially of the peninsula.

The weather in Qatar will be hot during the day with slight dust and some clouds.

The weather in Qatar will be hot by midday and dusty and moderate temperature in the night.

The mystery about the two Qatari children of divorced parents who went missing in Makkah on June 7, is deepening. In a new twist to the row, the Family Consultancy Centre has said the dispute over the custody of the children between their estranged parents is old and was first brought to its notice in 2005.