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The G-8 concept has become outdated and the emerging nations must be taken into confidence to find solutions to the global financial crises, said French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

The Media and Advertising Exhibition and Conference (Qatar 2008), to be held at Qatar International Exhibition Center from December 14 to 17, will witness three seminars.

Traffic jams ‘for next 5 years’

MANNAI Automotive Group has announced the opening of three service centres, showrooms and new pre-owned showrooms at Al-Khisa, al-Wakrah and the Industrial area.

The plethora of road constructions and repair works currently going in Qatar has affected traffic and disrupted public transport schedules, according to a senior official of the state-owned Mowasalat.

It will be business as usual for the Immigration Department during the four-day United Nations-sponsored International Conference on Financing for Development, which opens here on November 29, sources at the Ministry of Interior told The Peninsula yesterday.

AN AGREEMENT to develop a residential block touted as the “Venice of Qatar” on Pearl-Qatar island was signed yesterday.

A UN conference to formulate recommendations to fuel development in key sectors is set to open here on November 29, 2008. The four-day event will be the first major conference to discuss the impact of the global economic slowdown.

Barwa Real Estate Company has revoked a clause in the lease contract of its low-rent housing units in response to requests from prospective tenants, a senior official of the company said yesterday. Article 17 in the contract stipulated that the tenants should keep household items worth the amount equalling the rent for the whole contract period (one year) and gave the owner the right to hold the tenants’ mobile properties.