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Even fall in cement, steel prices fails to boost realty sector

The launch of Museum of Islamic Art has made way for many of the Islamic artefacts, which were for years sheltered in different parts of the world to return back to the roots of the culture. These include valuable and preserved Egyptian, Spanish and Turkish scientific and mathematical manuscripts dating from the 11th, 13th and the 15th centuries. Among them is a priceless manuscript which is of Arab origin that had migrated from Spain to Italy and has now returned back to its own roots as an

Shareholders of Barclays PLC, Britain’s second largest bank, voted overwhelmingly in favour of a plan to raise £7bn ($10.5bn), largely from funds in the Middle East.

Prices of several popular brands of basmati rice have fallen over the past one month after they had touched record highs. Prices of cooking oil are also expected to dip very soon, say retailers.

QATARGAS will be sponsoring an attempt to enter the Guinness Book of World Records when over 2,500 people will participate in a race to break the record for the most number of people running 100 meters carrying a baton in a 24-hour relay.

DO NOT make any major financial decision for at least six months to a year and strictly avoid investing in global institutions weakened by the financial crisis.

A DOHA declaration has stated that developing countries should phase-out, to zero level, the production and consumption of ozone-depleting substances such as hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), halons and tetrachloride by January 1, 2010.

Hollywood icon Robert De Niro signed an agreement with Qatar Museum Authority (QMA) here yesterday to launch the next edition of New York’s world-renowned Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) in Doha.