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More police stations will be opened across the country to effectively monitor law and order as the country’s population has soared to 1.9 million.

The Paediatric Emergency Center (PEC) at Hamad Medical Corporation is expanding its services with four new satellite centres planned in Daain, in the north of Qatar.

In the next one week, the temperature is expected to vary from 45 degrees Celsius to 48 degrees Celsius at the maximum as the country is passing through the hottest month of the year, says the Meteorology Department.

The Ministry of Interior (MoI) and its various departments are coping with the increasing needs of the country’s residents, said a senior official.

A top official at the Qatar National Cement Company claimed that Qatar’s consumption of cement is not hit by the global financial crisis, saying his company has recently increased its production capacity and is still importing cement.

Fifteen students of Carnegie Mellon University-Qatar (CMU-Q) did not spend their summer break to relax, but used it for a rewarding social work outside of the country in a remote village in Thailand, where they helped build a community kitchen and a dining area for the use of all community members.

A young Qatari who has lost his parents and job is forced to use his rundown car as his home since he does not have sufficient income to go in for rented accommodation.

Qatar’s Labour Market Strategy (LMS) Phase II will focus on the country’s education system and assess its output vis-à-vis the emerging labour market trends. The LMS second phase will also offer suggestions on how to enhance the education and skills development of

Teenagers in Qatar were pleased to find out about a new “hangout” spot to be opened later this year when they attended a live music launch event at the Marriott Hotel yesterday, where local bands performed to celebrate the impending opening of “The Place To Be.”

A majority of members in two families controlling Porsche back a deal for the State of Qatar to acquire a 25 percent stake in the German luxury carmaker, Der Spiegel magazine said.