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Qatar said yesterday it will include low-income foreign workers in its report on the human rights situation in the country to be presented at a key United Nations (UN) forum early next year.

Fishing boats and private yachts will soon be required to install electronic identification equipment on board for the Coast Guards to identify them. For this purpose, new laws will be framed and the existing legislation regulating the entry and operation of fishing boats and yachts in Qatar’s territorial waters will be amended to conform to relevant international regulations.

Qatar’s riyal does not figure among the names suggested by GCC nationals for the proposed common currency of the Gulf in a survey conducted by Al Sharq.

Eleven Arab nationals are undergoing trial for bringing fake Qatari currency notes into the country and trying to circulate them in the local market. The prosecution has accused five of them of smuggling the fake notes and one of them of trying to put them into circulation.

The Ministry of Interior has launched a survey to get feedback from nationals as well as expatriates about traffic law No.19/2007.

QAFCO and Texas A&M University at Qatar, along with the Environmental Studies Center at Qatar University, have launched a one-year research project to study the environmental impact of cooling water discharge at Mesaieed Industrial City (MIC).

The new 60-storey InterContinental Doha West Bay is set to open in 2010, an official from the Doha InterContinental Hotel said.

It might just be a coincidence but an increasing number of trailers are involved in what seem to be avoidable accidents this summer.

The Pearl-Qatar is really living up to its name. One of the largest urban developments in the Middle East, the QR50bn project, has crossed a major milestone by unveiling The Tower-4 at Porto Arabia.

QTEL will organise Qatar’s largest summer camp in association with the Eid Cultural Centre with a series of sporting and activities for children in the 15–25 age group. The camp runs June 20–July 25. Registration started on Sunday and about 2,000 young people are expected to join in.