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Analysts here believe it is unlikely for the UAE to rejoin the regional monetary union after having decided to pull out of it over the issue of the proposed Gulf central bank being headquartered in Saudi Arabia.

At the conclusion of the Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani’s visit to Singapore, Qatar Telecom (Qtel) yesterday launched a new office in the country in the context of the company’s efforts to expand its presence in Southeast Asia and enhance the level of support to its branches in the region.

Vodafone Qatar will start offering Internet services soon and launch new price offers for its customers in June, Grahame Maher, chief executive officer of Vodafone Qatar, said yesterday.

In an unexpected move, the Supreme Education Council has issued a directive to Independent schools to cancel the registration of all expatriate students in certain grades, reports Al Sharq.

Public awareness about Qatar’s citizenship law is low, the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) has said.

Qatar’s construction sector will experience a 17.6 percent year-on-year growth this year, as funds from gas revenue are reinvested in infrastructure, according to the organisers of a real estate conference.

The GCC monetary union is "dead" as a result of a decision by the UAE to pull out of the plan, leading UAE economists pronounced on Wednesday

Qatar has put in place an early surveillance system to detect quickly enough any suspected case of influenza H1N1 (A) virus coming into the country from any affected countries.

Some 1,000 opinion leaders from more than 120 countries will participate in the first global summit dedicated to monitoring the 21st century’s challenges on education, due to be held in Doha from November 16-18.

The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has apologised to the public as well as the shopkeepers who have been hit hard by the delay in the completion of the Industrial Area Interchange project.