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With the very encouraging reports from various think-tanks and Qatar at the helm of development in different sectors, the country’s Information Technology (IT) industry is set to be one of the best performing in the region, an executive of a leading IT solutions provider said yesterday.

National Leasing Holding Company yesterday announced that all Qatari investors over the age of 18 will be able to purchase plots at Lusail Land.

Although Japanese is spoken almost exclusively in Japan, it has been more or less spoken in different countries. After the opening of Japan School in Doha, the Japanese embassy and its cultural wing has been planning a number of events to promote the language and culture.

Investment flow into Qatar would multiply manifold if comprehensive information about investment opportunities available in the country is provided, say foreign investors.

The Qtel-Vodafone rivalry has taken an interesting twist with the former accusing the latter of hosting an event at the weekend that ‘ran counter to the traditional business culture of Qatar’.

The Supreme Education Council (SEC) has dropped its controversial decision to remove non-Qatari students from certain grades from Independent Schools.

Around 12,000 people, aged 14 and up, cheered and danced during Akon’s concert by the beach at the Doha InterContinental Hotel last night. In an electric 90-minute performance, international performer Akon sang his more popular songs, like ‘Beautiful, Dangerous’ (from his latest album Freedom), and some of his other famous songs. http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=Local_News&subsection=Qatar+News&month=May2009&file=Local_News2009052313755.xml

More than 200 students from various schools in Doha participated in the painting workshop organised by the International Academy for Intercultural Development (IAID) as part of the World Environment Day (WED) celebration, yesterday.

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.