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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.

HH Sheikha Mozah Nasser al-Misnad with Malaysian Queen Tuanku Nur Zahirah in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani and HH Sheikha Mozah are in Malaysia on a two-day visit. PICTURE: Maher Attar http://gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=291875&version=1&template_id=57&parent_id=56

Qatar Fuel is taking a closer look at the possibility of carrying out inspection of vehicles for road permit renewal at its service stations spread across the country.