Thirty-six Qatar-based authors of the book My Mother, which is a collection of 79 stories written by people from across the world, jointly signed their book in an event held at DPS-Modern Indian School.

Vodafone yesterday said that it had become the first mobile operator in Qatar to launch the Micro-SIM for the new iPad and iPhone 4, as well as other future high-end devices. The new 15mm x 12mm Micro-SIM is 50 percent smaller than the current 25mm x 15mm SIMs in the market and offer the same features like the bigger SIMs. The new Micro-SIM can also be used with all Vodafone services such as Mobile Internet Packs and Flexi on Red and Freedom. ILQ News

The Ministry of Labour has asked all companies here to strictly abide by the summer timing for open air work that comes in to force tomorrow. The new timing will be in effect until August 31.

The cord blood banking service offered at the Women’s Hospital through Virgin Health Bank (VHB) is based on ethics and quality. VHB provides families with a high quality, Shariah compliant cord stem cell collection, processing and cryopreservation services.

The international governing body of football, FIFA yesterday slammed attempts by unknown elements to block Al Jazeera Sport channel’s World Cup transmission and said it would fully support the television station to locate and prosecute the culprits.

LONDON: Saudi Arabia has conducted tests to disable its air defences to enable Israeli jets to make a bombing raid on Iran’s nuclear facilities.

New York: The UN Security Council has welcomed and supported the mediation efforts undertaken by Qatar under the auspices of the Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani to resolve the border dispute between Djibouti and Eritrea.