ILQ went and compared Vodafone to Qtel in value for money in relation to minutes. Some very interesting results. Click here to go to the price comparison Good job amnesia!

The Weather in Qatar is to be dusty and hot with some clouds." Widespread Dust ".

Four Sri Lankan workers have been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment followed by deportation for stealing a safe containing QR3,000, nine passports of employees, a chequebook and a mobile handset.

An Asian man who stole QR128 from a wallet that he found in a toilet at the Doha airport on his arrival in the country has been sentenced to one-year imprisonment and subsequent deportation.

Qatar has asserted that a lasting, comprehensive and just peace in the Middle East cannot be achieved unless the UN resolutions and the Arab peace initiative were implemented, based on the “Land for peace” principle, a matter which was referred to at the recent Arab summit held in Doha.

Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF) yesterday announced key members of the team heading up the inaugural 2009 Festival. As a major collaboration between the Qatar Museums Authority (QMA) and the Tribeca Film Festival will be a major step into artistic progress of Qatar — the cultural capital of Middle East.

Two Qatari children ‘missing’ in Makkah located in Al Qaseem

Vodafone Qatar opened yesterday their retail store in Al Khor, its first retail store outside of Doha. The store is located in Al Mohanady Area, New Al Khor road.

Qtel yesterday unveiled the lowest call rates ever enjoyed in Qatar or the region to celebrate the Holy Month of Ramadan. Qtel’s Shahry Value Pack customers can now make international calls at a price as low as QR0.29 per minute. This is the first in a series of promotions that will be announced over the coming month.

The first solar-powered traffic radar in Doha installed recently near Qatar Science and Technology Park. The radar can function in the night too with energy stored in the day time.