A majority of the participants in an online survey conducted by Al Sharq daily said that they were not happy with the rentals for the commercial and residential properties in the Barwa Village in Al Wakra that is under construction.

Qatar has signed an exclusive sponsorship deal for the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Congress, in which the continent’s football movers and shakers will be gathered on the eve of the African Cup of Nations in Angola.

The Al Rayyan Municipality is all set to develop the Kharaij beach in Umbab. The beach will have facilities for overnight stay for families.

Five brand new Toyota cars waiting to be delivered to the public transport company, Mowasalat, were gutted when a fire broke out in the huge car park behind the Toyota Tower, near Al Mana traffic intersection, yesterday.

A Filipino worker, who carries an identical name with an Interpol lookout, was held and deported back to his country.

Lawyers, accountants and engineers (including consultancies) having offices in villas in residential areas of the city have been given time until early September this year to move out and shift to the posh towers area in Al Dafna.

A few days of rains have made a difference to Qatar’s desert life. Seeds lying dormant for a nearly a year have sprouted into new growth, and have bloomed in the interiors of the country.

A tripartite agreement on demarcation of maritime borders between Qatar, Iran and Bahrain will be signed soon, the Iranian ambassador to Qatar, Abdullah Sohrabi, has said.

As a continuation to the field visits conducted to the security departments in the country, a delegation headed by Lt. Abdul Rahman Al Ibraheem, Head of training section in the coast guard department isited the headquarters of the Internal Security Force on last Tuesday, 5/1/2009.

Qatar Airways flights to Europe are operating normally with the exception of slight disruption to a flight to London Gatwick yesterday on account of heavy snowfall in some parts of the UK, a spokesman said.