The ‘Schools without Accidents’ campaign launched yesterday for the second year running by the Traffic Department is aimed at cutting the number of road accidents in Qatar by half, a top official has said. The campaign aims at raising awareness about road safety among students.

Although the Doha Municipality has recently instructed that staff in barber shops and beauty centres must wear face masks and gloves during their duty hours as a precautionary measure against the H1N1 flu, it seems that many of them are oblivious of the decision.

Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF) organisers have officially announced the programme of films to be screened at the inaugural festival next month. Mira Nair’s biopic Amelia starring Hilary Swank and Richard Gere, will be the movie to be shown on opening night.

Qatar, with its Increasing economic power, could play a bigger role in getting the Arab world to “signal” measured steps with Israel over the Palestinian issue, according to a top political analyst.

Delays in achieving a unified GCC currency should not be looked at as a failure of the whole plan, CNN anchor John Defterios said yesterday.

Intra-Arab trade has got a significant boost since the WTO’s Doha Round, former Minister of Economy and Trade, Sheikh Mohamed bin Ahmed al-Thani has said.

Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) representatives gave a presentation yesterday at the three-day Seatrade Europe conference, which concludes today in Hamburg, Germany.

Vegetables are literally becoming out of reach of the common man as their wholesale and retail prices have lately been going sky-high.

The Qatar Ladies of Harley (QLH) accompanied by the Qatar Harley Owner’s Group (HOG), families, friends, and other motorcycle clubs will kick-off Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign with a ride through Doha Corniche.

A number of experts and specialists from Qatar, GCC member states and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are meeting in Doha to study mechanisms and strategy for the establishment of a regional nuclear training centre in the GCC region.