From the Guardian

A severe shortage of washed sand has hit the local market again, threatening to stall ongoing construction projects.

Qatar Traffic Department and Qatargas have joined hands to promote road safety through a national campaign for road safety with the Steer Club launching its third mega raffle in November to coincide with the national symposium on road safety, which will be sponsored by Qatargas.

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It was a historic day for Aspire Academy yesterday as 23 students passed out from the institution in its first graduation ceremony, attended by athletics great Hicham El Guerrouj.

Qatar's government is definately taking more steps to being a society with more rights and fairness.

Qatar University (QU) is to introduce a BSc programme in Environmental Science this year.

A number of Iraqi intellectuals have called for awarding this year’s Noble Peace Prize to the Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani for his role in brokering a peace agreement between feuding Lebanese rivals.