World No. 1 Rafael Nadal has confirmed his place at the pinnacle of men’s tennis following a classic five-set victory over world No. 2 Roger Federer in the final of Australian Open 2009.
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SOME 300 performers from various countries will be presenting shows during the Doha Summer Festival. The 22-day entertainment and shopping festival takes place from July 15 to August 5 at the Doha Exhibition Centre and various malls.
DOHA: Mixed performances still dominate the seven Gulf stock markets. While the two small markets of Bahrain and Muscat have not passed through the correction movement of the other five, they have sustained their positive growth until now. Three out of five markets – Doha, Kuwait, and Abu Dhabi – have overcome their problems and kept their positive performance so far. The Doha Securities Market achieved the best performance compared to end of 2007 and gained 21.43% (The Alshall Qatar Index
AS PART of Doha’s efforts to ensure food security, Qatar and Sudan yesterday agreed to establish a joint holding company, which is expected to focus on agricultural investment, food industry and animal husbandry.
THERE has been a 218% increase in the number of people undergoing tests at the Medical Commission during the first half of this year compared to the same period last year, a senior official yesterday said.
A CHRISTIAN man and a Muslim woman escaped jail for having illicit relations after he converted to Islam and the couple married.
DOHA • Qatar is projected to become the richest country in the world in terms of GDP per capita income, which was estimated at $76,000 in 2007, according to a report released by the International Bank of Qatar (IBQ)
LONDON • Gulf Arab oil producers are unlikely to decide on a new deadline to launch a single currency until next year as the 2010 target for monetary union becomes “difficult”, Bahrain’s central bank governor said yesterday.
UNITED NATIONS • Although Doha's hotels were slightly less full during the first quarter of 2008 than against the same period last year, the outlook for tourism in Qatar remains positive, according to a new UN report.