Thanks to the mounting recessionary pressure, economic offenses are on the rise with both civil and criminal courts hearing the cases, lawyers said here yesterday.
As temperature soars, hundreds of migratory birds that have been enjoying the pleasant weather for the last several months are bidding adieu to Qatar. The different nestling areas within Qatar have been receiving birds in huge flocks since the last week of November. Greater flamingos formed the biggest group among the special visitors.
LG Electronics unveiled yesterday the X110 Netbook, a laptop equipped with Holy Quran software. The software dubbed e-Quran will provide the Holy Scripture in 10 different languages, and will include recitation of the Holy Quran by Sheikh Abdul Rehman Sudas.
The World Bank warned yesterday that the global recession was going to last long and the worst has yet to come, especially in the developing countries.
Officials and players of the Qatar Scrabble League (QSL) are preparing for another play off round to determine the third finalist to represent Qatar in the 2009 Gulf Scrabble Championship.
The situation will never be the same for hundreds of households in the Mesaieed Industrial City (MIC) new housing community, who have been waiting for months to avail of Qtel’s land line services. Within a few weeks the community will enjoy the benefits of Qtel’s WiMAX system, according to an official.
The soap operas and advertisements on Arab television channels mostly portray a negative image of Arab women, according to Dr Ashraf Galal, Associate professor of Mass Communications at Qatar University.
Those who wish to catch Enrique Iglesias (pictured) live in concert should better start buying tickets as tickets are flying off the shelves very fast at all outlets.
Changes and new developments here have affected the norms of the country, so the government needs new policies to better protect and prepare the families and the society amid a changing world, said the director of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs, Women Department. The director said the country also needs to look at other countries’ experiences to learn from them.
