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| UN calls for a ‘massive’ stimulus plan |
| GOVERNMENTS of the world must embark on a massive financial stimulus to counter the global economic downturn, UN experts said in a report published yesterday.
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| Outlook ‘bleak’ for Gulf |
| GULF STATES are expected to witness a significant slowdown next year as the global financial crisis continues to bite, United Nations economists warned yesterday. |
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| Regional restructure threatens Doha rugby |
| THE future of rugby in Qatar has been thrown into disarray by the sport’s world governing body following a decision to dismantle the existing regional structure in 2010. |
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| Aid ship to defy Gaza blockade |
| A QATARI charity said yesterday it plans to ship one tonne of medical aid to the Gaza Strip this week in a bid to defy an Israeli blockade on the Palestinian territory. |
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THE moment has finally arrived. Yesterday morning the first members of the public to visit the Museum of Islamic Art on the Doha Corniche stepped through the entrance to be greeted, much to their surprise, by a group of smiling senior executives of the museum and a bevy of flashing cameras.
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AS many as 90 computer science scholars from all over the world converged in Doha last week to attend the 15th annual Logic for Programming, Artificial Intelligence and Reasoning Conference (LPAR), organised by Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar for the first time in the Middle East.
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QATAR’S mobile broadband speeds are to double with a major infrastructure upgrade, following a $61mn agreement finalised yesterday with Nokia Siemens Networks for a full network modernisation project.
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