King Hamad Bin Eisa Al Khalifa has set up a national commission to follow up and implement the recommendations of the report published last week by the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI). According to the royal order issued by King Hamad, the National Commission will be formed and given powers based on Paragraph...
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“This is much better than Disney’s Lion King or the National Geographic channel.” From her seat in the Safari van, Amal Al Gharibi cast a deep gaze upon the two lions lazily chewing on lump of raw meat under the trees. The dead zebra was only a few metres away. “Shall we drive on?”...
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The link between climate change and food sustainability and issues like loss of agricultural lands and depletion of fish were addressed by Doha’s Education City students, sitting majlis-style and surrounded by laptops, papers and smart phones. Organized by Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar with support from Qatar Foundation, Education City’s first Campus Conversation event...
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Qatar’s traffic department has started changing the number plates of vehicles in a process expected to take one year. All new vehicles will be have the European modeled plates while those in circulation will receive them upon renewal of their roads permits, Qatari daily Al Raya reported. The new plates will carry the white and maroon...
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As day gently gave way to night, Bahrainis and non-Bahrainis alike rushed to the report published online by an expert independent commission on the incidents that hit Bahrain this year. They were looking for a confirmation of their claims, a vindication of their statements, an argument for their cause. Rarely has a report polarised...
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Kuwaiti doctors who wear headscarves should not be sent to France for training in local hospitals, the cultural attache in Paris has recommended. The recommendation is to avoid embarrassing situation for the women who under French law cannot take up a position in public hospitals, Kuwaiti Arabic daily Al Watan reported, citing a letter sent by...
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Libya will reopen its embassy in Doha within 10 days, the representative of the Libyan Transition Council in Qatar has said. “The new ambassador will be appointed within the next few days and will take up his post within ten days,” Abdul Munsif Al Bouri said. “The reopening of the embassy will reinforce bilateral...
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A report by an international fact-finding commission has taken Bahrain’s authorities and opposition to task after it highlighted the violations they committed during ten months of unrest. The Bahrain Independent Commission for Inquiry, set up by King Hamad in June, yesterday published the highly-anticipated report that consisted of 12 chapters, two annexes and seven...
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Research on stem cell therapy, the next generation of plastics, and the erosion of Qatar’s dunes were among the winning projects awarded at the second Annual Research Forum (ARF) 2011 in Doha. The award ceremony recognized 15 professional and student researchers for their distinction in pioneering innovative scientific research. The forum was organized by...
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Qataris have launched an online campaign to boycott a company for including pork in the meats it sells in Doha. Using social networks, the campaigners said that allowing the company to sell pork could make engaging in haram (forbidden) business practices “a normal situation” that cannot be disputed or resisted by the people.
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