Category: Qatar
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Qatar Airways plans route to USA
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Qatar Airways, the Global Launch Customer of the A350 XWB, has announced that Philadelphia will be the first destination served with the world’s newest aircraft from 1st January 2016, reports Asian Lite, a leading newspaper in UK for British Asians. It will fly to the USA using the state-of-the-art aircraft. The airlines plans to begin operating an…
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UAE for Arab strategic food reserve
The UAE minister for food and agriculture, Rashid Ahmed Bin Fahad, Friday said the Gulf Arab desert state is committed to support joint Arab efforts to set up a strategic food reserve in response to the world food crisis, WAM news agency reported. Bin Fahad also emphasised the need to establish and implement Arab-wide mechanisms…
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Arab countries support US on ISIS mission
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Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have promised to stand alongside the US “until the end” in its fight against the Islamic State (IS) Sunni radical group, a day after launching coordinated attacks on the group in Syria. US President Barak Obama received the support in a meeting Tuesday…
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Jordan confirms its part in Syria airstrikes
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Jordan announced that its warplanes took part in the US-led air operation against the Islamic State (IS) jihadis in northern Syria. In a statement reported by the official news agency Petra, a source at army headquarters said that the Jordanian air force destroyed “several targets”. Without mentioning Syria, the statement said that the strikes…
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Qatar vows to improve workers conditions
Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has vowed to promote reforms improving the condition of immigrants working on infrastructure for the 2022 Soccer World Cup that will be held in Qatar. In a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin Wednesday, the emir admitted that “mistakes” had been…
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More jobs in Gulf
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As more and more women in Middle East countries step outside their homes for work, the opportunities for Asians to work as cooks, nannies and drivers in the region are likely to go up, said a migration expert. S. Irudayarajan, who heads the migration unit attached to the ministry of overseas Indian affairs at the Centre…
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Portal to track mortal remains
To alleviate the mental trauma of families whose kin die abroad, especially among the millions of expatriates living in the Middle East, the government Tuesday launched an online system for “facilitating transportation of the mortal remains” of such Indians. Launching the portal, which can be accessed at the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) website…
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Manchester Airport back to normal
Flight services have resumed at Manchester Airport after a fighter jet was scrambled to escort a passenger plane. Greater Manchester Police said the Qatar Airways pilot received information about a possible device on board. The Airbus A330-30 had 269 passengers and 13 crew on board. The news first broke on Twitter where eyewitnesses posted pictures…
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‘Qatar exploits migrant workers’
Migrant workers, mainly from Asia, building the first stadium for Qatar’s 2022 World Cuphave been earning as little as 45p an hour, the Guardian newspaper revealed. The pay rate appears to be in breach of the tournament organisers’ own worker welfare rules and comes despite the Gulf kingdom spending £134bn on infrastructure ahead of the competition. More…
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Saudi role in Egypt verdict
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Saeed Naqvi says Saudi vendetta played a role in the jailing of hree tAl Jazeera journalists in Egypt Al Jazeera journalists in Egypt were given severe sentences because that is the way the Saudis wanted it. The Qatari channel was always an eyesore to the Saudis but was recently being tolerated, even encouraged, by Riyadh…
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Miliband seeks Fifa probe
British opposition leader Ed Miliband called for a rerun of the vote to host the 2022 World Cup if The Sunday Times’s allegations are proved to be true — as Sony became the first sponsor to call for an investigation into the Fifa files exposé. The Labour leader said The Sunday Times had revealed “startling…
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Qatari plan for UK site
A Qatari-backed plan to redevelop a central London site next to the River Thames has been given the go-ahead by the British government, ending months of uncertainty about the project after it was subjected to a review. According to a Reuters report, the start of building had been delayed after the government intervened to consider…
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Qatar Airways to fly Edinburgh-Doha direct
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Qatar Airways commences Edinburgh’s highly anticipated direct flight to Doha in the Middle East. Qatar Airways, has commenced services between Edinburgh and Doha. The inaugural flight, which landed into Edinburgh International Airport was welcomed with a traditional water cannon salute, the classic sound of Scottish bagpipes and a gathering crowd within the airport terminal. This…
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Qatar may lose 2022 World Cup
London’s The Sunday Times newspaper in a 12 page splash exposed the secret payments that helped Qatar to win the World Cup bid. The Sunday Times said it got millions of documents linking Qatar’s shady deal to bag the 2022 game. The files expose how Qatar’s astonishing victory in the race to secure the right to…
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Qatar to host Arab Water Meet
The State of Qatar will host the Second Arab Water Conference from 27-29 May 2014 under the auspices of Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation in cooperation with the Arab Ministerial Water Council. This prestigious conference is being held under the patronage of HE Sheikh Abdullah Bin Nasser Bin Khalifa Al Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of…
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Qatar Airways premium flights to Heathrow
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in QatarQatar Airways on Wednesday celebrated the inauguration of its new all-premium daily service called Business One between Doha and London Heathrow. The Gulf airline said it was the first ever carrier to operate an all-Business Class service from London Heathrow. The new daily service flies to London Heathrow Terminal 4 using an Airbus A319 configured…