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She says during a conference call Friday from Doha, Qatar, that she's been coached by her father, Piotr, "for a very long time" and "right now, it's the best thing." She won't need much coaching at the BNP Paribas Showdown on March 5 at Madison Square Garden.

Tom Boonen of Belgium won his fourth Tour of Qatar title on Friday, beating American Tyler Farrar.

Doha: Qatar Exchange was slightly down yesterday at 0.87 points or 0.01 percent to 8,689.83 points from the previous closing of 8,690.70. Among the top losers were Industries Qatar whose share dropped by 0.74 percent to QR134.10, Commercial Bank of Qatar fell 0.74 percent to QR80.30, Al khaliji Commercial Bank lost 0.76 percent to QR16.96 and ... (more)

Dr Saleh Ali Al Marri , Assistant Secretary General for Medical Affairs at the Supreme Council of Health , addressing the media at the SCH yesterday.

From left: Christos Mastoras, Director of Business Development at Yahoo! Middle East, Rich Riley, Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Yahoo! EMEA and Ahmed Nassef, Vice President and Managing Director of Yahoo! Middle East during the press conference at W Hotel yesterday.

DOHA: In a move that could attract more Turkish families to Qatar, the Turkish embassy is planning to establish the first Turkish school in Doha, says the Turkish ambassador to Qatar H Emre Yunt.

The President of the Republic of Korea, Lee Myung-bak , is expected in Doha today on an official visit.

DOHA: Qatar's government budget spending will be much higher in the upcoming 2012/13 fiscal year than in the current one, while inflation is likely to move around 3-3.5 percent, an economic adviser to the country's emir said.

Pakistan Thursday refuted media reports suggesting a meeting between Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Afghan Taliban representatives had been planned in Qatar during his three-day visit which concluded a day ago.

South Korean President Lee Myung Bak arrived in the Qatari capital Doha on Thursday after a two-day visit to Saudi Arabia, where he secured pledges to ensure a stable supply of oil to the east Asian nation.

Hamas's Gaza-based leadership challenged on Wednesday a Palestinian reconciliation deal signed by the Islamist group's political chief in exile and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas of the rival Fatah movement.

Armoured reinforcements poured into Homs as President Bashar al-Assad's forces bombarded the rebellious Syrian city for a fourth day, opposition sources said Thursday, worsening the dire humanitarian situation and prompting a new diplomatic push from Turkey.

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DOHA: Qatar's ambitious nuclear power programme has been found 'economically feasible'. Two separate studies conducted for Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation concluded Qatar's proposed nuclear power programmeA wasA cost-effective, a top official revealed yesterday.

Sudan's president is due to launch a governing body to oversee a peace agreement intended to end the war in the western region of Darfur.

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The 2011 International Petroleum Technology Conference officially opened at the Bangkok Convention Center on February 7th, 2012, with Qatar Petroleum among the global industry leaders taking part in the event.

The Doha Declaration signed between the two main Palestinian movements - Fatah and Hamas - should be considered as a major triumph for Qatari diplomacy, a number of Palestinian and Arab political experts said yesterday.

From left: Dr Fareeja Hussain of Qatar National Cancer Society, Sheikha Leena bint Nasser bin Khalid Al Thani, Director of Al Hiba Group, Dr Sheikha Anoud Al Thani of SCH, Karen Al Kharouf of Think Pink Qatar, David Estelly of HMC, and Elinor LeBaron, founder of the new Cancer Support Group in Qatar.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip: Gaza's ruling Islamic militant Hamas is ready to cede power to an interim unity government led by its longtime rival, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, a spokesman said Tuesday, but problems loomed over government policy and international recognition.