France24 (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The fate of a key plan to improve the transparency of a worldwide anti-corruption programme is in doubt at a UN conference in Qatar, a lobby group said on Monday. Delegates from 141 countries which have signed the UN Convention against Corruption are discussing a call to establish a review mechanism for the agreement. "The global anti-corruption treaty will fail without agreement on an effective...
The New Nation (Free subscription) | yesterday
Staff Reporter Bangladesh is completely respectful to the United Nations (UN) Convention Against Corruption and the government would take initiatives for full implementation of it, said Law Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed yesterday. "It is essential to detect and remove the limitations of the least developed countries (LDCs) capacities in the way to implement the UN Convention against corruption,"...
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Qatar Airways today announced that it would increase the frequency of flights on the Amritsar-Doha route from four days a week to daily by March 2010.
Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Both of Bulgaria’s top bodybuilders Hristomir Hristov and Dimitar Dimitrov won gold medals in their categories at the 63rd Men’s World Amateur Bodybuilding Championship in Doha, Qatar. Late Wednesday night, Bulgaria’s most successful bodybuilder of all time, Hristomir Hristov, won the gold medal in the 80 kg category. This is Hristov’s second world title ...
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Movie star Robert de Niro presented the top Audience Awards at the first Doha Tribeca film festival to a Palestinian film and to a documentary made in Qatar. The 50,000-dollar award for best film went on Sunday night to "Team Qatar," a documentary directed by Britain's Liz Mermin that tells the story of a group of high school students taking part in an international debate.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
TOP Zimbabwean female tennis player Cara Black and her American partner Liezel Huber will be aiming for a hat-trick of victories at the WTA Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha, Qatar, this weekend.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Doha, Qatar - Serena Williams has the chance to consolidate her year-end number one ranking Sunday in a family fight with her sister Venus in the final of the Sony Ericsson Championships. Serena, who was assured of the 2009 top spot at mid-week when ...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Doha, Qatar - Venus Williams came from a break down in the final set as a catch-up battle resulted in a second straight trip to the Sony Ericsson Championships final on Saturday, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 over Jelena Jankovic. Williams, the defending champion at...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Doha, Qatar - Venus Williams came from a break down in the final set as a catch-up battle resulted in a second straight trip to the Sony Ericsson Championships final on Saturday, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 over Jelena Jankovic. Williams, the defending champion at...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Doha, Qatar - Serena Williams secured a perfect group record at the Sony Ericsson Championships Thursday after claiming a 6-2, 6-4 defeat of Elena Dementieva. Williams, who secured the year-end world number one title a day earlier when rival Dinara S...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
PANAJI: Goa’s tourism industry received a boost as Qatar Airways has announced the launch of its second flight within two weeks to Goa. “The new non-stop Doha-Goa route will capitalise on the start of the winter holiday ...
Big Cat News (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
CoP15 Doc. 43.1 CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties Doha (Qatar), 13-25 March 2010 Interpretation and implementation of the Convention Species trade and conservation asian big cats REPORT OF THE SECRETARIAT 1. This document has been prepared by the Secretariat. 2. As required in Decision 14.65, the Standing...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
The Tunisian cyclist Aymen Mraihi won on Friday the gold medal for single junior, time-trial cycling race (22.4 Km) at the 17th Arab Cycling Championships held from October 19 to 29, 2009 in Doha, Qatar.
The New Nation (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
BSS, Doha Qatar has assured of providing supports towards the construction of Padma Bridge, recruiting more manpower from Bangladesh and increasing its investment in the country's various key economic sectors. The assurance came when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called on her Qatari counterpart Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabr Al Thani at his official residence on Sunday night. The Bangladesh premier...
Memri Latest Blogs (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
The Egyptian daily Roz Al-Yousuf, which revealed that Hamas political bureau head Khaled Mash'al secretly visited Doha October 12-13, where he met with the Qatari emir, stated that immediately after the visit Hamas began to delay its signing of ... October 19, 2009, 4:37 pm
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