Gulf | Qatar
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Wednesday Nov 28
Seas rising faster than projected
Temperatures climbing, risk of droughts and floods
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Wednesday Nov 28
Doha mapped through four-dimension application
Interactive display highlights city’s physical growth since pre-oil period
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Tuesday Nov 27
Permafrost melting poses new perils
Thawing of frozen grounds could increase global warming
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Monday Nov 26
Climate change talks in Doha
Face urgent appeals to scale up fight against gas emissions
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Monday Nov 26
UN climate talks open in Qatar
Ways to curb catastrophic effects of global warming is highlight of agenda
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Sunday Nov 25
GCC in a better place to reform
Motivate private sector and give people more freedoms, says Al Thani
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Sunday Nov 25
Religion should not be used to achieve political gains
GCC can play a role model for the rest of the Arab region, ex-Qatar minister says
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Friday Nov 23
Hope amid anxiety as Qatar hosts climate talks
Activists seek more from Gulf states by way of emission targets and oil subsidy cuts
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Friday Nov 23
Gulf leaders fly the flag for green future
UAE and Qatar change perceptions of oil-rich economies aloof from emissions concerns
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Thursday Nov 22
Middle East needs to pitch in for the world
As the UN’s conference on climate change, COP18, heads to Doha, local and international activists call for the region to shed its fixation with oil
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Thursday Nov 22
Algerian, Lebanese films win in Doha festival
More than 20 films participated in the Arab Film Competition
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Wednesday Nov 21
Qatari lawyer ready to defend Bashar Al Assad
Al Nuaimi was member of Saddam Hussain’s defence team
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Tuesday Nov 20
Qatar launches national library project
500,000 records related to Qatar set to be digitised
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Monday Nov 19
Qatari emir calls for ‘firm resistance’
Israel unlikely to stop aggression unless it is met with resistance like that of Hezbollah’s, says emir
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Sunday Nov 18
Robert De Niro opens Doha Tribeca Film Festival
The actor made everyone forget they’d waited four hours to see him walk the red carpet at his own festival
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Saturday Nov 17
Mira Nair’s film opens Doha festival
Acclaimed director takes a swipe at fundamentalism of the capitalists
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Tuesday Nov 13
Qatar media proects under expert spotlight
Call to expand magazine industry beyond luxury, lifestyle
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Monday Nov 5
Ethiopia, Qatar resume diplomatic ties
Two countries fell out in 2008 when Doha was accused of destabilising Horn of Africa
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Monday Nov 5
Qatar to host comedy show to promote mutual tolerance
Comedians aim to hold well-recognised annual regional comedy festival
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Sunday Nov 4
Al Assad’s foes meet for makeover
Al Assad’s departure is a non-negotiable pre-condition to any talks, say participants
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Wednesday Oct 31
Qatar poet faces secret trial for ‘insult’
Amnesty and HRW demand Al Ajami be released from jail without any conditions
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Tuesday Oct 30
Call on Qatar not to approve media law
Press freedom threat in the ‘home’ of Al Jazeera
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Sunday Oct 28
Doha Corniche wedding for Egyptian couple
Friends, flash crowd extend best wishes to newly-weds
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Friday Oct 26
Families of mall fire victims demand Qatar trial
The May 28 blaze killed 19 people
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Thursday Oct 25
Qatar launches network to enhance research
NGO is part of commitment to environment, dissemination of science-based information
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Interview with Aminatta Forna
The author of ‘The Hired Man’ is amazed by how little it takes for people to turn evil, or just look away — and stay in denial after that
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How women can have it all
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