tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21892502405794364962023-11-15T08:05:20.667-08:00Qatar News Headlineamanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14254437667435022533noreply@blogger.comBlogger1701125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189250240579436496.post-89969699768524653532013-06-18T03:09:00.000-07:002013-06-18T03:09:01.038-07:00The Mommy Diaries <div id=""><td width="200" valign="top"><table width="200" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/left_red_line.jpg" width="200" height="6"/></td></tr><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/qt_opinion.jpg" width="200" height="34" align="left"/></td></tr><tr><td><table class="c6" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qatar-tribune.com%2Fdata%2F20130618%2Fcontent.asp%3Fsection%3DOpinion1_1" class="Heading">Iran On New Path?</a></td></tr><tr><td class="leftnormal"><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qatar-tribune.com%2Fdata%2F20130618%2Fcontent.asp%3Fsection%3Dopinion1_1" class="Heading"><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/data/20130618/images/opinion1.jpg" width="85" height="65" hspace="3" vspace="3" border="0" align="left"/></a>HASSAN ROWHANI'S victory in the Iranian election is truly stunning. It opens a window of hope for an easing of tension between Iran and the west on the strained nuclear file but also on the more urgent issue - the self-destructive clash between Shia and Sunni Islam that is killing thousands in Syria and Iraq and threatens the entire Middle East region. Although Rowhani had been well ahead in the final pre-election polls, no one expected him or anyone else to receive enough votes to avoid a runoff. That he did so is astonishing, in a sixhorse race. The result confirms that ...</td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/left_red_line.jpg" width="200" height="6"/></td></tr><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/qt_analysis.jpg" width="200" height="34" align="left"/></td></tr><tr><td><table class="c6" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qatar-tribune.com%2Fdata%2F20130618%2Fcontent.asp%3Fsection%3DAnalysis1_1" class="Heading">Fight The Future</a></td></tr><tr><td class="leftnormal"><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qatar-tribune.com%2Fdata%2F20130618%2Fcontent.asp%3Fsection%3Danalysis1_1" class="Heading"><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/data/20130618/images/analysis1.jpg" width="85" height="65" hspace="3" vspace="3" border="0" align="left"/></a>LAST week the International Monetary Fund, whose normal role is that of stern disciplinarian to spendthrift governments, gave the United States some unusual advice. "Lighten up," urged the fund. "Enjoy life! Seize the day!" OK, fund officials didn't use quite those words, but they came close, with an article in IMF Survey magazine titled 'Ease Off Spending Cuts to Boost US Recovery'. In its more formal statement, the fund argued that the sequester and other forms of fiscal contraction will cut this year's US growth rate by almost half, undermining what might otherwise have been a fairly vigorous recovery. And these spending cuts are both unwise and unnecessary. Unfortunately, the fund apparently couldn't bring ...</td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/left_red_line.jpg" width="200" height="6"/></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table></td><td width="560" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td height="32" valign="top"></td></tr><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/title/Chillout.gif" width="140" height="30"/></td><td></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td/></tr><tr><td><br/></td></tr></table></td></div><img src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif" border="0" height="1" width="1" />amanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14254437667435022533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189250240579436496.post-41879081704777587832013-06-18T02:59:00.000-07:002013-06-18T02:59:00.286-07:00From reel to real,
Akshay plays don
at India-Pak match <div id=""><td width="200" valign="top"><table width="200" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/left_red_line.jpg" width="200" height="6"/></td></tr><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/qt_opinion.jpg" width="200" height="34" align="left"/></td></tr><tr><td><table class="c6" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qatar-tribune.com%2Fdata%2F20130618%2Fcontent.asp%3Fsection%3DOpinion1_1" class="Heading">Iran On New Path?</a></td></tr><tr><td class="leftnormal"><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qatar-tribune.com%2Fdata%2F20130618%2Fcontent.asp%3Fsection%3Dopinion1_1" class="Heading"><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/data/20130618/images/opinion1.jpg" width="85" height="65" hspace="3" vspace="3" border="0" align="left"/></a>HASSAN ROWHANI'S victory in the Iranian election is truly stunning. It opens a window of hope for an easing of tension between Iran and the west on the strained nuclear file but also on the more urgent issue - the self-destructive clash between Shia and Sunni Islam that is killing thousands in Syria and Iraq and threatens the entire Middle East region. Although Rowhani had been well ahead in the final pre-election polls, no one expected him or anyone else to receive enough votes to avoid a runoff. That he did so is astonishing, in a sixhorse race. The result confirms that ...</td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/left_red_line.jpg" width="200" height="6"/></td></tr><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/qt_analysis.jpg" width="200" height="34" align="left"/></td></tr><tr><td><table class="c6" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qatar-tribune.com%2Fdata%2F20130618%2Fcontent.asp%3Fsection%3DAnalysis1_1" class="Heading">Fight The Future</a></td></tr><tr><td class="leftnormal"><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qatar-tribune.com%2Fdata%2F20130618%2Fcontent.asp%3Fsection%3Danalysis1_1" class="Heading"><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/data/20130618/images/analysis1.jpg" width="85" height="65" hspace="3" vspace="3" border="0" align="left"/></a>LAST week the International Monetary Fund, whose normal role is that of stern disciplinarian to spendthrift governments, gave the United States some unusual advice. "Lighten up," urged the fund. "Enjoy life! Seize the day!" OK, fund officials didn't use quite those words, but they came close, with an article in IMF Survey magazine titled 'Ease Off Spending Cuts to Boost US Recovery'. In its more formal statement, the fund argued that the sequester and other forms of fiscal contraction will cut this year's US growth rate by almost half, undermining what might otherwise have been a fairly vigorous recovery. And these spending cuts are both unwise and unnecessary. Unfortunately, the fund apparently couldn't bring ...</td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/left_red_line.jpg" width="200" height="6"/></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table></td><td width="560" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td height="32" valign="top"></td></tr><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/title/Chillout.gif" width="140" height="30"/></td><td></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td/></tr><tr><td><br/></td></tr></table></td></div><img src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif" border="0" height="1" width="1" />amanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14254437667435022533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189250240579436496.post-72013892661416889522013-06-18T02:49:00.000-07:002013-06-18T02:49:00.088-07:00With little fodder
for tabloids <div id=""><td width="200" valign="top"><table width="200" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/left_red_line.jpg" width="200" height="6"></td></tr><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/qt_opinion.jpg" width="200" height="34" align="left"></td></tr><tr><td><table class="c6" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qatar-tribune.com%2Fdata%2F20130618%2Fcontent.asp%3Fsection%3DOpinion1_1" class="Heading">Iran op nieuw pad?</a></td></tr><tr><td class="leftnormal"><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qatar-tribune.com%2Fdata%2F20130618%2Fcontent.asp%3Fsection%3Dopinion1_1" class="Heading"><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/data/20130618/images/opinion1.jpg" width="85" height="65" hspace="3" vspace="3" border="0" align="left"></a>HASSAN ROWHANI overwinning in de Iraanse verkiezingen is werkelijk adembenemend. Het opent een venster van hoop voor een versoepeling van de spanningen tussen Iran en het westen op de gespannen nucleaire bestand maar ook op de meer dringende kwestie - de zelf-destructieve botsing tussen sjiitische en soennitische Islam die is het doden van duizenden in Syrië en Irak en vormt een bedreiging voor de hele regio van het Midden-Oosten. Hoewel Rowhani had goed vooruit in de laatste pre-electorale opiniepeilingen, verwacht niemand hem of iemand anders om te krijgen genoeg stemmen om te voorkomen dat een afvoer. Dat deed hij dat is verbazingwekkend, in een sixhorse race. Het resultaat bevestigt dat...</td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/left_red_line.jpg" width="200" height="6"></td></tr><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/qt_analysis.jpg" width="200" height="34" align="left"></td></tr><tr><td><table class="c6" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qatar-tribune.com%2Fdata%2F20130618%2Fcontent.asp%3Fsection%3DAnalysis1_1" class="Heading">Fight The Future</a></td></tr><tr><td class="leftnormal"><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qatar-tribune.com%2Fdata%2F20130618%2Fcontent.asp%3Fsection%3Danalysis1_1" class="Heading"><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/data/20130618/images/analysis1.jpg" width="85" height="65" hspace="3" vspace="3" border="0" align="left"></a>VORIGE week gaf het Internationaal Monetair Fonds, waarvan de normale rol die van strenge tucht verkwister regeringen is, de Verenigde Staten een ongebruikelijke advies. "Lighten up," drong er bij het Fonds. "Geniet van het leven! Pluk de dag!" OK, Fonds ambtenaren vrij die woorden niet gebruiken, maar ze kwamen sluit, met een artikel in het tijdschrift IMF enquête met een adellijke titel 'Gemak uit uitgaven bezuinigingen op Boost ons Recovery'. In haar meer formele verklaring heeft het Fonds betoogd dat het sekwester en andere vormen van fiscale contractie dit jaar ons snijden zal groei door bijna de helft, ondermijnen wat anders een vrij krachtige herstel zijn geweest. En deze bezuinigingen zijn zowel onverstandig en onnodig. Helaas, het Fonds blijkbaar niet kon brengen...</td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/left_red_line.jpg" width="200" height="6"></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table></td><td width="560" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td height="32" valign="top"></td></tr><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/title/Chillout.gif" width="140" height="30"></td><td></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><br></td></tr></table></td></div><img src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif" border="0" height="1" width="1">amanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14254437667435022533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189250240579436496.post-35962611294546732692013-06-18T02:39:00.000-07:002013-06-18T02:39:00.369-07:00Here comes soul-stirrer <div id=""><td width="200" valign="top"><table width="200" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/left_red_line.jpg" width="200" height="6"></td></tr><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/qt_opinion.jpg" width="200" height="34" align="left"></td></tr><tr><td><table class="c6" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qatar-tribune.com%2Fdata%2F20130618%2Fcontent.asp%3Fsection%3DOpinion1_1" class="Heading">Iran on new path?</a></td></tr><tr><td class="leftnormal"><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qatar-tribune.com%2Fdata%2F20130618%2Fcontent.asp%3Fsection%3Dopinion1_1" class="Heading"><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/data/20130618/images/opinion1.jpg" width="85" height="65" hspace="3" vspace="3" border="0" align="left"></a>HASSAN ROWHANI victory in the Iranian election is truly stunning. It opens a window of hope for an easing of tensions between Iran and the West on the tense nuclear file but also on the more pressing issue-the self-destructive clash between Shiite and Sunni Islam which is killing thousands in Syria and Iraq and is a threat to the entire region of the Middle East. Although Rowhani had well ahead in the latest pre-election polls, no one expected him or someone else to get enough votes to avoid a runoff. That he did so is amazing, in a sixhorse race. The result confirms that ...</td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/left_red_line.jpg" width="200" height="6"></td></tr><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/qt_analysis.jpg" width="200" height="34" align="left"></td></tr><tr><td><table class="c6" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qatar-tribune.com%2Fdata%2F20130618%2Fcontent.asp%3Fsection%3DAnalysis1_1" class="Heading">Fight The Future</a></td></tr><tr><td class="leftnormal"><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qatar-tribune.com%2Fdata%2F20130618%2Fcontent.asp%3Fsection%3Danalysis1_1" class="Heading"><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/data/20130618/images/analysis1.jpg" width="85" height="65" hspace="3" vspace="3" border="0" align="left"></a>Last week gave the International Monetary Fund, whose normal role is that of the United States, strict disciplinary spendthrift Governments an unusual advice. "Lighten up," urged the Fund. "Enjoy life! Seize the day! " OK, Fund officials do not use those words, but they came pretty close, with an article in the magazine IMF survey titled ' ease off spending cuts to Boost our Recovery '. In its more formal statement, the Fund has argued that the receiver and other forms of fiscal contraction this year will cut us growth by nearly half, undermining what else a fairly robust recovery. And these cuts are both unwise and unnecessary. Unfortunately, the Fund apparently could not bring ...</td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/left_red_line.jpg" width="200" height="6"></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table></td><td width="560" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td height="32" valign="top"></td></tr><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/title/Chillout.gif" width="140" height="30"></td><td></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><br></td></tr></table></td></div><img src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif" border="0" height="1" width="1">amanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14254437667435022533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189250240579436496.post-59526619086827677302013-06-18T02:29:00.000-07:002013-06-18T02:29:00.857-07:00Dominant Spain defeat Uruguay 2-1 in opener <div>AFP<p>RECIFE (Brazil) world champions who knew Spain a winning start their Confederations Cup campaign on Sunday with a 2-1 victory over South American champions Uruguay in the Northern Brazilian city of Recife.</p><p>The Spaniards dominated throughout but after Pedro Rodriguez deflected opener could have been grateful Roberto Soldado 32ndminute clincher as Luis Suarez netted a late free kick for the Uruguayans.</p><p>Although the Uruguayans moved closer to squeezing a point than they earned, then Spain coach Vicente Del Bosque was delighted as his side laid the Foundation for reaching the final four from a group also with minnows Uruguay and Tahiti.</p><p>"These are three wonderful points us in great place when it comes to reaching the semi-finals," said Del Bosque.</p><p>"It was a great contest played out in conditions that the players strength sapped," he added, referring to the warm, humid weather.</p><p>"We dominated almost the entire match but the margin was a slim one in the event log. At 2-0 we thought we had it already won and we got off the gas a little bit. " Uruguay counterpart Oscar Tabarez said: "Spain were superior and they deserved to win-we lacked a bit of discipline.</p><p>In the second half was a little more balanced as we dug deep to play for our pride. " Cesc Fabregas came within the width of a post from giving Spain the lead in the 10th minute with a low strike before the Favorites made the breakthrough after only 20 minutes — to bamboozle keeper Fernando Muslera Lady Luck smiling on them as Diego Lugano home Pedro deflected is shot.</p><p>As was their custom, Spain gave the Uruguayans almost no chance to get rid of the ball in the opening quarter and Xavi almost made it two when he sent a free kick whizzing near goal after 26 minutes.</p><p>Without the ball Uruguay grew frustrated and resort to some strong arm-tactics as first Edinson Cavani earned a booking for rattles in Sergio Ramos as they challenged for a header.</p><p>Ramos responded by Gaston Ramirez push before Uruguayan Cristian Rodriguez Jordi Alba with his elbow caught.</p><p>Suarez, in the news he would partly to a shift for expresses from Liverpool to Real Madrid, tried rally the Celeste, who qualified for this event by winning the 2011 Copa America in Argentina, Cavani find with a free kick, but the latter the headline was too close to Iker Casillas.</p><p>Del Bosque chose to keep faith with his veteran keeper despite Casillas is missing a piece of the second half of the season with a hand injury — after he had restored the then real coach Jose Mourinho left him on the bench.</p></div><img src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif" border="0" height="1" width="1">amanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14254437667435022533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189250240579436496.post-6838424997962179222013-06-18T02:19:00.000-07:002013-06-18T02:19:00.183-07:00English rose flowers after 17 year wait for large <div id=""><td width="200" valign="top"><table width="200" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/left_red_line.jpg" width="200" height="6"></td></tr><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/qt_opinion.jpg" width="200" height="34" align="left"></td></tr><tr><td><table class="c6" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qatar-tribune.com%2Fdata%2F20130618%2Fcontent.asp%3Fsection%3DOpinion1_1" class="Heading">Iran on new path?</a></td></tr><tr><td class="leftnormal"><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qatar-tribune.com%2Fdata%2F20130618%2Fcontent.asp%3Fsection%3Dopinion1_1" class="Heading"><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/data/20130618/images/opinion1.jpg" width="85" height="65" hspace="3" vspace="3" border="0" align="left"></a>HASSAN ROWHANI victory in the Iranian election is truly stunning. It opens a window of hope for an easing of tensions between Iran and the West on the tense nuclear file but also on the more pressing issue-the self-destructive clash between Shiite and Sunni Islam which is killing thousands in Syria and Iraq and is a threat to the entire region of the Middle East. Although Rowhani had well ahead in the latest pre-election polls, no one expected him or someone else to get enough votes to avoid a runoff. That he did so is amazing, in a sixhorse race. The result confirms that ...</td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/left_red_line.jpg" width="200" height="6"></td></tr><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/qt_analysis.jpg" width="200" height="34" align="left"></td></tr><tr><td><table class="c6" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qatar-tribune.com%2Fdata%2F20130618%2Fcontent.asp%3Fsection%3DAnalysis1_1" class="Heading">Fight The Future</a></td></tr><tr><td class="leftnormal"><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qatar-tribune.com%2Fdata%2F20130618%2Fcontent.asp%3Fsection%3Danalysis1_1" class="Heading"><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/data/20130618/images/analysis1.jpg" width="85" height="65" hspace="3" vspace="3" border="0" align="left"></a>Last week gave the International Monetary Fund, whose normal role is that of the United States, strict disciplinary spendthrift Governments an unusual advice. "Lighten up," urged the Fund. "Enjoy life! Seize the day! " OK, Fund officials do not use those words, but they came pretty close, with an article in the magazine IMF survey titled ' ease off spending cuts to Boost our Recovery '. In its more formal statement, the Fund has argued that the receiver and other forms of fiscal contraction this year will cut us growth by nearly half, undermining what else a fairly robust recovery. And these cuts are both unwise and unnecessary. Unfortunately, the Fund apparently could not bring ...</td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/left_red_line.jpg" width="200" height="6"></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table></td><td width="560" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td height="32" valign="top"></td></tr><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/title/Sports.gif" width="140" height="30"></td><td></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><br></td></tr></table></td></div><img src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif" border="0" height="1" width="1">amanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14254437667435022533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189250240579436496.post-12746174851989838192013-06-18T02:09:00.000-07:002013-06-18T02:09:00.380-07:00Qatar to play for pride against Uzbekistan <div id=""><td width="200" valign="top"><table width="200" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/left_red_line.jpg" width="200" height="6"></td></tr><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/qt_opinion.jpg" width="200" height="34" align="left"></td></tr><tr><td><table class="c6" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qatar-tribune.com%2Fdata%2F20130618%2Fcontent.asp%3Fsection%3DOpinion1_1" class="Heading">Iran on new path?</a></td></tr><tr><td class="leftnormal"><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qatar-tribune.com%2Fdata%2F20130618%2Fcontent.asp%3Fsection%3Dopinion1_1" class="Heading"><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/data/20130618/images/opinion1.jpg" width="85" height="65" hspace="3" vspace="3" border="0" align="left"></a>HASSAN ROWHANI victory in the Iranian election is truly stunning. It opens a window of hope for an easing of tensions between Iran and the West on the tense nuclear file but also on the more pressing issue-the self-destructive clash between Shiite and Sunni Islam which is killing thousands in Syria and Iraq and is a threat to the entire region of the Middle East. Although Rowhani had well ahead in the latest pre-election polls, no one expected him or someone else to get enough votes to avoid a runoff. That he did so is amazing, in a sixhorse race. The result confirms that ...</td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/left_red_line.jpg" width="200" height="6"></td></tr><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/qt_analysis.jpg" width="200" height="34" align="left"></td></tr><tr><td><table class="c6" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qatar-tribune.com%2Fdata%2F20130618%2Fcontent.asp%3Fsection%3DAnalysis1_1" class="Heading">Fight The Future</a></td></tr><tr><td class="leftnormal"><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qatar-tribune.com%2Fdata%2F20130618%2Fcontent.asp%3Fsection%3Danalysis1_1" class="Heading"><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/data/20130618/images/analysis1.jpg" width="85" height="65" hspace="3" vspace="3" border="0" align="left"></a>Last week gave the International Monetary Fund, whose normal role is that of the United States, strict disciplinary spendthrift Governments an unusual advice. "Lighten up," urged the Fund. "Enjoy life! Seize the day! " OK, Fund officials do not use those words, but they came pretty close, with an article in the magazine IMF survey titled ' ease off spending cuts to Boost our Recovery '. In its more formal statement, the Fund has argued that the receiver and other forms of fiscal contraction this year will cut us growth by nearly half, undermining what else a fairly robust recovery. And these cuts are both unwise and unnecessary. Unfortunately, the Fund apparently could not bring ...</td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/left_red_line.jpg" width="200" height="6"></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table></td><td width="560" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td height="32" valign="top"></td></tr><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/title/Sports.gif" width="140" height="30"></td><td></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><br></td></tr></table></td></div><img src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif" border="0" height="1" width="1">amanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14254437667435022533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189250240579436496.post-37041508364076039952013-06-18T01:59:00.000-07:002013-06-18T01:59:00.122-07:00SRI LANKA to PLAY INDIA IN 1st SEMIFINAL <div id=""><td width="200" valign="top"><table width="200" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/left_red_line.jpg" width="200" height="6"></td></tr><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/qt_opinion.jpg" width="200" height="34" align="left"></td></tr><tr><td><table class="c6" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qatar-tribune.com%2Fdata%2F20130618%2Fcontent.asp%3Fsection%3DOpinion1_1" class="Heading">Iran on new path?</a></td></tr><tr><td class="leftnormal"><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qatar-tribune.com%2Fdata%2F20130618%2Fcontent.asp%3Fsection%3Dopinion1_1" class="Heading"><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/data/20130618/images/opinion1.jpg" width="85" height="65" hspace="3" vspace="3" border="0" align="left"></a>HASSAN ROWHANI victory in the Iranian election is truly stunning. It opens a window of hope for an easing of tensions between Iran and the West on the tense nuclear file but also on the more pressing issue-the self-destructive clash between Shiite and Sunni Islam which is killing thousands in Syria and Iraq and is a threat to the entire region of the Middle East. Although Rowhani had well ahead in the latest pre-election polls, no one expected him or someone else to get enough votes to avoid a runoff. That he did so is amazing, in a sixhorse race. The result confirms that ...</td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/left_red_line.jpg" width="200" height="6"></td></tr><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/qt_analysis.jpg" width="200" height="34" align="left"></td></tr><tr><td><table class="c6" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qatar-tribune.com%2Fdata%2F20130618%2Fcontent.asp%3Fsection%3DAnalysis1_1" class="Heading">Fight The Future</a></td></tr><tr><td class="leftnormal"><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qatar-tribune.com%2Fdata%2F20130618%2Fcontent.asp%3Fsection%3Danalysis1_1" class="Heading"><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/data/20130618/images/analysis1.jpg" width="85" height="65" hspace="3" vspace="3" border="0" align="left"></a>Last week gave the International Monetary Fund, whose normal role is that of the United States, strict disciplinary spendthrift Governments an unusual advice. "Lighten up," urged the Fund. "Enjoy life! Seize the day! " OK, Fund officials do not use those words, but they came pretty close, with an article in the magazine IMF survey titled ' ease off spending cuts to Boost our Recovery '. In its more formal statement, the Fund has argued that the receiver and other forms of fiscal contraction this year will cut us growth by nearly half, undermining what else a fairly robust recovery. And these cuts are both unwise and unnecessary. Unfortunately, the Fund apparently could not bring ...</td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/left_red_line.jpg" width="200" height="6"></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table></td><td width="560" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td height="32" valign="top"></td></tr><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/title/Sports.gif" width="140" height="30"></td><td></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><br></td></tr></table></td></div><img src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif" border="0" height="1" width="1">amanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14254437667435022533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189250240579436496.post-6960255596148861832013-06-18T01:49:00.000-07:002013-06-18T01:49:00.899-07:00QFBA relaunches website with enhanced features <div id=""><td width="200" valign="top"><table width="200" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/left_red_line.jpg" width="200" height="6"></td></tr><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/qt_opinion.jpg" width="200" height="34" align="left"></td></tr><tr><td><table class="c6" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qatar-tribune.com%2Fdata%2F20130618%2Fcontent.asp%3Fsection%3DOpinion1_1" class="Heading">Iran on new path?</a></td></tr><tr><td class="leftnormal"><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qatar-tribune.com%2Fdata%2F20130618%2Fcontent.asp%3Fsection%3Dopinion1_1" class="Heading"><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/data/20130618/images/opinion1.jpg" width="85" height="65" hspace="3" vspace="3" border="0" align="left"></a>HASSAN ROWHANI victory in the Iranian election is truly stunning. It opens a window of hope for an easing of tensions between Iran and the West on the tense nuclear file but also on the more pressing issue-the self-destructive clash between Shiite and Sunni Islam which is killing thousands in Syria and Iraq and is a threat to the entire region of the Middle East. Although Rowhani had well ahead in the latest pre-election polls, no one expected him or someone else to get enough votes to avoid a runoff. That he did so is amazing, in a sixhorse race. The result confirms that ...</td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/left_red_line.jpg" width="200" height="6"></td></tr><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/qt_analysis.jpg" width="200" height="34" align="left"></td></tr><tr><td><table class="c6" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qatar-tribune.com%2Fdata%2F20130618%2Fcontent.asp%3Fsection%3DAnalysis1_1" class="Heading">Fight The Future</a></td></tr><tr><td class="leftnormal"><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qatar-tribune.com%2Fdata%2F20130618%2Fcontent.asp%3Fsection%3Danalysis1_1" class="Heading"><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/data/20130618/images/analysis1.jpg" width="85" height="65" hspace="3" vspace="3" border="0" align="left"></a>Last week gave the International Monetary Fund, whose normal role is that of the United States, strict disciplinary spendthrift Governments an unusual advice. "Lighten up," urged the Fund. "Enjoy life! Seize the day! " OK, Fund officials do not use those words, but they came pretty close, with an article in the magazine IMF survey titled ' ease off spending cuts to Boost our Recovery '. In its more formal statement, the Fund has argued that the receiver and other forms of fiscal contraction this year will cut us growth by nearly half, undermining what else a fairly robust recovery. And these cuts are both unwise and unnecessary. Unfortunately, the Fund apparently could not bring ...</td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/left_red_line.jpg" width="200" height="6"></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table></td><td width="560" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td height="32" valign="top"></td></tr><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/title/Business.gif" width="140" height="30"></td><td></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><br></td></tr></table></td></div><img src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif" border="0" height="1" width="1">amanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14254437667435022533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189250240579436496.post-3033411460634470612013-06-18T01:39:00.000-07:002013-06-18T01:39:00.311-07:00ExxonMobil holds reservoir surveillance master class <div id=""><td width="200" valign="top"><table width="200" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/left_red_line.jpg" width="200" height="6"></td></tr><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/qt_opinion.jpg" width="200" height="34" align="left"></td></tr><tr><td><table class="c6" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qatar-tribune.com%2Fdata%2F20130618%2Fcontent.asp%3Fsection%3DOpinion1_1" class="Heading">Iran op nieuw pad?</a></td></tr><tr><td class="leftnormal"><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qatar-tribune.com%2Fdata%2F20130618%2Fcontent.asp%3Fsection%3Dopinion1_1" class="Heading"><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/data/20130618/images/opinion1.jpg" width="85" height="65" hspace="3" vspace="3" border="0" align="left"></a>HASSAN ROWHANI overwinning in de Iraanse verkiezingen is werkelijk adembenemend. Het opent een venster van hoop voor een versoepeling van de spanningen tussen Iran en het westen op de gespannen nucleaire bestand maar ook op de meer dringende kwestie - de zelf-destructieve botsing tussen sjiitische en soennitische Islam die is het doden van duizenden in Syrië en Irak en vormt een bedreiging voor de hele regio van het Midden-Oosten. Hoewel Rowhani had goed vooruit in de laatste pre-electorale opiniepeilingen, verwacht niemand hem of iemand anders om te krijgen genoeg stemmen om te voorkomen dat een afvoer. Dat deed hij dat is verbazingwekkend, in een sixhorse race. Het resultaat bevestigt dat...</td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/left_red_line.jpg" width="200" height="6"></td></tr><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/qt_analysis.jpg" width="200" height="34" align="left"></td></tr><tr><td><table class="c6" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qatar-tribune.com%2Fdata%2F20130618%2Fcontent.asp%3Fsection%3DAnalysis1_1" class="Heading">Fight The Future</a></td></tr><tr><td class="leftnormal"><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qatar-tribune.com%2Fdata%2F20130618%2Fcontent.asp%3Fsection%3Danalysis1_1" class="Heading"><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/data/20130618/images/analysis1.jpg" width="85" height="65" hspace="3" vspace="3" border="0" align="left"></a>VORIGE week gaf het Internationaal Monetair Fonds, waarvan de normale rol die van strenge tucht verkwister regeringen is, de Verenigde Staten een ongebruikelijke advies. "Lighten up," drong er bij het Fonds. "Geniet van het leven! Pluk de dag!" OK, Fonds ambtenaren vrij die woorden niet gebruiken, maar ze kwamen sluit, met een artikel in het tijdschrift IMF enquête met een adellijke titel 'Gemak uit uitgaven bezuinigingen op Boost ons Recovery'. In haar meer formele verklaring heeft het Fonds betoogd dat het sekwester en andere vormen van fiscale contractie dit jaar ons snijden zal groei door bijna de helft, ondermijnen wat anders een vrij krachtige herstel zijn geweest. En deze bezuinigingen zijn zowel onverstandig en onnodig. Helaas, het Fonds blijkbaar niet kon brengen...</td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/left_red_line.jpg" width="200" height="6"></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table></td><td width="560" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td height="32" valign="top"></td></tr><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/title/Business.gif" width="140" height="30"></td><td></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td><br></td></tr></table></td></div><img src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif" border="0" height="1" width="1">amanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14254437667435022533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189250240579436496.post-63106744078446474272013-06-18T01:29:00.000-07:002013-06-18T01:29:00.738-07:00ONS, leiders van de Europese Unie vrije handel gesprekken starten <div>REUTERS<p>ENNISKILLEN, N IRELAND</p><p>The United States and the European Union launched negotiations for the world's most ambitious free trade deal on Monday, promising thousands of new jobs and accelerated growth on both sides of the Atlantic.</p><p>Trade between Europe and the United States is worth nearly $ 3 billion per day and a pact both the EU and the US economies by more than 100 billion dollars a year per piece-an attractive prospect after the devastating effects of the debt crisis in Europe could step up.</p><p>"This is a once in a generation price and we are determined to seize," said the British Prime Minister David Cameron and US President Barack Obama, flanked by the Presidents of the European Commission and the European Council.</p><p>The first round of negotiations will take place in Washington in July, Obama said, speaking at the Group of eight Summit near the Northern Ireland town Enniskillen. First considered three decades ago but precipitated by France in the 1990s, the idea of an EU-US free trade deal gathered momentum as Brussels and Washington look at the growth and the rise of China are prompted deeper of Western integration.</p><p>The United States and the European Commission, the executive body of the European Union of 27 countries, hoping for a free trade deal by the end of 2014-a tight deadline in complex international trade negotiations that usually take many years.</p><p>The European Union and the United States already accounts for about half of the world's economic output and nearly a third of world trade, and the last barriers to the market can unleash billions of dollars in the transatlantic business.</p><p>But France threatened to block the start of proceedings, until the 26 other EU Governments on Friday accepted its request to shield movies and online entertainment of the power of Hollywood and Silicon Valley.</p><p>That Paris kept on board, but officials of the EU and the us have said that the scope of comprehensive deal with the exclusion of any sector of the threatening calls and could limit the economic benefits.</p><p>Obama hinted at that in his comments. "It's important that we have the right and that means resist the temptation to shrink our ambitions or avoid difficult problems just for the sake of getting a deal," he said.</p><p>The London-based Centre for Economic Policy Research estimates a pact known as the trans-Atlantic trade and investment partnership-the EU economy could increase by 119 billion euro ($ 159 billion) per year, and the u.s. economy by 95 billion euros.</p><p>However, a report commissioned by Germany the nonprofit Bertelsmann Foundation and published on Monday, said the United States more than Europe can benefit from it. A deal could increase GDP per capita in the United States by 13 percent in the long run, but by only 5 percent average for the European Union, the study found.</p><p>Companies on both sides want an agreement in which a car tested for safety in the United States would not need to be tested again in Europe, and a drug deemed safe by Brussels should not also be approved by the u.s. Government.</p><p>After the collapse of global trade negotiations in 2008, both the United States and Europe have aimed at so many free trade agreements as possible and Brussels only negotiates with more than 80 countries.</p></div><img src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif" border="0" height="1" width="1">amanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14254437667435022533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189250240579436496.post-5116862284775276072013-06-18T01:19:00.000-07:002013-06-18T01:19:00.712-07:00Qatar Porsche sells 10% interest back to founders <div>REUTERS<p>DUBAI/BERLIN</p><p>QATAR Holding, the investment arm of the Gulf State sovereign wealth fund, has sold its 10 percent stake in Porsche to the luxury car manufacturer family shareholders, four years after it first invested in the company.</p><p>Qatar Holding, which owns interests in some of the world's largest companies, said it was the ordinary shares in the car maker sold to the families Porsche and Purcell. It not to mention the value of the transaction.</p><p>The sovereign fund arm said it remained committed to the integrated Automotive Industry Holding including Volkswagen and Porsche through its 17 percent stake in VW. Europe's largest car manufacturer sealed last year the purchase of the Porsche car-making business after a merger not in a tangle of legal disputes.</p><p>"This transaction results as a logical step after the creation of the integrated Automotive Industry Holding Company between Volkswagen and Porsche AG when completed in 2012," Qatar company said in the statement.</p><p>Neither party gave no details of the price paid for the stake. Porsche SE shares were trading at 60.76 euros per share on Monday, up 0.36 percent on the day.</p><p>Porsche was forced to sell a 10-percent vote importance on keeping Qatar in 2009 as a way to prop up its strained Finances. The sale of Qatar gave outsiders participate in the debt saddled family-controlled auto-group for the first time since it began construction of Porsche cars in 1948.</p><p>The Porsche holding company, controlled by the families Porsche and Purcell, still has about 51 percent of VW ordinary shares, making it one of the three major interest in the Group of German car.</p><p>VW, Porsche now owns in return all of core business, the automotive division that models such as the iconic 911 sports car and the Cayenne sport-utility vehicle makes.</p><p>"This is a matter between the Porsche/Purcell families and Qatar," Porsche SE spokesman Albrecht Bamler told Reuters by telephone on Monday, falling to work.</p><p>"This (sale by Qatar) is positive" because the game back into the hands of the families Porsche/Purcell times is "Bamler added.</p><p>Porsche and Volkswagen had first agreed a full merger in August 2009, after Porsche racked up more than 10 billion euros of debt in a failed attempt to take over VW, sparks feuds between the Porsche and Purcell family dynasty.</p><p>The integrated Automotive Industry Holding to which reference is made in the Declaration of Qatar is the Group of brands that now make up Volkswagen global business after it came to terms with Porsche after several years of arguing.</p><p>"By assuming that its investment in Volkswagen and Porsche in 2009, Qatar Holding acted as a facilitator that paves the way for the creation of the integrated Automotive Industry Holding," said the Fund. Also on June 11, Qatar Holding said it participated in a 1.2 billion mandatory convertible Note sales by Volkswagen as an anchor investor.</p></div><img src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif" border="0" height="1" width="1">amanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14254437667435022533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189250240579436496.post-31682247134873642442013-06-18T01:09:00.000-07:002013-06-18T01:09:00.567-07:00Rumailah surgeons reattach Nepali man's severed hand <div>TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK<p>DOHA Rumailah hospital a TEAM of surgeons successfully reattached and the severed hand of a 29-year-old patient in a complex operation of the 12-hour replanted.</p><p>The right hand of the patient was completely broken on the wrist in an accident in which a block printing machine, and he was brought by ambulance to the Emergency Department at Hamad General Hospital.</p><p>Working in a critical window of time and the use of microsurgery techniques, replanted the surgical team the very small blood vessels and nerves in the Nepalese man hand during the delicate operation.</p><p>Replantation should be carried out within hours of the share amputation with specialized equipment, surgeons and support staff. To improve the chances of successful replantation, it is necessary for the preservation of the amputated part as soon as possible in a cool and sterile or clean environment.</p><p>The operation is the second of its kind successfully performed by specialists Rumailah hospital, the first to have done so in 2012.</p><p>The patient prognosis is favourable and it is likely movement and feeling will return to his injured hand after intensive physical and occupational therapy.</p><p>"Interventions of an amputee hand is a rare operation for which you specialized expertise, advanced technology and a lot of patience," said Dr. Mohamed Murshid al Delaimi surgical lead, senior consultant Hand Surgery and plastic surgery.</p><p>The team also included Dr. Mohamed al Thalathini, Dr Ahmed Majid and Dr Ahmed Mukhtar. Dr Delaimi said the operation success can be attributed to the extensive experience of the operational team and the well-equipped facilities at Hamad Medical Corporation.</p></div><img src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif" border="0" height="1" width="1">amanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14254437667435022533noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189250240579436496.post-85074213459249404892013-06-18T00:59:00.000-07:002013-06-18T00:59:00.415-07:00Health Center helps more than 200 people stop smoking <div>TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK<p>DOHA more than 200 patients of Al-Gharafa Health Center during the last six months have successfully taken part in the clinic is smoking cessation program.</p><p>The objective of the program is to be able to inform citizens about the effects of smoking and benefits of quitting, smokers can achieve a goal using primary health care Corporation (PHCC).</p><p>On the occasion of the world non-EU no tobacco day Al-Gharafa Health Centre hosted a series of lectures by experts on the benefits of not smoking, which noticeably 20 minutes after the stop, when the blood circulation improves, particularly in hands and feet.</p><p>Dr Ahmad Alhomdani, general practitioner on Al Gharafa HC, said that "one of every four people who came to us in the last six months to quit smoking, get help were successful in their goal."</p><p>The first question a patient during the consultation the doctor asks if he is a smoker. If the answer is Yes, the patient is requested to put to stop.</p><p>The doctor said it was absolutely necessary to raise awareness among smokers about smoking cessation program. "There are doctors, nurses and medication that patients who have the desire to stop," he added.</p><p>The smoke cessation clinic guides potential quitters through a four step program.</p><p>The first step invites smokers to think about the benefits of a smoke-free life. The second step encourages smokers ready and occurrence of seduction and get support.</p><p>Step three is the most effective: stop smoking, and "always keep yourself to remember why you are stop and, among other changes, find another daily routine and stick to non-smoker areas. The fourth and last step is the most essential: a non-smoker for good stay.</p><p>Among the symptoms of non-abstinence is intense desire to smoke, coughing and dry mouth, weight gain, constipation or diarrhea, trouble sleeping, dizziness, mood swings, poor concentration and irritability.</p><p>Eric Protasio, a nurse from Ras Gas Medical Centre, who smoked for 18 years, shared his experience at Al Gharafa HC, where he got support to stop the habit of smoking.</p><p>He called the non-smoking cessation clinic of ' 44174411 ' to make an appointment.</p><p>Specialists measured levels of carbon dioxide in his blood flow and gave him supplies of nicotine gum for a week.</p><p>"I kept to for consultation, but after the first visit I stopped smoking; Thanks to my will power, "he added.</p></div><img src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif" border="0" height="1" width="1">amanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14254437667435022533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189250240579436496.post-24084887819458755312013-06-18T00:49:00.000-07:002013-06-18T00:49:00.417-07:00MORE AS DISNEY on ICE SHOWS WOW EXPECT MORE than 40,000 FANS <div>TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK<p>DOHA have stunned crowds at eight sold-out shows, officials from sports and Entertainment solutions (SES) on Monday talked about plans to return to Qatar with more Disney Live! productions.</p><p>Disney On Ice celebrates 100 years of Magic are four-day tour in Doha closed on Sunday, making tens of thousands of adoring fans eagerly anticipating what could be for the Disney On Ice series next.</p><p>More than 40,000 fans crowded in the purpose-built arena on the Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC) to the highly successful and popular Disney On Ice Show experience.</p><p>Sports & Entertainment solutions founder and CEO Aaron H said, "Although 100 years of magic comes to a close, I assure the Qatari Community that this is just the beginning of Disney's performances in the Middle East. Success of the show tells us what Qatari citizens and residents would like to see in live family entertainment.</p><p>And we promise to deliver. " The spectacular skating gave children and adults the opportunity to have their favorite Disney characters with special performances by Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Nemo and their friends from Disney's The Little Mermaid, The Lion King and beauty and the beast experience.</p><p>Fans were impressed by the beautiful production, including the costumes, the choreography and the skill of the world-class skaters.</p><p>Faten Factor, in the long run Doha resident, said: "this is the entertainment scene revived and provides a great alternative to the daily activities that we have here in Doha. The performance was amazing and the music, props, sound and lighting were innovative and well organized. " Luca Modonutti, visiting Doha from the UAE, echoed this sentiment, ' see my favorite Disney characters reduced from great memories from their childhood. The show was incredible and so cleverly coordinated with each Disney story keep you absorbed. I am looking forward to the next event of the Disney in Doha. " SES in April announced that the show at the Middle East for the first time, in cooperation with the Qatar Tourism Authority was to come.</p></div><img src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif" border="0" height="1" width="1">amanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14254437667435022533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189250240579436496.post-71794167908444908292013-06-18T00:39:00.000-07:002013-06-18T00:39:00.742-07:00Ontmoet HMC lopen arts <div>TRIBUNE NIEUWSNETWERK<p>DOHA INTERNATIONAL Men's Health Week begon op 10 juni. En HMC van Dr Yousef al Maslamani is een lichtend voorbeeld van de voordelen van gezond leven.</p><p>De medische directeur aan Hamad General Hospital zegt dat het was twee jaar geleden, toen hij besloot om te grote wijzigingen aanbrengen in zijn dieet en lichaamsbeweging routine.</p><p>"Mijn broer opgeroepen om te zeggen dat zijn bloed suiker was hoog. Ik controleerde mijn eigen en het was 6.1. Mijn vader heeft diabetes en als een arts weet ik de eerste lijn van de behandeling is gewichtsvermindering,"zei Dr. Maslamani.</p><p>Een bloedsuikerspiegel tussen 6.0 en 6,9 is normaal gesproken een indicator van prediabetes of verminderde glucose glycaemie en stelt een mens risico voor het ontwikkelen van type 2 diabetes.</p><p>Dr Maslamani zegt hij onmiddellijk besloten om wijzigingen aanbrengen en de volgende dag begon hij zich te concentreren op dieet en lichaamsbeweging. Binnen maanden had hij verloren 5kg en zijn bloed suiker niveaus weer normaal. Tot nu toe hij 17kg heeft verloren en zegt het geheim van het verliezen van gewicht, en houden het uit, is het documenteren van wat je eet en hoeveel je verplaatsen.</p><p>"Voor mij zijn de hulpmiddelen voor het succes van het verlies gewicht schalen, één voor het wegen van mijn eten en één voor het wegen van mezelf, een stappenteller en een logboekbestand voor voedsel," zegt Dr Maslamani.</p><p>Een stappenteller is een draagbaar apparaat dat de maatregelen van iemands lichamelijke activiteit. De stappenteller die gebruikmaakt van Dr Maslamani is gekoppeld aan een elektronische programma dat hem toelaat om up to the minute inzake de afstand liep, calorieën verbrand, vloeren klom en duur van de activiteit voortgangsverslagen bekijken.</p><p>"Ik gemiddeld 10.000 stappen per dag. Vorige week mijn totaal was 45 km,"zegt Dr Maslamani.</p><p>De elektronische programmagids hij gebruikt bevat een logboek van voedsel en biedt een uitgebreide opsomming van voedselpunten samen met hun calorieën en andere voeding details.</p><p>Dr Maslamani zegt hij registreert wat hij eet elke dag en zijn dieet is niet veranderd, alleen de hoeveelheid hij verbruikt.</p><p>"Ik eet alles wat die ik wil, met inbegrip van chocolade. Als ik wil pizza voor het diner, ik heb pizza en als ik (gewicht) ik weet dat ik moet mijn dieet aanpassen de volgende dag,"zegt hij.</p><p>Dr Maslamani zegt oefening is altijd deel van zijn leven geweest en vandaag zijn fitness-regime omvat wandelen, zwemmen en met behulp van een stationaire fiets en elliptische trainer.</p><p>Voor degenen die zeggen dat ze hebben geen tijd voor uitoefening, zegt Dr Maslamani dat de truc is te nemen oefening in uw dagelijkse routine. Hij zegt dat hij zelden liften en parken zo ver mogelijk uit de winkel ingangen gebruikt.</p><p>"Vorige week had ik een vergadering in Women's Hospital dus ik liep. Dit weekend ging ik naar het winkelcentrum te kopen lunch voor mijn familie en ze vertelde me dat het zou duren 25 minuten voor te bereiden. Ik heb in plaats van de vergadering de tijd lopen rond het winkelcentrum,"voegt Dr Maslamani.</p><p>Dr Maslamani benadrukt het belang van het hebben van de juiste instrumenten en bagatelliseert de rol van wilskracht. "Mensen gebruiken wilskracht als een excuus. Het gaat niet om wilskracht. Het is over het wijzigen van de manier waarop die u handelen. Tools zoals een voedsel schaal en stappenteller helpen u blijvende wijzigingen,"zegt Dr Maslamani.</p><p>Dr. Maslamani is een echte rolmodel voor een gezond leven.</p></div><img src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif" border="0" height="1" width="1">amanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14254437667435022533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189250240579436496.post-2407824302583091682013-06-18T00:29:00.000-07:002013-06-18T00:29:00.105-07:00MAKE NEW FRIENDS LOVES AFRICAN TAXI DRIVERS GO IN QATAR <div>CATHERINE W GICHUKI<p>DOHA under which the many things people take for granted in city life is public transport. Not achieving their vital role in making city life more comfortable, some even look down on drivers and other employees engaged in providing service.</p><p>Not so, the African emigrants from countries like Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda and Ghana, which take the task as they would a different type of work, as evidenced by their increasing numbers in Qatar particularly after the launch of the franchisee Karwa taxi operators All Taxi and Limousine Alijarah million.</p><p>An official of the Qatar Tribune million Taxi already told that a majority of the African drivers on the wheels of the company taxis are Kenyans. To the question why the number of African drivers in the business grows, he replied: "We have about 90 Kenyan drivers here. They were attracted because they have good communication skills. I've also found them patient. They also remember the instructions when they receive orientation.</p><p>You should not keep repeating the same thing, "he said.</p><p>The large number of African drivers is also visible under Karwa Alijarah Limousine and taxi fleets. According to the drivers they regret not to accept the job. Every day is a new day to them. She meets different people and exploring new places every day.</p><p>Speak with Qatar Tribune, Patrick Mach aria, said a taxi driver that he keeps his job Karwa to the extent that he has developed a passion for it. Having worked in Kenya's public transport, he found his new job just an extension of what he was happy doing back home.</p><p>"Driving is my hobby. So, I love the work.</p><p>Since I came here, I have gained a lot. Although the profit not much may seem, I have managed to save and the amount back home by a disciplined spender investing, "he said.</p><p>Mach aria added that what keeps him going is his desire to meet new people every day. He begins the day with no money in his hands so that at the end of the day he the ' fruits ' of his daily work.</p><p>"I love to make new friends. Therefore, from the many people I ferry in a day, one or two are my friends. I meet people from different social and professional classes, including lawyers, doctors, construction workers, drivers, office messengers, among others, "he said.</p><p>Reminded that the work is not easy, he that attributed to the saying that ' life is not a bed of Roses '. He has faced congestion of traffic every day, as well as some undisciplined motorists in his day to day life to deal with.</p><p>Pharis Mach aria, a taxi driver with Alijarah said that the position has offered him a stable job which enabled him to support his family back home. The job has ended his agony of unemployment. "I have not had a steady job back home. I had to take my sister school fees that I was finding difficult to do pay. I opened a store, but the money I earned was not enough to make both ends meet. I even loaves spread, but it was still hard. That's when I decided to come here, "he said.</p><p>Although he finds the job tiring, Pharis is happy. "I am now able to support my family. My sister has finished school and I'm really proud of that, "he added.</p><p>Asked what keeps him going, he said, "I consider this job as a blessing. I feel that it is a bubble. I thank God for giving me the job. I can inspire my everyday passengers when I am them to their destination. " Pharis has repeated that with this job, he is able to communicate with at least 15 persons of different nationalities in one day. "I learned a lot from different cultures. For example, I have learned languages such as Arabic and Tagalog through interaction with my passengers, "he said.</p><p>Suleiman Rashid, Al million taxi driver who already in Qatar for about a year now said that he did not regret takes up the job. Despite is back with a better position in his country, he's happier here. "I worked with the Ministry of Youth Affairs back home. I feel like a driver here, I am able to save money for my future, "he said however, according to him, the main challenge he encounters is when there is a communication barrier between him and the passenger.</p></div><img src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif" border="0" height="1" width="1">amanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14254437667435022533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189250240579436496.post-79835843433906739972013-06-18T00:19:00.000-07:002013-06-18T00:19:00.310-07:00QP educating students about oral health <div>TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK<p>DOHA QATAR Petroleum (QP) Medical Services Division recently implemented a series of dental health promotion sessions for students from different schools in the country.</p><p>Under the program titled ' A Lifetime of healthy Smiles ', the QP dental team visited Qatar in Doha, Dukhan English School independent technical School, Mesaieed International School and Tai O Arabic School for girls, where they set of oral health promotion sessions held.</p><p>The main goal was to educating students on proper oral hygiene, so that they can develop good dental health habits that will last a lifetime.</p><p>The program was part of QP of corporate social responsibility initiatives, according to Ahmad Ali al Mawlawi, Director for the management of QP. Mawlawi pointed out that the program is consistent with the ongoing Community cooperation programmes of QP of medical services and is designed to correct dental health through education, oral care tools and better access to dental care to the students and their families.</p><p>The QP dental team, which consists of dentists, hygienists, assistants of oral and maxillofacial surgery is creation of a Center oral hygiene in the schools they visited where they performed dental checks on dental hygiene students and hands-on sessions using models and interactive sessions held.</p><p>Selective awareness presentations and one-on-one consultations were also held as part of the program.</p><p>Dr. Ahmad al Badran, acting health services manager of QP, said that an integrated approach to promotion by the Department offers benefits to the Community through the promotion of welfare, strengthen the capacity of the community and minimize the burden of the disease. "We are pleased to be part of it and are grateful that our Directorate continued support to such programs," he said.</p><p>The oral health awareness programme was supported by the Supreme Education Council (SEC) and the QP Dukhan operations and industrial cities Directorate.</p><p>A statement by the QP Medical Services Department said that the dental health program the Department's key policy objectives related to the prevention of oral diseases through the promotion and protection of health program supports.</p></div><img src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif" border="0" height="1" width="1">amanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14254437667435022533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189250240579436496.post-55972263325861933492013-06-18T00:09:00.000-07:002013-06-18T00:09:00.081-07:00Satellites to help keep track of endangered staircase <div>PTI<p>AHMEDABAD</p><p>The great Indian Bustard, an endangered bird in the world, will soon be tracked by satellite from the Wildlife Institute of India to understand the movement of this rare species and its preferred habitat.</p><p>The initiative is considered an important step in to save the dwindling population of the bird which often falls prey to hunters and is affected by the loss of habitat (dry grasslands), usually in some of the Indian States like Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh.</p><p>"The WII, is given permission for setting a governmentrun, the satellite-based vessel monitoring system of the great Indian Bustard" C N Pandey, principal Chief conservator of forest wildlife in the west Indian State of Gujarat, said.</p><p>"Satellite tracking will help researchers understand the movement of this bird, which is now largely in the Kutch region of Gujarat, peninsulas and parts of Rajasthan is found," he said.</p><p>The great Indian Bustard, belongs to one of the largest flying bird species found in the world today. It can be easily distinguished by the black Crown on the forehead contrasts with the pale neck and head.</p><p>"The coastal grasslands of Abdasa Kutch district in Gujarat and Mandi talukas support some of its population.</p><p>The other shrine with the species in Kutch, Naliya peninsulas "said an official of the Department of the forest of Gujarat.</p><p>The International Union for conservation of nature (IUCN) Redlist recognized it as critically endangered in 2011.</p><p>The portal of the IUCN, the world's largest global environmental organization, States that the kind of total population was estimated at 300 in 2008, which shows that there is probably less than 250 adult ones remaining.</p><p>P</p></div><img src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif" border="0" height="1" width="1">amanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14254437667435022533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189250240579436496.post-75189585330081288272013-06-17T23:59:00.000-07:002013-06-17T23:59:00.492-07:00BJP-JD (U) marriage over bickering on <div>PTI<p>PATNA</p><p>Wading in the Bharatiya Janata Party politics, accused Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday his estranged ally of ' treason ' and ' curves ' elders in the party in an oblique reference to the deadly sting of LK Advani on the issue Narendra modes.</p><p>"Those who have betrayed and cornered their own elders have no right to point fingers at others. Those who cannot respect their elders and sidelines them within the party have no right to accuse us, "Kumar told reporters that out of his ' Janata ke darbar me Mukhya Mantri ' (Chief Minister on people the meeting) program in his hometown here. Advani was miffed about the party campaign Committee Chief modes are anointed, an event that the split within the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is activated.</p><p>Asked if the fate of veteran Socialist leader George Fernandes in JD (U) similar to that of Advani was, Kumar said, "it's not true. He (Fernandes) is bedridden and every now and then we visit him to know about his health. " Some of his so-called wellwishers advised him to fight the 2009 Lok Sabha elections (from Muzaffarpur in Bihar) despite his poor health. These supporters walked away from him after his defeat. " "Later I approached him and asked if he'd like to Rajya Sabha to which he agreed and accordingly JD (U) sent him to the House of Lords," he said adding, "JD (U) believes in respect for elders." Rejection of the BJP charges of treason, Kumar blamed the Saffron party "creating an environment" in which his party had to leave the NDA and criticized for his old speech on a railroad feature in Gujarat voted in favour modes wrong.</p><p>Meanwhile, bitter about Janata Dal (U) "magnetic" 17-year-old Alliance, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday decided to "duplicity" by Nitish Kumar about Narendra Modi by publicly releasing CDs of his speeches in which he "consistently praised" expose his counterpart since the Gujarat riots in 2002.</p><p>"We have a number of CDs in which Kumar has publicly praised his counterpart and uninhibitedly Gujarat and even praised him to the effect that its services and leadership to the country will be beneficial.</p><p>We have collected all these CDs for display for the people of Bihar so that his duplicity can be thoroughly exposed, "BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi told reporters, a day after the BJP and JD (U) stopped.</p><p>The BJP leaders will visit villages and all nook and corner of Bihar and play all CDs in which Franklin had praised several times since the post-Godhra riots Modes, he said.</p><p>Sushil Nitish, said at a function in Kutch on 13 December 2003 had downplayed the riots in Gujarat a year earlier and the impressive development said in that State should take precedence over the incident that is to be buried once and for all. Defend himself, Tyler, who was the Minister of railways at that time, problems with the said protocol for his comments.</p><p>"The protocol says that according to the Government, a Minister of the Union is not intended criticism of a Government." "As a Minister of the Union we are supposed to be political speech at an official function?" he asked.</p></div><img src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif" border="0" height="1" width="1">amanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14254437667435022533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189250240579436496.post-3355948684196404012013-06-17T23:49:00.000-07:002013-06-17T23:49:00.352-07:00PM revamps Cabinet as UPA readies for polls <div>AFP<p>NEW DELHI</p><p>India's embattled ruling Congress Party aligned on Monday for next year's elections with a Cabinet facelift, enhanced by a bitter split over the height of a Hindu Development Institute in the opposition.</p><p>Four veteran Congress politicians were in the closet, sworn in as the party prepared for a tough fight to try to win a third term in Office amid a series of graft scandals, policy malaise and the slowest economic growth in a decade.</p><p>Four other party loyalists was junior posts in the three-tier Ministerial Council headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.</p><p>Government officials said portfolios of the eight new ministers would be announced later.</p><p>A previous railways Minister resigned over accusations his cousin took a $ 160,000 bribe by a public official in Exchange for a plum post in the State-run network.</p><p>His successor also served in his pieces together with the Minister of sport for Monday in the cabinet reshuffle.</p><p>The press trust of India (PTI) quoted Singh as saying that his Government headed by the Congress United Progressive Alliance (UPA) was confident of a hat-trick in the 2014 polls.</p><p>' Is there a third go as UPA and people will again rest their faith in us, "said the premier.</p><p>PTI said Singh also hoped that Rahul Gandhi, Scion of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, the UPA Coalition administration would lead. "I will be very happy to see him step in my shoes ...I hope he will cause the Alliance UPA, "he added.</p><p>His comments came a day after the Congress of the left her campaign Committee, with members picked from a wide range of areas across the country revealed.</p><p>But in a new blow to the Government, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) left its key lending rate unchanged, underscoring the challenges it faces as it tries to kickstart business investment and stimulate the economy.</p><p>The RBI kept rates steady, say that the sharp fall in the local currency can negatively impact already high inflation in Asia's third largest economy. "The central bank has pushed the ball back in the Court Government to promote reforms," said Siddhartha Sanyal, Chief India economist with Barclays Capital.</p><p>In further concern about the State of the economy, new figures show India's trade deficit widening, as imports of gold continue to rise, while exports dropped.</p><p>The UPA government has pursued by a string of corruption scandals that have derailed efforts to push through promised reforms, curb pro-market current account deficit and recovery of the economy.</p></div><img src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif" border="0" height="1" width="1">amanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14254437667435022533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189250240579436496.post-39112656796616436652013-06-17T23:39:00.000-07:002013-06-17T23:39:00.039-07:00Qatar 7th in the world in fibre optic network <div>TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK<p>DOHA, QATAR is ranked seventh in the world and second in the Middle East in the field of the dissemination of fibreoptic networks at household level, the report of a study released, in Doha, on Monday said.</p><p>According to the study conducted by Arthur D little company for innovative Consultancy, Qatar is considered one of the fastest growing countries in the world in terms of fiber optic network expansion, noting that 33.3% of houses in Qatar can access fibre optics, while about 6.3 per cent of homes with fiber optic network are linked during the current year.</p><p>The report, published on the sidelines of a press conference held by Ooredoo, based on numbers and statistics of the "Fibre to the Home" (FTTH), the data provided by the operators of telecommunications services, and Arthur D Little company estimates.</p><p>The research also found that the pace of implementation of the fiber optic network by Ooredoo performed better than its counterparts in the countries of the region. It is also pointed to the need to the telecom sector, Governments and fibre optic regulatory authorities in support of economic growth in the future approach in the development of the infrastructure of the ' broadband ', which will have many benefits, including more jobs and increase household income, as well as a permanent increase in GDP.</p></div><img src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif" border="0" height="1" width="1">amanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14254437667435022533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189250240579436496.post-79608543829202824202013-06-17T23:29:00.000-07:002013-06-17T23:29:00.631-07:00Qatar Holding Porsche sells 10% interest back to founders <div>REUTERS<p>DUBAI/BERLIN QATAR Holding, the investment arm of the Gulf State sovereign wealth fund, has sold its 10 percent stake in Porsche to the luxury car manufacturer family shareholders, four years after it first invested in the company.</p><p>Qatar Holding, which owns interests in some of the world's largest companies, said it was the ordinary shares in the car maker sold to the families Porsche and Purcell. It not to mention the value of the transaction.</p><p>The sovereign fund arm said it remained committed to the integrated Automotive Industry Holding including Volkswagen and Porsche through its 17 percent stake in VW. Europe's largest car manufacturer sealed last year the purchase of the Porsche car-making business after a merger not in a tangle of legal disputes.</p><p>"This transaction results as a logical step after the creation of the integrated Automotive Industry Holding Company between Volkswagen and Porsche AG when completed in 2012," Qatar company said in the statement.</p><p>Neither party gave no details of the price paid for the stake.</p><p>Porsche SE shares were trading at 60.76 euros per share on Monday, up 0.36 percent on the day.</p><p>Porsche was forced to sell a 10-percent vote importance on keeping Qatar in 2009 as a way to prop up its strained Finances. The sale of Qatar gave outsiders participate in the debt saddled family-controlled auto-group for the first time since it began construction of Porsche cars in 1948.</p><p>The Porsche holding company, controlled by the families Porsche and Purcell, still has about 51 percent of VW ordinary shares, making it one of the three major interest in the Group of German car.</p><p>VW, Porsche now owns in return all of core business, the automotive division that models such as the iconic 911 sports car and the Cayenne sport-utility vehicle makes.</p></div><img src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif" border="0" height="1" width="1">amanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14254437667435022533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189250240579436496.post-61734568873087264952013-06-17T23:19:00.000-07:002013-06-17T23:20:05.022-07:00QA orders nine more Boeing 777 aircraft <div>TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK<p>An order for nine Boeing 777 passenger aircraft Paris QATAR AIRWAYS on Monday announced on the opening day of the Paris Air Show.</p><p>With the new order for Boeing 777s the airline outstanding order rise by seven to sixteen, boosting its current fleet of 35 triple Sevens 51 aircraft.</p><p>The additional aircraft will help the airline open new routes and add capability to existing markets in its rapidly growing network.</p><p>Monday's announcement is for the 777-300 ER (Extended Range) version of the aircraft.</p><p>Addressing a press conference at the Le Bourget, venue of the Paris Air Show, Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar al Baker said, "with its reliability, economy and range capability, the 777 will continue to play an important role in State of Qatar Airways to operate more direct non-stop flights from our hub in Doha to destinations in many markets, including Australia and the United States.</p><p>"We have already shown a desire to open up new destinations in the US and the Boeing 777 will continue to have in our plans for expansion in this part of the world, in addition to the ever more frequently to other destinations.</p><p>"As Qatar Airways with taking deliveries of Boeing 777s in November 2007, we quickly started this fleet, which to important destinations to all parts of the World-Europe, South Africa, Asia, North America and South America and selected cities in the Middle East flying extended. That a plane of choice, the 777 has proved popular with our passengers and has a positive effect on our activities, now established as the flagship aircraft of our long flying program. " Of the current Qatar Airways 777 fleet works a mix of passenger and cargo aircraft, Boeing 777-300ERs, 22 nine 777-200LRs (Long Range) and four Boeing 777 Freighters, with a fifth cargo plane set to be delivered to the airline this month. Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and CEO Ray Conner said, "it is a great honour for me have Qatar Airways operate the 777 as its flagship long-haul aircraft. The 777s unmatched economy and customer-preferred passenger experience make it a cornerstone of Qatar Airwaysâ € ™ success. " The Paris Air Show, held every two years is one of the world's biggest aerospace events and takes place at Le Bourget, a private jet business aviation airport on the outskirts of Paris, France.</p><p>Qatar Airways has its latest aircraft, a 787 Dreamliner, static display at Le Bourget have flown directly from Boeing plant in Seattle yesterday to the French debut at the Paris Air Show.</p><p>The new addition takes the number of Dreamliners the carrier to six aircraft.</p></div><img src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif" border="0" height="1" width="1">amanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14254437667435022533noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2189250240579436496.post-22838300928835413592013-06-17T09:31:00.000-07:002013-06-17T09:31:00.256-07:00Beastie Boy gets to live
suburban dream in NY <div id=""><td width="200" valign="top"><table width="200" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/left_red_line.jpg" width="200" height="6"/></td></tr><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/qt_opinion.jpg" width="200" height="34" align="left"/></td></tr><tr><td><table class="c6" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qatar-tribune.com%2Fdata%2F20130617%2Fcontent.asp%3Fsection%3DOpinion1_1" class="Heading">Afghan Forces Count Cost Of War</a></td></tr><tr><td class="leftnormal"><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qatar-tribune.com%2Fdata%2F20130617%2Fcontent.asp%3Fsection%3Dopinion1_1" class="Heading"><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/data/20130617/images/opinion1.jpg" width="85" height="65" hspace="3" vspace="3" border="0" align="left"/></a>AFGHAN government forces - in the police, army and other services - are close to the size of around 350,000 that NATO hopes to have built by the time they finally end their combat mission next year. The force has been built from a very low base, and is growing both in numbers and ability, "getting good enough" in the words of the International Security Assistance Force Commander General Joseph Dunford, speaking to the BBC earlier this week. Five years ago there were three times as many international troops as Afghan troops on the ground, now the ratio is the other way around. Next week, Afghan government forces will take the combat lead across the whole country ...</td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/left_red_line.jpg" width="200" height="6"/></td></tr><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/qt_analysis.jpg" width="200" height="34" align="left"/></td></tr><tr><td><table class="c6" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qatar-tribune.com%2Fdata%2F20130617%2Fcontent.asp%3Fsection%3DAnalysis1_1" class="Heading">Bill Schools Barry On Syria</a></td></tr><tr><td class="leftnormal"><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qatar-tribune.com%2Fdata%2F20130617%2Fcontent.asp%3Fsection%3Danalysis1_1" class="Heading"><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/data/20130617/images/analysis1.jpg" width="85" height="65" hspace="3" vspace="3" border="0" align="left"/></a>NOT only is US President Barack Obama leading from behind, now he's leading from behind Bill Clinton. After dithering for two years over what to do about the slaughter in Syria, the president was finally shoved into action by the past and perhaps future occupant of his bedroom. Clinton told John McCain during a private Q-and-A on Tuesday in New York that Obama should be more forceful on Syria and should not rationalise with opinion polls that reflect Americans' reluctance to tangle in foreign crises. McCain has been banging the gong on a no-fly zone in Syria for some time.</td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/left_red_line.jpg" width="200" height="6"/></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table></td><td width="560" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td height="32" valign="top"></td></tr><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img src="http://www.qatar-tribune.com/images/title/Chillout.gif" width="140" height="30"/></td><td></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td/></tr><tr><td><br/></td></tr></table></td></div><img src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif" border="0" height="1" width="1" />amanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14254437667435022533noreply@blogger.com0