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| UK embassy staff in Iran ‘to face trial’ |
| A powerful Iranian cleric said yesterday that British embassy local staff arrested for allegedly stoking unrest after the June election will be put on trial, a move that prompted co-ordinated protests from European governments. |
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| ‘Opposition acts like dissidents’ |
| Ahmad Jannati, head of Iran’s Guardians Council, said yesterday that the country’s opposition led by Mir Hossein Moussavi was acting like dissidents because of its fraud accusations after the June 12 presidential election. |
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| More bodies recovered from sunkenship off Doha |
| Divers of the Coastguard and Qatar Petroleum yesterday recovered 12 more bodies from the service vessel Demas Victory, which sank off the coast of Doha on Tuesday. This brought the total number of bodies recovered until 8pm yesterday to 19. |
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| Forecast for July: high heat and higher humidity |
| As the summer season tightens its grip on Qatar and more people leave on holiday to escape the high temperatures and humidity, there seems to be no immediate relief in sight for those staying back. |
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| Bahrain officials pay first visit to Israel |
| An official Bahrain delegation travelled to Israel on an unprecedented trip to recover a group of nationals held by the Jewish state, the state news agency reported yesterday. According to BNA, the Bahrainis were in a group of pro-Palestinian activists on a ship seized by the Israeli navy on Tuesday as it headed for the Gaza Strip in defiance of Israel’s blockade of the territory. |
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| Chinese office to help investors |
| The Qatar Investment Promotion Department (IPD) is planning to establish an office in China next year to facilitate mutual investments between the two countries, state-run newspaper China Daily reported yesterday. |
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Qatar needs to identify and nurture local talent to develop a sustainable e-governance model, Shaik Umar, IDA’s centre director for the Middle East based in Qatar, has said.
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“To whoever is planning to do business in the Middle East, my advice would be ‘start with Qatar’. The country has an amazing vision for the future and that vision is supported by ample liquidity,” an infocomm company executive said in Singapore last week.
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Monaco: Yellow jersey favourite Alberto Contador could strike a first psychological blow to his Tour de France rivals when he lines up for the first stage, a 15.5km time trial,today.
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