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| UAE vows to keep US dollar peg |
| The United Arab Emirates has no plans to drop its peg from the US dollar, its central bank chief said yesterday, while the recent rise in the price of oil has pushed it above the bank’s internal forecasts.
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| Atom-smasher restarts after 14-month hiatus |
| The world’s biggest atom-smasher, shut down after its inauguration in September 2008 amid technical faults, restarted yesterday, a spokesman for the European Organisation for Nuclear Research said. |
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| Henry offers replay |
| France captain Thierry Henry said yesterday “the fairest solution” to the row over his handball in the World Cup playoff against Ireland would be a replay, but FIFA rejected an Irish call for a re-match. Henry repeated his admission that he had controlled the ball with his hand before the decisive goal in Wednesday’s match in Paris, but insisted it had been an “instinctive” reaction. |
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| Shell reassurance on Qatar projects |
| Royal Dutch Shell, Europe’s largest oil company, will aim to reassure investors on the costs and profitability of its Pearl gas-to-liquids and Qatargas projects during a field trip for analysts. Shell’s Pearl GTL joint venture will process 320,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day into 140,000 barrels of gas-to-liquids products and 120,000 barrels of ethane. |
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| Low-profile European appointments under fire |
| Incoming EU president Herman Van Rompuy kept a low profile yesterday as the 27-nation bloc’s leaders faced flak for picking him and a little-known British peer to lead a revamped Europe on the world stage. |
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The Doha Exhibition Centre turned out to be the venue for two Guinness World Records yesterday at an expo, being hosted by Qatar Islamic Cultural Centre (Fanar).
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Doha: Florida-based Steve David moved closer to retaining his H1 Unlimited High Points Drivers’ Championship with a first and second place in his first two race heats at the Oryx Cup UIM World Championship, the final round of the H1 Unlimited Championship, in Doha Bay yesterday.
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At the last of the present series of Qatar Foundation concerts sponsored by Qatar Shell and held at Qatar Academy, young British solo clarinetist Sarah Williamson performed a series of challenging works, accompanied by pianist John Reid.
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The Indonesian embassy in Doha and the community members held a fund-raising party to support the victims of Indonesia’s Sumatra region, which was hit by an earthquake in September.
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Doha: Ibin Ajayan Trading Group (IATG), the dealers for Skoda, will be sponsoring the Thoroughbred race during the Emir Sword Race Festival which will be held on March 25, 2010 at the Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club.
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