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			<title>Power up</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Companies look to Qatar for work as Gulf state's development continues.]]></description>
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			<title>Barwa – building Qatar</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[With construction almost completed and many residents already moved in, Construction Week talks to the project manager of the US $1.5 billion Barwa Village to find out the idea behind this project and how construction in Qatar is moving ahead.]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar invests $5.5bn to rebuild central Doha  </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Gov't DOHALAND plans to rebuild 35 hectare area over five phases completing 2016. ]]></description>
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			<title>Haute Qatar</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Cutting edge architecture and design are colliding with Islamic tradition to revitalise the once sleepy Gulf state.]]></description>
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			<title>10 Qatari projects you should be involved in</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The key projects every contractor and supplier should know about.]]></description>
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			<title>International teachers flock to Doha jobs fair </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The two-day event has attracted more than 100 teachers from the UK, Australia, Dubai.]]></description>
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			<title>Vodafone Qatar plans to replicate business model worldwide </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Vodafone-Qatar venture worth 45%; gov't holds 15% & 40% will float mid-April.      ]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar unveils $500m solar power plant plan</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Qatar Foundation investment to help Gulf state generate 100MW within five years.]]></description>
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			<title>New IPO date for Qatari unit of Vodafone</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[IPO set to break monopoly of state-controlled Qatar Telecommunications. ]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar Green Building Council on the way</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Qatar is set to become the newest member of the World Green Building Council (WGBC) with the formation a non-profit organisation to promote sustainable development.]]></description>
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			<title>Big names to attend Qatar science park opening</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Virgin's Richard Branson on guest list for official opening of science and technology park.]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar takes steps towards green building regulations</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Qatar has taken tentative steps towards the implementation of green building regulations through the recommendation of a panel of industry experts.]]></description>
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			<title>UK entrepreneur in Qatar biomedical venture</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Sir Christopher Evans to set up in Qatar Science and Technology Park within six months. ]]></description>
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			<title>Vodafone bags Qatar fixed-line licence</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Consortium including UK telecoms group awarded licence, ending Qtel's monopoly in the Gulf state.]]></description>
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			<title>Vodafone Qatar plans September IPO</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Qatar's second biggest mobile operator Vodafone intends 40% shares sale, local media reports.]]></description>
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			<title>Knowledge is power</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Qatar is leading the region with its ambitions for a knowledge-based economy, with ICT at the heart of its plans. Eliot Beer reports from Doha on how its plans fit into the global push for knowledge parks.    ]]></description>
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			<title>Doha centre contract deal</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Qatar Foundation has appointed international venue management specialist Ogden IFC to operate the new convention centre at Education City in Doha.]]></description>
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			<title>Leighton targets partnership deals in the Gulf</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Australia's largest construction firm, Leighton Holding, is looking to form partnerships with Gulf construction companies in a bid to target several projects within the region.]]></description>
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			<title>EDS wins Qatar Foundation services deal</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[US services giant EDS has won a seven year contract to run IT services for Qatar Foundation, the non-profit body set up to promote education and research in the kingdom.]]></description>
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			<title>Learning the lessons of rapid expansion</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[With a rapidly expanding commercial and residential construction sector, Qatar is facing up to material challenges and labour issues. Christopher Sell reports on how the local market is on a steep learning curve to realise its future ambitions.  ]]></description>
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