Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Fire support/Artillery. In December 2012, Qatar notified the United States of a possible Foreign Military Sale of 7 M142 HIMARS systems, as well as 60 M57 MGM-140 ATACMS Block 1A T2K unitary rockets and 30 M31A1 Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) unitary rockets. The deal would cost an estimated $406 million.
Qatar corruption scandal at the European Parliament. MEP Eva Kaili (left), then vice-president of the European Parliament, was implicated in the scandal alongside former MEP Antonio Panzeri (right), amongst others. Qatargate is an ongoing political scandal, involving allegations that European Parliament officials, lobbyists and their families ...
Qatar Airways was established by the government of Qatar on November 22, 1993; operations began on January 20, 1994. [ 11][ 12] Amman was the airline's first destination in May 1994. [ 13] In April 1995, the airline's CEO was Sheikh Hamad Bin Ali Bin Jabor Al Thani, who employed a staff of 75. By this time the fleet consisted of two Airbus ...
The Pearl Island ( Arabic: جزيرة اللؤلؤة, romanized : jazirat alluwlua) in Doha, Qatar, is an artificial island with an area of nearly four square kilometers. It is the first land in Qatar to be available for freehold ownership by foreign nationals. [ 4] As of 2018, there were 27,000 residents.
The state of human rights in Qatar is a concern for several non-governmental organisations, such as the Human Rights Watch (HRW), which reported in 2012 that hundreds of thousands of mostly South Asian migrant workers in construction in Qatar risk serious exploitation and abuse, sometimes amounting to forced labour.
The banknotes of Qatar (in English and German) Preceded by: Saudi riyal. Reason: delivery of local currency. Ratio: 1.065 Qatari and Dubai riyal = 1 Saudi riyal, or 1 Qatari and Dubai riyal = 1 pre-devalued Gulf rupee. Currency of Qatar. 1966 – 1973.
It is located in the district of Al Souq which is situated in the centre of Doha. [1] As it was a market used for trading activities, the area used to be located immediately adjoining the shore to allow for boats to access it from Doha Bay.
Taking all liquids together Qatar is already far beyond a million barrels per day. Qatar's proved reserves of gas are the third-largest in the world, exceeding 7000 km 3 (250 trillion cubic feet). The economy was boosted in 1991 by completion of the $1.5-billion Phase I of North Field gas development.