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| Can Brazil Stop Iran |
| BRAZIL, the saying used to go, is the land of the future and always will be. But when Brazil's president, Dilma Rousseff, visits the White House next week, she will come as the leader of a country whose future has arrived.
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| A MIDDLE EAST PEACE PLAN |
| THERE is so much going on in the Middle East today, it's impossible to capture it all with one opinion. So here are two for the price of one. |
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 | Doha hosts third GCC meet on study of air quality DOHA QATAR — represented by the Ministry of Environment (MoE) — recently hosted the third meeting of the Work Team tasked to prepare a "predictive study of the quality of air in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states".
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| | Curtain comes down on SOP | | DOHA THE fifth edition of Schools Olympic Programme (SOP) concluded on Friday with students from over 300 schools in Qatar participating in all nine sporting activities for the finals themed on 'Sport and Family'.
The closing ceremony of the SOP was attended by Qatar Olympic Committee Secretary-General Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman al Thani, President of Palestine Olympic Committee Major- General Jibril Rajoub, Supreme Council for Family Affairs Secretary-General Hamad bin Mohamed al Hajiri, Under Secretary of Ministry of Education and Higher Education Rabea al Kaabi besides, presidents of sports federations and other officials.
The final was spread over two days. Female students from primary, intermediate and secondary participated in nine sporting activities on Thursday whereas male students competed in similar events on Friday.
The sporting activities included swimming, athletics, fencing, table tennis, gymnastics, football, volleyball, handball and basketball. The 2011/2012 programme officially began in November although it had kicked off way back in September as the schools prepared for the sports for their students to participate.
Friday's event was familyoriented and fun-filled as other activities for children like face painting and children's games also took place.
Speaking during the closing ceremony, QOC Secretary- General said, "We started the programme with 5,000 participants but the number increased to around 20000 with the participants coming from 370 schools this year.
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| | Jotun splashes colours at art project | | DOHA JOTUN Paints, a leading producer and distributor of paints and powder coatings, threw the spotlight on its wide range of colours and shades with its participation at the Qatar Green Building Council's 'Solid Waste Interest Group's' (QGBC SWIG) art project, which was unveiled at the Pearl Qatar recently.
The project, which was initiated and organised by Dr Sarah Clarke, coordinator of the Solid Waste Interest Group (SWIG) at QGBC, was part of the global 'Earth Hour' celebrations and made use of over 60,000 collected plastic bottle caps to form a mural that sent out the key message to 'reduce, reuse and recycle.' Jotun supplied the paints used for the project.
The QGBC SWIG art project held an activity where volunteers took part in the creation of the large piece of artwork made entirely out of plastic bottle caps. During the activity, volunteers sorted, prepared, painted and glued the collected bottle caps to the artwork under the direction of professional artist, Seana Mallen. Aside from supplying paint for this unique undertaking, Jotun Paints have also given their share of plastic bottle caps, which were taken from water bottles, soft drink bottles, shampoo/conditioner bottles, fabric conditioner bottles, handwash liquids and cosmetic containers.
"We are much honoured to have been a part of this unique project of the QGBC, which has successfully raised awareness on the campaign to help save the earth by preserving its resources," said Gunnar Eikebu, country manager of Jotun Paints.
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| | Silatech trains career advisors in Egypt | | DOHA REPRESENTATIVES of various Egyptian organisations working in the field of youth unemployment recently completed a weeklong training course on how to provide effective career advice and guidance to young people. Delivered by Silatech and hosted by Microsoft Egypt, the training which was held in Cairo included 14 career advisors from six Egyptian non-governmental organisations (NGOs).
The programme was held in preparation for the launch of MasrWorks.com, a new online employability portal for young Egyptians cofounded by Silatech and Microsoft. Drawing upon Silatech's and Microsoft's extensive networks of partner organisations, Masr- Works will include career planning resources, links to training opportunities, mentoring and volunteering matching services, and physical and online job listing facilities. One of MasrWorks' core features will be the integration of Silatech's Tamheed programme for career guidance, which includes online psychometric and language skills assessments with direct access to career advisors in both physical career centres and online via live chat.
The newly trained advisors will provide career tips and support to young Egyptians who access the Tamheed career guidance programme. They will also train other career advisors, to expand the network and regional dispersion of career advisors in Egypt.
As a result of the training, young people in Egypt can now receive career advising services in Giza, Cairo, Helwan and Northern Sinai.
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