http://us.oneworld.net/article/country/634/ en_US Qatar http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/77359 Recognizing the need to invest in education to stimulate its own economic growth and development, Qatar is rapidly reforming its school system and improving teaching practices. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/74495 Amnesty International has called on Russia, China, and Arab leaders to "work hard to get Sudan's consent for a UN peacekeeping force" before the peacekeepers currently in Darfur are forced to leave on September 30. http://www.oneworld.net/article/view/126809/1/ DOHA, Qatar, Feb 3 (IPS) - Its foreign bureaus were bombed by U.S. warplanes, it is banned from reporting from four Middle East countries - and Al-Jazeera is only growing in popularity. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/118383/1/ Directors and assistant directors of state and private broadcasting corporations from 12 Arab countries started a one week training course on modern broadcasting management in Qatar’s capital Doha. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotolink/addhit/59415 Members of the International Telecommunications Union have met to approve studies that will help developing countries create information societies. The meeting also took up issues that could be discussed by the World Telecommunication Development Conference scheduled in Qatar in March 2006. http://www.oneworld.ca/link/gotolink/addhit/57108 Canada's broadcast regulator has approved Qatar-based news channel al-Jazeera for the country's cable TV market. But the approval is twinned with censorship rules so stringent that the station won't likely be carried in this country, say television executives. http://www.learningchannel.org/link/gotolink/addhit/46468 A development organisation trains primary school teachers in Nepal to help improve teaching standards. The organisation focuses on for alternative teaching methods for better quality teaching. http://www.learningchannel.org/link/gotolink/addhit/41366 The first female minister in Qatar, Sheikha Ahmad Al-Mahmoud, took office as the Minister of Education. The appointment came after the ratification of the first Constitution in Qatar in April. She promised to work towards removing segregation in schools. http://www.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/32792 An international media monitoring group is concerned about a court ruling in Qatar this week which confirmed a death sentence against Jordanian journalist Firas al-Majali on charges of espionage. http://www.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/32865 The Saudi Arabian government's refusal to allow Qatar-based Arabic TV station Al-Jazeera to cover this week's annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca has prompted concern among media monitoring groups. http://www.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/29443 Qatar seems to be leading the way on economic and political reform within the Arab world, says Shravanti Reddy, increasing its regional and international influence. http://www.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/939 The world's most wanted terrorist suspect, Osama bin Laden, and his al-Qaeda network are alive and well and preparing more attacks, a spokesman for the group said in a statement aired on a Qatar-based satellite channel on Sunday. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/939 A Scotland-based terrorism expert assesses the strength of Al Queda, following Sunday's announcement that Osama Bin Laden is alive and the network is planning further attacks on the United States. http://fi.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/25560 Monen Lähi-idän arabimaan kansalaiset vaativat yhä äänekkäämmin sotilaallisia toimia Israelia vastaan, mutta ajatus on mahdoton kyseisten maiden hallituksille. Syynä on asiantuntijoiden mukaan se, että ne ovat sekä sotilaallisesti että taloudellisesti Yhdysvaltain tiukassa otteessa. http://www.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/15521 Trade ministers from around the world gathered from 9 - 13 November in Doha for the crucially important 4th Ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation. OneWorld brings you portraits of some of the key commentators and their views on the meeting.