Muscat Daily - 2020-02-11

• Sultanate receives 3.5mn visitors in 2019
• Population of Oman increased by just 17,734 last year
• Mazoon Dairy gets more than 2,600 cows in second batch
• Storm Ciara leaves trail of destructio­n across Europe
• Oman good venue for hosting rallies: Todt
• Virus transforms daily life on Hong Kong’s fearful streets
• Beware: Speed is dangerous, so are speed breakers
• Oman ranks 14th in emerging markets logistics index
• GO TO PAGE 20 FEATURES OSCARS 2020: PARASITE CREATES HISTORY
• Ministry prepares to hold Tourist Camping Exhibition
• Ministry launches national survey on use of informatio­n, communicat­ions technology
• Water-wise native plants to renew landscape palette
• Workshop held to train health workers in handling nCoV cases
• Meet on earthen building begins at GUtech
• Amouage hails new creative era with Renaud Salmon as chief experience officer
• SQU conference discusses teaching methodolog­y to maximise learning
• Syrian regime attack kills 5 Turkish soldiers
• Egyptian mediators in Gaza after latest exchange of fire
• Thailand mourns 29 killed in mass shooting
• Chinese jets cross into Taiwan airspace: Taipei
• Philippine­s govt lawyers move to shut down top broadcaste­r
• Xi makes rare visit to meet patients, medics
• European Union calls emergency talks on coronaviru­s
• FOOTBALL ROUND-UP BARCA CLINCH A THRILLER TO KEEP PACE WITH REAL
• Di Biagio named SPAL coach
• Oman’s Khan wins prestigiou­s award
• Hamilton and Mercedes is ‘obvious pairing’ says F1 team boss Wolff
• Hanoon Oil Factory launches products, eyes RO60mn annual turnover in 5 years
• Trading giants seek oil storage at sea as virus creates glut
• NBO signs long-term credit facility deal with Duqm Material Market
• NMC suspends chairman from board discussion­s amid review
• Banker ME awards OAB as ‘Best Retail Bank in Oman’
• UAE restores Qatar postal service after years-long freeze
• $4.8tn US budget to increase debt, cut safety net
• Xerox hikes bid for HP to $36bn
• Trump forecasts 3% growth; economists not convinced
• Completion rate of second phase of Al Mazunah Free Zone stands at 60%
• Altea Tadej Pogacar claims victory at Vuelta Valenciana
• Plans for motor sport’s first talent developmen­t model to be unveiled at FIA MENA Congress
• Long road home for Cape Town’s apartheid dispossess­ed as South Africa commemorat­es the 30th anniversar­y of Nelson Mandela’s release from jail on February 11, 1990

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