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21 November 2008 Doha: Qatar is to get West Asia's first UN-backed Ozone Layer Monitoring Station. 21 November 2008 Doha: With ships waiting for over a week off the Doha Port, many food importers are complaining that their food imports are decaying before they can find their way to the market. Doha Port has received over 4,000 ships this year as compared to 1,000 in 2002, said a Port official. DOHA (Kyodo) Japan eased the pressure on coach Takeshi Okada with a comprehensive 3-0 win away to Qatar in a World Cup qualifier on Wednesday. Goals from Tatsuya Tanaka, Keiji Tamada and Marcus Tulio Tanaka gave Japan its first ever win over Qatar at the scene of its infamous "Tragedy of Doha," in the qualifiers for the 1994 World Cup and kept Okada's men in second spot in Asian zone Group A. ...