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Made Popular Nov 7 2009
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The U.S. media will not notice and the U.S. government does not care - nor, in the case of the latter, should it. But Saudi Arabia - which is often outrageously described as “moderate” in the uncritical U.S. press - if the biggest censor in the Arab...

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One of the most prominent feuds in the Middle East is between Saudi Arabia and the tiny natural gas-rich nation of Qatar. Saudi Arabia does not look to kindly on those...
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Marco Villa, Connecticut
Qatar Airways apparently names all its air crafts after places in Qatar. So, for instance, instead of an air craft being called 7456 [whatever] it is named after, say,...
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By now most people have heard by the disgraced C.I.A. officer stationed in Algiers, Andrew Warren, who drugged and raped several women. What is most interesting about...
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Nassim, Damascus
I suggested before that there is a forming camp within the Arab group existing on its own, and has a basic regional extent reaches Iran. This new camp wants to impose...
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It’s harsh competition, but Qatar manages to outdo Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Egypt in being the new #1 Arab puppet government. This following headline says it all:...
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Rahul Bhandari, Shimla
The IMF is urging the international community not to let the current focus on the global financial crisis result in a decline in aid to the world’s most...
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The Royal Kingdom of Qatar (which just means Arab country) headed by the monarch al-Thani has just opened a new Museum of Islamic Art that will house one of the...
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Kimberly, Albuquerque
A high-powered Lamborghini sports car was sent on a 6,500-mile (10,460-kilomtre) round-trip to Britain simply to have a service, sparking fury from environmentalists,...
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Al-Hussain, Doha
As all of you are aware that Iraq is a country with many sectarian and ethnic groups. And in such countries it is very difficult to manage and administer the country...
made popular May 27 2008
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Al-Hussain, Doha
Many of us think that the first war between the two countries was the first gulf war. And that is incorrect information. The history goes back even before the Persian...
made popular May 25 2008
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Mar 17 2009 by AP0 Comments

The Arab League rejected an international arrest warrant for Sudan’s president on charges of war crimes in Darfur, and its leader said Qatar has done the same, clearing the way for the beleaguered Sudanese leader to attend an Arab Summit there later this

 
 
Feb 17 2009 by AP0 Comments

Iraq’s oil minister said Tuesday that OPEC is “of course” weighing fresh output cuts to prop up prices, and, also underscored his government’s expectation that contractors start work quickly or risk losing lucrative oil deals.

 
 
Feb 12 2009 by AP0 Comments

Darfur rebels and Sudan government officials exchanged blame for undermining three-day-old peace talks, which were overshadowed Thursday by fighting over a Darfur town and the prospect of an imminent international arrest warrant against Sudan’s president

 
 
Feb 7 2009 by AP0 Comments

A spokesman for Darfur’s chief mediator says a major rebel group and Sudanese government officials will meet in Qatar. The two sides have fought fierce battles in recent weeks over a flash point town in southern Darfur.

 
 
Feb 5 2009 by AP0 Comments

Belgian cycling team Topsport Vlaanderen Mercator says one of its riders was found dead in his hotel bed in Qatar.

 
 
Feb 2 2009 by AP0 Comments

French President Nicolas Sarkozy was meeting Monday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the prime minister of Qatar in an attempt to forge a lasting halt to violence after Israel’s recent offensive in the Gaza Strip.

 
 
Feb 2 2009 by AP0 Comments

French President Nicolas Sarkozy was meeting Monday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the prime minister of Qatar in an attempt to forge a lasting halt to violence after Israel’s recent offensive in the Gaza Strip.

 
 
Feb 1 2009 by AP0 Comments

During back-to-back summits in recent days, tiny Qatar displayed some big mood swings.

 
 
Jan 19 2009 by AP0 Comments

Qatargas said Monday that production of liquefied natural gas at its Qatargas I plant will resume by the end of this week after a breakdown outside the facility halted roughly a third of Qatar’s LNG output.

 
 
Jan 16 2009 by AP0 Comments

The Hamas political chief rejected Israel’s conditions for a Gaza cease-fire and demanded an immediate opening of the besieged territory’s borders, taking a tough line Friday as he asked a summit of Arab countries to back him by cutting off any ties with

 
 
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