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2005 Sep 23 |
In Egypt Seoudi Ali Salem, a Qatari man participating in an informal car race, killed five people and injured 32 when his speeding car slammed into a crowd sitting on a grassy median strip on the airport road. Salem fled the scene with another driver. Links: Qatar, Egypt 
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2005 Sep 23 |
In Haiti Dumarsais Simeus (65), owner of a Texas-based food services company, was rejected as a presidential candidate because he has US citizenship. Simeus appealed the decision. Links: Qatar, USA, Texas
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2006 Feb 1 |
Israel said it froze this month's transfer of $45 million in tax rebates and customs payments to the Palestinian Authority while it reviews its options following the Hamas victory in last week's parliamentary election. A senior Palestinian official said Saudi Arabia and Qatar pledged Wednesday to transfer millions to ease the crisis. Links: Qatar, Israel, Palestine, Saudi Arabia
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2006 Mar 10 |
Tamer Yusri Yassin, who worked in Qatar and is considered the founder of a group of 14 people involved in terrorist attacks, was allegedly extradited to Egypt from Qatar. The next day Qatar denied that Yassin was extradited. Yassin was one of 14 people referred for trial by the public prosecutor this week for involvement in two Cairo bombings on April 7 and April 30, 2005. Links: Qatar, Egypt
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2006 Mar |
Persian Gulf stock markets suffered their 1st serious correction after years of 6-7% annual gains. Stock market reversals in Abu Dhabi and Dubai in the UAR, along with Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia triggered outrage among local small investors. Links: Qatar, UAR, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Abu Dhabi
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2006 Apr 17 |
Qatar said it would give the Palestinian government $50 million in aid to help make up for a shortfall after the US and the EU cut off funding. Links: Qatar, Palestine
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2006 Apr 29 |
A Qatar newspaper reported that Qatar has frozen bilateral free trade talks with the US, saying Washington was imposing preconditions that were not in Doha's interest. Links: Qatar, USA
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2006 Jun 6 |
Qatar Petroleum and South Africa’s Sasol unveiled a new plant in Qatar to transform natural gas into a synthetic fuel similar to diesel by a process knows as gas-to-liquids (GTL). Sasol was also building a GTL plant in Nigeria with Chevron Texaco. Links: Qatar, South Africa, Nigeria, Gas
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2006 Jul 12 |
Acting on behalf of Arab nations, Qatar circulated a revised draft UN Security Council resolution demanding Israel end its offensive in the Gaza Strip and release the Palestinian officials it has arrested. Links: Qatar, Israel, Palestine
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2006 Aug 22 |
US sprinter Justin Gatlin agreed to an 8-year ban for doping and will forfeit his 100m world-record tie, set May 12 at the Qatar Super Grand Prix in Doha. Links: Qatar, USA, World Record
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2006 Sep 4 |
In Lebanon US civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson met with Hezbollah officials and called on them to show proof that two captured Israeli soldiers are still alive. A UN spokesman said Secretary-General Kofi Annan has agreed to requests by Hezbollah and Israel that he mediate in negotiations over the release of two abducted Israeli soldiers. Qatar announced that it would contribute 200 to 300 troops to the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon, making the Persian Gulf state the first Arab country to commit soldiers to the peace effort in Lebanon. Links: Qatar, USA, UN, Israel, Lebanon
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2006 Oct 10 |
Palestine’s militant Hamas group rejected key elements of a Qatari proposal to forge a power-sharing government with the rival Fatah group that would recognize Israel's right to exist and force militants to renounce violence. Links: Qatar, Israel, Palestine
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2006 Dec 1 |
The opening ceremony for the 15th Asian Games took place in Doha, the capital of Qatar. Links: Qatar, Games
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2006 Dec 1 |
The 15th Asian Games exploded into life in Doha, Qatar, with the most spectacular opening ceremony ever staged. Links: Qatar, Games
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2006 Dec 6 |
In Doha, Qatar, Midway through day five of the Asian Games, China had 67 gold medals to Japan's 18 and South Korea's 14. Kazakhstan, thanks to its shooters and weightlifters, had 10. Links: Qatar, Games
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2006 Dec 8 |
The MAP news agency said Qatar will invest 335 million dollars in tourist development schemes in the northern Moroccan city of Tangiers. Links: Qatar, Morocco
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2006 Dec 10 |
The oil-rich Arab states on the Persian Gulf said that they will consider starting a joint nuclear program for peaceful purposes. The six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council included Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman. Links: Qatar, UAR, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Nuclear
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2007 Feb 12 |
In Qatar Russia’s Putin and Qatari Emir Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani announced they would explore the creation of a natural gas cartel to represent the interests of producer countries. Qatar sits atop the world's single largest gas field. Links: Qatar, Russia, Gas
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2007 Apr 3 |
Qatar's PM Sheik Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani resigned and the country's emir appointed the foreign minister as replacement. Links: Qatar
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2007 May 1 |
Japan and Qatar stressed their solid energy partnership and agreed to launch initial negotiations on moves to stimulate Japanese investment in the Gulf state. Links: Qatar, Japan
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2007 Jun 15 |
The Gulf state of Qatar tightened its grip on J Sainsbury, Britain's third biggest supermarket chain, by raising its stake to 25%, sparking speculation it may launch a takeover. Links: Qatar, Britain
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2007 Jun 21 |
In London, England, Damien Hirst’s “Lullaby spring” sold for $19.1 million, the highest price paid at auction for a work by a living artist. The work consisted of a stainless steel cabinet containing 6,136 hand-crafted and painted pills. It was purchased by Sheikha al-Mayassa al-Thani, the daughter of the emir of Qatar. Links: Qatar, Artist, Britain
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2007 Jul 24 |
Five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor, sentenced to life in prison in Libya for allegedly infecting children with HIV, came home to Bulgaria and were greeted with tears and hugs, and a presidential pardon that allowed them to walk free after 8 1/2 years behind bars. French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Qatar mediated the release and hinted the Gulf country may have had a broader role in resolving the crisis. Links: Qatar, Bulgaria, Libya, Palestine
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2007 Jul 28 |
Libya said the Czech Republic, Qatar and Bulgaria contributed to an international fund to support hundreds of children who contracted HIV at a Libyan hospital in the 1990s. Libya also denounced a decision by Bulgaria's president to pardon six medics from life jail terms in an AIDS case as a "betrayal" and an "illegal procedure." Links: Qatar, Bulgaria, Libya, Czech Rep.
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2007 Oct 7 |
Qatar's Diar real estate investment company announced it has agreed to buy phase two of the Grosvenor Waterside residential development in the upmarket London district of Chelsea. Links: Qatar, Britain, Real Estate
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2007 Dec 3 |
In Qatar Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reached out to Gulf Arab states, proposing security and economic pacts free of "foreign influence" in the first appearance by an Iranian leader before a summit of a key group of Persian Gulf nations. The six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) was formed shortly after the outbreak of the 1980 Iran-Iraq war, partly to counter the spread of Iran's Islamic revolution. Links: Qatar, Iran
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2008 Mar 15 |
Qatar-based investment company IAS International said it was undertaking a series of development projects in Central African Republic worth 1.6 billion dollars. Links: Qatar, CAR
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2008 Mar 15 |
In Qatar the consecration of the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary was held. This became Qatar’s first Roman Catholic church, ending decades of clandestine worship for tens of thousands of foreign workers. The $15 million, 2,700-seat church was built on land donated by Qatar's emir, Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani. Links: Qatar, Religion
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2008 Apr 21 |
The Ethiopian government announced it was severing diplomatic relations with Qatar, accusing the Gulf Arab state of destabilizing the Horn of Africa region. Links: Qatar, Ethiopia
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2008 May 13 |
In Qatar the 6th Doha Interfaith Dialogue Conference opened. More than a dozen rabbis, including two from Israel, were in attendance. This conservative Muslim sheikdom recently opened the Doha International Centre for Interfaith Dialogue, one of the Gulf's first scholarly centers dedicated to interfaith dialogue. Links: Qatar, Religion
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2008 May 21 |
Lebanon's feuding factions reached a breakthrough deal, following talks in Qatar, to end the country's 18-month political stalemate. The deal gives the militant Hezbollah group and its allies veto over any government decision. Links: Qatar, Lebanon
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2008 Sep 12 |
The Sudanese government army and Janjaweed militias launched new attacks in a mountainous area of south Darfur according to rebel claims made the next day. UN boss Ban Ki-moon welcomed the establishment of an Arab League panel led by Qatar that will work with the African Union and United Nations to sponsor peace talks in Sudan's Darfur region. Links: Qatar, UN, Sudan, Arab League
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2008 Oct 10 |
In Qatar the Doha Center for Media Freedom opened under the leadership of Robert Menard of France. Menard had previously led the Paris-based Reporters Without Borders. Links: Qatar, France, Journalism
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2008 Oct 21 |
Iran, Russia and Qatar discussed the formation of an OPEC-style cartel among some of the largest natural gas producing nations, a prospect that has unnerved energy-importing nations in Europe and the United States. Links: Qatar, Russia, Iran, Gas
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2008 Oct 31 |
Middle East investors will own up to one third of Barclays Plc after Abu Dhabi and Qatar provided most of 7.3 billion pounds ($12.1 billion) raised by the bank to repair damage from the global financial crisis and avoid taking UK government rescue funds. Links: Qatar, Britain, Abu Dhabi, Banking
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2008 Nov 9 |
Egyptian authorities denied entry to one of Osama bin Laden's sons and put him on a plane to Qatar, becoming the third country to reject the self-proclaimed "ambassador for peace." Omar Osama bin Laden (27) and his British wife, Zaina Alsabah (52), arrived at Cairo International Airport over the weekend after he unsuccessfully tried to seek political asylum in Spain. Links: Qatar, Spain, Egypt
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2008 Nov 22 |
Qatar unveiled its new Museum of Islamic Art, designed by I.M. Pei. By 2012 the MIA was considered to be one of the half-dozen best in the world. Links: Qatar, Architect, Museums
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2008 Nov 26 |
Qatar based Al Jazeera launched Sharek, a website where photos and videos can be submitted for use, once verified, in Al Jazeera’s television and online reports. Links: Qatar, Internet, Journalism
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2008 Nov 29 |
In Qatar French President Nicolas Sarkozy told Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir to take action to end the conflict in Darfur. Links: Qatar, France, Sudan
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Qatar and Sudan set up a joint venture for investments in Sudan, which focused on developing agricultural land. Links: Qatar, Sudan, Agriculture
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2009 Jan 16 |
Mauritania and Qatar suspended contacts with Israel to protest the Gaza bloodshed at an Arab summit that deepened the divisions between pro-US Arab nations and their rivals in the Middle East. Links: Qatar, Israel, Palestine, Mauritania
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2009 Mar 29 |
Sudan's Pres. Omar al-Bashir, who is sought by an international court on charges of war crimes in Darfur, received a warm welcome in Qatar, where he will attend this week's Arab League summit. Links: Qatar, Sudan
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2009 Mar 30 |
In Qatar Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi stormed out of an Arab summit after denouncing the Saudi king and declaring himself "the dean of Arab rulers." Links: Qatar, Libya
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2009 Mar 31 |
In Qatar Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez sought Arab support for a proposed oil-backed currency to challenge the US dollar in his latest swipe at Washington's dominance in global financial affairs. Links: Qatar, Venezuela, Money
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2009 Apr 30 |
In Illinois Ali al-Marri (43) pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to provide material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization. A second charge of providing material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization was dropped. His case had sparked a legal debate over whether the government can hold terrorism suspects indefinitely. The Qatar native faced up to 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine at his July 30 sentencing. On Oct 29 a federal judge sentenced Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri to 8 years in prison. Links: Qatar, USA, Illinois, al-Qaida, Terrorism
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2009 May 15 |
Polish gas firm PGNiG announced that it had signed a deal with the Qatari firm Qatargas for the supply of one million tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per year. Links: Qatar, Poland, Gas
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2009 Jun 7 |
Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia signed an agreement paving the way for a monetary union and plans for a unified regional currency. Links: Qatar, Bahrain, Money, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia
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2009 Jun 16 |
The US added six African countries to a blacklist of countries trafficking in people, and put US trading partner Malaysia back on the list. Chad, Eritrea, Niger, Mauritania, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe were added to the list in the annual report. Removed from the list were Qatar, Oman, Algeria, and Moldova. Links: Algeria, Qatar, Niger, USA, Malaysia, Chad, Zimbabwe, Eritrea, Moldova, Oman, Mauritania, Swaziland
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2009 Jun 30 |
As many as 30 people were feared dead after the MV Demas Victory capsized and quickly sank in choppy Persian Gulf waters off the Qatari capital Doha. Five crew members were rescued. The ship was carrying 9 crew, along with 24 employees of the charterer HBK Power Cleaning and two caterers working for a company hired by HBK. Links: Qatar, Ship
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2009 Nov 13 |
A UN official said an agreement has been reached for sweeping anti-corruption reviews on how countries account for their public assets. The pact came after talks in Qatar's capital, Doha, between the United Nations, World Bank and watchdog groups. Links: Qatar, UN, World Bank, Corruption
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2009 Nov 18 |
Qatar hosted what it billed as the ceremonial launch of Darfur peace talks, but neither Sudanese government nor rebel representatives took part. Links: Qatar, Sudan
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2009 Dec 15 |
In Kuwait Gulf Arab nations put into force a monetary pact, moving a step closer toward the elusive goal of a single regional currency and greater integration between the mainly oil-rich states. The announcement was made by Kuwait's finance minister came as leaders from the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council nations were wrapping up a two-day summit in which they launched a regional electricity project. The GCC groups Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Bahrain. Links: Qatar, UAR, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman
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2009 |
Yusuf al-Qaradawi (82), an Egyptian scholar living in Qatar, authored “The Jurisprudence of Jihad.” Links: Qatar, Books, Islam
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2010 Jan 9 |
Humam Khalil Abu Mulal al-Balawi, the Jordanian doctor who killed 7 CIA employees in a suicide attack in Afghanistan, said in video clips broadcast posthumously today that all jihadists must attack US targets to avenge the death of Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud. Speaking in Arabic in the video shown on al-Jazeera, the Arabic network, and Aaj, a Pakistani channel, al-Balawi noted that the Pakistani Taliban had given shelter to "emigrants" — Muslim fighters from abroad. Links: Qatar, TV, Jordan
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2010 Mar 10 |
Qatar's PM Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani said Arab states will respond to Israel's recent decision to expand an east Jerusalem settlement. Links: Qatar, Israel, Palestine
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2010 Mar 13 |
In Qatar a two week UN conference opened with a focus on the Atlantic bluefin tuna and other marine life in the world's overfished oceans. The 175-nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) discussed new proposals on regulating the trade in number of plant and animal species. Links: Qatar, UN, Animal, Fish
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2010 Mar 15 |
At the CITES conference in Qatar a top official with the UN wildlife agency said the world has "failed miserably" at protecting tigers in the wild, bringing an animal that is a symbol for many cultures and religions to "the verge of extinction." Links: Qatar, UN, Animal
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2010 Mar 16 |
At the CITES meeting in Qatar a marine conservation group, Oceana, said surging demand for shark fin soup among Asia's booming middle classes is driving many species of these big fish to the brink of extinction. Links: Qatar, Fish
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2010 Mar 18 |
In Qatar the CITES convention said consumer appetite for caviar is pushing sturgeon to the brink of extinction. Fishing nations led by Japan rejected a US backed proposal to ban export of the Atlantic bluefin tuna. A proposal to ban the int’l. sale of polar bear skins also failed to pass. Links: Qatar, USA, Japan, Fish
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2010 Mar 21 |
Conservationists at the CITES meeting in Qatar said the Internet has emerged as one of the greatest threats to rare species, fueling the illegal wildlife trade and making it easier to buy everything from live baby lions to wine made from tiger bones. Links: Qatar, Internet, Animal
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