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A man walks past the Qatar stock exchange board as he prepares to pray, in Doha February 4, 2014. (REUTERS/Mohammed Dabbous)

Qatar to reschedule 15 percent of planned projects, say sources

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 20, 2014 | Business

Doha, Reuters—Qatar is likely to reschedule about 15 percent of its planned building projects for coming years and go over budget, amid a push to complete preparations for the 2022 World Cup soccer tournament, sources familiar with government policy said. After it won...

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In this May 10, 2011 file picture Mohamed Bin Hammam, chief of the Asian Football Confederation, talks to local media in Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago.(AP Photo/Shirley Bahadur)

Qatar World Cup organizers: We adhered to ethics rules

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 18, 2014 | Sports

London, AP—Organizers of the 2022 World Cup distanced themselves Tuesday from allegations of corruption involving two former high-ranking FIFA officials that raised new questions about Qatar’s winning bid for the tournament. British newspaper The Daily Telegraph...

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FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke during a press conference after a meeting of the FIFA Executive Committee, at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland on September 28, 2012 (EPA/ALESSANDRO DELLA BELLA)

Valcke comments on 2022 World Cup timing stir controversy

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 9, 2014 | Sports

London, Reuters—An announcement from FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke that the 2022 World Cup in Qatar would not be played in the summer created yet more controversy around the finals on Wednesday. It led to a shocked response from FIFA vice president Jim Boyce...

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File photo of Qatar’s Minister of State for Interior AffairsSheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani (R). (Reuters/Hamad I Mohammed)

Qatar’s new prime minister reports for duty

by Mirza Al-Khuwaylidi | Jul 16, 2013 | Profiles

Doha, Asharq Al-Awsat—If sports seeks to entrench the principles of teamwork and cooperation in young people, then a military education must surely encourage discipline. This is an attribute that characterizes Sheikh Abdullah Bin Nasser Bin Khalifa Al Thani, the man...