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A view shows the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, May 18, 2017. REUTERS/Ibraheem Al Omari/File Photo


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Burj Khalifa, the tallest tower in the world, is seen lit up in blue, white and red, the colours of the French national flag, following the Paris attacks, in Dubai November 15, 2015. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah


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Skyscrapers tower along the Corniche in the Qatari capital Doha, on September 22, 2013. (AFP Photo/Al-Watan/ Karim Jaafar)


Opinion: Qatar Again!

Opinion: Qatar Again!

My first visit to the Qatari capital of Doha was in 1989. At the time, it was—like a number of Gulf states—going through a financial crisis due to a dramatic plunge in oil prices in world markets. As a result, the general revenues of these countries deteriorated in a...