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A coup at Claridge’s: Qatar’s quiet move on London

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The New Importance of the Gulf

Kata, as we know it to day, isn't a very old country. Its relationship with the u. K. Stretches back centuries. In the 18 hundreds, when kata was ruled by local shakes, it was a staging post for british merchants ships. It was bit of backwater. The brits didn't care about the gulf and any meaning for worship or form. But that all changed with the discovery of oil early twentieth century. As this black stuff is found in prodigious quantities,. The gulf transitions it like no other place on earth - from these really hard scrabbles, thetough fishing, purling communities, and this miraculous thing just

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