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The Big Fella meets with Abbas.

...and is headed for visits to Uruguay and Paraguay

The Atlantic profiles the host of Al Jazeera's most popular talk show.

Qatar-backed Barclays fined by US for trying to conceal Iranian transactions.

Qatari work day limited to six hours during Ramadan.

India looks to cut Qatar in to its gas-run projects.

The Big Fella's son Khalid looms large in the US drag racing circuit.

Qatar gobbling up Australian farmland.

Doha's Islamic Museum of Art clocks 400,000+ visitors.

Qatar growth may be slowing down, but it's still tops in the Gulf.

Qatar's health council finds the need to monitor private diet clinics "urgent."

$6 B being spent on Qatari road projects in anticipation of population growth.

Qatari affluence exacts a heavy price on young grooms-to-be.

The Interior Ministry isn't joking around about cracking down on beggars who "lie in wait" around mosques.

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Ramadan begins.

The Atlantic eyes likelihood of an Israeli attack on Iran within a year.

Qatar Red Crescent sending $13.5 M to Gaza.

Qatar's central bank sends a message to the market by cutting overnight deposit rates

Qatar deal to build hotels in Monaco announced.

Responding to an alarmingly high diabetes rate, Qatar offers a hotline to help diabetics during Ramadan.

HSBC Qatar expects "a steady flow of financing deals in coming years."

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The Big Fella discussed "distinguished fraternal relations" and "scores of issues of common interest" with Bashar al-Assad.

Qatar has more citizens on the government payroll (88%) than any other GCC member.

The lucky ones get to hang out in London.

Incidentally, the roads around Harrods have become a speedway for luxury sports cars since Qatar purchased the store.

The Government of Texas seeks participants for Doha Trade show.

The Gulf Blog reminds us that LNG is more combustible than oil.

Iran moves away from LNG.

36% of Qatari residents use tobacco.

Hubbly-bubbly on the rise.

Foreign Policy looks at how much the US has spent on defending oil supply.