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Qatar Announced Four Days of Public Mourning to Mark the Death of Emir Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani

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“SHEIKH HAMAD VOLUNTARILY HANDED POWER TO HIS SON AND ABDICATED IN 2013”

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Qatar is one of the world's most water-scarce nations on Earth.

Qatar has virtually no renewable freshwater and relies heavily on energy-intensive desalination. Experts like Al-Attiyah shape policy on this crisis. Learn more at Wikipedia

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Topic poll · all networksWhat should four days of national mourning signal to the world?

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Sheikh Hamad's 2013 abdication was rare in Arab world history!

Voluntarily handing power to son Tamim, age 33, it was one of the few peaceful leadership transfers in the Arab world. Read more at Wikipedia

Topic poll · all networksQatar mourns Sheikh Jassim, who bid to buy which English football club?

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