Qatar
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The Workers Cup review: if you're building stadiums for Qatar 2022, someone else winsAdam Sobel’s documentary joins the crews of men constructing the venues to be used in 2022 and shocks its audience with their tales of modern-day slavery
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Egypt arrests Al-Jazeera journalist over 'provoking sedition'Mahmoud Hussein is being held on charges of disturbing public security and spreading false news, but broadcaster said he was in the country on vacation
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Qatar to give World Cup workers hats that reduce body temperatureSolar-powered fan reduces skin temperature by up to 10 degrees, which in the height of summer in Qatar means the difference between 50C and 40C
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Migrant workers in Qatar still at risk despite reforms, warns AmnestyExploitative kafala system has been abolished but fears remain that forced labour on Gulf state’s 2022 World Cup infrastructure will continue
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Legal action filed against Fifa over treatment of Qatar migrant workersA legal action against Fifa over its alleged complicity in the mistreatment of migrant workers in Qatar ahead of the 2022 World Cup has been filed with a Swiss court
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Qatari women robbed of £4.3m valuables in Paris motorway hold-upPair were in chauffeur-driven Bentley when masked men struck and sprayed them with teargas, according to police
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New evidence of corruption over Qatar’s bid for 2017 world championshipsPapa Massata Diack, son of the former IAAF president Lamine, received two payments totalling $3.5m days before Qatar’s failed bid to host the 2017 world championships
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Trade minister Greg Hands presses the case for ‘creating a lasting, positive impact’, conveniently overlooking the appalling abuses suffered by migrant workersWelcome to the UK, ethically challenged butler to Qatar’s World Cup dreams
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Qatar wins approval to turn US embassy in London into hotelWestminster council accepts plan to build 137-room hotel in Grade II-listed building in Grosvenor Square
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Qatar's former ruler Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad al-Thani diesThe 84-year-old former emir had not held power since 1995 when he was deposed by his son in a bloodless palace coup
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BHS to launch online a month after last store closedQatari Al Mana Group to unveil BHS.com on Thursday with 84 employees compared with previous 11,000
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Britain’s loose definition of extremism is stoking a global crackdown on dissentThe government’s focus on nonviolence is meant to champion democratic values, but authoritarian states are using it to do just the opposite
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BHS could return to high street thanks to new Qatari ownersDoha-based Al Mana group, which bought the historic retailer, is considering opening new branches in UK
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Artist Sophia Al-Maria: 'People hate Islam, but they're titillated by it too'As her first solo show opens in New York, the Qatari-American artist talks about Gulf pop culture, gross veil fetishes – and why she’s not playing the ‘native informant’
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Fashion house Balmain sold to Qatar's Mayhoola sovereign wealth fundInvestment body backed by emir takes charge of revived French label, bringing it into same stable as Valentino
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Dutch woman held in Qatar after rape claim to be deportedThe 22-year-old was given a one-year suspended sentence, while man accused of attacking her was sentenced to 140 lashes
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Dutch woman arrested in Qatar after reporting rape to appear in courtThe 22-year-old says she was drugged at Doha hotel and realised she had been raped when she woke up in unfamiliar apartment
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Middle East states almost double small-arms importsReport raises questions over how much sales of light weapons and ammunition are fuelling conflicts in Syria, Iraq and Libya
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HMRC fails in attempt to recoup £50m from Chelsea Barracks saleAppeal court rejects application by HM Revenue & Customs to collect up to £50m in stamp duty after sale of barracks to Qatar
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'No point talking to Iraqi PM': Qatar in secret talks with Shia tribes to free huntersDoha negotiates for release of group that includes royal family members as irritation grows over Haider al-Abadi’s lack of power
World's longest non-stop commercial flight lands in New Zealand