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Qatar Navigates Persian Gulf Minefield

Geography forces balancing act; gas wealth make it a player

By Lucas Laursen, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 5, 2008 7:00 PM CST

(Newser) – The challenges of being Qatar, a peninsular nation bordering Saudi Arabia in the Persian Gulf, could be a hint of the diplomatic discourse to come, Bloomberg reports. The emirate cannily attends to the demands of its Saudi and Iranian neighbors, and it hosts US military... Read full story »

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