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Archive Home > 2008 > July > 09 > Playing all sides, Qatar casts itself as the Mideast mediator

Playing all sides, Qatar casts itself as the Mideast mediator

By Robert F. Worth / The Bulletin
July 9, 2008

DOHA, Qatar — In the past month, after Qatari diplomats brokered a landmark peace deal for Lebanon in talks here, this tiny emirate on the Persian Gulf has enjoyed a brief moment of giddy celebrity.

Editorialists praised the Qatari emir as a modern-day Metternich. Huge billboards went....

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