<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - qatar</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/qatar</link><description>Newsvine - qatar</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:29:12 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 17:26:56 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Qatar pledges additional $3B aid to Egypt</title>
<description><![CDATA[Qatar's prime minister says the Gulf nation will give Egypt another $3 billion to bolster its ailing economy and help rebuild key industries.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17685492-qatar-pledges-additional-3b-aid-to-egypt</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17685492-qatar-pledges-additional-3b-aid-to-egypt</guid><category>egypt</category><category>qatar</category><category>world-news</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:29:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Qatar pledges $500m for war-ravaged Darfur</title>
<description><![CDATA[Qatar is pledging $500 million to help rebuild Sudan's war-battered region of Darfur as part of an international conference seeking ways to boost stability after a decade of violence.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/07/17654251-qatar-pledges-500m-for-war-ravaged-darfur</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/07/17654251-qatar-pledges-500m-for-war-ravaged-darfur</guid><category>darfur</category><category>qatar</category><category>world-news</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Mon, 8 Apr 2013 00:54:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Qatar delays airport opening after safety review</title>
<description><![CDATA[The chief overseer of Qatar's new international airport on Monday said the opening of the facility has been delayed because of the need to address new safety requirements.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/01/17549840-qatar-delays-airport-opening-after-safety-review</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/01/17549840-qatar-delays-airport-opening-after-safety-review</guid><category>delay</category><category>airport</category><category>qatar</category><category>world-news</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Mon, 1 Apr 2013 10:11:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bc74e356-0a29-4cbb-b93a-1cf4cc229a7c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="185" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bc74e356-0a29-4cbb-b93a-1cf4cc229a7c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="56" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated image released by the New Doha International Airport (NDIA) shows an empty main terminal building of the Hamad International Airport which was supposed to open Monday, April 1, 2013, in Doha, Qatar. The chief overseer of Qatar's new international airport said in a statement Monday, just hours before the scheduled inaugural flight, that the opening of the facility has been delayed because of the need to address new safety requirements. (AP Photo/NDIA)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0c863810-8549-4249-bfec-09d845b9757e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="218" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0c863810-8549-4249-bfec-09d845b9757e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="66" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An airport worker puts the final touches on a billboard showing the way to the Hamad International Airport, in Doha, Qatar, Monday, April 1, 2013. The chief overseer of Qatar's new international airport said in a statement Monday, just hours before the scheduled inaugural flight, that the opening of the facility has been delayed because of the need to address new safety requirements. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Arab League summit showcases Qatar's swagger</title>
<description><![CDATA[Qatar's emir looked over an assembly of Arab leaders Tuesday as both cordial host and impatient taskmaster. His welcoming remarks to kings, sheiks and presidents across the Arab world quickly shifted to Qatar's priorities: Rallying greater support for Syrian rebels and helping Palestinians with efforts such as a newly proposed $1 billion fund to protect Jerusalem's Arab heritage.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Murphy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brian Murphy]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/26/17475163-arab-league-summit-showcases-qatars-swagger</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/26/17475163-arab-league-summit-showcases-qatars-swagger</guid><category>qatar</category><category>world-news</category><category>ml</category><category>clout</category><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:41:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=15bf103a-a77c-4c9a-8d1e-932719092d29.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=15bf103a-a77c-4c9a-8d1e-932719092d29.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Emir of Qatar Sheik Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, center, attends the opening session of the Arab League Summit in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Syrian opposition representatives took the country's seat for the first time at an Arab League summit that opened in Qatar on Tuesday, a significant diplomatic boost for the forces fighting President Bashar Assad's regime. (AP Photo/Ghiath Mohamad)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9926aae9-25ec-443a-8c5f-51de2d536c0f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="269" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9926aae9-25ec-443a-8c5f-51de2d536c0f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, center, attends the opening session of the Arab League summit in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Syrian opposition representatives took the country's seat for the first time at an Arab League summit that opened in Qatar on Tuesday, a significant diplomatic boost for the forces fighting President Bashar Assad's regime. (AP Photo/Ghiath Mohamad)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=442a7a4d-8041-4449-9a6e-55464874188e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="296" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=442a7a4d-8041-4449-9a6e-55464874188e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Saudi Crown Prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud, left, attends the opening session of the Arab League Summit in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Syrian opposition representatives took the country's seat for the first time at an Arab League summit that opened in Qatar on Tuesday, a significant diplomatic boost for the forces fighting President Bashar Assad's regime. (AP Photo/Ghiath Mohamad)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e52b208f-e288-4753-9934-4f5863910e11.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="293" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e52b208f-e288-4753-9934-4f5863910e11.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Khaled Saleh, a spokesman for the Syrian National Coalition, speaks during the opening session of the Arab League Summit in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Syrian opposition representatives took the country's seat for the first time at an Arab League summit that opened in Qatar on Tuesday, a significant diplomatic boost for the forces fighting President Bashar Assad's regime. (AP Photo/Ghiath Mohamad)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9dc7ffaf-65a7-46de-9151-44634019dbe2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="245" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9dc7ffaf-65a7-46de-9151-44634019dbe2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, center, attends the opening session of the Arab League summit in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Syrian opposition representatives took the country's seat for the first time at an Arab League summit that opened in Qatar on Tuesday, a significant diplomatic boost for the forces fighting President Bashar Assad's regime. (AP Photo/Ghiath Mohamad)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Arab League gives Syrian seat to opposition</title>
<description><![CDATA[In a symbolic blow to embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad, senior Arab diplomats said Sunday that they will transfer Syria's seat in their main regional group to opposition forces.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abdullah Rebhy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abdullah Rebhy]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/24/17438779-arab-league-gives-syrian-seat-to-opposition</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/24/17438779-arab-league-gives-syrian-seat-to-opposition</guid><category>arab-league</category><category>qatar</category><category>world-news</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2013 10:59:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Qatar plans 2020 WCup in summer, but flexible</title>
<description><![CDATA[Qatar organizers are pushing ahead with plans to hold the 2022 World Cup in the summer, although they're willing to host in the winter.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rob Harris]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rob Harris]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/22/17416821-qatar-plans-2020-wcup-in-summer-but-flexible</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/22/17416821-qatar-plans-2020-wcup-in-summer-but-flexible</guid><category>sports</category><category>soccer</category><category>world-cup</category><category>wcup</category><category>qatar</category><category>2022</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:07:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=423ba0e4-d6b8-4601-b0c8-8742410ed2cd.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=423ba0e4-d6b8-4601-b0c8-8742410ed2cd.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FIFA President Joseph Blatter speaks to journalists following the FIFA Executive Committee meeting in Zurich, Switzerland, on Thursday, March 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone/Steffen Schmidt)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0f0e412b-5e0d-47e5-acf9-ac114fa59c79.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="372" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0f0e412b-5e0d-47e5-acf9-ac114fa59c79.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="165" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;AC Milans midfielder and Ghana international soccer player Kevin-Prince Boateng, left, meets  FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter, right, at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, Friday, March 22, 2013. Boateng, who led teammates off the field in protest over racist chants from fans during a friendly match in January, was invited by President Blatter to exchange views on the best way to fight against racism in football. (AP Photo/Keystone, Walter Bieri)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3d7f3796-0f1c-43cc-aa60-07704707d1ff.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="273" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3d7f3796-0f1c-43cc-aa60-07704707d1ff.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;El presidente de la FIFA Joseph Blatter escucha un discurso tras la reunión del Comité Ejecutivo de la FIFA en Zurich, Suiza, el jueves 21 de marzo de 2013. (AP foto/Keystone/Steffen Schmidt)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Qatar announces large natural gas discovery</title>
<description><![CDATA[Qatar says it has discovered as much as 2.8 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in an offshore field.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/10/17257391-qatar-announces-large-natural-gas-discovery</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/10/17257391-qatar-announces-large-natural-gas-discovery</guid><category>gas</category><category>qatar</category><category>discovery</category><category>world-news</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2013 13:49:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Qatar poet remains in prison for 'offensive' verse</title>
<description><![CDATA[A poet jailed for a verse considered offensive to Qatar's ruler harshly denounced the Gulf nation's legal proceedings on Monday after an appeals court reduced his life sentence but still kept a 15-year prison term.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abdullah Rebhy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abdullah Rebhy]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/25/17082840-qatar-poet-remains-in-prison-for-offensive-verse</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/25/17082840-qatar-poet-remains-in-prison-for-offensive-verse</guid><category>jailed</category><category>qatar</category><category>poet</category><category>world-news</category><category>ml</category><category>jailed-poet</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 07:24:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Qatar opens investment arm to shareholders</title>
<description><![CDATA[A senior official with Qatar's sovereign wealth fund says it will create a new investment company open to shareholders in the energy-rich Gulf nation.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/19/17018339-qatar-opens-investment-arm-to-shareholders</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/19/17018339-qatar-opens-investment-arm-to-shareholders</guid><category>qatar</category><category>investment</category><category>firm</category><category>world-news</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:09:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Qatar budget surplus swells to $26 billion</title>
<description><![CDATA[Qatar says its budget surplus has doubled to $26 billion, highlighting the vast resources of the energy-rich Gulf state as it expands its political reach and global assets.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/07/16885428-qatar-budget-surplus-swells-to-26-billion</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/07/16885428-qatar-budget-surplus-swells-to-26-billion</guid><category>surplus</category><category>qatar</category><category>world-news</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Thu, 7 Feb 2013 15:11:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Lawyer: Qatar poet appeals life sentence</title>
<description><![CDATA[A defense attorney says a Qatar court will decide next month on the appeal of a poet given a life sentence for a verse that allegedly opposed the Gulf emirate's ruling system.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/24/16671672-lawyer-qatar-poet-appeals-life-sentence</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/24/16671672-lawyer-qatar-poet-appeals-life-sentence</guid><category>jailed</category><category>qatar</category><category>poet</category><category>world-news</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 06:31:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Qatargas reaches 20-year supply deal for Thailand</title>
<description><![CDATA[Qatar's state-backed natural gas producer says it has signed a long-term supply deal with Thailand's national energy company. It's part of the Gulf nation's expanding reach into Asia.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/12/15865130-qatargas-reaches-20-year-supply-deal-for-thailand</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/12/15865130-qatargas-reaches-20-year-supply-deal-for-thailand</guid><category>business</category><category>thailand</category><category>gas</category><category>qatar</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:50:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>UN climate talks in Qatar boost Gulf awareness</title>
<description><![CDATA[Holding a high-profile U.N. climate change conference in Qatar, smack in the middle of the region that produces so much of the fossil fuel blamed for global warming, was a gamble. In the end, it displayed the hosts' drive for a leading place on the world stage and evoked a surprising new regional awareness of the environmental crisis.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Casey]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Casey]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/10/15818669-un-climate-talks-in-qatar-boost-gulf-awareness</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/10/15818669-un-climate-talks-in-qatar-boost-gulf-awareness</guid><category>talks</category><category>qatar</category><category>science</category><category>role</category><category>climate-talks</category><pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:50:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ed3525bb-e39a-4f62-b0b3-1d27e3ac3db6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="451" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ed3525bb-e39a-4f62-b0b3-1d27e3ac3db6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="135" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Local and international activists protest inside a conference center to demand urgent action to address climate change at the U.N. climate talks in Doha, Qatar, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012. After all-night wrangling, the latest draft agreements Saturday lacked the strong commitments on climate action and financing by rich countries that poor countries had hoped for. But they did include a text on &quot;loss and damage,&quot; a relatively new concept which relates to damages from climate-related disasters. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9e51d40c-ecca-4669-b419-3298f6969c88.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="218" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9e51d40c-ecca-4669-b419-3298f6969c88.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="66" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Local and international activists demonstrate inside a conferences center to demand urgent action to address climate change at the U.N. climate talks in Doha, Qatar, ,Saturday, Dec.8, 2012. After all-night wrangling, the latest draft agreements Saturday lacked the strong commitments on climate action and financing by rich countries that poor countries had hoped for. But they did include a text on &quot;loss and damage,&quot; a relatively new concept which relates to damages from climate-related disasters. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Palestinian president appeals for urgent Arab aid</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Palestinian president is urging Arab nations to provide major financial assistance to cover a new monthly $100 million budgetary shortfall after U.N. recognition of Palestinian claims to statehood &#8212; the result of a punitive Israeli measure.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abdullah Rebhy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abdullah Rebhy]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/09/15794921-palestinian-president-appeals-for-urgent-arab-aid</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/09/15794921-palestinian-president-appeals-for-urgent-arab-aid</guid><category>palestinians</category><category>qatar</category><category>world-news</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Sun, 9 Dec 2012 15:48:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Qatar strikes `Made in Italy' investment deal</title>
<description><![CDATA[An investment fund run by Qatar's government says it will team with an Italian holding company to channel up to (EURO)2 billion ($2.5 billion) to traditional Italian industries, including fashion, food and furniture design.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/19/15278647-qatar-strikes-made-in-italy-investment-deal</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/19/15278647-qatar-strikes-made-in-italy-investment-deal</guid><category>business</category><category>italy</category><category>qatar</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:22:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Qatar extends oil field pact with France's Total</title>
<description><![CDATA[Qatar says it has signed another 25-year agreement with France's Total to oversee a major offshore oil field.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/14/15161587-qatar-extends-oil-field-pact-with-frances-total</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/14/15161587-qatar-extends-oil-field-pact-with-frances-total</guid><category>business</category><category>oil</category><category>france</category><category>qatar</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:46:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Help for blighted suburbs meets French hostility</title>
<description><![CDATA[When the blighted housing projects ringing major French cities exploded in nationwide riots, France pledged quick action to fix them. Seven years on, the suburban projects remain islands of despair, lofty promises of rebirth largely forgotten. So a new plan to spend millions to help residents turn their neighborhoods around seemed cause for celebration.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elaine Ganley]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Elaine Ganley]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/11/15084472-help-for-blighted-suburbs-meets-french-hostility</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/11/15084472-help-for-blighted-suburbs-meets-french-hostility</guid><category>eu</category><category>france</category><category>qatar</category><category>gift</category><category>world-news</category><category>disdained</category><pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2012 08:28:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7fa315c7-7ed3-4a49-91f7-5d634f483ade.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7fa315c7-7ed3-4a49-91f7-5d634f483ade.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE -  In this Jan. 2 2012 file photo, Paris Saint Germain's new coach Carlo Ancelotti of Italy, left, and president of PSG and head of the Qatar Tennis Federation, Nasser al-Khelaifi right, attend an ATP Qatar Open tennis match with the team, at the Khalifa Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha. Qatar, with the world's third-largest gas reserves, has been on a spending spree in France and elsewhere in the West in recent years. The oil-rich state less than the size of Connecticut has exerted an outsized influence as a global bankroller, putting it at the cutting edge of an accelerating power shift between traditional Western powers and emerging economies. As Europe is engulfed in crisis, Qatar has been on a global spending spree, buying stakes in luxury brands, acquiring soccer club Paris St. Germain and financing London's &quot;Shard&quot; , the EU's tallest building. Now, to the consternation of the French, the emirate wants to make a major humanitarian investment in the West. (AP Photo, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d005b7f9-1c74-4bd1-a63d-5095c19ecd38.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="388" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d005b7f9-1c74-4bd1-a63d-5095c19ecd38.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="158" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012 photo, Leila Leghmara answers reporter at her apartment, in Paris. Qatar, with the world's third-largest gas reserves, has been on a spending spree in France and elsewhere in the West in recent years. The oil-rich state less than the size of Connecticut has exerted an outsized influence as a global bankroller, putting it at the cutting edge of an accelerating power shift between traditional Western powers and emerging economies. As Europe is engulfed in crisis, Qatar has been on a global spending spree, buying stakes in luxury brands, acquiring soccer club Paris St. Germain and financing London's &quot;Shard&quot; , the EU's tallest building. Now, to the consternation of the French, the emirate wants to make a major humanitarian investment in the West. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Families of mall fire victims demand Qatar trial</title>
<description><![CDATA[The parents of 13 children killed in a mall fire in Qatar last May are demanding the Gulf nation move ahead with a trial after repeated delays.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/26/14713191-families-of-mall-fire-victims-demand-qatar-trial</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/26/14713191-families-of-mall-fire-victims-demand-qatar-trial</guid><category>fire</category><category>qatar</category><category>world-news</category><category>ml</category><category>mall-fire</category><pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2012 07:31:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>In Gaza visit, Qatari emir forges leading role</title>
<description><![CDATA[The emir of Qatar on Tuesday became the first head of state to visit the Gaza Strip since Hamas militants seized the territory five years ago, showering almost half a billion dollars and unprecedented political recognition on the Islamic militant group.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ibrahim Barzak]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ibrahim Barzak]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/21/14594724-in-gaza-visit-qatari-emir-forges-leading-role</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/21/14594724-in-gaza-visit-qatari-emir-forges-leading-role</guid><category>palestinians</category><category>qatar</category><category>gaza-strip</category><category>world-news</category><category>gaza-city</category><category>ml</category><category>islamist-hamas</category><pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2012 14:36:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=753bce58-bb7e-4490-ab1f-4ed9364cb526.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=753bce58-bb7e-4490-ab1f-4ed9364cb526.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Palestinian tailors Eyad Absi, left and Salama Ashour make Qatari flags in a shop for Tuesday's official visit of the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani in Gaza City, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0cc08b00-bc74-4fcb-a4a1-59cce88dbe1d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="262" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0cc08b00-bc74-4fcb-a4a1-59cce88dbe1d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Palestinian youth walks near a poster of Gaza's Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, left, and Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani in Gaza City, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. The poster announces the coming visit  of the Emir of Qatar, it reads, &quot;Thank You Qatar.&quot; (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e65c300e-b087-4331-80bb-d8e869edf977.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="245" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e65c300e-b087-4331-80bb-d8e869edf977.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Palestinian worker walks behind posters of the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, left, and Gaza's Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, right, in preparation for the upcoming visit to Gaza at Palestine stadium in Gaza City, Monday, Oct. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bf9725ec-a1b8-4f99-a398-f31905214451.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="260" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bf9725ec-a1b8-4f99-a398-f31905214451.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Palestinain member of Hamas security forces passes by a mural of the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, in preparation for the upcoming visit to Gaza in Gaza City, Monday, Oct. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8b4b376c-5bf6-4469-9b8b-a3d70e8b0721.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8b4b376c-5bf6-4469-9b8b-a3d70e8b0721.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Palestinian worker stands above a poster of the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, while bellow are flags of Qatar, Islamic green of Hamas and Palestinian flags in preparation for the upcoming visit to Gaza at Palestine stadium in Gaza City, Monday, Oct. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5e8e1ff4-1ee4-47bd-aaf3-e8365c82b58a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="289" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5e8e1ff4-1ee4-47bd-aaf3-e8365c82b58a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, right, and Gaza's Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh, left, arrive for the corner-stone laying ceremony for Hamad, a new residential neighborhood in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. The emir of Qatar received a hero's welcome in Gaza on Tuesday, becoming the first head of state to visit the Palestinian territory since the Islamist militant Hamas seized control there in 2007. (AP Photo/Mohammed Salem, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=84ac9cc8-ecff-43a4-b436-9b42ec17b25a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="379" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=84ac9cc8-ecff-43a4-b436-9b42ec17b25a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="162" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Qatar's First Lady Sheika Mozah bint Nasser al-Missned attends a welcome ceremony upon her arrival at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. The emir of Qatar entered the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, becoming the first head of state to visit the Palestinian territory since Islamist Hamas militants seized control there in 2007.(AP Photo/ Mohammed Abed, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=41353e74-ce82-4893-8b1c-72a3affe6eb8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=41353e74-ce82-4893-8b1c-72a3affe6eb8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, left, and Gaza's Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh, right, arrive for the corner-stone laying ceremony for Hamad, a new residential neighborhood in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. The emir of Qatar received a hero's welcome in Gaza on Tuesday, becoming the first head of state to visit the Palestinian territory since the Islamist militant Hamas seized control there in 2007. (AP Photo/Mohammed Salem, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6b66b4ad-bcc5-455a-87b3-2f366b6e8c7f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6b66b4ad-bcc5-455a-87b3-2f366b6e8c7f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, left, his wife Qatar's First Lady Sheika Mozah bint Nasser al-Missned, center, and Gaza's Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh, right, attend a the corner-stone laying ceremony for Hamad, a new residential neighborhood in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. The emir of Qatar received a hero's welcome in Gaza on Tuesday, becoming the first head of state to visit the Palestinian territory since the Islamist militant Hamas seized control there in 2007. (AP Photo/Mohammed Salem, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b1c3ef7b-6e11-4210-81c2-66d96ad3a96a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b1c3ef7b-6e11-4210-81c2-66d96ad3a96a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Palestinian waves a Qatari flag as he and others wait on Gaza's main road for the convoy of the Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani to arrive in Gaza City, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. The emir of Qatar received a hero's welcome in Gaza on Tuesday, becoming the first head of state to visit the Palestinian territory since the Islamist militant Hamas seized control there in 2007. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2809c8c7-4ec7-4c82-8743-73660b45cdfc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2809c8c7-4ec7-4c82-8743-73660b45cdfc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, right, his wife Qatar's First Lady Sheika Mozah bint Nasser al-Missned, left, Gaza's Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh, second right, and his wife Amal Haniyeh, second left, arrive for the corner-stone laying ceremony for Hamad, a new residential neighborhood in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. The emir of Qatar received a hero's welcome in Gaza on Tuesday, becoming the first head of state to visit the Palestinian territory since the Islamist militant Hamas seized control there in 2007. (AP Photo/Mohammed Salem, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c22294ad-ac6c-4f92-9238-25a7674ad4e4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="333" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c22294ad-ac6c-4f92-9238-25a7674ad4e4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="185" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, and and Gaza's Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh, not pictured, arrive for corner-stone laying ceremony of a Qatari funded rehabilitation center in Gaza City,  Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. The emir of Qatar received a hero's welcome in Gaza on Tuesday, becoming the first head of state to visit the Palestinian territory since the Islamist militant Hamas seized control there in 2007. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=23659ef5-859c-42e3-807c-f51d3ec7b943.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="259" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=23659ef5-859c-42e3-807c-f51d3ec7b943.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, left, and Gaza's Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh, right, wave to the crowd as they arrive for corner-stone laying ceremony of a Qatari funded rehabilitation center in Gaza City,  Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. The emir of Qatar received a hero's welcome in Gaza on Tuesday, becoming the first head of state to visit the Palestinian territory since the Islamist militant Hamas seized control there in 2007. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f2f013fe-3ff0-4ef2-9a0d-f19609d7713c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="351" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f2f013fe-3ff0-4ef2-9a0d-f19609d7713c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="175" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani arrives for corner-stone laying ceremony of a Qatari funded rehabilitation center in Gaza City, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. The emir of Qatar received a hero's welcome in Gaza on Tuesday, becoming the first head of state to visit the Palestinian territory since the Islamist militant Hamas seized control there in 2007. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3e05028d-3125-4848-87ce-5d02c30ad04f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="292" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3e05028d-3125-4848-87ce-5d02c30ad04f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani steps out of a car as he arrives for the corner-stone laying ceremony for Hamad, a new residential neighborhood in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. The emir of Qatar received a hero's welcome in Gaza on Tuesday, becoming the first head of state to visit the Palestinian territory since the Islamist militant Hamas seized control there in 2007. (AP Photo/Mohammed Salem, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d6f51478-7dca-404d-81f3-e647345511a5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="384" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d6f51478-7dca-404d-81f3-e647345511a5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Qatar's First Lady Sheika Mozah bint Nasser al-Missned, left, and Amal Haniyeh, the wife of Gaza's prime minister Ismail Haniyeh, right, attend a welcome ceremony upon her arrival at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. The emir of Qatar entered the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, becoming the first head of state to visit the Palestinian territory since Islamist Hamas militants seized control there in 2007.(AP Photo/ Mohammed Abed, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=99048b9f-f7a3-44be-8046-9d7405872927.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="509" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=99048b9f-f7a3-44be-8046-9d7405872927.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="153" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Qatar's First Lady Sheika Mozah bint Nasser al-Missned, right, and her Gazan counterpart, Amal Haniyeh left, attend a welcome ceremony upon her arrival at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. The emir of Qatar is visiting the Gaza Strip, the first head of state to visit the Palestinian territory since Islamist Hamas militants seized control there five years ago and will deliver more than $250 million in aid, a move that will bolster Hamas and ease its international isolation. (AP Photo/ Mohammed Abed, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c9dcf95d-3582-4fab-8eae-e60465f5e2cc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c9dcf95d-3582-4fab-8eae-e60465f5e2cc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Gaza's Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh, right, and Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, center, walk together during a welcoming ceremony in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. The emir of Qatar received a hero's welcome in Gaza on Tuesday, the first head of state to visit the Palestinian territory since Islamist Hamas militants seized control there five years ago. He will deliver more than $250 million in aid, a move that will bolster Hamas and ease its international isolation.(AP Photo/ Mohammed Abed, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6d4e0fcc-32d4-4583-85b4-a421dbf90b64.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6d4e0fcc-32d4-4583-85b4-a421dbf90b64.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Gaza's Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, left, and Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, second left, receive flowers from Palestinian girls during a welcome ceremony in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. The emir of Qatar received a hero's welcome in Gaza on Tuesday, the first head of state to visit the Palestinian territory since Islamist Hamas militants seized control there five years ago. He will deliver more than $250 million in aid, a move that will bolster Hamas and ease its international isolation. (AP Photo/ Mohammed Abed, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a14124f8-afd8-478a-a6e2-4637e05e0a79.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a14124f8-afd8-478a-a6e2-4637e05e0a79.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani waves to the crowd as he and and Gaza's Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh, not pictured, arrive for corner-stone laying ceremony of a Qatari funded rehabilitation center in Gaza City,  Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012. The emir of Qatar received a hero's welcome in Gaza on Tuesday, becoming the first head of state to visit the Palestinian territory since the Islamist militant Hamas seized control there in 2007. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dfbc53fe-fe1e-4f89-8563-9c5d962db6c0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="245" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dfbc53fe-fe1e-4f89-8563-9c5d962db6c0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Un trabajador palestino camina detrás de un cartel con las imágenes del emir de Qatar jeque Hamad bin Jalifa Al Thani (izquierda) y el primer ministro de Gaza Ismail Haniyeh, derecha, en preparativos para la viisita a Gaza en el estadio palestino en Gaza, el lunes 22 de octubre del 2012. (Foto AP/Adel Hana)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Qatar FM calls on UN to back Syria rebels</title>
<description><![CDATA[The United Nations should move quickly to assist rebel forces in Syria with arms and funding, and should support a no-fly zone to protect civilians caught in the middle of the country's escalating civil war, Qatar's foreign minister said in an interview Friday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Talmadge]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Eric Talmadge]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/12/14385145-qatar-fm-calls-on-un-to-back-syria-rebels</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/12/14385145-qatar-fm-calls-on-un-to-back-syria-rebels</guid><category>japan</category><category>syria</category><category>qatar</category><category>united-nations</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 07:31:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Qatar Telecom boosts stake in Kuwaiti telecom firm</title>
<description><![CDATA[Qatar Telecom says it is paying $1.8 billion to substantially boost its stake in Kuwaiti telecommunications operator Wataniya.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/07/14271297-qatar-telecom-boosts-stake-in-kuwaiti-telecom-firm</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/07/14271297-qatar-telecom-boosts-stake-in-kuwaiti-telecom-firm</guid><category>business</category><category>qatar</category><category>telecoms</category><category>kuwait</category><category>qatar-telecom</category><pubDate>Sun, 7 Oct 2012 08:36:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Qatar opens diplomatic office in Gaza</title>
<description><![CDATA[In a boost to Gaza's Hamas government, the Gulf state of Qatar said on Sunday it opened the first diplomatic office in the isolated territory since the Islamic military group took power five years ago.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/30/14159210-qatar-opens-diplomatic-office-in-gaza</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/30/14159210-qatar-opens-diplomatic-office-in-gaza</guid><category>hamas</category><category>qatar</category><category>world-news</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2012 15:09:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Qatar natural gas firm to send more fuel to Japan</title>
<description><![CDATA[Qatari state-backed natural gas producer Qatargas says it has signed a long-term supply deal with a Japanese power company as the Asian nation increasingly relies on fossil fuels after a nuclear meltdown last year.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/26/14111557-qatar-natural-gas-firm-to-send-more-fuel-to-japan</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/26/14111557-qatar-natural-gas-firm-to-send-more-fuel-to-japan</guid><category>japan</category><category>gas</category><category>qatar</category><category>world-news</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 14:16:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Qatar dismisses talk of Brazilian gold miner bid</title>
<description><![CDATA[The investment arm of Qatar's sovereign wealth fund is refuting media reports that it is in talks to buy a major stake in a Brazilian gold producer.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/26/14108179-qatar-dismisses-talk-of-brazilian-gold-miner-bid</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/26/14108179-qatar-dismisses-talk-of-brazilian-gold-miner-bid</guid><category>business</category><category>brazil</category><category>gold</category><category>qatar</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:15:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Qatar backs investment in major Egypt refinery</title>
<description><![CDATA[Qatar says it will make critical investments in a $3.7 billion oil refinery project in Egypt that's among the biggest economic initiatives since the 2011 fall of Hosni Mubarak.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/22/14028583-qatar-backs-investment-in-major-egypt-refinery</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/22/14028583-qatar-backs-investment-in-major-egypt-refinery</guid><category>egypt</category><category>qatar</category><category>refinery</category><category>world-news</category><category>hosni-mubarak</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2012 09:24:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>