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Tension simmers as Norwegian criticises Qatari human rights record at FIFA congress

Published by Reuters UK By Ossian Shine and Simon Evans DOHA (Reuters) – Simmering tensions boiled to the surface at the FIFA congress on Thursday when Norway’s soccer chief Lise Klaveness hit out at the 2022 World Cup’s Qatari hosts over the country’s human rights record. The Norwegian Football Federation president, who became the body’s first female leader in its

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Qatar opens specialised hospital for prosthetics in Gaza

Published by Al-Araby Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani Hospital for Rehabilitation and Prosthetics in Gaza launched a workshop to provide electronic prosthetics for disabled Palestinians in Gaza on Sunday. In the presence of Mohammed Al-Emadi, head of the Qatar Committee for the Reconstruction of Gaza, Sultan Al-Asiri, the Qatar Fund for Development’s representative, announced during a press conference that the

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