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AMIR OF QATAR CONDOLES LEADERS OF ARAB COUNTRIES SADDENED BY PLANE CRASH
DOHA, AUG 24 (KUNA) -- THE AMIR OF QATAR SHEIKH HAMAD BIN KHALIFA AL THANI
ON THURSDAY SENT CABLES OF CONDOLENCES TO ARAB LEADERS WHOSE COUNTRIES WERE
SADDENED BY THE CRASH OF A GULF AIR AIRBUS PLANE IN BAHRAIN YESTERDAY.
THE AMIR OF QATAR SENT CABLES TO THE AMIR OF BAHRAIN SHEIKH HAMAD BIN ESSA
AL-KHALIFA, EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT HOSNI MUBARAK, THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY
MOSQUES KING FAHD BIN ABDELAZIZ, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PALESTINIAN NATIONAL
AUTHORITY YASER ARAFAT AND TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES SHEIKH
ZAYED BIN SULTAN AL NUHAYYAN.
QATARI CROWN PRINCE SHEIKH JASEM BIN MUHAMMAD AL THANI AND PRIME MINISTER
SHEIKH ABDALLAH BIN KHALIFA AL THANI SENT SIMILAR CABLES TO THE LEADERS OF
BAHRAIN, SAUDI ARABIA, PALESTINE AND THE UAE. (END)
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