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AMIR OF QATAR CONDOLES LEADERS OF ARAB COUNTRIES SADDENED BY PLANE CRASH

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) JH.MAB KUNA 241806 Aug 00NNNN