Former Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani dies aged 74

Al Jazeera reports that Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the former emir of Qatar, has died at the age of seventy-four. He ruled the energy-rich Gulf state from 1995 to 2013, and Al Jazeera describes him as a key architect of the country's far-reaching ambitions.

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