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Qatar corruption allegations: A potential massive governance, geo-political and social fall-out

Qatar corruption allegations: A potential massive governance, geo-political and social fall-out

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Jun 01, 2014
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Did Qatar buy the World Cup?

By James M. Dorsey

A disclosure by British weekly The Sunday Times of millions of documents allegedly revealing massive Qatari vote buying in the Gulf state’s successful bid to host the 2022 World Cup could rejigger the Gulf’s fragile balance of power, reverse hopes that Qatar would initiate significant social change in the re…

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