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Qatari doubts about alcohol boosted by unlikely allies: World Cup hosts Brazil and Russia

Qatari doubts about alcohol boosted by unlikely allies: World Cup hosts Brazil and Russia

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Jan 20, 2012
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Qatari doubts about alcohol boosted by unlikely allies: World Cup hosts Brazil and Russia
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To serve or not to serve?

By James M. Dorsey

With alcohol becoming a domestic political issue in the Gulf state of Qatar, host of the 2022 World Cup, Qatari officials are certainly taking heart from world soccer body FIFA’s battle with the non-Muslim hosts of the next two tournaments, Brazil and Russia, over the role of alcohol in the world’s largest spor…

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