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Qatar’s hosting of GCC summit in further jeopardy following Gulf states’ handball boycott

Qatar’s hosting of GCC summit in further jeopardy following Gulf states’ handball boycott

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Nov 13, 2014
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Qatar’s hosting of GCC summit in further jeopardy following Gulf states’ handball boycott
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By James M. Dorsey

A decision by the handball federations of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates to boycott the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship to be hosted by Qatar in January signals the failure of efforts to reconcile the idiosyncratic Gulf state with its regional detractors and casts further doubts on the prospects of a Gulf Cooperation Counc…

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