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Qatar Urges Arab Peace Offer Review, Brands Quartet Failure

Qatar called Sunday at an Arab League ministerial meeting for a rethink of an Arab offer of normal ties with Israel in return for its pullout from occupied land and branded the international Quartet a failure.

"It is logical after 10 years to objectively reconsider the peace process, including the Arab initiative," said Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem Al-Thani, the country's prime minister.

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Climate Activists March Outside U.N. Talks in Qatar

A few hundred people marched in a peaceful demonstration Saturday for "climate justice" in Doha, where negotiators from nearly 200 countries are debating about how to slow global warming and help protect the most vulnerable countries from rising seas and other impacts of climate change.

Waving banners saying "Stop climate change" and "Arabs reduce emissions," the well-behaved crowd marched along the Qatari capital's Corniche, a waterfront walkway lined by gleaming skyscrapers.

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U.N. Climate Change Talks Open in Qatari

Nearly 200 nations launched a fresh round of United Nations climate talks in Doha on Monday faced with appeals for urgency in their efforts to reduce Earth-warming greenhouse gas emissions.

The 18th U.N. climate conference comes amid a welter of scientific warnings that extreme weather events like super-storm Sandy will become commonplace if mitigation efforts fail.

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'Reluctant Fundamentalist' Opens Doha Film Festival

A showing of Indian director Mira Nair's "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" opened the fourth Doha Tribeca Film Festival on Saturday, with U.S. actor Robert De Niro in attendance.

The film tackles the sensitive issue of relations between Islam and the West through the dilemma of a young Pakistani Harvard graduate and Wall Street trader who struggles to reconcile pursuit of the American dream and his Muslim roots.

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Syrian National Council Elects New Leaders

The main opposition Syrian National Council, under pressure to unite and bring in all parties, has elected a new leadership with Islamists heavily represented, SNC officials said on Thursday.

They said a president of the opposition coalition would be chosen on Friday, after the 40-member general secretariat was elected overnight at a meeting in the Qatari capital.

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Hariri Discusses Arab Situations with Qatari Emir, PM in Doha

Former prime minister Saad Hariri on Sunday held talks in Doha with Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani and Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani.

Talks tackled “the latest developments in the Arab world,” his office said.

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Hariri Discusses Regional, International Developments with Qatari Emir

Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri held talks on Monday with Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, announced his press office in a statement.

The Doha talks focused on the latest regional and international developments, especially the situation in the Arab world.

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Suleiman Urges Rival Parties to Resolve Spending Dispute

President Michel Suleiman urged all parties on Monday to agree on the foundations that would lead to a solution to the dispute on extra-budgetary spending.

In a statement issued by Baabda palace, Suleiman said a resolution to the bickering should help state institutions continue their work in the service of the citizens.

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Abbas Arrives in Cairo for Reconciliation Talks with Hamas

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Cairo on Wednesday for talks with Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal on the formation of a national unity government, the official MENA agency reported.

The long-time rivals have been struggling to implement the terms of a reconciliation deal signed in Cairo in May, which calls for the formation of an interim government of independents to pave the way for presidential and legislative elections within a year.

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Palestinian Leadership Backs Fatah-Hamas Doha Deal

The Palestinian leadership on Thursday endorsed the latest agreement between the heads of Fatah and Hamas and called for preparations for elections to be speeded up.

Palestinian President and Fatah head Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal inked an accord in Doha on Monday placing Abbas at the head of an interim government to supervise the run-up to elections later this year.

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