Situated at the point where the Persian Gulf's blue waters meet the desert sands, Qatar's capital Doha offers a holiday alternative that is both surprising and spellbinding.
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Dubai, UAE, 17 th October 2008:  Qatar?s Nasser Al Attiyah will be chasing a unique double triumph in next week?s UAE Desert Challenge.  
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dubai ? Qatar?s Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah became the first Arab driver for 15 years to win the UAE Desert Challenge yesterday while French rider Cyril Despres scored his fifth ...
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The base is an isolated outpost amid a flat, seemingly endless stretch of scrubby desert about 20 miles from Doha, Qatar's capital. Signs of an American military buildup are ...
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... maintains a camel farm in the Saudi Arabian desert, a tie to its Bedouin roots. In the 1970s, hundreds of members of the larger tribe took advantage of an invitation from Qatar's ...
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... Former world champion Valentino Rossi begins his campaign to wrest the Moto GP title back from Australian rival Casey Stoner on Sunday in the unusual setting of Qatar's desert ...
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Qatar has a desert climate of hot summers and relatively warm winters. In the summer, the ... The economy is supported by Qatar's abundance of oil and natural gas reserves.
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Qatar?s ?Education City?: Can it be a state of the art ?Cathedral in the Desert??
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Derksen's gain, however, is Qatar's loss as the new Dubai Desert Classic champion has decided to opt out of next week's ...
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Then, it was more or less just a patch of desert 80km (50 miles) north of the Qatari ... But new contracts from the UK, US and Europe are expected to more than triple Qatar's ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4709696.stm

CHRIS Pritchard tackles dune bashing and desert skiing where the only rules are to hang on and to have fun, before recovering in Qatar's exotic capital.
http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/0,,21747444-27977,00.html

THE sign simply reads "Army camp" in scratched English letters, giving little hint that just a mile away across Qatar's baking desert sands a Pounds 900 million US Air Force base ...
http://www.globalsecurity.org/org/news/2002/020917-iraq3.htm

... which he could secure next week as long as he successfully completes the UAE Desert ... Qatar's Al Attiyah aiming for unique rally championship treble: RUGBY: Cup final replay ...
http://www.gulfnews.com/sport/Motor_Rally/10253816.html

peterhansel king of the desert again while sainz clinches world cup title   final leg heartbreak for qatar?s al-attiyah; world champion coma breaks away to retain desert ...
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All but one of Qatar?s 20 tallest buildings have gone up since 2000. Still, Aspire stands out, and not just in this desert kingdom. Entirely wrapped in metal wire that ...
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... day tour in a fully air-conditioned vehicle includes tourist attractions and landmarks in and around the capital city Doha and a comprehensive view of Qatar?s Inland Sea Desert.
http://www.qatarairways.com/global/en/discover_qatar_excursions_sightseeing.html

Dubai: Qatar's Nasser Al Attiyah became the first Arab driver for 15 years to win the UAE Desert Challenge while French rider Cyril Despres scored his fifth bikes title triumph in ...
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Shot in Qatar's deserts, the series covers Bedouin men and women's lines of dress, accessories; the falconry techniques; landscapes; coffee bean roasting; hospitality and social ...
http://www.explore-qatar.com/archives/all_qatar_today_articles/archive-201.htm

Yet Qatar's beautiful desert scenery is one of its least lucrative natural assets. This tiny nation has a very large purse ? per capita it is the richest country in the world ...
http://www.businesstraveller.com/archive/2005/september-2005/destinations/desert-jewel

Articles on Qatar's Natural History Coming in mid-December: The Desert Blooms - Frances Gillespie writes about how the desert changes in the winter,
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... education institutions, attracting Cornell, Carnegie-Mellon, Texas A&M and Virginia Commonwealth University to Education City, an ultra-modern campus built on Qatar?s desert sands
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qatar's al-attiyah maintains lead in uae desert challenge with stunning stage win 29.10.07 22:13 age: 1 yrs
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X-raid Russia?s Novitskiy holds third heading into desert stages . MINA SEYAHI (UAE): Qatar?s Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah and Swe... 26.10.08 16:52
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DUBAI ? Qatar?s Nasser Al Attiyah will be chasing a unique double triumph in next week?s UAE Desert Challenge, a Press release said. The reigning FIA Middle East rally ...
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Qatari driver Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah holds his country?s flag as he celebrates with co-driver Tina Thorner of Sweden in Dubai on the final day of the UAE Desert Challenge ...
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Dr Pascal Lee (co-founder and chairman of the Mars Institute, a planetary scientist at the SETI Institute), accompanied Dr Wettergreen during the tour of Qatar?s deserts.
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=35557&version=1&template_id=36&parent_id=16

MOREEB HILL, UAE: Qatar?s Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah and Swedish co-driver Tina Thörner cruised to another emphatic stage win on the second leg of the 2008 UAE Desert Challenge ...
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Because many of Qatar's desert mammals are nocturnal, it is more common to come across footprints rather than the animal itself. However, Arabian Red Foxes can often be spotted ...
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