[Assam] NYTimes.com: Is Qatar the Next Dubai?

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The other day my landord was mentioning to his new Russian tenant that he was forced to pay $200 from his salary when he was working in Doha, Qatar in 1990s --- for cause of Chechneya rebels. Everyone had to pay --in the govt owned firm. Wonder how much they pay now. Do you? Umesh 


TRAVEL | June 4, 2006
Is Qatar the Next Dubai?
By SETH SHERWOOD
The eye-popping extravagance of Dubai has made it one of the fastest-growing tourist destinations in the world -- a fact that hasn't been lost on its ambitious Gulf neighbor, Qatar. 
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/04/travel/04qatar.html?ex=1150257600&en=56e2923f25cdd374&ei=5070&emc=eta1



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