VOL. XL

No. 9

3-March-1997

QATAR

Financial Dispute Between Amir Of Qatar And Shaikh Khalifah Settled

In a statement carried by the official Qatari news agency on 24 February, the Ministry of Justice said that the dispute between the former amir, Shaikh Khalifah bin Hamad Al Thani, and his advisor, Issa Ghanim al-Kawari on the one hand, and the current amir, Shaikh Hamad, and the government of Qatar on the other, had finally been settled. In keeping with the intention of settling the matter...