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TAREK EL-TABLAWY, AP
Jerusalem Post
09-23-2004
Headline: Qatar calls for democracy, political reform in Middle East
Byline: TAREK EL-TABLAWY, AP
Edition; Daily
Section: News
Page: 06

Thursday, September 23, 2004 -- UNITED NATIONS - Political reform in the developing world, including the Middle East, is a "necessity," Qatar's ruler told world leaders, addressing an issue that has come to the fore with the US push to turn Iraq into a democracy.

The absence of democracy and "prolonged slackening of political reform in quite a few countries in the south ... have been at the root of most of the harsh social and economic suffering currently plaguing that region," Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani ...

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