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| QatarŽs commerce minister dies in car accident |
| 2009-05-03 |
| [Khaleej Times] Qatar's Commerce and Business Minister, Sheikh Fahd bin Jassim al-Thani, has been killed in a car accident, the country's official news agency said on Friday. The accident happened late on Thursday when the minister's vehicle collided with a land cruiser coming in the opposite direction, the daily newspaper Al-Sharq said. He died instantly and a fellow passenger was taken to hospital, the paper said. Sheikh Fahd took office in July after being head of operations at Qatar Telecommunications Co QTEL.QA (Qtel) since 1997, it said. |
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