Qatar

Qatar, a former fishing-in February, and once one of the poorest of the Central Gulf States is now one of the major oil and gas fields exploitation, thanks to the region after 1940, the richest countries.

Thani family dominated for almost 150 years, mainly in the barren land was British Protectorate until 1971, when it declared its independence after the break-up of the following as Bahrain and refuse to join the United Arab Emirates.

In 1995, the power of the Crown Prince Hamad ibn Khalifa al Thani, to become a member of the Emir and his father, and subsequently he has taken some liberaalinen reforms.

Qatari satellite TV station Al Jazeera has become one of the most important of the Arab countries and the introduction of the freedom of the press been extended.

the 29-Member municipal elections in 1999, in which the Qatari women were were allowed to vote and to stand for the first.

The democratic reforms of the Constitution, which entered into force in 2005. The ends of the stem, in part, was elected to the European Parliament expected to vote must take place by 2007.

The population is small. -Including the construction of a beam with the mining of foreigners outnumber the people. The resources of the oil money to the selection of the welfare of the State, many services are free of charge or heavily subsidized.

Number of holdings of more than 15% of the world's proven gas reserves, Qatar is to become a full member of the energy giant's efforts.

Full name: State of Qatar population: the of 1.5 million (UN, 2010) : the capital of the of the Doha area: the 11,437 sq km (4,416 sq miles) large language: Arabia Major religion: Islam life expectancy: 76 years (men), 78 years (women) (UN) monetary unit: , 1 rial = 100 dirhams major export: , oil, gas, whose level of GNI per capita: is missing the Internet domain: . qa the code for the international phone number: + 974

Ocean: Sheikh Hamad ibn Khalifa Al Thani

Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, and his wife with Sheikha Moza bint Nasser al-Misnad

in 1995, armed forces Commander and Defence Minister Sheikh Hamad seized his father, Sheikh Khalifa Bin Hamad Al Thani, who was outside the country.

The new Emir survived an attempted coup in 1996.

Later the same year, Sheikh Hamad tried to take his father's Court he believed his father was to be regarded as State resources for the return. Out of the Court of Justice would not be in a position to resolve the dispute.

After the performance, Sheikh Hamad has stayed as leader of the armed forces and Defense Minister, and participated in the development of Qatar's military.

The influential Arabic News Network Al-Jazeera TV has raised the profile of the Qatar media.

Al-Jazeera is owned by the Qatar Government. It is considered to be the most outspoken in the Arab countries of sensitive issues, but avoid criticism of Qatar and its Gulf allies, especially Saudi Arabia. However, it has had its offices closed in several Arab countries.

Al-Jazeera TV is known for its forthright style

The visibility of the status of the shot when it came to Afghanistan-report only allowed air transport network and the first recorded statements by Osama Bin Laden-US air strikes following the beginning of the year in 2001. The coverage of the conflict in Iraq, including tar, gzip, bzip2, it was pointed out.

Al-Jazeera English, launched in 2006, the site itself, the first in the Middle East is based on the English-language News-TV. The network says, is more than 200 million households worldwide available.

The home country of Qatar's electronic media are State controlled. The leading newspapers are the links to the Royal family, and other notables.

Qatar interrupt censorship in 1995 and since then the free press has mainly been Government interference. However, the social and political constraints make-censorship commonplace in the semiconductor industry.

The BBC World Service radio, Radio France Internationale in Arabic, French, Arabic language service of radio Monte Carlo Doualiya, u.a.e.-based MBC Radio Sawa and the USA are available on FM in Doha.

June 2010 (Internetworldstats.com) had 436,000 internet users. The political criticism of the authorities of the filter material shall be deemed to be offensive, including, but not limited to, pornography, and Islam online privacy resources.

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