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Qatar's population was estimated at nearly 800,000 in 2002, having grown rapidly since oil income started to flow after World War II. Even earlier, the population included significant numbers of immigrant Iranians and East Africans originally brought as slaves and freed in the first half of the twentieth century. Oil wealth and the rapid economic development it has generated have brought large numbers of expatriates to Qatar, reducing the indigenous population to about one-fifth of the total. Iranians account for about a sixth, other Arabs for a quarter, and South Asians for a third. The great majority of the population is Sunni Muslim, with Qataris subscribing to the same strict Wahhabi interpretation of Islam as the Saudis; an estimated one-sixth is Shiʿite. About three-fifths of Qatar's population lives in Doha, the capital and principal port, located on the east coast.
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The first flag of Qatar was plain red. It was used until about 1860, when a narrow serrated white stripe was added at the hoist (some sources claim the stripe was not originally serrated). Around 1916 a white flag with a red square in the center and a yellow (some say red) crescent in the canton was in use. It seems this flag was short-lived and was soon replaced by the previous flag. Around 1932, the vertical serrated stripe was changed to a wavy stripe taking up about 1/5 the length of the flag, which was in ratio 1:2). and the red was then changed to dark red or violet.
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Qatar began its participations in the Olympic Games since the Montreal 1976. It was only through an official administrative delegation and in latter Olympic Games the rate of participations developed gradually. Bellow is a view on Qatar's participations in the Olympic Games Events.
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Now, many large companies have their own networks on Facebook, but Jazeera is the first company based in Qatar to be granted the privilege. Staff with a Jazeera email address can sign up to the network.
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"I would just say with respect to us and OMX we're quite confident of our position," Greifeld said regarding Qatar's latest move. "The transaction we did last week with the respect to the irrevocables that we received from the investors was, I think, quite definitive and puts us in a very strong position."
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Civilization in Qatar goes back to BC 2500 with discovery of pottery from that era. The Greek Historian, Herodotus, has written about the people of Qatar, Ptolemy showed it on his map. Qatar was famous for its cloaks, embroidery and weaving. Later, boat building, fishing and pearl diving became a more lucrative local craft.
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