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Former Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Dies at 74
Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, who ruled Qatar from 1995 until his 2013 abdication and oversaw the country's transformation into a major regional power, has died at age 74, according to Al Jazeera.
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This story asks us to receive the death of a foreign leader with dignity rather than indifference, restoring the human face behind a name many know only as a geopolitical abstraction.
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