$1bn Qatar, the small Gulf nation which its neighbours accuse of punching above its weight, is having to pay a hefty price for paying $1bn to release members of its royal family who were kidnapped in Iraq while on a hunting trip. Doha apparently spent the money in a transaction in April that secure
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