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                           Qatar's Leader Visits Gaza

   Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani has entered the Gaza
   Strip for the first visit to the Palestinian territory by a head of
   state since Islamist Hamas militants took control in 2007.
   He crossed into Gaza from Egypt on Tuesday, receiving a red-carpet
   welcome from Hamas officials.
   The Qatari leader is inaugurating more than $250 million in aid for
   reconstruction projects in the Gaza Strip.
   The area has been under an Israeli blockade since 2007.
   The emir has played a role in attempts to reconcile Hamas and the
   Palestinian Authority, which rules the West Bank.  He hosted talks
   earlier this year between Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas
   chief Khaled Mashaal, but those efforts have not produced a lasting
   agreement.
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