WIRE — Qatars former emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, a sweeping moderniser who seized power in 1995 and broke with tradition to hand it over to his son 18 years later, has died at the age of 74. Qatars top government body, the Amiri Diwan, announced that Sheikh Hamad had died on Sunday morning. It did The post Former Qatar ruler Sheikh Hamad dies appeared first on Egyptian Gazette.

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