Qatar Today November 2010

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FRANCE : Video grab taken from the French television channel France 3 shows LÕ Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt speaking to a TV host earlier this year. Bettencourt, FranceÕ s richest woman, was attacking a renewed bid by her daughter, Francoise BettencourtMeyers, to have a judge declare her incompetent to manage her own affairs. Her daughter has alleged that her 87-year-old mother is influenced by photographer Francois-Marie Banier, to whom she has given gifts worth nearly a billion euro.

living hisTory Palestinians and foreign workers work on the new Russian-built museum in the Palestinian city of Jericho in the West Bank on October 5, 2010, ahead of the cityÕ s 10,000th anniversary celebrations. The Ò worldÕ s oldest cityÓ anniversary was intended to showcase the revival of the West Bank town: instead, it risks revealing how far they still have to go, say residents.

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Qatar Today November 10

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Qatar Today November 2010

Published on Nov 8, 2010

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Take me To your leader Every organisation needs leadership. Regardless of the economic weather, a steady hand is the bare minimum needed at the tiller to guide the company through even the most clement financial conditions the world over. But this region is different, and Qatar more different still; here there is massive growth, international expansion and a steady rise in international profile and this requires bespoke leadership strengths: vision, aggression, ambition and a desire to see your charges thrive with the company. In short, Qatar requires inspirational leadership through hardwork, dedication and an unbending will. Qatar Today meets the people that make this country and others in the region reach for greater heights in society, business and sport.

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