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Qatar buys Embassy in London from US

The US government has a new paymaster for its London embassy: the Persian Gulf sheikdom Qatar.

The US said it has agreed to sell the embassy site to state-owned Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment, the latest twist in the sometimes complex relationship between the US and the energy-rich Arab world. Qatar is the home to substantial US military installations, so its role as American landlord will be nothing terribly new.

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