(Telegraph-UK) Andrew Gilligan - Abdulaziz bin Khalifa al-Attiyah, the cousin of Qatar's foreign minister, has been found guilty in absentia by a Lebanese court of channeling financial support to al-Qaeda. He was detained in Lebanon - apparently following a tip-off by British and American intelligence - but was allowed to leave the country before his trial after intense pressure by Qatar.
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