LONDON, July 31, 2008 (AFP) - A high-powered Lamborghini sports car was sent on a 6,500-mile (10,460-kilomtre) round-trip to Britain simply to have a service, sparking fury from environmentalists, The Sun newspaper said Thursday.

MADRID, July 24, 2008 (AFP) - Spain's Gas Natural said Thursday it was negotiating the purchase of five billion cubic metres (bcm) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatargas, based in the gas-rich Gulf state of Qatar.

NEW YORK, July 21, 2008 (AFP) - Boeing on Monday signed a contract with Qatar for C-17 military airlift planes, the US aerospace giant said, without revealing how many of the long-range troop and cargo aircraft were ordered.

LONDON, July 18, 2008 (AFP) - The Gulf state of Qatar became the biggest investor in Barclays on Friday, after the British bank raised 4.5 billion pounds (8.9 billion dollars, 5.7 billion euros) with a share issue.

FARNBOROUGH, July 15, 2008 (AFP) - Qatar Airways announced here on Tuesday that it intended to purchase four single-aisle Airbus passenger jets worth a total of 361 million dollars (226 million euros).

Qatar added on the second day of the Farnborough International Airshow, outside London, that it had taken the option of ordering a further two A321 planes, taking the amount up to six.

SOCHAUX, July 12, 2008 (AFP) - Burkina Faso striker Moumouni Dagano on Saturday agreed to leave Sochaux and sign a two-year deal with Al Khor in Qatar, the French first division side announced.

The 27-year-old joined Sochaux in 2005 and helped them win the French Cup two years later.

He scored nine goals in 66 league appearances.

RIYADH, July 9, 2008 (AFP) - Qatar has freed a Saudi sentenced to death for involvement in an attempted coup d'etat in 1996, the Saudi newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat reported on Wednesday.

Pardoned by the emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani after spending nearly 12 years in prison, Wabran al-Yami was released and returned home on Tuesday.

JEDDAH, July 6, 2008 (AFP) - Gulf neighbours Saudi Arabia and Qatar are to demarcate their border and set up a joint council to develop relations after years of tension, the official SPA news agency reported.

JEDDAH, July 6, 2008 (AFP) - Gulf neighbours Saudi Arabia and Qatar are to demarcate their border and set up a joint council to develop relations after years of tension, the official SPA news agency reported.

DOHA, July 1, 2008 (AFP) - Qatar's emir enlarged the government on Tuesday by creating new ministries for the gas-rich country and appointed a second woman to the cabinet line-up.

New portfolios for the environment, international cooperation, social affairs and culture figure in the 20-member government, in which key portfolios of foreign affairs and energy remain unchanged.