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gold, silk, spices and incense. Meanwhile, back at the Seeker’s homeland, his love was in despair, waiting for his arrival. With his Asian brothers helping him in his way back to his homeland, the Seeker safely made it back to his love, and invited all of Asia to celebrate their wedding as guests. To honour his guests, the Seeker presented them a troupe of horsemen that put on a special performance. Years later, the Seeker had a son. He showed him the Arab world's contributions to modern science in the past, the present and the future, Qatar's natural resources and the country’s vision for the future.
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English greetings
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gave their respective speeches and Emir of Qatar Sheikh
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sang "Reach Out" written by award winning songwriters
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1541:Philippines
1252:Alain Saade
1139:Lee Kyu-sup
1131:South Korea
1098:North Korea
820:Bao Chunlai
646:Afghanistan
638:Afghanistan
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471:Paul Begaud
455:South Korea
451:North Korea
382:personnel.
305:Proceedings
288:South Korea
244:Asian Games
183:Medal table
173:Torch relay
148:Bid process
20:‹ The
2753:Categories
2669:ceremonies
2395:2006-12-08
2367:ocasia.org
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2263:2019-02-19
2238:2010-07-08
2232:NEWSGD.com
2213:2011-05-02
2175:References
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1072:Kazakhstan
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682:Equestrian
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1602:Singapore
1525:Taekwondo
1518:Palestine
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1048:Taekwondo
1015:Wrestling
982:Wrestling
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901:Indonesia
841:Hong Kong
825:Badminton
578:"Chinese
516:Fireworks
463:Bollywood
415:Borobudur
407:Taj Mahal
392:astrolabe
345:Countdown
296:Australia
276:Singapore
260:Australia
110:Al-Rayyan
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2442:Archived
1987:Handball
1767:Thailand
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1371:Mongolia
1363:Mongolia
1344:Maldives
1336:Maldives
1311:Malaysia
1303:Malaysia
1283:Han Jing
1114:Football
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106:Location
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1558:Bowling
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1396:Myanmar
1320:Cycling
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