1.   His government had to foil at least three attempted countercoups while battling furiously to recover billions of dollars squirreled away in the foreign bank accounts of the former emir.

2.   President Hosni Mubarak and the former emir of Qatar held talks with a Bahraini official Wednesday in meetings suggesting deepening divisions in the Gulf.

3.   The former emir was ousted by his son Sheik Hamad in a bloodless coup a year ago.

4.   The coup plotters were supporters of the former emir, Sheik Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani.

5.   The former emir of Qatar, who was deposed by his son in a bloodless coup last June, arrived Tuesday and was welcomed by President Hosni Mubarak.

6.   The former emir was ousted by his son Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani in a bloodless palace coup last June.

7.   The former emir, Sheik Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, was on vacation in Europe at the time.

8.   The former emir had recently signed an accord with Fahd to settle the dispute, but little has been done to implement it.

9.   The former emir of Qatar, ousted by his son in June, received a red-carpet welcome in Kuwait on Saturday.

10.   The former emir, Sheik Khalifa bin Hamad, addressed a letter to the GCC leaders in which he vowed to return to power.