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H E Sheikha Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani watches one of the matches on day two of the $1.2m Qatar ExxonMobil Open at the Khalifa Tennis Complex in Doha yesterday. Nasser Ghanem Al Kholaifi, President of the Qatar Tennis Federation, is also seen. 
ABDUL BASIT/ The Peninsula

Raising the bar

DOHA: Due to the increasing cost of living in the country, residents with a basic salary of less than QR7,000 a month might not be allowed to sponsor their wives and children here.

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