Pingpong Diplomacy Comes to Qatar
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}DUBAI -- In a 21st-century spin on pingpong diplomacy, North and South Korea and India and Pakistan will team up in a table tennis exhibition Tuesday aimed at promoting peace between rival nations.
The one-day event is sponsored by Monaco-based Peace and Port. It also features a Russia-United States doubles team, along with China-Qatar and France-Japan.
Iran was initially part of the 10-nation tournament. But Iran withdrew without explanation and wasn't on the final roster announced in October.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Qatar has been targeting sport as a vehicle to showcase its global aspirations. The Gulf nation will host soccer's 2022 World Cup and has offered a bid for the 2020 Olympic Games.
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