Quatar's Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Tha

Quatar's Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (C-L) and Comoros's current President Ahmed Abdalah Sambi (C-R) stand on a podium at the local airport in Anjouan, the Comoran Island on April 22, 2010. The emir of gas-rich Qatar said on a brief visit to the Comoros that his country would pay the salaries of the island nation's civil servants who have not been paid for months, an official said. It was the first official visit by an Arab head of state to the poor Indian Ocean archipelago, a politically tense Muslim state which has been rocked by more than 20 coups since independence from France in 1975. AFP PHOTO/IBRAHIM YOUSSOUF (Photo credit should read IBRAHIM YOUSSOUF/AFP via Getty Images)