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In Qatar, eleven people were killed and twelve others were hospitalized, in a fire that erupted late Wednesday in housing used by a company working on a tourism project in the south of the country in preparation for the 2022 World Cup. Worker’s rights groups have criticized Qatar’s treatment of foreign workers and the country has enacted some labor reforms to improve working conditions. The fire will likely increase the scrutiny of conditions that low-wage guest workers are subjected to under the system of employer sponsorship.