Ahmad bin Eid al-Thani Ahmad bin Eid al-Thani Ahmad bin Eid al-Thani (عيد آل ثاني) is a cabinet-level Qatari government official. He serves as the head of Qatar’s Financial Information Unit (QFIU), a national body established under the “Law No.(4) of Year 2010 on Combating Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing” which is responsible for monitoring and analysis of suspected money laundering and potential terrorist financing operations in the country. Al-Thani has spoken out in clear opposition to money laundering and terror financing. At the Ahmed Bin Muhammed Military College in Doha, Qatar, in 2009, he said:"The money laundering and financing terrorism is one of
Roman Catholic Diocese of Surat Thani Roman Catholic Diocese of Surat Thani The (Roman Catholic) Diocese of Surat Thani ("Dioecesis Suratthanensis", ) in southern Thailand was founded in 1969, when it was split off from the Diocese of Ratchaburi by the papal bull "Qui Regno Christi". It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Bangkok. The area of Surat Thani was evangelized by the Salesians of Don Bosco in the 1930s. The diocese covers an area of 76,562 km², covering all of the southern provinces of Thailand, including Prachuap Khiri Khan as its northernmost province. As of 2001, of its nine million citizens, 6,682 or