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Saudis pound Yemeni rebels, arrest scores
RIYADH/SANA'A: Saudi air force and artillery pounded Yemeni rebel hideouts to push the rebels away from its southwestern border and stop the war spilling into its territory, a Saudi security source said yesterday. Comment?
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UAE property stocks get a beating
DUBAI: United Arab Emirates bourses suffered their largest declines since early November yesterday as most other Middle East markets also retreated, tracking end-of-week losses on global exchanges. Comment?
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Israel-Hamas prisoner swap deal near
CAIRO: Israel has softened its terms for a prisoner swap with Hamas and the two enemies are nearing a deal to exchange hundreds of Palestinian inmates for an Israeli soldier held in the Gaza Strip, officials said yesterday. Comment?
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Dar Al Arkan plans to put 319 villas up for sale
RIYADH: Saudi-based Dar Al Arkan plans to put 319 villas up for sale before year-end after a drop in land prices and slower unit sales hurt its earnings, its top official said in remarks published yesterday. Comment?
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Qatofin plant inauguration today
DOHA: Qatofin, a petrochemical venture between Industries Qatar and Total of France will be formally inaugurated today at Mesaieed Industrial City making it the largest producer of linear low-density polyethylene in the Middle East region. Comment?
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Qatar heading toward deflation: Report
DOHA: Qatar is going into deflation after witnessing steep rise in the cost of living in 2007 and 2008 especially, which put immense financial strains on people with limited income. Comment?
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250 tonnes of school stationery for Gaza
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Officials with the consignment for Gaza schools. DOHA: A consignment of books and stationery will arrive in the Gaza Strip over the coming days with support from Qatar Charity. Comment?
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Kahramaa to phase out overhead power lines
DOHA: The Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation is all set to phase out the overhead power lines in the country. Comment?
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Marriage support drive raises QR50m
DOHA: An ongoing campaign to encourage and support Qatari youth to get married has generated good response, with a total of 119 youth having already registered in the first phase. Comment?
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First batch completes intensive training at Doha Bank
Staff of Doha Bank who completed the Intensive Training and Certification Programme with officials of the bank. Comment?
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Ebro artist sets record with Qatar flag
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People admiring the Ebro of Qatari flag. DOHA: The five-day Fanar Expo concluded with a paper-marbling event heralding the upcoming Qatar National Day celebrations. Comment?
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Britannia launches Baker's Pride in Qatar
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CEO of Britannia International, Arvind Kumar and the Chief Operating Officer, Nabil Mourad , Ali Bin Ali Group at the launch ceremony. Comment?
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Qatar Airways daily flights to Sweden
... to the airline's Doha hub with convenient onward connections to key business and leisure cities across the Middle East, South Asia, Africa, Far East and Australia. Convenient flight timings will also offer good connections to Melbourne, the ... Comment?
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Qatar seeks funds in non-oil sector
... producers of petrochemicals with investment in the sector expected to reach $50bn next year. The share of the Middle East in world ethylene production will be 17 percent in 2010 as against nine percent in 2004. According to the QCCI chairman, due to ... Comment?
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A Blow to Privatization in Israel
When and if one does, there will now be a precedent to cite: a potentially historic 8-1 ruling just handed down by the Supreme Court in Israel that overturned a 2004 Knesset amendment permitting the establishment of such prisons. Comment?
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British military fatalities in Iraq
The total number of UK troops killed in operations in Iraq has reached 179 after a soldier died from a gunshot wound in Basra on 12 February 2009. Comment?
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Germany attacks Israeli settlement plan in Jerusalem * Calls settlement building in East Jerusalem 'a major stumbling block' towards Middle East peace process BERLIN: Germany on Monday criticised Israeli plans to expand settlements in the occupied West Bank, in unusually explicit terms a week before the two countries' leaders meet in Berlin. Comment?
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Barack Obama puts on the glitz for Manmohan Singh
Paul Koring Washington - Published on Monday, Nov. 23, 2009 9:43PM EST Last updated on Monday, Nov. Comment?
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Delay likely for Iraq elections as leaders bicker over procedure
Iraq's pivotal national elections, originally scheduled for January, faced a likely delay of weeks or even longer after wrangling over a law setting terms for the polls broke down Monday. Comment?
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TV: Israel proposing 10-month settlement freeze
Israel TV reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is proposing a 10-month freeze in construction in Jewish settlements in the West Bank. Comment?
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