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			<title>Saudi plans tax cuts for foreign companies</title>
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			<title>Saudi 13th most competitive country in World Bank ratings</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Kingdom top in the Middle East, comes ahead of UAE, Bahrain and Qatar.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi investors set for Buckingham Palace talks</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[SAGIA delegation to visit the UK on June 17, first to hold Palace meetings.]]></description>
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			<title>Call in the reserves</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia has tackled the slump better than most. But what does the future hold?]]></description>
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			<title>Land of opportunity</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[With a series of five year development plans fuelled by huge petrochemical investments, is the time right for the construction industry to begin focusing on Saudi Arabia?]]></description>
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			<title>SAGIA chief says global crisis has had 'positive impact'</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Saudi boss says slowdown has 'created opportunities' for Economic City projects.]]></description>
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			<title>Mecca plans one million jobs in next 10 years </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The toursim sector has the highest potential for job creation says a new report.]]></description>
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			<title>Agility invests $200m in Saudi real estate</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Kuwait-based logistics firm opens 40,000 sqm state-of-the-art warehouse in Riyadh.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi signs deal with US business school</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Agreement with Thunderbird School of Global Management to bring campus to kingdom.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi sees no delays to major project investment</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[SAGIA chief says kingdom will still attract overseas investors during credit crunch.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi development will continue despite global meltdown</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Kingdom plans to become one of the 10 most competitive countries in the world.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi economic cities unaffected by falling oil, says CEO</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Global Competitiveness Forum chief says Saudi mega projects are going ahead as planned. ]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi to privatise health service</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Gov't planning 'massive overhaul with many opportunities to build leading competitive sector', official says.]]></description>
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			<title>SAGIA in $1.3bn deal to build economic city</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Saudi investment authority signs agreement with Kuwait's Al-Mal Investment. ]]></description>
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			<title>$800bn investment in Saudi over next 10 years</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Massive investment planned to develop infrastructure and fuel economic growth.]]></description>
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			<title>Economic City works at hand worth US $34.6bn</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[     Projects worth US $ 34.6 billion (SAR 130 billion) are now underway to construct real estate, infrastructure, electricity, IT and educational projects at the King Abdullah  Economic City in Rabigh.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Saudis pour billions into 'City of Knowledge' </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Billions invested into Medina, to turn Islam's second holiest site into high-tech bastion.]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar Airways CEO rockets up Power List</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Akbar Al Baker tops off a sucessful year by shooting 84 positions up list of influential Arabs.]]></description>
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			<title>SAGIA’s ECA signs consultancy contract with NCS</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Economic Cities Agency chooses NCS Group to provide consultation services on new Smart Services centre]]></description>
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			<title>Cisco CEO opens SAGIA Smart Office</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[HE Amr Al Dabbagh of SAGIA and John Chambers open Smart Office based on Cisco infrastructure  ]]></description>
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			<title>Hong Kong's Islamic New Year</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Hong Kong is transforming itself into an Islamic finance centre. But can it really succeed?]]></description>
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			<title>Super size me</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Massive-scale projects are not exclusive to Dubai. As Christopher Sell finds out, other GCC countries have grandiose developments in the pipeline, too.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi Arabia's new industrial revolution</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia is experiencing an industrial revolution in manufacturing and engineering. ]]></description>
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			<title>KSA draws US$18.3bn in FDI</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Saudi Arabia has reported unprecedented levels of foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2006, the Saudi Arabian General Investments Authority (SAGIA) has revealed.]]></description>
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			<title>Kingdom of opportunity</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Melissa Hancock looks at how the globe's oil capital is investing into new sectors to diversify its economy.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi share of world chemical output to double</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Companies plan to add capacity by investing $80bn over the next five years.]]></description>
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			<title>Training a cert at Al Madinah KEC</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Knowledge workers who train at Al Madinah Knowledge Economic City (KEC) can be assured that their qualifications will be recognised as world-class as a result of a Memorandum of Understanding just signed between KEC and international IT certification organisation CompTIA (Computing Technology Industry Association).]]></description>
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			<title>KSA booming</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Saudi   Arabia's sea freight sector has enjoyed a period of unmatched success in recent years. With liquidity remaining high, investment in infrastructure projects looks set to keep the ports and freight operators working at full capacity.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi Arabia set to spread the wealth</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[King Abdulla's northern tour revealed projects that will fuel economic growth in the region, as 'main hubs' can't meet demands of growing population.]]></description>
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			<title>SAGIA signs deal for third economic city</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia's Madinah Knowledge Economic City (KEC) has signed an agreement with networking giant Cisco to develop a 'smart city'.]]></description>
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