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			<title>Zain boss named CFO of the Year at Dubai awards</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Sam Deeb credited with driving the firm's growth from single operator to group of 24 operators.]]></description>
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			<title>Kuwait's Zain posts 52.8% drop in Q3 net profit</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Arab world's third largest telco hit by high financing costs, currency fluctuations.]]></description>
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			<title>Zain expects $1bn shortfall on 2009 revenue target</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Kuwaiti mobile operator's CEO says global crisis will have impact on performance.]]></description>
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			<title>BSNL to go direct to Zain if consortium talks fail</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Indian-led consortium aims to take a 46 percent holding in the Kuwaiti firm.]]></description>
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			<title>Securities Co clients want to join Kharafi Zain sale</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Clients looking to sell at already agreed to price of 2 dinars per share, firm says.]]></description>
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			<title>UAE bourses end on positive note</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 7: Bullish comments about economic prospects lift stocks.]]></description>
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			<title>Kuwait's Securities Group eyes stake in telco Zain</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Company studying move to buy part of all of Kuwait Investment Authority's stake.]]></description>
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			<title>Econet disputes Zain ownership of Zain Nigeria</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 1: S African mobile operator's claim could derail Kuwait Zain's divestment plans.]]></description>
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			<title>Kuwait's Kharafi says could sell majority in Zain</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Group has already inked deal with Asian investors to sell 46% stake in Kuwaiti telco. ]]></description>
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			<title>Consortium wants controlling stake in Zain - BSNL</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Chairman does not indicate what stakes consortium members are looking to take.]]></description>
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			<title>India's BSNL yet to decide on Zain deal</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Indian telco still mulls whether to join  a consortium that's buying 46% a stake in Kuwaiti co.]]></description>
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			<title>India's BSNL to bid for Millicom Sri Lanka unit</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 2: UAE's Etisalat said on Monday it had tabled offer for Sri Lankan assets. ]]></description>
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			<title>India's BSNL, MTNL doing due diligence for Zain - report</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Indian ambassador to Kuwait confirms development in published remarks.]]></description>
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			<title>Zain CEO to stick to goals after stake sale - paper</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Family conglomerate Kharafi Group plans to sell a 46 percent stake in Zain.]]></description>
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			<title>India's BSNL, MTNL say yet to decide on Zain deal</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[State-run firms say in statement they are always on lookout to explore overseas opps.]]></description>
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			<title>Indian, Malaysian consortium to buy Zain stake - Kharafi</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Group will pay KD2 a share for 46% stake in Arab world's 3rd largest telco worth $13.7bn.]]></description>
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			<title>Sleeping giant</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The telecom sector in Madagascar has experienced tremendous growth over the past few years, but recent political turmoil threatens to disrupt the trend.]]></description>
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			<title>India’s Reliance denies Kuwait Zain stake link</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[India’s second largest telco says not in talks to buy stake in Zain, or purchase African assets.]]></description>
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			<title>ADIA part of Zain stake group - report</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Abu Dhabi Investment Authority said to be part of Asian group buying 46% stake in Kuwait telecom firm.]]></description>
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			<title>Zain stocks fall amid sale talks</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 7: Kuwait telecom firm shares fall 6.4%, while Dubai, Saudi close up.]]></description>
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			<title>Kuwait's Zain close to 46% stake sale - report</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 2: Telco said to be selling stake to Asian group in deal worth $13.7bn.]]></description>
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			<title>Palestine's Wataniya Mobile sets network deadline</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Telco gives Sept. 15 deadline for access to frequencies, otherwise will seek compensation.]]></description>
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			<title>Al Mal cuts Zain rating after Africa sale rally</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Current share price overestimated how much the firm could get its African assets' sale - Al Mal.]]></description>
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			<title>Reliance Comm eyes Zain's Africa ops - sources</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[India's No. 2 mobile operator in preliminary talks to buy Kuwaiti teleco's Africa ops.]]></description>
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			<title>Zain shareholders to vote on ownership restrictions</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Lifting limits would pave the way for selling a large stake in Kuwait telecom firm.]]></description>
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			<title>Zain shares hit 10-month closing high</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 6: Zain surges 7.6% to boost Kuwait; UAE markets decline while Saudi rises.]]></description>
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			<title>Gaining first mover advantage</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Zain Bahrain’s recently announced plan to upgrade its network to LTE came as a surprising development for the region’s telecoms sector]]></description>
			<category>Technology | Comment</category>
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			<title>Zain Bahrain plans region’s first LTE network</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[NSN wins contract for the LTE upgrade of Zain Bahrain’s network]]></description>
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			<title>Zain Saudi Arabia seals $2.5bn loan</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Facility to be used to repay existing Murabaha, as well as fund network expansion and future growth. ]]></description>
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			<title>Out of Africa</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[As Zain looks for an exit from its short-lived African adventure, CommsMEA looks at Zain’s African operations and asks what other Middle East telcos need to do to make a success of their own African empires.]]></description>
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