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			<title>G20 undervalues the power of the GCC says IMF chief</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[International Monetary Fund says rebound expected in 2010, on rising oil revenues.]]></description>
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			<title>IMF sees Mideast improving but oil risk remains</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[International Monetary Fund says GCC banks could suffer if global recovery stalls.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi says IMF reforms should not be at its expense</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Saudi backs plans to increase emerging nations' say in Int'l Monetary Fund. ]]></description>
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			<title>IMF slashes ME growth in latest forecast</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Negative impact from decline in global trade greater than previously expected.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi finance dep't doubles approval rate for projects</title>
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			<title>Global hoteliers look to eastern markets</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hoteliers pin hopes on east's underserved leisure markets to offset falling revenues elsewhere. ]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi, Kuwait, UAE face 2009 recession - IMF</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[International Monetary Fund slashes its growth forecast for Gulf countries.]]></description>
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			<title>Stimulus schemes may hamper emerging economies</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UAE bank chief warns emerging markets may be "crowded out" of debt markets.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Global economic crisis set to worsen</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[IMF report estimates up to 90 million people worldwide will suffer extreme poverty this year.]]></description>
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			<title>Oil rises towards $50 as EU markets rally</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Many traders expect a strengthening in oil supply and demand towards the end of the year.]]></description>
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			<title>Mideast economies will not be spared – IMF report</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Falling oil prices and deteriorating external financing conditions continue to take toll.]]></description>
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			<title>Iraq eyes IMF loan</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[$7bn loan being considered as finance minister admits investment needed for oil, electricity, education and health sectors.]]></description>
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			<title>Iraq to the future</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The lid is about to be lifted on Iraq's vast reserve wealth. As the world waits in eager anticipation, Oil & Gas Middle East profiles the state of the industry, and takes a speculative look at what an oil rich nation can achieve by 2020.]]></description>
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			<title>Heads of SWFs agree on better 'cooperation' </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Kuwait meeting debates increase in political involvement in markets, post-crisis.]]></description>
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			<title>UAE will contribute $700m to meet new IMF quota</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Liquidity concerns will prevent UAE from lending extra funds, economists say.  ]]></description>
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			<title>IMF sees less Gulf spending if global crisis continues</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Fund's Mideast director says economies could be hit if turmoil continues into 2010.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi Arabia has not made IMF aid proposal</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Kingdom's finance minister asserts Saudi won't raise its contribution to IMF.]]></description>
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			<title>Fresh energy crisis may be in the offing</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 1: Falling investment could mean surging energy prices when global economy recovers.]]></description>
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			<title>IMF demands stifle Iraqi growth, says vice president</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Demands that Iraq cut industrial subsidies in return for aid has also impacted employment. ]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai cancels 86% more residency visas - official figures</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Number of visas being cancelled in Jan 2009 is 86% higher than Jan 2008. ]]></description>
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			<title>GCC growth to slow to 3.5% this year - IMF</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Economic growth to slow and government revenues from oil to plunge, says IMF.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai issues more residency visas than it cancels - official</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Chief government economist says a net positive of 1,000 visas are issued every day.   ]]></description>
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			<title>UAE growth will fall to 2.5% this year - economist</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Economic growth will drop from 8% seen in 2008, says Dubai's chief economist.]]></description>
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			<title>IMF sees Gulf inflation dropping to 6.3% in 2009</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[World economic body also sees sharp slowdown in region's economic growth.]]></description>
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			<title>Is the pound going to collapse?</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[At the time of writing, one British pound cost 4.98 dirhams. This is the cheapest the pound has been against the dirham for 24 years.]]></description>
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			<title>IMF sees 2009 Gulf Arab growth slowing to 5% </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[World economic body forecasts GCC growth dipping down from 6.8% in 2008.]]></description>
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			<title>Gaza banks on verge of collapse</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Israel's blockage of Hamas-run Gaza Strip creating cash shortage that could bring down banking system.]]></description>
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			<title>Iceland’s financial crisis sends Viking descendants back to Norway for jobs</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Almost 1200 years after a viking chief left Norway to found Reykjavik, Iceland's crisis is forcing his descendants home.]]></description>
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			<title>Into the red</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  With peak oil but a distant memory, what does crude below $50 a barrel mean for economies in the Gulf?]]></description>
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