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			<title>Saudi gov't to launch $5.3bn investment company</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Sanabil Al Saudia starts operating next week, it will invest across board in Saudi, abroad.]]></description>
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			<title>Hospital builds in Saudi abandoned due to lack of funds</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Private healthcare firms cancel projects despite need for thousands of acute beds. ]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi money supply growth eases to 17.7%</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Saudi money supply falls for second straight month as inflationary pressures ease. ]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi Government approves farming fund</title>
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			<title>Why Saudi is banking on long-term success</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Credit crisis well and truly here as the kingdom sees budget deficit of $17.3bn in 2009.]]></description>
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			<title>Financial reserves can absorb bigger deficit: Saudi</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Finmin says reserves can compensate if oil prices fall below level assumed in budget.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi takes delivery of high speed ferries</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[New vessels will improve services for passengers travelling between the kingdom and Egypt.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi development plans unaffected by crisis</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 1: Finance minister says weak oil prices will not halt development, '09 public spending to rise.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi extends $2.6bn credit to low income citizens</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 1: King orders money be deposited in Saudi Credit Bank for interest-free loans.]]></description>
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			<title>King Fahd Causeway expansion planned</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Immigration lanes on causeway to be increased to 45 in both directions within five years.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi Arabia rail project on track with fleet of rollers</title>
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			<title>Palestinians to receive cash boost from Saudi Arabia</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Money to pay public sector salaries follows EU's injection of extra $59mn.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi wage hikes to cost $16bn</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Increases in public sector salaries, pensions and benefits to drive up public wage bill by almost 16%. ]]></description>
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			<title>Gulf states set for currency showdown</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UAE, Saudi raise stakes in currency debate but ministers say reform won't be on Doha summit agenda.]]></description>
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			<title>Cost of living rises in Saudi</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Inflation rate ticks up to 2.96% as food and housing costs climb.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi-Spain set up $5bn fund</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The joint investment fund is set to bolster economic relations between the two nations.  ]]></description>
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