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			<title>$657bn construction projects in UAE still active</title>
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			<title>30% of GCC oil, gas, petro projects on hold</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Proleads report shows extent of global slowdown on region's hydrocarbon industry.]]></description>
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			<title>$20bn Saudi projects cancelled, delayed</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Less than 80 out of 720 active schemes worth total of $430bn hit by global crisis - Proleads.]]></description>
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			<title>UAE projects worth $300bn on hold or cancelled</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Report says recovery is set to return to Gulf construction sector by next year.]]></description>
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			<title>Only 1% of Saudi projects cancelled - research</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Another 3% of construction schemes postponed as kingdom bucks global downturn.]]></description>
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			<title>$140bn Gulf hotel projects in progress - study</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Proleads research also predicts that occupancy rate peaks in region will return by end of 2010.]]></description>
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			<title>Haute Qatar</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Cutting edge architecture and design are colliding with Islamic tradition to revitalise the once sleepy Gulf state.]]></description>
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			<title>200 UAE construction projects due for H1 completion</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[New research claims more will be finished in H1 of 2009 than for whole of 2008.]]></description>
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			<title>New deal offers construction updates to investors</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Cityscape Intelligence teams up with Proleads to offer up-to-date progress on projects.]]></description>
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			<title>UAE office projects defy global downturn</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Despite global credit crunch new report says 103 office developments currently underway in UAE.]]></description>
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			<title>Office developments across Mideast top $15.7bn</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Market researcher Proleads says 156 office developments are still underway in the Gulf.]]></description>
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			<title>20,000 Indian workers to be flown out of UAE</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Labourers are going home on leave or redeployed to other Gulf countries - consulate.]]></description>
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			<title>Rebuilding the dream</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Despite UAE’s struggling market, a new report shows the construction industry is sturdier than its detractors think.]]></description>
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			<title>UAE construction mergers predicted amid slowdown</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Industry experts say market shrinkage will force smaller companies to unite.]]></description>
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			<title>52% of UAE's construction projects suspended</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[EXCLUSIVE: New report reveals $582bn worth of schemes halted amid global crisis.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai's construction dominance slows</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Some big changes are expected in the Middle East construction sector in 2009: Dubai's dominance is under threat from other thriving Gulf nations plus foreign talent is arriving to add to the competition.]]></description>
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			<title>Bigger and better</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The region's maritime sector appears to have escaped relatively unscathed from financial problems this year.]]></description>
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			<title>$250bn Gulf projects in bidding phase</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Despite global financial crisis, region has more than 250 mega developments in pipeline.]]></description>
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			<title>Gulf oil production to surge by 2015 </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[$300bn investment in crude oil production could see GCC deliver extra 10mn barrels per day. ]]></description>
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			<title>GCC earmarks $217bn to keep the power on</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Majority of new projects in Saudi Arabia and UAE as demand soars in the region.]]></description>
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			<title>Freight finance</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  With billions of dollars being pumped into Middle Eastern port developments, shipping companies are casting their eyes onto the financial market to fund their own expansion strategies.]]></description>
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			<title>Sustainability issues</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Two issues are foremost in the minds of contractors and project managers: steel  procurement and sustainability.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai construction blighted by delays</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Red tape and lack of resources mean just one in five projects will finish on time, experts say.]]></description>
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			<title>US$ 60 billion for hospitals by 2025</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Population growth and worsening GCC health prompt initiative.  ]]></description>
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			<title>$18 billion for mega-hotels</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Around US $18 billion in hotel developments is slated for the GCC, according to figures from regional construction projects monitoring company Proleads.]]></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>Gulf in $18bn hotel blitz</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UAE leading drive, building or planning hotels worth about $12.7bn, Dubai research firm says.]]></description>
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			<title>Projects amounting to much</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Research company Proleads reports figure of $1 trillion has been reached by developments in the region.]]></description>
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			<title>Freight finance</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  As Middle East Money & Ships arrives in Dubai this month Sea Freight Middle East examines the financial opportunities in the shipping industry.]]></description>
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			<title>Meeting challenges ahead</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[If anyone was in doubt about the long-term future of the Middle East's construction industry, two events this month should have proved reassuring.]]></description>
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