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			<title>Emap Middle East seals Contax deal</title>
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			<title>MENA set for 19% share of aluminium market by 2013</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[New report highlights growing importance of region's production industry.]]></description>
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			<title>Fewer UAE new build contracts in 2009 - survey</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Poll also indicates a shift in business to countries like Saudi Arabia and Qatar.]]></description>
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			<title>Reducing risk </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The sky-rocketing growth of construction projects in the gulf has been a source of amazement for industry analysts world-wide.       ]]></description>
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			<title>Value of Gulf projects surges past $2tn - report</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Construction sector shrugs off concerns over higher costs to power regional boom.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai begins work on world's largest reservoirs</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Construction of three water basins aims to quench emirate's current supply shortage.]]></description>
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			<title>Gov't called on to solve water shortage</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Gulf residents believe authorities in region need to act to stop problem escalating, poll reveals.]]></description>
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			<title>$120bn needed to solve power, water crisis</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Rising power demand and falling water supplies spurring crisis, expert warns.]]></description>
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			<title>Power crisis opens door for companies</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  The demand for power plants in the GCC over the next seven years could lead to contractors gaining a stake in power projects.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Consumer despair as water prices to soar</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dwindling supplies prompt higher bills as Gulf gov'ts attempt to curb consumption, expert says.]]></description>
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			<title>On tenterhooks</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[    International anxiety has followed the American sub-prime crisis with fears of a domino effect around the world. Laura Collacott finds out if these fears are justified.      ]]></description>
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			<title>Bahrain to allow third mobile operator in '09</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Telecom will compete with Batelco and firm linked with Kuwait's Zain, magazine reports.]]></description>
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			<title>Indians shunning Dubai due to dollar plunge</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Less labourers migrating as wages fall due to dollar peg, recruiter says.]]></description>
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			<title>Power and water crisis threatens Gulf</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dubai most at risk of supply shortage, which may saddle GCC with $70bn infrastructure bill, report says.]]></description>
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			<title>Subprime crisis hits more Gulf banks</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Lenders forced to writedown additional $1.5bn due to exposure to mortgage-related investments.]]></description>
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			<title>Firms to shun dollar for project financing</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Gulf Arab companies looking toward other currencies such as euro or yen for loans, analysts say.]]></description>
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			<title>Tenders for $4bn Saudi-Egypt causeway this year</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Bids for the causeway which will link Saudi Arabia to Egypt are expected to be invited by the end of this year.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Region at risk as supply chains tighten</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Global contraction of raw materials and workers' rights threatens to derail construction boom.]]></description>
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			<title>Subprime crisis to hit Gulf banks' earnings</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Regional banks who thought investments were safe discovering underlying assets subprime, bankers say.]]></description>
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			<title>Al-Suweidi wants to step down after monetary union</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UAE central bank governor looking to keep job till at least 2010, report says.]]></description>
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			<title>Gov't plans to overhaul old Dubai</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dubai to set up $1bn real estate firm to redevelop areas such as Satwa and parts of Sheikh Zayed Road.]]></description>
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			<title>Emap unlikely to separate Meed, AME</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[But the British media group does not rule out titles being offloaded as part of a sale of its B2B division.]]></description>
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			<title>Gulf business leaders call for tougher green laws</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Industry leaders say businesses should be forced to operate in an environmentally sustainable manner.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai property boom to continue</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Research claims that demand will outstrip supply until at least the end of the decade.]]></description>
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			<title>Population boom threatens Mideast stability</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Biggest test facing region's  governments is providing job opportunities, says MEED poll.  ]]></description>
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