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			<title>IDB to start $1.5bn bond roadshow on Sept. 2</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Roadshow to start on Wednesday in Riyadh, before moving to other cities.]]></description>
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			<title>IDB sets up $1.5bn bond, gets Moody's Aaa rating</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Saudi bank has created a Islamic bond medium term note (MTN) programme, ratings agency says.]]></description>
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			<title>Islamic finance regulation should focus more broadly - officials</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Regulators must police industry systemically than focus on single institutions - industry.]]></description>
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			<title>IDB aims to increase lending by 15%</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Islamic Development Bank hopes to raise extra funds via a new Shariah-compliant bond.]]></description>
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			<title>Jeddah-based IDB targets 15% rise in loans, sukuk</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Saudi bank plans sukuk issue in "a few months"; eyes agriculture for investments.]]></description>
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			<title>World's largest sharia lender 'to launch by June'</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 1: Bahrain based bank set to have paid-up capital of $11bn - industry chief.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi-based IDB aims to boost lending during crisis</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Islamic Development Bank aims to lend more than $5bn to majority-Muslim states in '09.]]></description>
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			<title>Islamic bankers see sharia system strengthening</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Jeddah conference debates the future of a sector now valued at $1 trillion.]]></description>
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			<title>Yemen's first low-cost airline begins operations</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Saudi-backed Felix Airways to fly between Sanaa and Aden, focus on domestic routes.]]></description>
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			<title>IDB offers rescue funds to poor Muslim nations</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Islamic Development Bank will lend money to countries struggling with rising food prices.  ]]></description>
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			<title>IDB paid out $51bn since inception</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Islamic Development Bank discloses sum of development assistance in OIC countries since began in 1975.]]></description>
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			<title>Islamic microfinance needs patronage </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[IIFF DUBAI: Roundtable with Muhammad Yunus says poverty alleviation needs to be encouraged in sector.]]></description>
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			<title>Islamic Development Bank sets up $1bn trade finance fund</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[IDB signs Mudaraba agreement with Islamic Trade Finance Corporation.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi largest donor to $10bn poverty reduction fund</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Kingdom gives $1bn to Islamic Development Bank's fund to reduce poverty.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudi to take on Danes in insulin market</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Islamic Development Bank to finance Saudi insulin plant to be built near Jeddah.]]></description>
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			<title>$10bn poverty fund to launch January</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Islamic Development Bank's poverty alleviation fund will start on the first day of the new Hijrah year.]]></description>
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			<title>Inmaa Bank plans IPO this year</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The part state-owned bank is studying the details with the Saudi Capital Markets Authority.]]></description>
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			<title>Rising costs raise privatisation fears</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[PPPs are under threat, says a leading finance expert.]]></description>
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