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Arab League calls for 'immediate' Lebanon election
6 Jan '08 | Politics & Economics / News
... with Lebanon's political crisis."The ministers welcome favourably the consensus around Michel Sleiman as a candidate for the presidency and call for his immediate election in accordance with the constitution," Mussa said, reading from a statement.He said Syria, represented at the meeting by foreign ...
GCC holds urgent meet following Israel election
22 Feb '09 | Politics & Economics / News
... by Saudi daily the Saudi Gazette.The same sources said the ministers would also discuss Iranian officials’ recent claims that Bahrain should be a province of Iran.The meeting will draw up a joint Gulf strategy to ensure Bahrain’s sovereignty and integrity, the newspaper added.Discussions will also ...
Zain lifts Kuwait after contract win
12 May '09 | Financial Markets / News
Mobile Telecommunications Co (Zain) climbed 1.3 percent after winning the contract for Iran's third mobile network licence on Monday. This helped lift the Kuwait index KWSE, which climbed 0.2 percent to 7,700 points.Agility climbed 4.5 percent. The logistics firm has surged 19 percent since ...
Obama vows to forge Israeli bond
24 Jul '08 | Politics & Economics / News
... lacks experience on the global stage.The senator reiterated his vow to stop Iran developing a nuclear weapon, but defended his offer of talks with ... solid Democratic bloc of American Jewish voters, just over three months before the US election.On a day rich in imagery, he paid his respects to veteran ...
US-Islamic forum backs Obama
19 Feb '08 | Politics & Economics / News
... policy change irrespective of who captures the White House. Obama, who is vying to become the first black president of the US, won overwhelming support in a mock election by more than 200 American and Muslim delegates at the US-Islamic World Forum in the Qatari capital. His Democratic rival Hillary ...
The Reformer
19 Jul '09 | Politics & Economics / Interviews
... . In recent weeks, the Islamic state has also made headlines the world over in the wake of the disputed general election, and resultant street protests. "The West should not interfere in Iran's affairs, because you just give them an excuse to blame others for the problems," cautions Al Alawi. "On ...
AB.com's most popular stories of 2008
31 Dec '08 | Media & Marketing / News
... high-rise towers across Dubai after an earthquake tremor hit the UAE. The quake’s epicentre, measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale, was in southern Iran about 316km from Abu Dhabi, but strong tremors were felt in the UAE. The tremors were felt most strongly in the Northern Emirates with the aftershock ...
Oil rallies to top $53 on OPEC, stocks support
24 Nov '08 | Energy / News
... supply by 1 million barrels per day (bpd) at the emergency meeting in Cairo and make the cut take effect before the end of the year. The comments were echoed by Iran's OPEC governor, who said in remarks published on Monday that OPEC needed to reduce output further.OPEC has not called a full-blown ...
Thousands lose battle to become Comorans
27 Jul '08 | Politics & Economics / News
... .Known locally as "ayatollah", the turban-wearing Sambi studied Islam in Sudan, Saudi Arabia and Iran and often leads Friday prayers."I believe in an Islamic regime," Sambi said after his election, adding however that the union's economic situation -- it is ...
Mideast buckling under weight of inflation
10 Jun '08 | Politics & Economics / News
... union, while in Egypt, rising prices for food could see hunger on the rise. Iran this week reported that inflation hit 25 percent, ... .President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who faces an election next year, came to power in 2005 on a pledge to share Iran's oil wealth more fairly but has come under fire from ...
Arab ministers divided over Lebanon
11 May '08 | Politics & Economics / News
... "exercise restraint and cooperate with Arab endeavours," stressing that the "Arab initiative for Lebanon is the only initiative on the table."That initiative calls for the election of Lebanese army chief General Michel Sleiman as president, the establishment of a national unity government and the ...
US, Iraq seek stronger Arab backing
22 Apr '08 | Politics & Economics / News
... US, Jordan, Italy, Lebanon, Kuwait, Qatar, Britain and Russia.EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, Arab League chief Amr Moussa and a representative of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon are also expected to attend the meeting, which will call for the immediate election of a new president. (Reuters)
Gulf backs Obama in race for White House
6 Feb '08 | Politics & Economics / News
... , she voted for each one of President Bush’s supplementary military appropriations on both battlefronts. Clinton has since revised her position and said that upon election she would “convene the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the secretary of defence and the National Security Council and direct them to draw ...
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