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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 ...
Jazeera Airways highlights strong revenues despite record fuel prices at Annual Shareholder Meeting
21 May '08 | Press Releases
... on the Kuwait Stock Exchange and operates a fleet of six Airbus A320s from hubs in Kuwait and Dubai to destinations across the Middle East, Europe, Iran, North Africa, and the Indian Subcontinent. The airline has a firm order for 34 additional aircraft, to be delivered over the coming years, with ...
Kuwait’s democracy troubles Gulf Arab rulers
2 Jul '09 | Politics & Economics / Features
... to cite Kuwait, unique in its wide, free vote for a parliament with teeth, as an argument for more dynastic and autocratic rule.The violence following Iran’s recent elections has also raised Gulf fears of instability, giving another reason for no change.Islamist and tribal deputies stand accused of ...
FIFA lifts Kuwait ban
21 Dec '08 | Sport / News
Football's world governing body FIFA on Saturday lifted its suspension of the Kuwaiti Football Association (KFA), allowing the country's national team to compete in next year's GCC Cup, state news agency KUNA reported.KUNA said FIFA's executive committee had approved a six-month lift to the ban ...
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 ...
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 ...
Kuwait's emir will not dissolve parliament
25 Nov '08 | Politics & Economics / News
... leader Saddam Hussein was toppled by US-led forces in 2003 and replaced by a Shi'ite-controlled government backed by Shi'ite power Iran. The resignation was the latest crisis in the country's political history. The Kuwaiti parliament is regarded as one of the most democratic among the Gulf Arab ...
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)
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