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Saudi, Syria agree to 'remove obstacles' to closer ties
8 Oct '09 | Politics & Economics / News
... "Good relations" between Saudi Arabia and Syria "will help ease other tensions within the Arab world."An indication that Syria has changed was this year's Lebanese election, he said. "They didn't interfere in the election. I think that is a good indicator Syria wants a good relationship with Arabs."
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 ...
Cheney meets Saudi king for talks
22 Mar '08 | Politics & Economics / News
... cases to look for places where they can actually increase their support to those governments," the official said.They may also discuss Pakistan post-election, the official said. "The Saudis have long-standing relationships with both President Musharraf as well as with former Prime Minister Nawaz ...
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 ...
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 ...
Saudi agrees token output hike to appease US
17 May '08 | Politics & Economics / News
... $128 a barrel on Friday, adding to US recession fears during a presidential election year in which voters who will choose Bush's successor are increasingly focused ... Bush ended a three-day trip to Israel where he vowed to oppose Iran's nuclear ambitions. Tehran says its programme is peaceful but Bush ...
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 ...
Bush heads to Middle East amid dark omens
11 May '08 | Politics & Economics / News
... 2006 has led in recent days an armed campaign against forces loyal to the pro-Western government.The volatile situation in war-torn Iraq, Iran's growing confidence, and Syria's defiance - experts see many of these as signs of diminished US clout in the region, even as sky-high gasoline prices hurt ...
Saudi denies politically motivated executions
28 Apr '08 | Politics & Economics / News
... said that "relations between the Saudi and Syrian ministries of justice are excellent".Saudi Arabia has accused Syria of blocking the election by parliament of a new president for Lebanon, which has been without a head of state since November amid political feuding.The oil-rich kingdom and the West ...
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