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Plan for investment fund sends Oman stocks soaring
Muscat: A reported decision by the Omani government to set up a 150 million Omani riyal (Dh1.4 billion) investment fund to prop up the Muscat Securities Market (MSM) sent the stocks soaring by three... (photo: GFDL / Ian Sewell)
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Business   Investment   Oman   Photos   Telecom		  Gulf News 
Nawras wins Oman TRA bid
Muscat: A top executive from Nawras, Oman's second mobile telephone service provider, was thrilled to emerge as as a successful bidder for full fixed line public telecommunications services in Oman.... (photo: WN / Geeta)
Palestinian women walk in front of a graffiti in the image of the late leader Yasser Arafat  The Daily Telegraph 
Even with Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama will find Middle East peace elusive
There are still nine weeks to go before Barack Obama takes his oath of office to become the 44th President of the United States, but already expectations are running high that he will dive headlong... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
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Shiite Muslims, members of Hezbollah, beat their chest during a procession organized by the movement Thursday, May 7, 1998, in the southern Lebanese town of Nabatiyeh. Hezbollah, a once shadowy band of militants that has transformed itself into a formida  International Herald Tribune 
Hezbollah's foundation is built on youth
: On a Bekaa Valley playing field gilded by late-afternoon sun, hundreds of young men wearing Boy Scout-like uniforms and kerchiefs stand rigidly at attention as a military band plays, its marchers... (photo: (AP Photo/Enric Marti) )
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Vice President Dick Cheney and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi applaud King Abdullah II of Jordan during his address to a Joint Meeting of Congress, Tuesday, March 7, 2007 at the U.S. Capitol. ula1 International Herald Tribune
Jordan's king urges Israel to avoid Gaza invasion
By Suleiman al-Khalidi Jordan's King Abdullah warned Israeli leaders this week that a military offensive in Gaza would destabilise the region, a Jordanian... (photo: White House by David Bohrer )
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A general view of the fireworks at the Atlantis resort in Dubai, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008. While the rest of the world is tightening its belt, Dubai is throwing a US$20 million party Thursday complete with Hollywood celebrities and a fireworks show that organizers said would be visible from outer space. The party, which will be headlined by Australian pop star Kylie Minogue in her Middle East debut, is to celebrate a new US$1.5 billion marine-themed resort built off the Gulf coast on an artificial island in the shape of a palm t The Times
Crisis? What crisis? Dubai's Atlantis hotel opens with £13m party
There was no evidence of the global financial crisis as tycoons and celebrities streamed into Dubai last night for the world's most expensive private party. Having spent... (photo: AP / Joel Ryan)
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Suspected Syrian arms dealer Monzer al-Kassar, second from left, is escorted from a helicopter by DEA agents Friday, June 13, 2008 in New York. Al-Kassar, who was born in Syria and is a longtime resident of Spain, was arrested in Madrid in June 2007 as part of a U.S. sting operation. An indictment accuses him of conspiring to support terrorists, conspiring to kill U.S. soldiers, conspiring to acquire and use anti-aircraft missiles, and money launde Al Jazeera
US convicts Syrian-born arms dealer
A US court has convicted a Syrian-born arms dealer for plotting to sell arms, including anti-aircraft rockets, to Colombian rebels. Monzer al-Kassar was found guilty for... (photo: AP / Frank Franklin II)
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Drug Enforcement Administration agents escort suspected Syrian arms dealer Monzer al-Kassar from a helicopter to a waiting vehicle, Friday, June 13, 2008 in New York. Al-Kassar, who was born in Syria and is a longtime resident of Spain, was arrested in Madrid in June 2007 as part of a U.S. sting operation. An indictment accuses him of conspiring to support terrorists, conspiring to kill U.S. soldiers, conspiring to acquire and use anti-aircraft missiles, and money launder TVNZ
US convicts Syrian of arms deal
Nov 21, 2008 8:02 AM A US federal jury convicted a Syrian arms dealer and a co-defendant of conspiring to sell $1 million in weapons to Colombian rebels who intended to... (photo: AP / Louis Lanzano)
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Mohamed ElBaradei Daily Star Lebanon
IAEA reports little headway on Iran and Syria probes
By Agence France Presse (AFP) Thursday, November 20, 2008 - Powered by VIENNA: The UN atomic watchdog on Wednesday  reported scant progress in its investigations... (photo: AP Photo / Hans Punz)
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** FILE ** Staff work at Iran´s Isfahan nuclear, UCF, facility in this file photo from Saturday, Nov. 20, 2004. A much touted deal aimed at freezing the development of Iranian nuclear weapons will fail, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said in a The Times
Bush and Olmert to meet over Iran's nuclear ambitions
President Bush is to hold White House talks with the Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday after publication of a nuclear watchdog's report this week showing that... (photo: AP Photo)
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KLps1 - April07 - Royal Dutch Shell Gas - Petrol Station - Oil - Energy.(ps1) Turkey's Botas and Shell sign preliminary deal for natural gas exploration, marketing in Iraq Star Tribune
Mumbai: oil tankers in the Mumbai sea. 9 Ships diverted after Saudi oil tanker hijacked The Press Democrat
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, gestures as he speaks with Middle East Quartet envoy and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair during their meeting at Abbas' office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008 (tmg1) Syria and Britain all ears now Asia Times
The Liberian-flagged oil tanker MV Sirius Star is at anchor Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008 off the coast of Somalia. The jolly life of a pirate ring Asia Times
SECURITY TALKS - U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Walter Navarro discusses security with a local Iraqi resident, Nov. 11, 2008, in the Hayy Jihad community of the Rashid District of southern Baghdad. Iraqis' debate on pact a debacle Philadelphia Daily News
A masked Kurdish demonstrator holds a poster of the Kurdistan Workers Party, PKK, the outlawed separatist rebel group´s jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan, as he shouts slogans during the Nowruz celebrations in southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, W US, Iraq, Turkey in Baghdad for talks on PKK rebels Gulf News
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