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Headlines Friday 13 April 2007

Gates to visit Israel over Saudi arms deal
Al-Qaeda claims responsibility for parliament bombing
Olmert ready to discuss future Palestinian state
Egypt 'offended' by accusations of sytematic human rights abuses
Three MPs killed in Green Zone blast
Bomb attacks will not halt elections, says Belkhadem
Northern pipeline will boost oil production
Doha signs insurance cooperation agreement with US state
Standard & Poor's index measures stocks for foreigners
European Parliament upgrades Islamic Development Bank
Bomb attacks kill 30 in Algiers
Landmark Indian labour agreement reached
Amnesty warns of Egyptian anti-terror law impact
Gulf car sales rise for General Motors
Asset quality to weaken at Gulf banks, S&P
Gas exporters consider gas Opec
King Abdullah unveils Riyadh infrastructure programme
Borouge enters the melamine market
Khartoum threatens military action against Chad
Currencies fall as dollar peg stays
UK insists Hamas boycott continues, despite talks
Beirut split over UN role in Hariri tribunal
Oil chief calls it a day
Lehman granted licence to operate in Qatar
UK sailors to be released
UN Middle East envoy to quit
Asad ready to talk to Israel, says Pelosi
African Union forces struggle to cope in Darfur
Byblos granted $50m loan to support small firms
Central Bank to launch Islamic certificate of deposit

Headlines Friday 16 March 2007


UAE: Claims that Dubai is at risk from corporate collapses
SAUDI ARABIA: Authorities clamp down on extremist teaching
Mauritanian elections go to second round
EGYPT: Opposition members arrested
IRAQ: Al-Maliki visits Ramadi
Solana arrives in Riyadh to discuss Lebanon
US to co-operate with Libya on nuclear power
Orascom Telecom customer numbers top 51 million
IRAN: Atomic note for Tehran signals inflation
Halliburton moves its head office to Dubai
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ALGERIA: Opposition party to boycott elections
UAE: Bangladeshi airline crashes at Dubai Airport
IRAN: Oil firms face US sanctions over Iran deals
Kuwait Finance House partner takes control of Malaysian bank
EGYPT: Fresh calls for arrest of Israeli Infrastructure Minister
IRAN: Payment dispute delays Bushehr plant
Egypt cuts dollar reserves
ALGERIA: Chinese strike oil and gas in Sahara
UAE: Mondial launches investment bank
UAE: Istithmar buys UK business centres
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Riyadh warns foreigners against attacks
GAZA WEST BANK: Palestinians close to forming unity government
IRAQ: Democrats urge US troop withdrawal from Iraq
SAUDI ARABIA: Patey set to be new UK ambassador to Riyadh
Tel Aviv advises against travel to Jordan and Egypt
IRAQ: Shia pilgrims hit by new attacks
JORDAN: King Abdullah calls for renewed US peace efforts
Egypt Cabinet
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