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Mar 28, 2014 MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICS & SOCIETY

Billionaire media mogul launches new channel dubbing Indian soaps and lifestyle programmes into Arabic to feed the Middle East’s appetite for subcontinental content

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Mar 27, 2014 UK

A&O partners referred to legal watchdog

Solicitors in Dahdaleh case to undergo review by SRA

Saudi royal guards stand on duty in front of portraits of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz (R), Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz (C) and second deputy Prime Minister Mugren bin Abdulaziz

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Mar 26, 2014 COMMENT

Saudi Arabia: A kingdom on guard

Alarmed by the rise of political Islam, the House of Saud is increasingly hardline at home and aggressive abroad

Russia's President Vladimir Putin attend...Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sarksian in Yerevan, on December 2, 2013. Putin slammed today street protests in Ukraine against the government's decision not to sign a key agreement with the European Union and seek closer ties with the Kremlin. "The events in Ukraine seem more like a pogrom than a revolution," he said during a visit to Armenia. AFP PHOTO/ RIA-NOVOSTI/ POOL /MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEVMIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/AFP/Getty Images

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Mar 24, 2014 Global Insight from IRAN

Russia can hit US where it hurts, on Iran

Moscow could sell Tehran missiles or undermine sanctions

Mar 18, 2014

Fresh controversy hits Qatar World Cup

UK newspaper claims $2m changed hands after Gulf state won bid

Global Insight Emir of Qatar faces first test
David Gardner Qatar stands firm

Mar 16, 2014

Dubai agrees refinancing deal

UAE extends maturity of $20bn in bonds and loans for five years

Egypt Copts bear brunt of Islamist anger

Egyptian policemen take position in the City of Delga

Fears grow over possible return to low-level insurgency in the country

Misurata’s brigades exert pressure on Libya

A Libyan flag flies on Tripoli Street in Misurata

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The wartime experiences of Misurata still cast a destabilising shadow over the country’s politics.

Mar 14, 2014 ASIA-PACIFIC

Saudi Arabia grants aid to Pakistan

Riyadh $1.5bn package boosts Islamabad’s foreign reserves

IMF approves $6.6bn Pakistan loan
In depth Syria crisis

Omani leader Sultan Qaboos bin Said (2nd r) and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (L) walk during a welcome ceremony in Muscat on March 12, 2014. Rouhani arrived in Oman for a two-day visit to discuss bilateral cooperation and regional tensions. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED MAHJOUB (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED MAHJOUB/AFP/Getty Images)

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Mar 13, 2014 MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICS & SOCIETY

Rouhani seals gas deal with Oman

Iranian leader’s visit to ally is his first to an Arab neighbour

Café reveals softer side to Iran’s basij
Javad Zarif Iran keeps its word

Mar 9, 2014

Arabtec in housing deal with Egypt’s military

UAE company to build 1m units

File picture of Qatar's Crown Prince Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad al-Thani at the 12th Arab Games in Doha

Mar 9, 2014 Global Insight

Emir of Qatar faces his first big test

Doha in a spat with Gulf neighbours over support for Islamists

David Gardner Qatar stands firm
Savvy and affable but untested - Sheikh Tamim Profile

Mar 7, 2014 David Gardner

Qatar stands firm over Brotherhood backing

Mar 5, 2014

Gulf states withdraw Qatar ambassadors

Frustration over maverick foreign policy prompts moves

Mar 5, 2014 The A-List from COMMENT

The Saudis and Pakistan’s shift on Syria

Islamabad’s move to back the rebels will have serious consequences, writes Ahmed Rashid

Mar 4, 2014 MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICS & SOCIETY

Signs of Iran meddling in Bahrain grow

Feb 28, 2014 COMMENT

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Stickler Scot who invoked an emir’s powers to build Dubai

Feb 26, 2014

UAE focuses on putting Egypt economy on track

Feb 23, 2014 UK

CPS focuses on improved asset recovery

Agency to send lawyers to countries with criminals hiding assets

Feb 19, 2014 UK

BAE strikes Eurofighter deal with Saudis

Agreement on pricing 72 jets seen as coup for UK company

Feb 17, 2014 COMPANIES

UAE financial hub sets to lure investors

Abu Dhabi appoints ex-Dubai regulator to oversee centre launch

Feb 4, 2014

Saudi Arabia targets its Syria fighters

Kingdom will imprison citizens who fight abroad

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A Spanish national flag flies from a construction site advertising a residential show flat in Madrid, Spain

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Supporter of BJP holds a mask of Hindu nationalist Modi during a rally being addressed by Modi in New Delhi

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This undated hand out picture released by Norway's energy group Statoil on January 17, 2013 shows vehicles parked at the In Amenas gas field, jointly operated by British oil giant BP, Norway's Statoil and state-run Algerian energy firm Sonatrach, in eastern Algeria near the Libyan border. Algerian troops surrounded Islamists holding foreign hostages at the gas field on January 17, a day after a deadly attack the gunmen said was in reprisal for Algeria's cooperation in French operations in Mali. The Islamists told Mauritanian media they were holding 41 Westerners. Their captives included French, British and Japanese citizens, as well as seven Americans, they said, adding that the action was in response to Algeria's opening of its air space to French warplanes involved in an assault on Islamists in neighbouring Mali.

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Solicitors in Dahdaleh case to undergo review by SRA

Alarmed by the rise of political Islam, the House of Saud is increasingly hardline at home and aggressive abroad

Moscow could sell Tehran missiles or undermine sanctions

UK newspaper claims $2m changed hands after Gulf state won bid

UAE extends maturity of $20bn in bonds and loans for five years

Riyadh $1.5bn package boosts Islamabad’s foreign reserves

Iranian leader’s visit to ally is his first to an Arab neighbour

UAE company to build 1m units

Doha in a spat with Gulf neighbours over support for Islamists

Frustration over maverick foreign policy prompts moves

Islamabad’s move to back the rebels will have serious consequences, writes Ahmed Rashid

Stickler Scot who invoked an emir’s powers to build Dubai

Agency to send lawyers to countries with criminals hiding assets

Agreement on pricing 72 jets seen as coup for UK company

Abu Dhabi appoints ex-Dubai regulator to oversee centre launch

Kingdom will imprison citizens who fight abroad

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