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| Dubai may have won the first round in the battle for finance center dominance in the Gulf, but can it maintain its edge against Doha and Manama? |
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| The Italian Oasis |
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| A Palermo-based NGO is helping impoverished Egyptian villages to bring in ecotourism dollars. |
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May 07, 2008 | Special Report |
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| A step backward |
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| Human rights groups and media companies are holding their breath to see how far Arab League governments will go to mute satellite TV. |
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May 01, 2008 | MEDIA |
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| LOST GROUND |
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| If Lebanese agriculture wants to capitalize on its free trade agreements, farmers will have to increase the quality of their produce and lower production costs. |
| Jan 23, 2008 | Agriculture |
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| STORMY WEATHER |
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| While the political class feuds over the presidential election, Lebanese business is stuck in a dead-end. Is Lebanon doomed to instability? |
| Jan 22, 2008 | Lebanon |
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| Marriage of Convenience |
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| The Borse Dubai-OMX-NASDAQ tie-up may have created history but can it build a common Gulf market? |
| Jan 22, 2008 | Special Report |
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| Wooing the consumer |
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| Middle East record labels are using the same technologies that threaten to put them out of business to win back music fans who have been seduced by piracy. |
| Sep 30, 2007 | Music |
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| Dubai wants to be a destination for medical tourists, but success won’t happen overnight. Those in need of specialist care tend to shop around for the best deal. |
| Sep 06, 2007 | Medical Tourism |
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| A tribe without a sheikh |
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| The Kuwait Stock Exchange’s sojourn in the legislative wilderness is about to end with draft laws to establish a regulatory authority before the country’s cabinet. |
| Jun 03, 2007 | Due Diligence |
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| All in the Family |
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| Jan 03, 2008 | GULF |
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| Common Bond |
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| Jan 03, 2008 | GCC |
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| A taste for contradiction |
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| Surprising news from Israel/Palestine: Islamic fundamentalists and Israel’s Jewish art establishment share an affinity for the same gallery in an ultra-traditional town. |
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| PRINT EDITION |
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| Iraq's cultural catastrophe continues, with highly organized gangs still plundering archaeological treasures five years after the US invasion. |
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May 01, 2008 | Iraq |
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| FORUMS |
| The flight from détente |
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| Amid the scuffle, it’s easy to forget Iran has tried to forge an understanding over nuclear proliferation. Ironically, US intransigence has weakened Tehran’s moderates. |
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Jan 23, 2008 | Iran |
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| Enemies of promise |
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| The GCC, founded in reaction to the 1979 Revolution in Iran, has mostly wasted its opportunities to form a more perfect union. |
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Jan 23, 2008 | GCC |
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| Mayhem in the Maghreb |
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| North African Islamic militants appear to have formed a coalition targeting governments rather than civilians. |
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Jun 03, 2007 | The Maghreb |
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As governor of the Lebanese Central Bank, he’s worked to salvage Lebanon’s finances following the July 2006 war. Riad Salame tells TRENDS how he is keeping the economy afloat in a time of political chaos. |
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Rong-I Wu, the chairman of the Taiwan Stock Exchange and a former senior advisor to the president of Taiwan, was in Dubai recently. He told TRENDSabout the evolution of the exchange and its opportunities for growth. |
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