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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Middle East News.Net http://www.middleeastnews.net/ en-us Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:18:42 -0500 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:18:42 -0500 30 With official visits overlapping in Afghanistan, Iran's outspoken president and the US defence secretary have accused each other of interfering in local affairs. http://www.middleeastnews.net/story/610743 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:41:11 -0500 Middle East News.Net http://www.middleeastnews.net/story/610743 Footballers' Wives star Laila Rouass is set to make a film on the life of terrorist Leila Khaled, often dubbed the "poster girl of Palestinian terrorism". http://www.middleeastnews.net/story/610897 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:09 -0500 ANI http://www.middleeastnews.net/story/610897 In a new study, scientists in Kuwait have predicted that world conventional crude oil production will peak in 2014 - almost a decade earlier than some other predictions. http://www.middleeastnews.net/story/610871 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:20:06 -0500 ANI http://www.middleeastnews.net/story/610871 Jordan was spotted shopping for saucy wigs and outfits with her cross dressing cage fighter husband Alex Reid. http://www.middleeastnews.net/story/610860 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:20:25 -0500 ANI http://www.middleeastnews.net/story/610860 The Jordanian government Wednesday confirmed that it had received an official request from the NATO alliance to train the Afghan army. http://www.middleeastnews.net/story/610721 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:00:01 -0500 IANS http://www.middleeastnews.net/story/610721 TEL AVIV, Israel — Vice President Joe Biden has opened a high-profile speech in Israel with warm words of praise for the Jewish state. Biden appears to be trying to calm a diplomatic row th... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018696&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:55:10 -0500 Sign on San Diego http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018696&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Hamas movement will on Thursday release a British reporter it arrested on suspicion of spying for Israel in its Gaza enclave last month, his lawyer said. http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018697&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:54:41 -0500 World Bulletin http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018697&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Arab League chief Amr Moussa said on Wednesday that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas had told him he called off indirect talks with Israel after the Israeli interior ministry announced more settler... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018698&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:54:39 -0500 World Bulletin http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018698&cat=940f2bfd509e743b CAIRO — The former U.N. nuclear chief turned Egyptian reform advocate has strongly condemned the beating of one of his supporters, allegedly by State Security agents. Mohamed ElBaradei said... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018541&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:46:10 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018541&cat=940f2bfd509e743b A U.S. MILITARY BASE IN SOUTHWEST ASIA — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that Iranian support for the Taliban in Afghanistan isn't much of a problem for the United States - yet... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018543&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:45:59 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018543&cat=940f2bfd509e743b JERUSALEM — The Palestinians are threatening to pull out of U.S.-mediated peace talks with Israel before the negotiations even start. The two sides agreed this week to resume indirect talks... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018546&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:45:53 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018546&cat=940f2bfd509e743b BEIJING: China on Thursday joined international condemnation of Israel’s plan to build 1,600 new homes in east Jerusalem and called on the Jewish state to put an end to the settlement project. http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018631&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:45:16 -0500 New Straits Times http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018631&cat=940f2bfd509e743b PRWEB ) March 11, 2010 -- Industrial Nanotech, Inc. (Pink Sheets:INTK), an emerging global leader in nanoscience solutions, announced that the Company’s CEO, Stuart Burchill, will be traveling t... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018063&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:43:48 -0500 PR Web http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018063&cat=940f2bfd509e743b DUBAI - General Motors in the Middle East will continue to honour Hummer warranties, while providing service support and spare parts to current and future owners of the military-inspired sport-utility... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018155&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:37:19 -0500 Khaleej Times http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018155&cat=940f2bfd509e743b (AP Photo/Baz Ratner, Pool)U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, talk before a dinner at the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem, Tuesday, M... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018690&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:32:55 -0500 Examiner http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018690&cat=940f2bfd509e743b In this photo released by Saudi Press Agency, Saudi King Abullah bin Abdul Azi greets U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates before their talks in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday, March 10, 2010. (AP ... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018677&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:27:11 -0500 CNS News http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018677&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Palestinian leaders are threatening to pull out of planned peace talks with Israel unless it reverses a plan to build 1,600 new homes for Jewish settlers in east Jerusalem. Palestinian leaders had ag... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018535&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:23:50 -0500 ABC Australia http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018535&cat=940f2bfd509e743b March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Union Investment Privatfonds, Germany’s third-largest money manager, favors bonds sold by developing nations with active local investors in foreign debt on concern the gl... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018590&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:16:44 -0500 Business Week http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018590&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Egypt Insurance Report Q1 2010 " report to their offering. Egypt Insurance Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, insurance associations, government departments an... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018301&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:06:32 -0500 Earth Times http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018301&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Bandar Abbas, Hormuzgan Prov, March 11, IRNA – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday that Iranians would not let “corrupt powers disturb security in the Persian Gulf region. http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018680&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:01:17 -0500 IRNA http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018680&cat=940f2bfd509e743b TEHRAN, Iran - An Iranian appeals court sentenced a university professor to six years in prison for suspected involvement in the country's postelection turmoil, local media reported Thursday. http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018684&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:57:04 -0500 MSNBC http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018684&cat=940f2bfd509e743b ABU DHABI - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Abu Dhabi on Thursday as Washington sought support from oil-rich Gulf allies to build pressure on Iran over its nuclear programme. The visit c... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018681&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:56:53 -0500 Middle East Online http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018681&cat=940f2bfd509e743b RIYADH - Gulf states are worried about Iran going nuclear, but equally fret about a dangerous confrontation that could arise from more sanctions and military threats against Tehran, analysts say. US ... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018682&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:56:51 -0500 Middle East Online http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018682&cat=940f2bfd509e743b The two sides agreed this week to resume indirect talks through a U.S. mediator.But the Palestinians say Israel's plan to build 1,600 new homes in disputed east Jerusalem makes it difficult to return ... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018678&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:54:22 -0500 Gadsden Times http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018678&cat=940f2bfd509e743b JERUSALEM—Israel's prime minister has reprimanded a top official over the announcement of new settlement construction during a high-profile visit by Vice President Joe Biden. But Benjamin Netany... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018686&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:52:54 -0500 Denver Post http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018686&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Three south Yemeni independence activists were killed and five wounded on Thursday when demonstrations in southern towns sparked clashes with police, opposition sources said. Two Southern Movement ... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018692&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:50:27 -0500 Breitbart http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018692&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Egypt Yellow Pages Ltd, the Local Search Company, signed today in a press conference held at its premises a strategic partnership with Otlob.com . Users of Yellow.com.eg now have direct access to food... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018604&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:49:19 -0500 AME Info http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018604&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Abu Dhabi-based retail group Lulu plans to invest over OR100m in expansion plans into Oman, Khaleej Times has reported. Lulu, which owns 76 stores across the GCC and Yemen, plans to open five new hype... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018674&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:49:19 -0500 AME Info http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018674&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Amadeus, a global leader in technology and distribution solutions for the travel and tourism industry, today announced the launch of Amadeus SMS solution, an industry-first web-based tool that allows ... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018291&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:49:14 -0500 AME Info http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018291&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Ilana Dayan gives Tzipi Livni free pass on Jerusalem issue Dr. Aaron Lerner Date: 11 March 2010 Ilana Dayan featured an interview with Kadima MK Tzipi Livni on and her Uvda (Fact) program last nigh... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018694&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:44:40 -0500 IMRA http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33018694&cat=940f2bfd509e743b In this photo taken on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010, Leila Ghanem, governor of Ramallah, talks in her office in Ramallah with a portrait of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on the wall. At age 35, Lei... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33016452&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:17:54 -0500 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33016452&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Key regulators from Kenya, Ethiopia, Ghana and Egypt including His Excellency Amin Abaza, Egypt's Minister of Agriculture & Land Reclamation, will highlight farmland and agri-investment oppor... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33015844&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:16:37 -0500 PR Web http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33015844&cat=940f2bfd509e743b (MENAFN - Times of Oman) Parts of Darsait, Wadi Kabir, Ruwi, Muttrah, Hamriyah, Mumtaz, Muscat, and Sidaab went dry yesterday after three pipelines burst in two days, officials said. While the main pi... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33016455&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:11:32 -0500 MENAFN http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33016455&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Sana'a, Yemen - At least two people were killed and several others injured in clashes between police and pro-separatist protesters in southern Yemen on Thursday, witnesses said. They said one proteste... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33015973&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:04:01 -0500 Earth Times http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33015973&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Qatar Airways will add South America to its rapidly expanding network by flying directly to Brazil and Argentina in the next few months, the carrier has announced. http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33015883&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:57:21 -0500 Arabian Business http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33015883&cat=940f2bfd509e743b LONDON, ENGLAND, March 11, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Emirates Tours will be lending its support to the Childline North West Ball, taking place on 6th March in Manchester. Emirates Tours will be do... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33016139&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:51:12 -0500 24 / 7 Press Release http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33016139&cat=940f2bfd509e743b KPMG, has confirmed that it will support this year's CFO Strategies Saudi 2010 forum as platinum sponsor, citing the forum's strategic agenda as the reason for its confirmation. http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33015840&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:50:33 -0500 24 / 7 Press Release http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33015840&cat=940f2bfd509e743b March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Iran will increase the balance of its oil stabilization fund if crude prices remain over $65 in the new Iranian year starting in late March, the country’s deputy central ... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33016444&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:49:10 -0500 Business Week http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33016444&cat=940f2bfd509e743b At his headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, welcomes U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, who said the Palestinians deserve a "viable" state. http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33016285&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:42:15 -0500 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33016285&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Reporting from Baghdad - Hunkered down in a community outside Baghdad, Raad Ali watched the national elections Sunday in anonymity. No one bothers him here. Strangers think he is just another displac... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33016288&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:42:09 -0500 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33016288&cat=940f2bfd509e743b At his headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, welcomes U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, who said the Palestinians deserve a "viable" state. http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33016289&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:42:08 -0500 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33016289&cat=940f2bfd509e743b CMI FPE Ltd, manufacturer of cold rolling mill complexes, today said it has received an order from Iran-based firm to supply cold rolling mill used in ferrous and non-ferrous industries. http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33016443&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:40:18 -0500 Business Standard http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33016443&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Initial results from Iraq’s national election are likely to be released today. There’s no indication that any bloc will win an outright majority but the Iraqi prime minister is tipped even... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33016294&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:39:51 -0500 Euro News http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33016294&cat=940f2bfd509e743b ABU-DHABI, March 11 (RIA Novosti) - A Georgian woman is set to become the first ever female ambassador to Saudi Arabia, a Kuwaiti daily said on Thursday. Yekaterina Mayering-Mikadze, the current Geor... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33016371&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:35:45 -0500 RIA Novosti http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33016371&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Vimar, Germany, March 11, IRNA – Emphasis was made here Wednesday on need for expansion of cultural cooperation in a meeting between Iran’s CHHTO head and deputies and Vimar city officials. http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33016429&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:33:58 -0500 IRNA http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33016429&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Kabul, March 10, IRNA - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday that Iranian and Afghan nations share similar fate and have common enemies. http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33016446&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:33:43 -0500 IRNA http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33016446&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Kabul, March 10, IRNA -- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday that the Islamic Republic of Iran regards Afghan developments and security as its own. http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33016447&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:33:34 -0500 IRNA http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33016447&cat=940f2bfd509e743b RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas will not relaunch negotiations with Israel unless it cancels plans for new illegal settler homes in Palestinian East Jerusalem, his t... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33016450&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:28:48 -0500 Middle East Online http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33016450&cat=940f2bfd509e743b RIYADH - Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday appealed to Saudi leaders to back a US-led drive for tough sanctions against Iran in a visit to Riyadh. Gates met King Abdullah and the Saudi crow... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33016448&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:28:45 -0500 Middle East Online http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33016448&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Ripple Effect Communications, an award winning public relations company located in Boston, New York and California, announced today its partnership with Orient Planet, one of the Middle East's most ra... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33016264&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:21:09 -0500 AME Info http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33016264&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Alfardan Group welcomed international restaurateur and three Michelin Star celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay to Doha to celebrate the opening of the first Maze Gordon Ramsay restaurant in the Middle East o... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33016263&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:21:08 -0500 AME Info http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33016263&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) participates in the International Tourism Bourse (ITB) Berlin, the biggest European travel trade show, held from March 10 to March 14. http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33016368&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:21:07 -0500 AME Info http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33016368&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Egypt's statistics agency CAPMAS has said that the country's urban annual consumer price inflation dropped below forecasts to 12.8% in the year to February, Reuters has reported. Prices of food and be... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33015926&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:21:05 -0500 AME Info http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33015926&cat=940f2bfd509e743b A closing ceremony was held at Qtel Headquarters recently to celebrate the end of a new phase of the "Work Ready Programme". The Programme, which is an entirely new initiative running for the first ti... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33015728&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:21:01 -0500 AME Info http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33015728&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Mar 11, 2010 - 11:16 - WAM Abu Dhabi, March 11th, 2010 (WAM) -- The medical team of Emirates World Humanitarian Mobile Hospital in Bosnia-Herzegovina carried out a rare surgery to remove a tumor from ... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33015771&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:20:20 -0500 WAM http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33015771&cat=940f2bfd509e743b TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - An Iranian pro-reform Web site says authorities have released a former senior official detained for suspected involvement in the country's postelection turmoil. Parlemannews says f... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33016441&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:16:48 -0500 Find Law http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33016441&cat=940f2bfd509e743b WASHINGTON, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Citing Iran "contrary" to U.S. interests, President Barack Obama said Wednesday that the United States will continue sanctions set by the previous administrations on I... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33016454&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:15:58 -0500 SINA http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33016454&cat=940f2bfd509e743b (MENAFN - Jordan Times) The consumer price index (CPI), a measure of inflation, rose by 4.4 per cent during the first two months of this year to 122.5 points from 117.4 points during the same period o... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33014136&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:47:23 -0500 MENAFN http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33014136&cat=940f2bfd509e743b (MENAFN - Jordan Times) If the government continues its economic reform programme, the budget deficit can be reduced to safe levels within the coming five years, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of ... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33014137&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:47:15 -0500 MENAFN http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33014137&cat=940f2bfd509e743b (MENAFN - Jordan Times) During a ceremony held at Aqaba's Princess Basma Centre for Development, Aqaba Development Corporation (ADC), the central development arm of Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authori... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33014138&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:47:11 -0500 MENAFN http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33014138&cat=940f2bfd509e743b (MENAFN - Jordan Times) The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research has decided to increase the number of loans offered to university students due to the high number of applicants, a mini... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33014139&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:47:03 -0500 MENAFN http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33014139&cat=940f2bfd509e743b (MENAFN - Times of Oman) Gulf International Pipe Industry (GIPI) announced yesterday the official grand opening ceremony of its manufacturing facility at Sohar Industrial Estate under the auspices of ... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33014140&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:46:34 -0500 MENAFN http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33014140&cat=940f2bfd509e743b (MENAFN - Arab Times) "The government will not be able to execute the recently approved development plan due to financial difficulties that will be faced by public stock companies which will implement... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33014141&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:46:28 -0500 MENAFN http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33014141&cat=940f2bfd509e743b ABB, the Swiss-headquartered power and automation technology group, has signed a $2.8m contract with Qatar-based contractor, Black Cat Engineering & Construction to design and develop a major inte... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33013926&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:33:35 -0500 AME Info http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33013926&cat=940f2bfd509e743b The Iraqi Civil Aviation Board has given its approval for plans for a new international airport in Salahaddin province, Meed has reported. The $140m airport will have a capacity for some two million p... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33014019&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:57:19 -0500 AME Info http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33014019&cat=940f2bfd509e743b ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has signed a $2.8m deal with leading Contractor BlackCat Engineering and Construction to design and develop a major integrated Safety Integrity ... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33014068&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:57:12 -0500 AME Info http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33014068&cat=940f2bfd509e743b The Qatar branch of the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI Qatar) has announced details of the program for The Middle East Naval Commanders (MENC) Conference being ... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33013951&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:57:11 -0500 AME Info http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33013951&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Siemens Energy has received an order worth approximately EUR30m from Dubai-based Federal Electricity and Water Authority (FEWA) as part of power supply network expansion. The order from the United Ara... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33013966&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:57:09 -0500 AME Info http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33013966&cat=940f2bfd509e743b IDF Spokesperson March 10th, 2010 IDF Chief of the General Staff Delivers Speech at Annual FIDF Conference in United States The Chief of the General Staff, Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi was the guest of ... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33014135&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:52:16 -0500 IMRA http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33014135&cat=940f2bfd509e743b RAMALLAH, West Bank | An open diplomatic row during the visit of Vice President Joe Biden has shined a spotlight on the U.S. failure to rein in Israeli settlement ambitions and deepened Palestinian su... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33011710&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:33:23 -0500 The Ledger http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33011710&cat=940f2bfd509e743b (MENAFN - The Peninsula) Pakistan Embassy has announced the participation of Pakistan Navy in DIMDEX 2010. Two ships and a submarine will be arriving at the Doha Port on March 28 to participate in the... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33011713&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:22:25 -0500 MENAFN http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33011713&cat=940f2bfd509e743b (MENAFN - The Peninsula) The management of 51 East, the luxury retail division of the Darwish Holding, recently signed a contract with Gulf Contracting to build their new flagship store at the Lagoona... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33011715&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:22:00 -0500 MENAFN http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33011715&cat=940f2bfd509e743b The Bahrain RFC senior squad trained for the final time in Saar last night ahead their last away game of the season against Abu Dhabi Harlequins tomorrow. Having secured the Arabian Gulf Prosperity P... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33011658&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:17:20 -0500 Gulf Daily News http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33011658&cat=940f2bfd509e743b INTERNATIONAL hip-hop superstar Flo Rida has arrived in Bahrain accompanied by Grammy-award winning artist Brandy ahead of the opening race of the Formula One season. The pair, who are rumoured to be... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33011647&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:17:19 -0500 Gulf Daily News http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33011647&cat=940f2bfd509e743b MANAMA: Bahrain and Britain yesterday signed an agreement on the avoidance of double taxation aimed at boosting financial and economic co-operation and joint investment. It was signed by Finance Mini... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33011654&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:17:14 -0500 Gulf Daily News http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33011654&cat=940f2bfd509e743b MANAMA: Bahrain is on the fast-track to a new economic era, fuelling private sector growth and greater diversification, it was declared last night. It is targeting a slice of a service industries mar... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33011651&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:17:13 -0500 Gulf Daily News http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33011651&cat=940f2bfd509e743b MANAMA: The Middle East could be producing more than 10 per cent of the world's aluminium in less than a decade, according to industry experts. Over the past 10 years, GCC states have begun implement... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33011604&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:17:12 -0500 Gulf Daily News http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33011604&cat=940f2bfd509e743b HUNDREDS of music fans were left disappointed after British singer Finley Quaye failed to show up at a Bud Music Live! event at Coral Beach Club last night. However, the show went ahead as planned an... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33011438&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:17:10 -0500 Gulf Daily News http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33011438&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Reporting from Baghdad - Hunkered down in a community outside Baghdad, Raad Ali watched the national elections Sunday in anonymity. No one bothers him here. Strangers think he is just another displac... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33011614&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:53:10 -0500 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33011614&cat=940f2bfd509e743b ADAOX Middle East, the regional business development centre of ESET NOD32 Antivirus, today announced the availability of ESET’s Mail Security for Microsoft Exchange Server and ESET Smart Security 4.... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33011615&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:50:38 -0500 Dubai Chronicle http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33011615&cat=940f2bfd509e743b DOHA: The General Secretariat for Development Planning (GSDP) will participate in the Qatar Career Fair to be held from March 14 to March 18 March at the Qatar International Exhibition Center. http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33011657&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:42:13 -0500 The Peninsula http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33011657&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell says it is no longer selling gasoline to Iran, the latest in a growing number of oil firms to halt supplies to the Islamic Republic. The Netherlands-based oil company annou... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33011286&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:40:22 -0500 Neftegaz http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33011286&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war has run about half its course. Judging by the dominant reaction of the British press, its sole function is to prove what we all know to be true: that the invasion was... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33011602&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:27:13 -0500 Financial Times http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33011602&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Corporate Israel is starting to discover the hidden business potential of Israeli Arabs - largely virgin territory to most major companies, with the noteworthy exception of the cellular service provid... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33008966&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:42:19 -0500 Haaretz http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33008966&cat=940f2bfd509e743b KABUL, Afghanistan — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited Afghanistan on Wednesday and lashed out at American allegations that Iran was providing support to Afghan insurgents, accusing ... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33009458&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:28:23 -0500 The Seattle Times http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33009458&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Bahrain is looking to put more emphasis on the private sector and is aiming to take a "$2 trillion slice" of the global service industries market by 2020, the Crown Prince has said in a TV interview. http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33009058&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:28:20 -0500 Arabian Business http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33009058&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Luxury resorts operator Banyan Tree has said that one of its wholly-owned subsidiaries is taking legal action over an unpaid bill of more than $1m in Bahrain. http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33009388&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:28:02 -0500 Arabian Business http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33009388&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Prospects for indirect Israeli-Palestinian talks lay in tatters after the Arab League came out against them unless Israel reversed its plans to build more settler homes in the occupied territories. http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33009459&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:58:22 -0500 Khaleej Times http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33009459&cat=940f2bfd509e743b RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - An open diplomatic row during the visit of Vice President Joe Biden has shined a spotlight on the U.S. failure to rein in Israeli settlement ambitions and deepened Palestini... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33009457&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:47:00 -0500 Find Law http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33009457&cat=940f2bfd509e743b by Abdul HaleemDespite confrontation over nuclear issue, Middle East and numerous other international subjects, both Tehran and Washington are in consent to fight militancy in Afghanistan but their co... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33009375&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:46:06 -0500 People's Daily http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33009375&cat=940f2bfd509e743b The Swiss Foreign Ministry on Wednesday called on Israel to stop building new dwellings in East Jerusalem, saying such an action on the Occupied Palestinian Territory is a clear violation of internati... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33009128&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:45:52 -0500 People's Daily http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33009128&cat=940f2bfd509e743b OFFICIAL test results are not the true indication of the actual potential of the Lotus Racing team, and from their debut race in Bahrain this weekend, chief executive officer Riad Asmat expects everyt... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33006820&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:00:04 -0500 New Straits Times http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33006820&cat=940f2bfd509e743b