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Yahoo buys Arabic language portal

By Joseph Menn in San Francisco and Simeon Kerr in Dubai

Published: August 25 2009 14:40 | Last updated: August 25 2009 18:25

The Maktoob website
The Maktoob.com website

Yahoo has bought the largest Arabic-language web portal in a deal executives say reflects the company’s intention to bet big on a more wired future for the developing world.

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