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May 20, 2013

Construction workers strike in Dubai

Labour tensions rise in emirate

Analysis

Tea with FT Middle East: Subhash Chandra

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

Picture dated 1965 showing the construction of the Aswan high dam in Egypt.

©AFP May 20, 2013

El Sewedy leads way for Egypt

US is next target for smart metering technologist

From COMPANIES May 16, 2013

Qatar buys into Milan property project

Gulf state diversifying away from hydrocarbons

Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani waves as he arrives to attend National Day celebrations in Doha...Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (front C) waves next to members of a security team as he arrives to attend National Day celebrations in Doha

©Reuters May 16, 2013

Qatar bankrolls Syrian revolt

Tiny Gulf state lays bare its growing ambitions

From MIDDLE EASTERN FINANCE May 15, 2013

Abu Dhabi shares highest since 2008

Increase driven by bank stocks as emirate’s lenders improve earnings

dren watch as a woman check pastries after baking them in an oven, ahead of the Eid al-Fitr festival, in Sanaa

©Reuters From MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICS & SOCIETY May 15, 2013

Shahiya serves up virtual Mideast cookbook

Region sees an ‘amazing number of start-ups’ as web use increases

People on the Move

A man walks down a staircase near a stock ticker in the lobby of the London Stock Exchange

The Middle East’s latest moves and hires, featuring the DIFC, Gulf Finance House and Mumtalakat

Keeping the peace in Cairo

women march towards Tahrir Square to protest against sexual harassment

©AFP

Like secular morality police, Egypt’s sexual harassment patrols show glimmers of post-revolution spirit

.Floor hands David Vannapha, left, Mario Ramos, center, and Jose Garza make a pipe connection on the drill string on the Orion Perseus drilling rig near Encinal in Webb County, Texas, U.S., on Monday, March 26, 2012. The Perseus is drilling for oil and gas in the Eagle Ford Shale, a sedimentary rock formation underlying an area of South and East Texas.

©Bloomberg May 13, 2013

Saudis welcome US shale boom

New hydrocarbon sources reassure market, says Aramco

From MIDDLE EASTERN FINANCE May 13, 2013

Property to drive Dubai’s 14% growth in trade

Busy trade, aviation and tourism behind emirate’s progress

May 13, 2013

Gulf petrochemicals expansion threatened

Prices of US natural gas challenge Mideast feedstock advantage

From GLOBAL ECONOMY May 8, 2013

US seeks Bahrain talks on workers’ rights

Manama may have violated provisions of trade deal, says Washington

Markets watch Bahrain sets sights on benchmark debt sale
F1 courts controversy with Bahrain race

From MIDDLE EASTERN FINANCE May 8, 2013

Dana Gas names investor relations chief

Bid to improve communications after $1bn Islamic bond restructuring

May 8, 2013

Dubai aims to double tourist numbers

Emirate builds on ties with China, India and sub-Saharan Africa

May 7, 2013

Saudi minister calls for subsidy cuts

Finance official seeks measure to boost economy

Markets Insight from MARKETS May 2, 2013

Gulf needs more hospitals than Hummers

Kuwait is wise to invest more in real estate and infrastructure projects

May 2, 2013

UAE unveils court system for financial hub

Move to attract banks and companies to the emirate

May 1, 2013

UK pushes for Kuwait commercial ties

London launch event to focus on doubling bilateral trade to $4bn

From MARKETS Apr 30, 2013

Saudi oil capacity to remain constant

Output increases over next 30 years ruled out

From COMPANIES Apr 29, 2013

UAE in talks with UK to boost green energy schemes

Abu Dhabi seeks to invest up to £1bn in alternative schemes

Apr 29, 2013

Suitors in bidding war for Maroc Telecom

Abu Dhabi’s Etisalat and Qatar’s Ooredoo aim to expand regional reach

From UK Apr 25, 2013

Godolphin trainer given eight-year ban

British Horseracing Authority disqualifies Mahmood al- Zarooni

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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.