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Iraqi banks can fuel vital non-oil growth

Sector can help provide economy with crucial investment

May 21, 2012

Baghdad attacks Turkey oil pipeline plan

Project would provide direct access to 1m b/d of Kurdish oil

From UK May 21, 2012

Blair-Bush call details to be made public

Foreign Office loses appeal over parts of a conversation ahead of the Iraq war

From COMPANIES May 21, 2012

RAK and cybergroup click over DNO stake

Investor agrees to reduce shareholding

May 16, 2012

Iraqi bourse reflects recovery struggle

Stock exchange battles for post-conflict growth

May 11, 2012

Celebrated oud player returns to Iraq

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Islamists and the economy

Egyptian women line up to form a human chain as they hold posters of Muslim Brotherhood presidential candidate, Mohammed Morsi with Arabic that reads, "Dr. Mohammed Morsi, president for Egypt, 2012," for the upcoming elections in Cairo, Egypt. Morsi, organized a human chain Thursday, as part of his campaign ahead of the presidential elections that starts May 23-24. ©AP

On economic issues, the west and the Islamists often see eye to eye, writes Jane Kinninmont

May 11, 2012

Iraqis hope for change as maestro returns

Musician is a symbol of an artistic renaissance

May 9, 2012

Iraq faces uphill battle to rebuild

Scant progress in attracting foreign investment

May 8, 2012

Interpol calls for arrest of Iraqi vice-president

Baghdad accuses Hashemi of having run death-squads

From COMMENT May 7, 2012

Iraq: singular ambition

Nouri al-Maliki is facing criticism for his autocratic tendencies

From US & CANADA May 3, 2012

Bin Laden supported Arab spring

Letters show al-Qaeda leader’s sympathy for revolutions

Apr 19, 2012

Wave of Iraq bombings kills at least 36

Fears of sectarian strike grow after more than 20 blasts

Apr 12, 2012

Tale of two sheikhs reveals Iraq’s tensions

Sectarianism on the rise since US exit

From COMPANIES Apr 2, 2012

Oil explorers fall on Kurdish exports halt

Kurdistan to divert production to domestic market

Apr 2, 2012

Iraq bank moves to allay laundering fears

Clampdown on sales of dollars tightened

Roula Khalaf Apr 2, 2012

Baghdad struggles within the Arab fold

Gulf leaders’ Iraq snub highlights fraught relations

From MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICS & SOCIETY Mar 28, 2012

Iraq battles to return to normality

Arab League summit highlights challenges facing country

Mar 26, 2012

Baghdad tightens security for Arab summit

Checkpoints and queues return to capital as Iraq aims to mark re-emergence

Feb 29, 2012

Banks try equity swaps in frontier markets

Products launched in Saudi Arabia and Iraq

Jan 27, 2012

Suicide car bomb kills 31 in Baghdad

Blasts injures 60 amid funeral procession in Shia area

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starbucks parice france MH Alshaya, the Kuwaiti family-owned retailer founded in 1890, holds the franchise agreements to more than 50 popular brands in the region, as well as having a foothold in Turkey and Europe. The brands include household names from Starbucks to Victoria’s Sectret

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A visitor looks at a piece of art called "Children of Iraq" by Lebanese artist Robert Helou that is displayed in the sixth Art Dubai exhibition on March ©AFP Like the community of merchant traders who have long shifted goods through Dubai’s freeports, a new generation of gallerists has made the city a centre for modern art, produced in places from Pakistan to Egypt and sold on to a regional and increasingly global audience.

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