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| London Stock Exchange 'market of choice' for Middle East companies | | 2008-07-18 22:12:00 | | With Kuwaiti private equity fund Global MENA Financial Assets (GMFA) Friday becoming the latest Middle East company to get listed on the London Stock Exchange, this city is emerging as the market of choice for companies from the region, according to Tracey Pierce, LSE's head of equity primary markets.The fund's listing on the LSE's Main Market comes following an IPO to raise $500 million (about 252 million pounds or Rs.21 billion). The fund has been floated by Kuwaiti investment bank Global Inve | | By: Brand Mantra | | |
| | [MIDDLE EAST] Qatargas and Nakilat Name World’s Biggest LNG Vessel | | 2008-07-14 00:49:14 | | The world’s largest LNG vessel -- classed by Lloyd’s Register -- has been named in front of a huge crowd of dignitaries at Samsung Heavy Industry’s (SHI) massive shipyard on Geoje Island, South Korea.
Ordered and to be operated by the Qatar Gas Transport Company (Nakilat), _Mozah_, the first...
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| | Middle East IT Security Conference 2008 [MEITSEC] - Dubai | | 2008-07-12 22:16:00 | | About MEITSEC
The Middle East IT Security Conference [MEITSEC] is the region's most prestigious annual information security event. It represents a unique networking opportunity for IT professionals, telecom engineers, security experts, corporate executives, representatives of government institutions - regulatory agencies, law enforcement, juidiciary; end-users and anyone interested in
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| News from the Middle East: Israel, Iran, and the Palestinian territories | | 2008-06-29 13:18:20 | | Today the Israeli minister’s council agreed on releasing Samir Kuntar the Lebanese prisoner with another four of his companions and an unknown number of Palestinian prisoners in order to return its two Israeli kidnapped soldiers.
The Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said that Israel does not expect that the two soldiers are still alive.
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| | Prisoner Swap with Hezbollah, Truce in Gaza - Rumblings in the Middle East | | 2008-06-24 20:53:44 | | CNN: Israeli Cabinet to consider swap with Hezbollah
BBC: Rockets ‘violated Gaza ceasefire’
Reuters: More indirect Israel, Syria talks in July
Background
Israel has been negotiating on two and a half fronts recently. The first front is in the Palestinian territories, but specifically with Hamas in Gaza. The second and a half negotiations were with Hezbollah/Lebanon along with Syria.
Negotiations with Hamas have been ongoing since the 2006 abduction of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit and after the 2007 coup in which Hamas ousted its rival Fatah and took over the Gaza Strip. The eventual result was a ceasefire for Gaza which began Thursday. No one expected the truce to last long, however. That assertion was only confirmed today when Islamic Jihad militants launched rockets into southern Israel in retaliation for an Israeli air strike in the West Bank, which, if you don’t remember, is not part of the truce.
The second front has been much more interesting, not to mention more peacef | | By: Thoughts on the World | | |
| | News: US-sponsored Middle East TV station reaps little success | | 2008-06-23 01:51:16 | |
Al-Hurra, or "The Free One" in Arabic, is what US media call "the centerpiece of a U.S. government campaign to spread democracy in the Middle East". $350 million and four years after it began broadcasting, the station is widely regarded as a flop in the Arab world where it has struggled to attract viewers and to "overcome skepticism about its mission". [ed: ahum]
It has also been embarrassed by journalistic blunders. One news anchor greeted the station's predominantly Muslim audience on Easter by declaring, "Jesus is risen today!"
Al-Hurra also covered a December 2006 Holocaust-denial conference in Iran and aired an unedited hour-long speech by the leader of Hezbollah. (Full)
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| Getmo to offer digital entertainment downloads to India, Middle East | | 2008-05-30 14:50:09 | | Getmo, a startup launched in middle east conference MECOM 2008 will be offering digital content and entertainment services to Indian subcontinent region and Middle east countries including Africa as well. The startup which is yet to be launched at its full throttle will set to be providing music, movies or games for Mobile phones, personal [...] | | By: India Web 2.0 | | |
| | ACDelco to promote service centers & parts at Automechanika Middle East 2008 | | 2008-05-29 08:03:00 | | Dubai, United Arab Emirates - ACDelco, the world’s largest provider of branded automotive spare parts, is building its presence at this year’s Automechanika Middle East Show in Dubai around an innovative and interactive ‘Car Clinic’ themed stand, specially designed to demonstrate how the brand can provide both parts and services to customers to ensure a healthier car for the duration of its life.Demonstrating its commitment to the region, ACDelco has more than doubled the size of its stand since last year and will use the show, which is being held at the Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre (1st to 3rd June), to promote its wide range of ‘All Makes, All Models’ parts and expanding network of ACDelco Service Centers.The idea behind the ‘Car Clinic’ theme is to allow visitors to the stand to watch as a highly skilled ACDelco ‘surgeon’ performs a variety of operations on the display car. As part of this interactive display, visitors will be able to wi | | By: Auto Blog India by Infibeam | | |
| | 100 years ago today, Middle East oil discovered | | 2008-05-28 13:31:00 | | For seven years, William D'Arcy drilled well after well in Persia, now known as Iran, looking for oil. With his funding running low, and his employers getting quite impatient, D'Arcy drilled one last well and hit a gusher on May 26, 1908. The rest is history.Six years after the discovery of the vast Middle Eastern oilfields, D'Arcy and the Anglo-Persian Oil Co. almost went out of business. They literally had oceans of precious oil and, by then, a pipeline to remove it from its remote resting place. What they did not have, ironically, were customers. Cars were the toys of the wealthy, ships mostly ran on coal and so did electrical plants. Winston Churchill, however, saw the benefits of running his navy on oil and soon had World War I to fight. Black gold quickly became one of the world's most coveted resources.Years later, the Anglo-Persian Oil Co. bought the government-seized assets of a German firm that sold oil in Britain before the war. That company was called British Petroleum, a | | By: Car News | | |
| | Morocco... not the middle east. | | 2008-05-28 03:44:00 | | High and dry in dusty MoroccoAt just 20-years-old Australian director/producer Kane Christopher (pictured above) is an award winner who is quickly turning heads in the motion picture industry across the globe.He’s now covered five of the seven continents for his work, recently returning from an exotic shoot of a new music video which took him to Morocco in North-West Africa.He directed the video for Mountains guitarist, Phil Stormer.“(Phil’s) beautiful and emotive music influenced me to take this video to Morocco. I wanted to shine a positive light on these middle-eastern countries,” said Kane.Oops! Did I read that right? Middle eastern... mmm, maybe they don't teach geography in Australian schools. Mind you, the rest of his sentiments were fine....“It’s so cliche for us to put a negative spin on Arab nations. One thing I have learned in my travels is . . . the simple things in life are often the best . . . and the people in these nations are a testimony to that. I wanted | | By: THE VIEW FROM FEZ | | |
| | Volkswagen launches new Tiguan in Middle East | | 2008-05-19 07:19:00 | | Dubai - Volkswagen Middle East presented its new compact Sports Utility Vehicle, the Tiguan, in a regional launch in the magnificent landscapes of Jordan where more than 60 media from around the region discovered first-hand the capabilities and characteristics of the Tiguan. The two-day event included both on-road and off-road test drives amidst some of the most spectacular scenery all whilst experiencing the car’s dynamic properties, premium comfort and high level of active safety.The test drive kicked off on-road in central Amman with a drive through the city. This was followed by a challenging off-road leg through the first phase of the Jordan Rally beside the Dead Sea where the terrains were rocky and steep and provided a staggering number of narrow twists and turns on-route boasting the sophisticated technologies of the Tiguan in its full diversity and glory. The end of the off-road route took drivers to the top of Dead Sea Mountain where they were treated to a beautiful panoram | | By: Auto Blog India by Infibeam | | |
| | Breast Surgery And The Middle East | | 2008-05-18 23:14:00 | | I came across some mentions of a study conducted by Clinique on Arab women recently and was pleasantly surprised to learn that the cosmetic giant found them to possess the youngest and healthiest skin in the world. Unfortunately I couldn’t find the original study and have no way of knowing whether this is true or not. The reasons stated in the reports were very convincing though and brought me to a similar campaign that the Unilever brand Dove conducted as part of their global Campaign for Real Beauty. The study discovered that at least 30 percent of Saudi women would consider plastic surgery in the future placing the country on the same levels as Brazil, Argentina and Mexico. Breast augmentation, surprisingly, is one of the more popular plastic surgery procedures in the Middle East. In Lebanon, nearing the beach season, the demands for breast surgery are noticed to be on the rise. There are some things that just don’t change. You could be a housewife in LA or a rich sh | | By: Breast Surgery Orange County | | |
| | Satyam reports 100 percent growth in Middle East revenues | | 2008-05-11 09:02:00 | | Leading Indian software company Satyam Computer Services has registered over 100 percent growth in revenue, pushing it to 102.76 million dirhams ($28 million), from the Middle East in 2007-08. "In terms of next year's revenues, we expect about 24 to 26 percent growth," the Gulf News quoted Virender Aggarwal, Satyam's director and senior vice-president for Asia-Pacific, Middle East, India and Africa, as saying. "At this stage, the only thing we can say is that the region will grow faster than the | | By: Brand Mantra | | |
| | MIDDLE EAST: Iraq boosts oil export to Turkey | | 2008-04-28 19:18:07 | | Iraq is pumping 430,000 barrels of oil per day from Kirkuk to Turkey through pipelines in the north of the country, an Iraqi official says.
Iraq has been pumping this volume of oil to Turkey since March 17, the unnamed Iraqi official was quoted by Reuters as saying. Oil exports to Turkey via the...
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| | MIDDLE EAST: Iraq. The International Oil Companies qualify for bid round | | 2008-04-24 13:17:31 | | Iraq's oil ministry has qualified thirty five international oil companies (IOCs) to bid for its first post-war licensing round, which it hopes to launch in May 2008.
The list of IOCs, compiled by the oil ministry's Petroleum Contracts and Licensing Directorate and obtained by Platts, includes US...
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| | MIDDLE EAST: Iraq. Security environment the key element | | 2008-04-24 13:08:47 | | While the lack of a settled fiscal and legal regime governing oil contracts in Iraq represents a major uncertainty, as does the ability to improve internal infrastructure, the security environment remains the key element in whether technical service agreements can be translated into real action on...
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| | MIDDLE EAST: Iraq. The year of transfer? | | 2008-04-24 13:02:57 | | Iraqi oil minister Hussein al-Shahristani said April 23 that the recent government crackdown in the southern oil hub of Basra had been a success and had created a safer environment for the oil industry.
Shahristani, speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the International Energy Forum in Rome,...
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| | Middle East conference in Moscow may be postponed | | 2008-04-23 10:43:00 | | Much has been written in the Russian media about the visit to Moscow by Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas last week, but little has been said about its results - possibly because they were not as impressive as Vladimir Putin's visit to Tripoli. This was Abbas' fourth visit to Moscow since he became president of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA). He talked with everyone on his agenda, namely President Putin, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and other Russian officials, and with some who were not, including Yevgeny Primakov, head of Russia's Chamber of Commerce and Industry and a former premier and foreign minister. Yet, Primakov, a respected Russian Orientalist and an indisputable authority on Arab affairs, could not help Abbas. The Palestinian leader came to Moscow to discuss a Middle East conference expected to take place in June - Primakov is not connected to the conference. The general idea of the conference is to bring everyone involved in the Middle Eastern conflict to | | By: Palestine News Feeds | | |
| | | Indonesia and Vietnam charm Middle East investors | | 2008-03-30 03:11:00 | | Middle East investors tapping into Southeast Asia's property markets are turning increasing attention to countries such as Indonesia and Vietnam, say the organisers of Cityscape Asia, part of the world’s largest business-to-business real estate event brand."With the shifting of capital away from developed markets facing slumps, the unmet property demands in virtually all sectors in countries such as Indonesia and Vietnam offer investors growth opportunities not available in other markets," said Graham Wood, Exhibition Director for Cityscape Asia 2008 which takes place at Suntec, Singapore, 15-17 April 2008.
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| | MIDDLE EAST: Total continuing South Pars LNG talks | | 2008-03-10 09:09:17 | | Total SA of France Executive Director Christophe de Mergeris is continuing talks on South Pars LNG project with Oil Ministry and Pars Oil and Gas Company, director of Total Public Relations Office said on Sunday.
Referring to the trilateral talks on Pars LNG scheme, Roya Farhang underlined that...
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| | Empirix Expands Into Middle East With Partner Verscom International | | 2008-03-02 23:02:50 | | BEDFORD, MA and ISTANBUL, TURKEY -- 02/27/08 -- Empirix® Inc., which helps organizations adopt complex communications solutions with confidence, announced today that Verscom International, a next-generation IP Services enabler and solutions provider in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, has added Empirix's Hammer Test and Monitoring Platform to its telco solutions eco-system for Turkey and the Middle East. With the addition of Empirix's award-winning solutions, Verscom will now be able to offer its Service Provider customers the confidence that they have identified and resolved any and all quality issues as part of their VoIP, NGN, and IMS network investments. In addition, with Empirix's advanced monitoring solutions, Verscom's customers will gain deep visibility into their network performance and service quality, allowing them to better respond to their customer's needs and grow their networks.Verscom is not only a technically adept infrastructure solutions provider, but | | By: Indonesia Type Approval/homologation/Compliance ce | | |
| | MIDDLE EAST: Iran, Qatar observe mutual interests in gas field | | 2008-02-28 15:14:39 | | First Vice President Parviz Davoudi said on Thursday that Iran and Qatar will observe bilateral interests in extracting of the joint gas field.
Davoudi made the remark after seeing off Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani, adding that the two countries have reached consensus to...
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| | Cheers for peace in the middle-east | | 2008-01-26 17:57:01 | | I am convinced that the if God wanted peace in the Middle-East, he shouldn’t have parted the Red Sea for Moses. The Israelites should have stayed back in Egypt. They would have been assimilated in the mainstream , and over the next few centuries a powerful pan Hellenistic-Hebrew empire would have risen, which would have meant Jesus [...] | | By: The Pensive Humourist | | |
| | BMW Middle East Sales Reach High Record | | 2008-01-23 07:06:00 | | BMW of Middle East sales reach a record figure of 15,150 BMW and MINI units across the region, with a 6% increas. Meanwhile, BMW Group has achieved its highest sales ever in the GCC countries with a 14% increase over 2006.The boost in sales was led by Abu Dhabi Motors the exclusive importer in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain, with a 36% sales increase (2,561 units in comparison to last year’s 1,890).AGMC, the exclusive importer for Dubai and the Northern Emirates, once again achieved the highest overall sales figures for the group, delivering 3,594 automobiles to customers.“The Middle East is a region of great opportunity and potential for BMW Group, as exhibited by the extremely healthy growth of nearly all of the markets over the past few years,†said Phil Horton, Managing Director, BMW Group Middle East.“Despite some regional challenges, we have been able to record a noteworthy growth, and we remain optimistic that this growth will continue for at least the next three years to come.†| | By: Autos Space | | |
| | Ghosn on Middle East tour: Electric cars in Israel, factory in Morocco | | 2008-01-22 15:01:56 | | Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Government/Legal, Green, Plants/Manufacturing, Nissan, Renault
Renault-Nissan president Carlos Ghosn is arguably one of the most effective automotive industry executives, and having just embarked upon a tour of the Middle East, may prove to be more effective than the endless stream of government and military envoys parading in and out of sand-swept capitals.
Ghosn flew [...] | | By: Car O Focus | | |
| | | | MIDDLE EAST: Forum of oil-gas exploration and production technologies concluded | | 2008-01-09 03:40:41 | | The Forum of Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Technologies concluded its sessions here Monday. The forum was organized by King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology in cooperation with the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources.
Monday's sessions focused on the challenges facing the...
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| | American Al Qaeda Threatens President Bush Visit to Middle East | | 2008-01-07 15:08:17 | | If Dennis Kucinich would have been elected President of the United States when he first entered the race in 2004, I highly doubt that I would be reading a news story like this very frightening one.
Why? well in 2003, Kucinich was the recipient of the Gandhi Peace Award, an annual award bestowed by the Religious Society of Friends-affiliated organization Promoting Enduring Peace.
READ ABOUT THIS HEREPractice non-violence in your lives. You will be leaving your children a beautiful legacy. | | By: Marilyn's Non-Violent Planet Newspage | | |
| | MIDDLE EAST: The russian are helping to Iran to Keep Balance of Power | | 2007-12-23 23:21:28 | | A meeting of the Russian-Iranian intergovernmental commission on military-technical cooperation took place in Tehran at the end of last week. The commission discussed leasing Russian helicopters and deliveries of modified RD-33 engines for Iranian jet fighters.READ MORE... Head of the Federal Military-Technical Cooperation Service Mikhail Dmitriev stated that cooperation with Iran would continue with the goal of maintaining the balance of power in the region.The engines will power multipurpose supersonic fighter jets developed in Iran to replace American F-5 models obtained in the 1970s and the Iranian modification of them, called the Azarakhsh (Lightening). The deal was discussed during Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Iran in October. A modification of the Ka-32 helicopter is also being considered. Iran began negotiations on the serial assembly of the Ka-32 two years ago, but those negotiations were discontinued.In 2006 and 2007, Russia supplied Iran with Tor-M1 air defen | | By: energy BLOG | | |
| | MIDDLE EAST: $8bn oil fund in Iran says central bank | | 2007-12-23 15:28:33 | | Iran has $8 billion in its Oil Stabilisation Fund (OSF), which forms part of the country's foreign reserves, the central bank's website quoted Governor Tahmasb Mazaheri as saying.Mazaheri said that on October 31 Iran had $9.56bn in the fund, but it was not immediately clear if the two figures were directly comparable.When calculating its holdings based on cash coming in and out of the fund, "the amount of money held in the OSF is $8bn," Mazaheri said, without specifying if this was a different method in estimating the fund's assets.The fund was set up several years ago to save windfall oil earnings at times like now when crude prices have surged to record levels, so that the extra cash could be use in times of need if prices tumbled or to finance investment projects.Some lawmakers have accused the government of the world's fourth largest oil producer of dipping into the fund to finance current spending even now and have complained that the fund's value should have risen faster giv | | By: energy BLOG | | |
| | Mercedes Middle East Sales Up 18%+ in November | | 2007-12-23 11:25:00 | | Mercedes-Benz Cars, announced the sales figure of Middle East of November, delivering 1,511 units compared to 1,277 of last November, that's to say 18.4$ rising.So, counting the year figure, the year-to-date deliveries to 15,245, a 5.7% increase over the same period last year, which keeps Mercedes-Benz on track to hit another annual sales record.Sales of the Mercedes-Benz C-Class rose 97% for the month, and 44% compared to last year's year-to-date results (3,652 vs. 2,752).Other highlights for the month include gains for the award-winning GL-Class full-size luxury SUV which posted a 92% increase over the same month last year, while the region's favourite luxury sedan, the S-Class, continued to prove popular with deliveries up more than seven percent over the same month in 2006.November deliveries of the popular E-Class sedan were up over two percent while the icon of the SUV range the G-Class saw deliveries rise more than 66%.'The Mercedes C-Class has proved the hit of the year wit | | By: Autos Space | | |
| | MIDDLE EAST: IAEA reports influenced Russia’s approach toward Iran | | 2007-12-20 13:05:11 | | The recent IAEA and NIE reports have made Russia adopt a more realistic approach and finally ship nuclear fuel to Iran, MP Mohammad-Ali Rudaki said here on Wednesday.The latest National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) report on Iran, which was compiled by sixteen U.S. intelligence agencies, and all the reports by the International Atomic Energy Agency have said that Iran does not have a nuclear weapons program.Iran and Russia reached an agreement last week on a schedule to finish building the Bushehr nuclear power plant after years of delay. The first shipment of nuclear fuel arrived in Bushehr on Sunday.The vicissitudes in Iran’s nuclear dossier and the United States’ heavy pressure on Russia were the major reasons for Moscow’s delay in fulfilling its promises, but the new developments in the nuclear issue led to a change in Russia’s approach, Rudaki told the Mehr News Agency.Similar views were sounded by political analyst Fayaz Zahed, who said that new developments in regard to I | | By: energy BLOG | | |
| | Middle East must loosen ties to the dollar | | 2007-12-07 00:53:51 | | Aseismic shift may soon be under way in foreign exchange policy in the Middle East. Immediate attention is on the Gulf countries, led by Saudi Arabia, with a peg to the dollar. Policymakers are now debating whether they should alter their longstanding currency policies. It is not only the dollar’s vulnerability that has prompted this; [...] | | By: Forex Trading Blog | | |
| | | MIDDLE EAST: Europeans Love Iran | | 2007-11-28 01:27:16 | | “Iran LNG Company” Managing Director Ali Kheir-Andish yesterday said four European companies had voiced their readiness to participate in Iran’s LNG project and to purchase the commodity.
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| | Official Middle East Day in the US….. | | 2007-11-27 10:10:31 | | After Dubai International Capital announced a “substantial” investment into Sony and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority announced it was investing $7.5 billion into Citigroup Inc., the US stock market has rallied, US bonds have sold off, and yen carry has been bought. The US dollar index is up .13 at 74.99, but flat from yesterday’s opening. [...] | | By: Forex Trading Blog | | |
| | MIDDLE EAST: Saudi cuts key rate to ease dollar pressure | | 2007-11-25 14:46:53 | | Saudi Arabia cut some borrowing costs yesterday to relieve pressure on its dollar-pegged currency that has mounted on growing bets Riyadh will allow the riyal to appreciate, bankers said. The Saudi...
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| | Rolls-Royce Phantom Tungsten Saloon, 2007 Middle East Motor Show | | 2007-11-23 21:24:00 | | Rolls-Royce Phantom Tungsten, a limited edition version of Rolls-Royce's exclusive Phantom Saloon, is introduced to Dubai of 2007 Middle East International Motor Show. The new Phantom Tungsten wears many of the dynamic styling features of the 101EX concept car.The Phantom Tungsten features Starlight Headlining interior lighting system, giving the impression of a starfilled night sky amongst a stretched list of luxury amenities and finishes.Along side with the Phantom Tungsten, Rolls-Royce is bringing another 6 of these bespoke cars to be made available for the Middle East region, it is almost certain to draw a wait list of aspiring owners in the oil rich countries.“With just six of these exceptional cars available in the whole of the Middle East their arrival is keenly anticipated by our dealers,” commented Peter Schoppman, regional sales director for the region. “We have seen demand for the Phantom continuing to grow across the region with customers particularly drawn to the sp | | By: Autos Space | | |
| | MIDDLE EAST: Nuclear energy threat to safety | | 2007-11-22 10:39:42 | | The development of nuclear technology in the Middle East could pose a risk to public safety, an international energy expert said yesterday. UK-based Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) for...
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| | | 9th Middle East International Motor Show: Porsche Cayenne GTS and 911 Turbo Cabriolet | | 2007-11-13 09:06:00 | | Porsche's Cayenne GTS adds further appeal to manufacturer's attractive vehicle line-upNEW releases and limited editions are set to be talk of the 2007 Dubai Motor Show this year and Porsche will be leading the way with its fleet of new models for the Middle East.From sports cars to SUVs, Porsche fans will be given the opportunity to step inside four vehicles premiering in the Middle East.Heading the line up is the all-black Cayman S 'Porsche Design Edition 1', a midengine coupe. Porsche has also only produced 777 in the range and the new model comes in black to 'emphasise the purist nature' of the 295-bhp sports car.And taking the helm of the Porsche 911 series is the 911 Turbo Cabriolet and the powerful 911 GT2 with 530 horsepower. The new 911s continue the 20-year-long tradition for the company with a high performance model that is elegant, aerodynamic and boasts an advanced engine technology which makes it economical too.Meanwhile, the Porsche 911 GT2, is said to be the fastes | | By: Autos Space | | |
| | Al-Dura and the "Public Secret" of Middle East Journalism | | 2007-11-10 13:14:00 | | The evidence emerging from the ongoing Al Dura trial in France indicates that Western journalists are fully aware that some of the footage they use in their reports on the Mideast conflict is staged.In the summer of 2006, Reuters News Agency, humiliated when bloggers caught them duped by obvious photographic manipulation, fired both the photographer and the chief of their photographic bureau. They then removed all the photographer’s photos from their news archive. In so doing, they acted decisively in punishing two of the cardinal sins of modern journalism: “creating evidence” and getting duped by created evidence.These principles – i.e., the ethics of a free press – go so deep, that Westerners apparently have difficulty imagining that others might not share our commitments. Thus few people believe claims that footage of Muhammad al Dura, the twelve year old boy allegedly gunned down by Israelis at Netzarim Junction on September 30, 2000, was staged. Charles Enderlin, the cor | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
| | The Middle East through Juan Cole Colored Glasses | | 2007-10-24 18:12:28 | | Juan Cole recently did an interview with Amy Goodman. The transcript is up at Democracy Now. Here are some interesting bits.
JUAN COLE: Well, I think the Cheney camp in the Bush administration very much would like to bomb the nuclear research facilities, which, as far as we know, are civilian facilities near Esfahan. And what [...] | | By: Hell's Handmaiden | | |
| | MIDDLE EAST: Iran call over gas deals | | 2007-10-17 18:17:08 | | France's Total and Royal Dutch Shell must finalise their gas deals with Iran by June or the giant South Pars project will go ahead without them, an Iranian official was quoted as saying.
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| | | | MIDDLE EAST: Iran in search of new gas reserves | | 2007-10-15 22:22:51 | | The National Iranian Oil Company has launched a major gas exploration operation in two of the country's northeastern provinces.
The company has kicked off its new exploration project in the...
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| | MIDDLE EAST: First SP refinery overhauled, to go on stream soon | | 2007-10-15 22:04:27 | | South Pars Technical Repair and Maintenance Company (TMC) managing director, Mohammad-Kazem Bahmani, said the first refinery of South Pars (SP) field has been overhauled and would become operational...
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| | | MIDDLE EAST: Kuwait approves Middle East's biggest refinery | | 2007-09-30 15:23:20 | | Kuwait's top energy council has approved plans to build a 615,000 barrels per day refinery, the Middle East's biggest, after months of delays due to spiralling construction costs. Kuna said the...
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| | | MIDDLE EAST: Iran and Pakistan finalize deal on gas pipeline | | 2007-09-29 21:27:37 | | Iran and Pakistan have finalized a deal on gas pipeline project and agreed to sign draft agreement and a letter of understanding by the end of October, Iranian representative said on...
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| | MIDDLE EAST: Yomhūrī-ye Eslāmī-ye Īrān´s Reserves | | 2007-09-27 11:14:16 | | Iran oil reserves rise by 72b barrels
33 oil and gas fields have been discovered in Yomhūrī-ye Eslāmī-ye Īrān over the past decade, increasing the country's oil reserves by 72...
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Paris looks forward to strong number of Middle East travellers for Bastille day | | 2007-07-12 23:36:00 | | Paris, a city favourite by Arab national travellers and the world’s number one tourist destination, is looking forward to a strong number of visitors from the Middle East region for France’s Bastille Day on the 14th of July. Middle East travellers to Paris can now experience the ultimate luxury holiday at the award-winning Park Hyatt Paris – Vendome while taking part in the festivities celebrating France’s national holiday
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| | | MIDDLE EAST: India, Pakistan, Iran may sign pipeline pact by next mont | | 2007-06-12 14:08:00 | | India, Pakistan and Iran are likely to sign an agreement for a tri-nation gas pipeline costing over 7-billion dollars by end of next month, Indian Petroleum Secretary M S Srinivasan said here today."India and Pakistan will have a meeting shortly to sort out issues on transportation tariff and transit fee, after which ministerial level signing of framework agreement for the pipeline will happen," he told reporters, PTI said.The India-Pakistan official level talks by month-end or early July, will be followed by a ministerial dialogue to seal issues on transportation tariff and transit fee payable to Islamabad for allowing passage of the pipeline to India.Following agreement on the two issues, Iran, Pakistan and India will sign Framework Agreement for the project, he said.India and Pakistan have broadly agreed to the pricing formula suggested by Iran but New Delhi is unwilling to sign on dotted lines unless issues with Pakistan are settled.Tehran wants to sell gas to India and Pakistan at | | By: energy BLOG | | |
| | The Middle East is Ripe to Explode? Really? | | 2007-06-12 06:49:13 | | I get Ken Salazar’s newsletter once in awhile. Salazar is a Senator from Colorado, and while I’ve not decided whether or not I am a fan, he does say some things I like. For example:
I worked to promote accountability and a new direction of our efforts in Iraq; ensure adequate armor and other resources to better protect our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan; develop a coherent, long-term plan for fighting terrorism at home; improve federal cooperation with local emergency officials, especially in the area of interoperable communications; help craft a comprehensive strategy to better secure our borders, enforce our immigration laws, and address the economic reality of undocumented immigrants in our country; ensure the destruction of our nation’s chemical weapons stockpile, much of which is located right here in Colorado; and help local law enforcement with resources and training to fight the methamphetamine scourge, drug trafficking, and other challenges facing our country’s | | By: Hell's Handmaiden | | |
| | How Six Days in 1967 Changed the Middle East Until This Day | | 2007-06-09 03:05:00 | | DownloadThis is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English.Forty years ago this week, Israel, fearing a threat of destruction, defeated three Arab armies in six days of war.Israeli soldiers stand at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest place, which was captured by Israel 40 years ago from Jordan.Egypt had gathered a huge force in the Sinai Desert across the border from southern Israel. Israeli planes carried out surprise raids on June fifth and destroyed most of the Egyptian air force at its bases. Israel also moved ground forces to fight the Egyptians.Jordan launched attacks on Israel that same day. Jordanian artillery and planes attacked Israeli-controlled West Jerusalem and other areas.The Israeli military responded the next day, June sixth. Heavy fighting pushed Jordanian forces out of Jerusalem. The Israelis captured East Jerusalem and the rest of the West Bank. The city of Jerusalem had been divided since Israel's war of independence in nineteen forty-eight.By the time the Six Day War e | | By: Giang Day Truc Tuyen - Teaching Online | | |
| | MIDDLE EAST: Cyclone Gonu Batters Southern Iran; People Evacuated | | 2007-06-07 07:27:00 | | Cyclone Gonu, the worst to hit the Arabian Peninsula in more than 60 years, battered southern Iran, prompting authorities to close schools and universities, cancel some flights and evacuate thousands of people from coastal areas. The Health Ministry put hospitals on alert in southern Hormuzgan and Sistan-Baluchistan provinces late yesterday as the storm approached, the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency reported. The cyclone's outer winds knocked out electricity power lines in the port cities of Konarak and Chabahar, as people took refuge in shopping malls, IRNA said. Gonu's center was 88 kilometers (55 miles) south of the town of Jask on the southern coast of Iran at 3:30 a.m. today, according to the latest U.S. Navy Joint Typhoon Warning Center advisory. Gonu's winds fell to 83 kilometers per hour as the storm moved north-northwest across the Gulf of Oman at 13 kilometers per hour. The storm hit the east coast of Oman yeste | | By: energy BLOG | | |
| | MIDDLE EAST: Iran ready for oil-gas cooperation with Algeria | | 2007-06-05 15:14:00 | | Middle East chemicals producers need to diversify if they are to stay ahead in the world market, say leading industrialists. The Gulf states enjoy huge benefits over petrochemicals producers in Europe or the US, where many producers are closing facilities. Cheap gas gives local producers a major advantage over rival emerging producers in Asia, delegates at the opening day of the Gulf Petrochemicals 2007 conference were told yesterday. However, by concentrating on just a few product areas, they are vulnerable to market cycles, industry executives heard at the two-day event, organised by MEED and being staged at the Ritz-Carlton Bahrain Hotel and Spa. "The regional industry is unbalanced - the current structure is heavily reliant one type of gas and the current structure of the industry is focused on commodity petrochemicals," said Saudi General Investment Authority (Sagia) director general of energy Abdulawahab Al Sadoun. Commodity chemicals - bulk products which need to be converted t | | By: energy BLOG | | |
| | MIDDLE EAST: Iran an unparalleled regional power: Algerian president | | 2007-06-05 11:11:00 | | “The Islamic Republic of Iran is an unparalleled regional power which has always encouraged unity of the Islamic world,” Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika said in a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki on Saturday. President Bouteflika stated that Algeria’s principle stance on Iranian nuclear program would never change and that Algiers would always support Iran’s indisputable right to civilian use of the nuclear technology. Pointing to the status of Iran in the region and the Islamic world, he said “Iran’s weakness is not in our interest and those who support this policy by speaking of the Persians’ danger for the Arabs are treading a wrong path”. “The contribution of the Persian Civilization to human Civilization is too much to be overlooked,” he added. Mottaki also emphasized Iran’s determination to expand its political and economic ties with Algeria. “We are ready to avail ourselves of Algeria’s experience in gas and oil fields,” | | By: energy BLOG | | |
| | MIDDLE EAST: Iran, India and Pakistan serious about gas pipeline | | 2007-05-28 23:51:00 | | Iran, Pakistan and India are striving to sign an agreement to export natural gas from Iran to the two states.
The final date set by three sides for achieving a result on the so-called 'Peace' pipeline agreement is July 30 and all the sides will make their best efforts to prevent any delay.
Oil Minister Seyed Kazem Vaziri Hamaneh evaluated the views of all sides of the 'Peace' pipeline agreement | | By: energy BLOG | | |
| | | Conflict in the Middle East is Mission Implausible | | 2006-11-17 22:50:00 | | The UN troops claim they are in Lebanon to protect the Shia. The Shia think they're there to protect Israel from Hizbollah. Is this because the peacekeepers are really a Nato army in disguise?
By Robert Fisk
11/15/06 "The Independent" --- - The blue and white UN flag looks good in the morning over these soft, pale hills. For all of 28 years, it has flown beside Irish battalions, Nepalese | | By: The Truth | | |
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