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		<title>Qatar group to help build houses for homeless Pakistanis</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:46:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Al Mannai United, a Qatar based group, has inked an agreement with the Fiza Social Welfare Organization of Pakistan for the co-operation of 10,000 houses for homeless middle-class people in Pakistan. Ahmad Abdullah Isa Al Mannai, Chairman of Al Mannai United, said after the signing ceremony that he would give a subsidy of $5,000 on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Iranian ambassador to Iraq to take up post this week</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:12:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iran&#8217;s new ambassador to Iraq is an important figure in Iran&#8217;s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and resents the Kurdish inclination towards separatism. Hassan Danaifar, born in Baghdad in 1962, was deported with his family by Saddam Hussain during the Iraq-Iran war (1980-88) because of his Iranian origins and initially joined the Badr militia, Kuwaiti [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kuwait to decrease prices of 400 food and non-food commodities by up to 55 percent</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kuwait’s Union of Consumer Cooperative Societies has pledged to work on decreasing the prices of around 400 food and non-food commodities by up to 55 percent, in attempt to ease financial pressure on consumers during the holy month of Ramadan. &#8220;The union is keen on providing the best available goods at the most suitable prices [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawmaker wants powerful community to explain support as battle for parliamentary elections heats up</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Bahraini lawmaker in the outgoing parliament has urged the powerful business community chamber to come forth and declare fully its support of candidates for the legislative elections. &#8220;Bahrain Chamber for Commerce and Industry (BCCI) needs to clarify its support to candidates so that there would be no abuses,&#8221; Jassem Husain said. &#8220;There are several [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Qatari ban on two shampoo variants has not been lifted as discussions with company continue</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Qatari ban on two international shampoo variants has not been lifted as the local authorities are discussing the issue with a delegation from the manufacturing company. Qatari media reported that a high-level delegation from Procter &#38; Gamble Arabian Peninsula (P&#38;G) on Thursday failed to convince Qatari officials that P&#38;G’s banned shampoo brands met the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analysis argues pipelines can energise peace and cooperation instead of sparking competition and tension in the region</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 06:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Habib Toumi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An analysis paper on the role of pipelines in energising peace and cooperation instead of sparking competition and tension in the region will be soon released by a research centre in Qatar. The paper “Energizing Peace: The Role of Pipelines in Regional Cooperation”, by the Brookings Doha Center discusses competition over natural resources, such as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kuwait&#8217;s education ministry rules out Bahrain&#8217;s private colleges</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kuwait&#8217;s education ministry has published the names of 62 Arab colleges and universities where Kuwaiti nationals could have their higher studies. Only degrees and diplomas from the endorsed private and public universities would be recognized by the ministry in a move that seeks to bring under control the ruckus that has rocked the local scene [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kuwaiti teen missing in the US found safe and unharmed</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:42:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Habib Toumi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eman, the 15-year-old Kuwaiti girl who absconded from a house in Florida where her family was vacationing, has been found safe and unharmed. Dean Sparks, Lincoln County Deputy Sheriff, said that Eman who was vacationing with her family in Kissimmee, Florida, was found living with an American family in McCook, a small city in Southwest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Al Asala defends decision to support independent candidates</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 06:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Al Asala, Bahrain&#8217;s second largest parliamentary bloc, has defended its decision to support independent elections candidates as part of its strategy to &#8220;serve the nation.&#8221; The society, the flagship of Salafism in Bahrain, has a major alliance with the Islamic Menbar, the third largest parliamentary bloc in the outgoing lower chamber, to work together and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Qatar Airways in $501 million deal, announces advanced delivery schedule of its Boeing 787 Dreamliners</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Qatar Airways has placed a $501 million order with Boeing to buy two additional Boeing 777-200 Long Range (200-LRs) aircraft as part of its continued growth plans. The airline also revealed an advanced delivery schedule of its Boeing 787 Dreamliners, with the first to arrive from the fourth quarter of 2011 to help meet early [...]]]></description>
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