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Palestinian Territories

FEATURED REPORT...
Posted: 13-12-2005
INTERNATIONAL. A private sector working group, consisting of representatives from the Palestinian and Israeli business community, met yesterday in London to finalise a Joint Declaration and Action Plan for revival of the Palestinian economy. The Declaration identifies priority areas, such as movement of people and goods, protection of the activities of investors, good governance, transparency and accountability. The private sector will be the driving force for economic growth and development. The Declaration will be presented at the Conference on 'Promoting Economic Growth in the We
Posted: April 22, 2013
QATAR. London's celebration of contemporary culture from across the Arab world was first launched in 2011.
Posted: April 13, 2013
INTERNATIONAL. A critical impediment to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the complete distrust between the two sides. What makes the conflict even more intractable is that neither side is convinced that distrusting the other can be mitigated given the history of the conflict.
Posted: April 9, 2013
INTERNATIONAL. "Other than insisting on the resumption of negotiations between Israeli and Palestinian officials, he [President Obama] must exert equal pressure, though quietly, on both sides to begin changing their public narrative on the conflicting issues that separate them."
Posted: March 23, 2013
INTERNATIONAL. Israel apologized to Turkey for killing nine Turkish citizens in a 2010 naval raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla and the two feuding nations agreed to normalize relations.
Posted: March 15, 2013
INTERNATIONAL. Arab States could reap a major "demographic dividend" if they can convert their advances in education into employment opportunities for youth, says the 2013 Human Development Report.
Posted: March 10, 2013
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES. Investment will allow Anoud Games to increase its product range and expand regionally.
Posted: February 21, 2013
INTERNATIONAL. Visitors to the largest broadband event in the Middle East and Africa will gain insight into how emerging markets are progressing despite challenging circumstances.
Posted: December 14, 2012
MOROCCO. Widespread embrace of World Bank-designed University Governance Screening Card (UGSC), a tool for evaluating institutional performance.
Posted: November 30, 2012
INTERNATIONAL. There were 138 votes in favor, nine against and 41 abstentions in the vote to upgrade the PA's observer status at the UN to "non-member state" from "entity."
Posted: November 25, 2012
INTERNATIONAL. Mahmoud Abbas said a bid for UN observer status is the first step toward achieving his people's rights and has wide support among General Assembly members.
Posted: November 24, 2012
INTERNATIONAL. The process of opening Arafat's grave will be medically and legally supervised by the Palestinian Authority with teams of experts from Switzerland, France and Russia.
Posted: November 22, 2012
EGYPT. Faced with a struggling economy, a public quick to protest and Egypt's dependence on U.S. military aid, Mursi needs to retain the global credibility that helped his country this week sign an initial accord for an IMF loan.
Posted: November 22, 2012
INTERNATIONAL. "This impact extends from a large number of deaths and injuries in Gaza to deep trauma and other psychological effects on children on both sides of the border."
Posted: November 18, 2012
INTENATIONAL. No matter how much either side might want to avoid ground warfare, negotiations are unlikely to forestall an Israeli assault because Hamas' and Israel's goals leave little middle ground.
Posted: November 18, 2012
INTERNATIONAL. While Hamas is preparing for an Israeli ground assault into Gaza, many are looking in the direction of Lebanon, where Hezbollah, Iran's most capable militant proxy, could open a second front against Israel.

MIDDLE EAST BUSINESS COMMENT & ANALYSIS

date:Posted: May 18, 2013
UAE. "The general trading atmosphere is sufficiently negative for gold to enable sellers to have a firm grip on the market. However, I fail to see how the rally in the stock markets can be put into any sensible relation to the economic plight of the underlying countries."
date:Posted: May 17, 2013
EGYPT. The Egyptian government has taken tentative steps towards reducing the roughly US$20 billion subsidy system that supporters say provides vital aid to the one-in-four Egyptians in poverty, and critics say is unsustainable and enriches the corrupt.
date:Posted: May 17, 2013
UAE. Red Hat's Mark Little and Tom Llewellyn explain how Large-scale Elastic Architecture for Data-as-a-Service (LEADS) will enable enterprises to leverage all of the public data on the web against privately held data.
INTERNATIONAL. Nothing new is coming online anytime soon and movement on developing renewable energy resources has been sadly inadequate. The idea that shale reservoirs will lead the US to energy independence will soon enough be recognized as unrealistic hype.



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