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<title><![CDATA[DP World plans London listing, aims to join FTSE 100]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=44907</link>
<description><![CDATA[UAE. DP World is examining a strategy to place new shares with a simultaneous rights issue and a sale of some of the controlling 77% stake held by its parent company, Dubai World.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[International NGO collaborates with Lebanese Groups to advance women&#039;s rights]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=44422</link>
<description><![CDATA[LEBANON. The second phase of an innovative project to propel the efforts of local nonprofits working to improve the standing of women in the Middle East and North Africa region will be launched in Beirut, Lebanon today.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia affirms support for Yemen ]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=43883</link>
<description><![CDATA[SAUDI ARABIA. Saudi Arabia affirmed its support for the government of Yemen at the High Level Conference on Yemen in London, convened 27 January by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Human Dimensions announces the launching of Thomas International Middle East]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=43493</link>
<description><![CDATA[KUWAIT. &#039;Thomas International Middle East&#039;, which will be dedicated to providing consultation services utilising Thomas International Systems&#039; psychometric tests and job profiling assessments.
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<title><![CDATA[Many more would-be terrorists in Yemen ready to carry out attacks]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=43103</link>
<description><![CDATA[INTERNATIONAL. An al Qaida group based in Yemen claimed responsibility for the failed attempt to bring down Northwest Airlines Flight 253 as photographs showing the underwear filled with explosives worn by alleged bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab were broadcast by ABC News. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[US plane suspect &#039;disappeared&#039; mid-year in Dubai, was living in Yemen until early this month]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=43077</link>
<description><![CDATA[INTERNATIONAL. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, spent several months at the University of Wollongong&#039;s Dubai branch until he vanished mid-year.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Saudi air strikes aim to &#039;neutralise&#039; Yemen rebels]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=41784</link>
<description><![CDATA[SAUDI ARABIA. Saudi jets and ground forces blasted Yemen rebel positions along the two countries&#039; rugged frontier to &quot;neutralise&quot; infiltrators who had crossed over and killed a Saudi border guard.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Qatari Diar eyes Yemen real estate project ]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=41610</link>
<description><![CDATA[QATAR. A Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Co. unit plans to start work on a US$600 million real estate development project in Yemen.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yemen plans to launch stock exchange with help from DFM]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=41608</link>
<description><![CDATA[UAE. Dubai Financial Market  is assiting Yemen to establish its own financial market and related infrastructure.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Middle East oil exporters&#039; foreign reserves to rise by US$100 billion ]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=40969</link>
<description><![CDATA[UAE. Oil exporters in the Middle East and North Africa region are expected to increase their international reserve positions by over US$100 billion in 2010 as oil prices rebound, the IMF said on Sunday.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yemen oil revenue drops on lower prices]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=40366</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. The Central Bank of Yemen said oil revenues for the first seven months of 2009 fell to US$803.4 million from US$3.1 billion during the same period in 2008.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yemen to set up &#039;gas city&#039; with UAE&#039;s Dana, Crescent]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=40155</link>
<description><![CDATA[UAE. The UAE&#039;s Dana Gas and Crescent Petroleum have announced they signed a memorandum of understanding with Yemen to set up a &quot;gas city&quot; in the country.

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<title><![CDATA[WFP appeals for urgent funds to aid critical food situation in Yemen]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=38741</link>
<description><![CDATA[INTERNATIONAL. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is urgently appealing to partners for additional support to help the agency address critical levels of hunger and malnutrition in Yemen.  

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<title><![CDATA[Emcredit to release credit-related economic indicators
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<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=38652</link>
<description><![CDATA[UAE. Emcredit announced that it is set to launch quarterly market and credit-related economic indicators focusing on the UAE. 

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<title><![CDATA[Yemenia Airbus crashes off the Comoros, at least one survivor rescued]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=38540</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. An Airbus from Yemen&#039;s national airline with 153 passengers and crew members on board crashed in the Indian Ocean just before it was due to land in the Comoros Islands.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yemeni prime minister receives Qatari Diar CEO]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=37385</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Two sides discuss long-term partnership and updates on Al Rayyan Hills mixed-use development.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yemen fishing boat &#039;sunk by warship&#039;]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=37152</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMAN. Authorities in Yemen said an international warship carrying out anti-piracy patrols in the Red Sea has opened fire on a Yemeni fishing boat, killing two men on board. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Amadeus launches operations in Yemen in a joint partnership with Yemen Airways]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=36356</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Global leader in technology and distribution solutions for the travel and tourism industry further expands its reach in the Middle East.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[More drowinings after smuggler&#039;s boat capsizes off Yemen]]></title>'
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<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Some 35 people drowned after one of two smugglers&#039; boats carrying more than 220 passengers across the Gulf of Aden from Somalia capsized off the coast of Yemen.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yemeni sentenced to death for &#039;contacting Israel&#039;]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=33783</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. A Yemeni court yesterday condemned an Islamist to death for establishing contact with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and offering to collaborate with the Jewish state.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[At least seven dead in latest smuggling tragedy off Yemeni coast]]></title>'
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<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. At least seven Africans drowned over the weekend when the smugglers&#039; boat they were travelling in capsized shortly after docking in the Yemeni port of Aden.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mitsui to acquire Yemen oil, gas concession]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=32578</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Prospective deal will give Mitsui an 8.5% stake in an undeveloped area of the field. It will be the first time for the company to obtain a stake in a Yemeni oil and gas field. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yemen parliament approves election delay]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=32580</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Yemen&#039;s parliament this week overwhelmingly approved a two-year delay in holding legislative elections scheduled for April to pave the way for political reforms and avert a threatened crisis.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Six people drown, 11 reported missing in smuggling off Yemeni coast]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=32246</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Boat was carrying 52 Somalis and Ethiopians across the Gulf of Aden, and was one of seven smuggling boats that reached the coast of Yemen on Friday.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GAI chairman calls for setting up stock market in Yemen]]></title>'
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<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Chairman of the General Authority for Investments (GAI) Salah al-Atar renewed on Sunday a call for setting up stock market in Yemen to attract investments into the country. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[EU interest in developing Yemeni democratic experience]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=32143</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. During his meeting with the EU delegation members, Speaker of Parliament Yahya al-Ra&#039;ei said that the democracy is stable in Yemen because it is based on advance constitutional and legal rules.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Global financial crisis negatively affects tourism in Yemen]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=32129</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Ministry of Tourism reports a decline in tourism projects to 12 in 2008, compared to 27 projects in 2007.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[WFP and Yemen sign agreement to implement emergency response to high food prices]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=30557</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Yemen is one of the countries hardest hit by increased food prices and, according to the 2008 FAO State of Food Insecurity Report, one in three Yemenis now suffers from chronic hunger, this means some 7.7 million people.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yemen government presses ahead with sales tax law]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=30092</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMAN. After three years of discussions between the commercial sector and the government about applying the sales tax law, it was announced last week that the law would come into action from this month. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Doha Insurance eyes early start for Yemen venture]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=29993</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Qatar&#039;s Doha Insurance is looking at the possibility of expanding into Yemen with strategic partners.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Refugee exodus across perilous Gulf of Aden soars by 70%]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=29567</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Over 50,000 people fleeing war and poverty made the nearly always perilous and sometimes deadly voyage in smugglers&#039; boats across the Gulf of Aden from Somalia last year.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cruise passengers disembarked to avoid pirate threat]]></title>'
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<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. A German cruise ship let off hundreds of passengers in Yemen on Wednesday so they could fly to the other side of the Arabian Peninsula and avoid the dangerous Gulf of Aden where pirates have attacked dozens of boats.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yemen, Morocco sign programme of sea fishing cooperation]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=28392</link>
<description><![CDATA[INTERNATIONAL. According to the programme, the two countries would exchange texts of the laws that organise the sea fishing industry and statistics, as well as exchanging experiences.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Over 200 Somali refugees arrive in Yemen]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=28393</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Yemeni Coast Guard forces have rescued 255 Somalis off Yemeni beaches in Abyan province, in the East of the country.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yemeni-Saudi Businessmen Council to meet this month]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=28394</link>
<description><![CDATA[INTERNATIONAL. Meeting to tackle hindrances to trade and set plans to be presented at the next round of the Yemeni-Saudi Coordination Council.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[At least 20 people dead after being forced overboard in Gulf of Aden]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=28253</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. UNHCR reported today that at least 20 people drowned off the coast of Yemen on Monday and two others were reported missing after smugglers forced them overboard into the deep waters of the Gulf of Aden during a journey from the Horn of Africa.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Western Union waives money transfer fee to Yemen ]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=27475</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Company expresses solidarity and support with people in flood-hit Yemen 

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<title><![CDATA[UN, aid partners appeal to help 650,000 flood victims in Yemen]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=27142</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. United Nations agencies and their humanitarian partners today called for US$11.5 million to help some 650,000 victims of deadly floods in eastern Yemen to help with food, water and sanitation, health and shelter needs. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Human smuggling across Gulf of Aden and Mediterranean Sea keeps rising]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=26872</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. The number of people illegally crossing the Gulf of Aden and the Mediterranean Sea is on the rise, the UN refugee agency reported today, as it confirmed that 12 people fleeing Somalia in the past week have been found dead on a beach in Yemen and 28 others remain missing. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UN continues to aid flood victims in Yemen]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=26801</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Authorities have reported that at least 180 people lost their lives after the torrential rains last month in eastern Yemen, while over 3,000 houses have been destroyed or badly damaged.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[WFP responds with emergency food for flood victims in Yemen]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=26464</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is providing immediate food assistance to 20,000 people displaced by sudden flooding across southern Yemen.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Total farms into an Yemen onshore block with KNOC]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=25895</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. The exploration block 70, which covers an area of 1,367 square kilometres, is located in the south-eastern part of Central Yemen&#039;s Marib Basin. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[About 100 feared dead in latest Gulf of Aden smuggling tragedy]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=25491</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Around 100 people are believed to have died off the coast of Yemen after being forced overboard by smugglers in the Gulf of Aden, the United Nations refugee agency reported today.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Globitel, Grand Technology work together to provide solutions to Yemen]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=25254</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Local partner offers professional services, and also unique insight into the Yemeni culture, both business and otherwise.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yemen makes mass arrests following US embassy attack]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=24543</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Yemeni authorities have arrested 19 people suspected of being connected to Al Qaeda and having links to Wednesday&#039;s attack on the heavily fortified US Embassy in Sanaa.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[World Bank grants Yemen US$15 million to improve farming areas]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=24535</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Grant to improve water use efficiency and increase farmer returns from water, creating the conditions that would allow farmers to reduce pumping of groundwater from aquifers towards sustainable levels.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[American embassy in Yemen attacked by militants, killing 16]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=24499</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Death toll includes six militants, four civilians and six soldiers guarding the embassy.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yemen-based banks record net profits of US$100 million in 2007]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=24383</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Financial statements create doubts about banks&#039; capacities to promote the process of economic development and investment in Yemen. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[At least 26 people drown off Yemen&#039;s coast in smuggling incident]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=24256</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Survivors of the incident told the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) that all 120 passengers on the boat were forced overboard at gunpoint after the vessel was stopped off shore on Tuesday. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[MISC bars ships in Gulf of Aden after pirate attacks]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=23884</link>
<description><![CDATA[INTERNATIONAL. The world&#039;s biggest owner of liquefied natural gas tankers halts its vessels from entering the Gulf of Aden until more security measures are in place.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yemen forecasts 180,000 visitors in 2008]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=23365</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Tourism Minister Nabil al-Faqih described the investment movement in the country as &#039;good&#039;, despite events in the country which have had a negative effect on the investment environment. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Aden tourism projects reach more than US$96 million]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=23366</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Projects are part of preparations for Aden&#039;s hosting of the 20th Gulf Football Cup.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Arab Tourism Organization delegation arrives in Yemen]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=23367</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Plans to support the the Youth and Sports Ministry ahead of the the 20th Gulf Football Cup in 2010.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Globitel helps Yemen&#039;s SabaFon establish new communication channels]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=23092</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Unifying all data services, content, subscriptions and other related information into one interface, the new USSD Gateway provides a single session to process subscribers&#039; requests]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[DP World seals Yemen deal to operate Aden port]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=22461</link>
<description><![CDATA[UAE. DP World and the Yemen Gulf of Aden Port Corporation have finalised a joint venture that will see DP World operating and developing the container handling facilities in the port of Aden.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Flood of counterfeit goods hurting Yemen&#039;s economy]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=21909</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. The private sector is behind an inflow of counterfeit and expired goods into the country which are causing numerous economic problems, said Dr Ali al-Zabaidi, the Head of the Customs Authority. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yemen edges closer to GCC membership]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=21391</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. The 107th round of the Gulf Ministerial Council discussed a report aimed at joining Yemen to the Gulf Organization of Industrial Consultations and the Measures Authority of the GCC and the Patent Office. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ranbaxy begins operations in Yemen]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=20623</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Indian pharmaceutical major Ranbaxy Laboratories this week said it has commenced its operations in Yemen, strengthening its presence in the West Asian region. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UN to help Yemen seek GCC membership ]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=20557</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. The UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)  expressed its readiness to provide training and orientation to facilitate Yemen&#039;s membership to the GCC.
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<title><![CDATA[First dinosaur tracks found in Arabian peninsula]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=20536</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Scientists have discovered the tracks of a herd of 11 long-necked sauropods walking along a coastal mudflat in what is now Yemen, filling a blank spot in the dinosaur map.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Etihad to codeshare with Yemen Airways]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=20186</link>
<description><![CDATA[INTERNATIONAL. Under the deal, which comes into effect on 1 June, Etihad Airways customers will have access to Yemen Airways flights between Sanaa in Yemen and Abu Dhabi in the UAE. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yemen first Arab country to sign agreement on carbon facility activities, says UNDP]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=19208</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. In 2007 Yemen became one of the first countries in the world to sign agreements for United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)&#039;s Millennium Development Goals MDG carbon facility activities.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[French tourism agencies get acquainted with Yemen tourism plans]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=19210</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Minister of Tourism Nabil al-Faghih has reaffirmed the facilities which are provided by his Ministry to local and foreign travel tourism agencies in Yemen. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UN food aid agency appeals for US$500 million to offset soaring prices]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=18558</link>
<description><![CDATA[INTERNATIONAL. The United Nations agency that is feeding 73 million people caught up in crises around the world this year is appealing for funding to close a US$500 million gap caused by a global spike in food and fuel prices. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yemen&#039;s Saeeda Domestic Airlines makes aircraft purchase]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=18363</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. With cooperation between both airlines and new policies, Yemenia and Saeeda Domestic Airlines expect to grow heavily in the coming years and to expand services.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Street vendors won&#039;t give up in Yemeni capital]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=18349</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. After heavy campaigns that Sana&#039;a Municipality carried out last January for cracking down on unlicensed vendors in Sana&#039;a streets, some of them are regrouping in the crossroads of roads in the Yemeni capital.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Four new Yemen tourist sites promoted at RETIC]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=18345</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. The Committee for Improvement of Investment Environment in Hadhramout has located four new tourist sites in the Eastern coastal areas of Yemen.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Aden and Dubai ports company to be established soon]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=18346</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Dubai International Ports and Aden Gulf Ports Corp, signed in a 9 March agreement, will go ahead to establish a joint company to develop Aden container port and container handling station.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[INEXS studies an Epsilon Energy oil concession in Yemen ]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=17813</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Epsilon, which is traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange, has exploration, development and production rights to approximately 902,000-gross leasehold acres in the US and Canada and approximately 1.4-million leasehold acres in Yemen. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yemen foils attempt to bomb oil pipeline]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=17677</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Yemeni forces have foiled an attempt to blow up a crude oil pipeline in the Marib province and arrested a number of &#039;saboteurs&#039;, the official Yemeni news agency Saba said.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yemen faces grave threats to unity as south edges toward rebellion]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=17676</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. An element of decentralisation for the South had already been promised by President Saleh, but greater political will was needed to implement it say his opponents.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GCC rail network, other common market measures to link Yemen]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=17437</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Yemen will be part of a regional railway network the GCC states plan to have in the near future. Feasibility reports on the proposed project are likely to be ready between October and December this year, according to the Secretary General of the GCC. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Alcatel-Lucent wins mobile contracts in Middle East, Africa, Russia]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=17299</link>
<description><![CDATA[INTERNATIONAL. In a series of statements, the group said it won orders to update GSM networks for MTN Yemen, a unit of the MTN Group and for Unitel in Angola, each worth US$20 million.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UN steps up food aid to Somali refugees in Yemen]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=17189</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Somalis fleeing the violence in their country for Yemen will receive a food boost from the United Nations World Food Programme.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yemen says tourism activity is &#039;normal&#039; following tourist shooting]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=16672</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Four suspects are arrested in Yemen, although at press time it was not clear if they are from an Al Qaeda group.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Abu Dhabi signs US$79 million financing deal for Yemen dam]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=16412</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), Abu Dhabi&#039;s government financing arm, will offer AED 275.5 million (almost US$79 million) for financing the Hassan Dam project ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yemen accepts 25 bids for offshore oil blocks]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=16328</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Companies accepted in the bidding round, Yemen&#039;s fourth, included US major Exxon Mobil, France&#039;s Total, Norway&#039;s Statoil and Spain&#039;s Repsol, according to the country&#039;s Oil Ministry.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Gemalto to provide Yemen&#039;s national electronic ID system]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=16265</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Turnkey solution includes 10 million identity cards, to be rolled out for the parliamentary elections in April 2009.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yemen LNG secures itself with ESET NOD32]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=16207</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. With its advanced heuristics threat detection technology and express scanning speed, ESET NOD32 won the confidence of the leading Yemeni company.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yemen seeks to set up economic zones with Saudi Arabia, Oman]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=16178</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Yemen seeks to establish two economic free zones with Saudi Arabia and an economic zone with Oman.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yemen to invite foreign firms to run Aden airport]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=16168</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Yemeni authorities have confirmed plans to invite international companies to run Aden International Airport, to waive landing charges and offer fuel discounts to some flights to capture some of the fast growing Middle East air travel market.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Forecast 2008: World economy faces a difficult year, as problems in the West spread East]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=15798</link>
<description><![CDATA[INTERNATIONAL. Standard Charterered Global Focus concludes that it is time for the GCC to adjust the dollar pegs. The US dollar remains in a multi-year downtrend, but it may see a vicious rebound in first half 2008 with the Middle East only partially isolated from the global trends.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Al Qudra in agreement to develop &#039;Abraaj Sana&#039;a&#039; with General Investment Authority in Yemen]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=15674</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Abraaj Sana&#039;a consists of residential and commercial towers, a shopping centre, a luxurious hotel, as well as villas, diplomatic club, and a variety of services and innovative facilities in the Yemeni capital.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ADFD to fund construction of two dams in Yemen]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=14642</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Projects in the Yemeni provinces of Abien and Al Hudaida supported by the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yemen sets target to accelerate WTO membership negotiations]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=14576</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Yemen is to work on the gaps identified in the country&#039;s trade regime and to bring its legislation and enforcement mechanisms in conformity with WTO requirements by 2008.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GulfTalent.com launches Middle East job search application on Facebook]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=14126</link>
<description><![CDATA[INTERNATIONAL. Over 42 million Facebook users worldwide can now view and apply for job opportunities in the Middle East

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<title><![CDATA[Saudis top Yemen tourist arrivals]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=14120</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Saudi Arabia ranked  number one in terms of tourists visiting Yemen in the first half of 2007, the Yemeni Ministry of Tourism said.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yemen, North Africa struggling with soaring cereal prices]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=14003</link>
<description><![CDATA[INTEERNATIONAL. Record high wheat prices globally are forcing consumers in developing countries to dig deeper into their pockets, resulting in riots and social unrest in parts of the Middle East.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yemen tourism revenue doubles in 2007]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=13797</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Tourism revenues in Yemen have increased exponentially in the first half of this year to reach US$178 million compared with just US$145 million for the entire year of 2006.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Red Sea locust infestation may increase dramatically]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=13719</link>
<description><![CDATA[INTERNATIONAL. There is a high risk that locust infestations will increase dramatically on both sides of the Red Sea in the coming months as the crop-devouring insects have bred several months earlier than normal this year.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dubai Cares campaign boosts education in Yemen]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=13736</link>
<description><![CDATA[INTERNATIONAL. Yemen&#039;s efforts for acceleration in the education of girls to get a big boost.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Qatar National Bank starts operations in Yemen]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=13481</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Governor of Yemen Central Bank, Ahmed Abdulrahman Al Samawi, starts the way for the foreign banking sector to enter the country.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[US grants aid and technical assistance to Yemen&#039;s electricity grid]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=13415</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. The United States will grant Yemen over US$$500,000 to help increase access to electricity in rural regions of Yemen, according to an agreement signed on Monday between Abdul-Karim al-Arhabi, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation and Stephen Seche, the US Ambassador to Yemen. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Implementing regulations for patents issued in Yemen]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=13422</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Under Ministerial Decision No 256 of 2007, the Patent Office in Yemen is still only accepting filing of patent applications; no further actions such as examination, publication, granting, or payment of annuities are applicable yet.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Siemens launches IT services and solutions business in the Lower Gulf region]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=13357</link>
<description><![CDATA[INTERNATIONAL. Siemens puts special emphasis on airports and the public sector in its new operation for the Lower Gulf region (UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman and Yemen).]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Middle East and African airlines show stable profitability, capacity booming]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=13189</link>
<description><![CDATA[INTERNATIONAL. IATA report details aviation growth prospects and airline profitability trends for Middle East and Africa.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yemen launches oil bidding round]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=12952</link>
<description><![CDATA[YEMEN. Bid rounds in Yemen typically attract smaller oil companies although among the 34 prequalifiers for the third international bid round, staged in 2006, were global heavyweights.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Economic outlook in developing countries positive for first time in three decades]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=12830</link>
<description><![CDATA[INTERNATIONAL. The economic outlook for developing countries is positive for the first time since the early 1970s, driven in large part by the growth in China and India, according to an annual report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) released today.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UN-backed forum examines role of ICT in achieving development targets]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=12889</link>
<description><![CDATA[INTERNATIONAL. Over 1,000 participants from 66 countries have gathered at the United Nations Centre in Addis Ababa to explore how the latest information and communication technology (ICT) can help countries overcome poverty and advance development.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[World Bank grows MENA region support programmes in 2006-2007]]></title>'
<link>http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?c=3&amp;cg=3&amp;t=1&amp;id=12783</link>
<description><![CDATA[INTERNATIONAL. Against a backdrop of exceptional regional growth averaging 6.3%, the World Bank says the pace of reforms needs to be maintained in order to achieve a broader impact across all segments of societies in the region. ]]></description>
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