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Serena Williams beats Azarenka to win Rome title
Reuters - 21 hours ago
ROME (Reuters) - Serena Williams won her fourth consecutive tennis tour title when she thrashed former world number one Victoria Azarenka 6-1 6-3 to take the Italian Open on Sunday. The American, who has not lost a match since Azarenka defeated her in the Doha final in February, completely overpowered the Belarussian on the Rome clay. Williams, 31, hit nine aces and 41 winners in the two sets played in bright sunshine. ... More »Serena Williams beats Azarenka to win Rome title
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Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline oil flow resumes - Turkish energy sources
Reuters Middle East - 21 hours ago
ANKARA, May 19 (Reuters) - Oil flows resumed on a pipelinecarrying crude from Iraq's Kirkuk to Turkey's Mediterranean portof Ceyhan on Sunday morning after a bomb attack halted the flowon Friday, Turkish energy sources said. "The repairs have been completed and the oil flow restartedthis morning," one source told Reuters. (Reporting by Orhan Coskun; Writing by Daren Butler) More »Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline oil flow resumes - Turkish energy sources
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Egypt T-bills yields climb after c.bank decree
Reuters Middle East - 18 hours ago
CAIRO, May 19 (Reuters) - Yields on Egyptian three- andnine-month treasury bills climbed on Sunday and the auction'ssize was reduced after a new central bank decree limited theamount of funds that banks can channel into money market fundsto buy T-bills. The central bank said it had sold only 3.5 billion Egyptianpounds ($501.7 million) of T-bills instead of the 6 billionpounds it originally offered. ... More »Egypt T-bills yields climb after c.bank decree
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Saudi Arabia to import near record high diesel this summer -trade
Reuters Middle East - 8 hours ago
* Aramco to import up to 8.9 million barrels in June * Volumes could be same or higher for July * Summer demand for power and Ramadan travel supports * June gasoline imports estimated up about 45 percent y/y By Jessica Jaganathan and Humeyra Pamuk SINGAPORE/DUBAI, May 20 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia will importnear record high diesel volumes this summer, as it gears up tobeat the sweltering heat and meet rising travel needs during theMuslim fasting month of Ramadan, trade sources said. State oil giant Saudi Aramco will import up to8.9 million barrels of diesel in June, up from an estimated 6.7to ... More »Saudi Arabia to import near record high diesel this summer -trade
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Battered Indian driver seeks immediate repatriation
Arab News - 12 hours ago
An Indian driver is seeking repatriation after allegedly being subject to physical assault by his employer in Jeddah.Shaikh Shafi, a father of two from Andhra Pradesh in India, had arrived to work as house driver with a Saudi family in north Jeddah eight months ago.According to Shafi, he was not paid regularly and was given neither a residency permit nor a copy if it existed. He was also not given a photocopy of his passport.Speaking with Arab News, Shafi said, “After waiting four months, I asked for my dues, which totaled SR 4,000. ... More »Battered Indian driver seeks immediate repatriation
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United's Ferguson bows out on a high of sorts
Reuters - 14 hours ago
By Sonia Oxley (Reuters) - Alex Ferguson bowed out of management on Sunday with a smile, a wave and a bucketful of goals in his 1,500th Manchester United game but without the victory he had so wanted. The 71-year-old Scot entered retirement having watched his Premier League champions draw 5-5 at West Bromwich Albion on the final day of the season having led 5-2 with 11 minutes to go. Before the game he had spoken of his desire to go out on a high after more than 26 years in the job but he was not really referring to the type of score. ... More »United's Ferguson bows out on a high of sorts
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Saudi contractor MMG appoints advisor for debt restructuring
Reuters Middle East - 1 hour 41 minutes ago
(Corrects in para 4 to PricewaterhouseCoopers from KPMG) DUBAI, May 20 (Reuters) - Saudi contractor Mohammad Al MojilGroup (MMG) said on Monday it had appointed theinvestment banking arm of Gulf International Bank toadvise it on a restructuring of its debts. No value of the amount of debt being restructured was givenin the statement, released to the Saudi stock exchange. MMG Group has been in financial difficulty for some time,with shareholders rejecting a plan to liquidate the company inNovember after its accumulated losses exceeded 75 percent of itscapital at the end of the third quarter. ... More »Saudi contractor MMG appoints advisor for debt restructuring
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Chinese premier arrives in India for talks
AFP - 23 hours ago
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in India Sunday on the first stop of his maiden foreign trip, weeks after a border dispute was rekindled by alleged Chinese troop incursions in a disputed region. More »Chinese premier arrives in India for talks
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With president ailing, Algeria prepares for end of an era
Reuters Middle East - 21 hours ago
* Bouteflika believed to be seriously ill * Energy wealth and scars of war will keep Algeria stable * Bouteflika last of old guard who fought for independence By Lamine Chikhi and Myra MacDonald ALGIERS, May 19 (Reuters) - Three weeks after being rushedto hospital in Paris, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflikahas disappeared from sight, leaving behind a country preparingfor a successor who for the first time will come from ageneration too young to have fought in Algeria's war ofindependence against France. In a country run with Soviet-style secrecy, nobody is surehow sick Bouteflika is. ... More »With president ailing, Algeria prepares for end of an era
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Bahrain nonoil trade grows 20%
Arab News - 12 hours ago
Bahrain’s real GDP is estimated to have expanded 3.9 percent in 2012 from the 1.9 percent growth seen in 2011. Even as the oil sector shrank by around 8.5 percent in 2012 due to a temporary technical disruption at the country’s main Abu Sa’afa oil field, (expected to return to full capacity in 2013), strong growth in the nonoil sector drove economic growth, according to Global Investment House's review of the Bahrain economy.In the first three quarters of 2012, Bahrain’s economy grew at an annual pace of 3.7 percent while headline growth rate slowed steadily from 4.8 percent YoY in Q1 to 2. ... More »Bahrain nonoil trade grows 20%
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Israel acts to deny Hezbollah arms: Netanyahu
AFP - 22 hours ago
Israel is "acting" to prevent weapons from Syria from reaching Lebanon's Hezbollah and will continue to do so, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday. More »Israel acts to deny Hezbollah arms: Netanyahu
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Drug use on the rise among Saudi students
Arab News - 12 hours ago
High school students are increasingly using illegal drugs such as Captagon, an anti-narcotics official said.Abdul-Ilah Al-Sharif, the assistant director general of Drug Enforcement (Preventive Affairs), said there has been a significant increase in the use of Captagon by students.Al-Sharif said the National Preventive Program, which begins next year, will help to eliminate drugs usage among students.Al-Sharif said that his organization has seized 123 million Captagon pills over the last two years. ... More »Drug use on the rise among Saudi students
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Opinion: 3 factors set to rescue Iran nuclear talks
AAA - Sun, May 19, 2013
The west is eagerly awaiting the results of the upcoming June presidential elections in Iran to determine whom they will be working with in Tehran for the foreseeable future. Certainly the nuclear issue will remain a high priority for world powers and Iran. Over a decade of negotiations with Tehran, world powers have challenged Iran’s legitimate rights for enrichment under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), yielding no outcome. The world powers have continued hitting the hammer on the same nail and it is time for a renewed look at the status quo. ... More »Opinion: 3 factors set to rescue Iran nuclear talks
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Tunisian Islamist protester killed in clash with police
Reuters Middle East - 18 hours ago
* Annual rally by hardline Islamists had been banned * Ansar al-Sharia supporters clash with police in two cities * Transport suspended in parts of capital Tunis (Re-leads with death of protester in Tunis) By Tarek Amara TUNIS, May 19 (Reuters) - One protester died and severalwere injured when Tunisian Islamists defied a ban on theirdemonstration and clashed with police on Sunday. The 27-year-old man was killed in the violence in thecapital Tunis which continued into the evening, the state newsagency said. ... More »Tunisian Islamist protester killed in clash with police
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MIDEAST STOCKS-Regional mkts rally as global gains trigger renewed buying
Reuters Middle East - 22 hours ago
By Nadia Saleem DUBAI, May 19 (Reuters) - Regional shares rallied on Sundaywith markets in Kuwait and Doha breaking key psychologicallevels as gains in U.S. equities and oil prices spurred renewedbuying to top off an underlying bullish sentiment. In Saudi Arabia, the index climbed 1 percent,extending gains to hit a one-year high. Bluechips led the rally with eight of the 10 largest firmsrising. Sentiment turned around from last week's selling, asupbeat global markets buoyed hopes world demand will pick up. Saudi petrochemicals index climbed 0. ... More »MIDEAST STOCKS-Regional mkts rally as global gains trigger renewed buying
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Saudi's Dar Al Arkan picks banks ahead of potential sukuk issue
Reuters Middle East - 6 hours ago
DUBAI, May 20 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Dar Al Arkan RealEstate Development Co has picked six banks to arrangeinvestor meetings ahead of a possible Islamic bond offering, thecompany said in a bourse statement on Monday. The dollar-denominated sukuk issue will be the first from aprogramme which could see several tranches offered over a12-month period to fund the company's projects, the statementsaid. Dar Al Arkan has picked Bahrain-based Bank Al Khair,Deutsche Bank, Emirates NBD, Goldman Sachs and Qatari pair Masraf Al Rayan and QInvest toarrange the meetings, it added. ... More »Saudi's Dar Al Arkan picks banks ahead of potential sukuk issue
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Egyptian army sends tanks to Sinai after kidnapping
Reuters Middle East - 4 hours ago
CAIRO, May 20 (Reuters) - The Egyptian army has sent tanksacross the Suez canal to the Sinai peninsula, where Islamistgunmen kidnapped seven soldiers and policemen last week, statedaily al-Ahram said on Monday. Gunmen demanding the release of jailed Islamist militantsseized the hostages on the road between the Sinai towns ofel-Arish and Rafah on Thursday. (Reporting by Shaimaa Fayed and Thomas Perry; Editing byAlistair Lyon) More »Egyptian army sends tanks to Sinai after kidnapping
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Yahoo! to buy blog-maker Tumblr for $1.1 bn: report
AFP - 16 hours ago
Yahoo!'s board has approved a deal to purchase the popular blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. More »Yahoo! to buy blog-maker Tumblr for $1.1 bn: report
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Obama to discuss al Qaeda, drones, Guantanamo Bay in Thursday speech
Reuters Middle East - 20 hours ago
By Steve Holland ATLANTA, May 19 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, underfire for security lapses at a U.S. mission in Libya, will in aspeech on Thursday lay out his wide-ranging counter-terrorismpolicy, from the controversial use of drones to efforts to closethe U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Obama's use of military drone aircraft to attack extremistshas drawn fire and increased tensions in countries like Pakistanand been criticized by human rights activists in the UnitedStates. ... More »Obama to discuss al Qaeda, drones, Guantanamo Bay in Thursday speech
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Jordan eyes role in Israeli-Palestinian talks
Aljazeera - 21 hours ago
Prime minister says involvement in final settlement discussions will aim at guaranteeing rights of Palestinian refugees. More »Jordan eyes role in Israeli-Palestinian talks

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Serena Williams beats Azarenka to win Rome title

Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline oil flow resumes - Turkish energy sources

Egypt T-bills yields climb after c.bank decree

Saudi Arabia to import near record high diesel this summer -trade

Battered Indian driver seeks immediate repatriation

United's Ferguson bows out on a high of sorts

Saudi contractor MMG appoints advisor for debt restructuring

Chinese premier arrives in India for talks

With president ailing, Algeria prepares for end of an era

Bahrain nonoil trade grows 20%

Israel acts to deny Hezbollah arms: Netanyahu

Drug use on the rise among Saudi students

Opinion: 3 factors set to rescue Iran nuclear talks

Tunisian Islamist protester killed in clash with police

MIDEAST STOCKS-Regional mkts rally as global gains trigger renewed buying

Saudi's Dar Al Arkan picks banks ahead of potential sukuk issue

Egyptian army sends tanks to Sinai after kidnapping

Yahoo! to buy blog-maker Tumblr for $1.1 bn: report

Obama to discuss al Qaeda, drones, Guantanamo Bay in Thursday speech

Jordan eyes role in Israeli-Palestinian talks

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