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United Arab Emirates
Comments by Dubai's real estate regulator have thrown the link between property ownership and residency into doubt. Foreigners have been allowed to buy property in Dubai since 2002...
2008-06-27Iran
Iranian police have launched a more extensive crackdown on 'social corruption' according to the Farhang-e Ashti newspaper, confronting individuals who appear in public dressed in...
2008-06-20Oman
In mid-June, the Omani authorities announced that they would deport almost 3,500 Indian workers who had overstayed their visas. The Ministry of Manpower published a list of names...
2008-06-12Qatar
Only a few weeks after brokering a critical deal between opposing Lebanese factions to end the six-month presidential crisis, Qatar is now working with the Arab League in leading...
2008-06-10United Arab Emirates
The UAE's Federal National Council (FNC) has recommended that a GCC-wide residency cap on expatriate workers, first proposed by Bahrain, be approved. The FNC's Interior and Defence...
2008-05-30Bahrain
A violent murder in Bahrain has spawned a backlash against Bangladeshi immigrants that could have serious political and economic implications for the Gulf Kingdom. Interior Minister...
2008-05-30Iran
Iran and Venezuela have said that they will launch a joint bank to fund development projects in both countries, in a move that highlights the growing economic and political ties between...
2008-05-29Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia recently raised oil output to its highest level in more than two years after US President George W Bush appealed to King Abdullah II to hike output to curb rising oil...
2008-05-29
