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Oman
The Ministry of Manpower announced an extension of the December 2009 amnesty for illegal foreign workers until end-March. The decision will allow an estimated 125,000-200,000 (out...
2010-02-26United Arab Emirates
With the US looking to impose even tougher economic sanctions on Iran, and given Abu Dhabi's poor relations with Tehran, Dubai's position as a major trading partner of Iran could...
2010-02-26Saudi Arabia
More than a hundred Saudi Arabian troops were killed as the recent conflict between the Yemeni government and Houthi rebels in the north of the country spilled over the border. The...
2010-02-25Kuwait
The government has tried to push through number of key economic policies of late. The planned al-Zour refinery, which was scrapped in March 2009, may be back on the table;
2010-02-25Iraq
According to US Defense Secretary Robert Gates, the security situation would have to worsen significantly in the aftermath of March's parliamentary elections for the US to slow down...
2010-02-24Iran
On February 23, Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, chairman of the Assembly of Experts, lent his backing to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as he addressed the body. If...
2010-02-24Iran
In late January, Iran executed two men accused of participating in anti-government protests following the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in June 2009. The executions...
2010-01-29Iraq
Shatha al-Musawi, an independent Iraqi MP, is challenging in a federal court the oil contract which BP and its Chinese partner CNPC had won to develop the giant Rumaila oilfield in...
2010-01-29
