Lebanon

July 13, 2004

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The Saudi Al-Rajhi Banking and Investment Corporation said Sunday its profits in the first six months of 2004 rose  by 49.5 percent.   The Corporation reported a net profit of SR1.368 billion ($364.8

July 12, 2004

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An audience of over 20 thousand people attended Lebanese singer Alissa’s big concert in Rabat, Morocco, on July 1 where she was participating for the first time

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Jordan's state-run Central Electricity Generating Company on Sunday awarded Al Samra power plant project to a consortium comprising the US Black and Veatch Company and the Turkish GAMA Company at a co

July 11, 2004

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Four U.S. Marines were killed in an area of western Iraq, the U.S. command said Sunday. Elsewhere, a coordinated roadside bomb attack on a U.S. convoy

July 10, 2004

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The leader of Lebanon's Hizbullah said an international court ruling would do nothing to remove Israel's wall through the West Bank, and he predicted

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Israeli occupation forces killed on Saturday a Palestinian girl in the Gaza Strip city of Rafah, Medical sources and Witnesses said.

July 8, 2004

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A U.S. Marine who was reported missing in Iraq more than two weeks ago is alive and well at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, authorities said Thursday.

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Subex Systems, the global telecom software product company, on Wednesday announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with Mideast Data Systems (MDS) Group, one of the premier information tech

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A positive external environment boosted Lebanon's economic activity in 2003, the IMF said Wednesday. Despite the adverse effects of the war in Iraq, real GDP growth picked up to an estimated 3 percent

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In the first quarter of the current Iranian calendar year 1383 (March 21, 2004-March 20, 2005), over 785 tons of various kinds of fish were exported to Kuwait, say a 24 percent rise compared to the sa

July 7, 2004

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A Lebanese army major was killed and three other officers were wounded during a sports training maneuver they were staging in a military base in south

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A week and a half following an operation for a slipped disc, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is to fly back to Cairo soon, the hospital where he has

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The latest album "Ahla Dunia" (The Perfect World) by lebanese singer Alissa is still occupying the number spot for record sale in Egypt despite the fact that it's date of release was eight weeks ago

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A total of 3.11 million tons of goods transited via Iran during the first quarter of the current Iranian year (started March 20), say an 82.4 percent rise compared to the similar period of last year.

July 6, 2004

03:00 GMT

The family of a Lebanese-born U.S. Marine held hostage in Iraq said it was confident Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun had been freed and was well, though relat