Lebanon

April 4, 2004

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GAC Bunker Fuels has opened a new office in Cairo, to better serve vessels transiting the Suez Canal and plying cargo trade at Ain Sukhna in the Gulf of Suez. The office is a joint venture between GAC

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The Bahrain Monetary Agency (BMA) has issued a consultation paper on corporate governance requirements for Bahraini banks.   The paper lays down specific rules to be followed by boards of directors an

April 3, 2004

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A spokesman for the Iraq's top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Sistani rejected any contact between the Ayatollah and American occupiers

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The Tunisian Journalist Association is holding a special event under the title “Honoring the Eagles of Carthage” with Lebanese singer Ragheb Alama as the guest of honor instead of Lebanese singer Maji

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The final episode of the weekly popular show “Star Academy” ended with announcing Egyptian contestant 20-year-old Mohammad Attia the winner of Star Academy defeating his Kuwaiti opponent 21-year-old B

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Complying with European donor requests, the Palestinian Authority implemented a reform Thursday by depositing the salaries of its security officers into personal bank accounts. Until now, salaries wer

April 2, 2004

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Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Thursday that Yasser Arafat will not be able to remain in his position forever and it is not “impossible” Is

April 1, 2004

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Prominent Egyptian actor Hussein Fahmi has announced that he is currently looking for a Lebanese actress to take part in his upcoming new film on the condition that she had not previously appeared in

March 31, 2004

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Jordan's security forces have arrested a number of suspects planned to carry out "terror" attacks in the Kingdom, a security source told Petra news ag

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Lebanese singer Diana had taken the initiative and made a personal phone call to Lebanese Nawal Al Zoghbi after hearing that the latter's was experiencing a downfall in her health condition ending all

March 30, 2004

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A suicide bomber blew up explosives in his car outside the house of a police chief south of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing himself and injuring seven oth

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Lebanon's Banque Audi has bought Banque Saradar in a $159 million cash and equity deal, to create the country's largest banking group by assets. The operation remains subject to the approval of author

March 29, 2004

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British soldiers on Monday clashed with a crowd of Iraqi demonstrators outside the offices of a religious group in the southern Iraqi city of Basra.

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Lebanese singer George Wassouf will submit his last album "It'akharit Ikteer" (You Are Too Late) to the Music Production Company Rotana by the end of April, which is when his contract with the company

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Maks International and Spectracolor/Cybernet Sarl have signed an agreement that grants the latter representation rights of Maks International in Lebanon, as one of Maks International's authorized agen