Saudi Arabia

July 20, 2003

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CMS Energy’s joint venture with the Saudi National Power Company, Jubail Energy Company, has closed a $170 million limited recourse project financing for construction of a co-generation plant designed

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The European Investment Bank has extended a $45 million long-term loan in support of the educational component of the Plan for Social and Economic Transformation of Jordan, due to be implemented betwe

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Zamil Industrial Investment Company, the Saudi international manufacturing and fabrication group has reported a 25 percent increase in profits after Zakat contributions in its financial results for th

July 17, 2003

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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his Palestinian counterpart Mahmud Abbas are to hold new talks early next week, an Israeli official said on Th

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British Prime Minister Tony Blair flies to Washington for talks with US President George W. Bush on Thursday.

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Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz is expected to visit Russia in September to strengthen economic cooperation between the two countries.  Cro

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Three children of Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz are suing a Lebanese lawyer they accuse of stealing three million dollars from them in 19

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The Saudi government signed an landmark agreement with Royal Dutch Shell and Total to form a joint venture with the Kingdom’s Aramco company for the exploration of gas, marking the first ever award of

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Arabian Petrochemical Company (Petrokemya), a wholly owned affiliate of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) has awarded a lump-sum turnkey contract to the Korean company, Samsung Engineering Co

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Orascom Telecom Holding, GSM Telecommunications and Internet services operator in the Middle East, Africa and Pakistan, announced the settlement of the legal dispute with DREX Technologies, OTH’s part

July 16, 2003

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Tunisia and Pakistan expressed Tuesday their willingness to strengthen bilateral cooperation between both countries in different areas, especially in

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A U.S. soldier, an 8-year-old Iraqi child, and a pro-American mayor and his son were killed Wednesday as Iraqi fighters unleashed a string of attacks

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Gulf Air and Saudi Arabian Airlines started their joint operations with the inaugural flight out of Dammam to the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu. The code sharing agreement follows a Memorandum of Unders

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The inaugural flight marking the commencement of Gulf Air’s operations to Kochi with Air India took off from Bahrain on Monday, 14 July, 2003. “This marks the beginning of a new collaboration,” said J

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US-based Aspen Technology has begun the implementation of a project to supply operator training simulators for a new petrochemical complex being built by Jubail United Petrochemical Company in Saudi A