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		<title><![CDATA[TURKMENISTAN - The Global & Regional Petroleum Perspectives]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paper WTI has been moving wildly from a peak of $147.27/b on July 11 to below $90/b in recent weeks. The week's trading at NYMEX on Sept. 26 ended with November WTI settled at $106.89, having risen to $130 on Sept. 22 as speculators scrambled to cover short positions and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Gulf monarchies to boost links with Turkey]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200808/ai_n28052215]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[RIYADH AFP &#8212; Oil-rich Gulf monarchies will sign an accord with Turkey aimed at boosting ties between the pro-Western Arab bloc and Ankara, the chief of the Gulf Cooperation Council said on Sunday.  The "memorandum of understanding" to be inked in the Saudi Red Sea city of Jeddah on...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[S.Korea, Gulf states agree to forge free trade deal next year]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SEOUL AFP &#8212; South Korea and six Gulf states agreed Wednesday to forge a free trade deal by the end of next year, a chief negotiator from the Seoul side said.  "At today's opening session, the chief delegates from both sides agreed in principle to conclude negotiation by the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Investing The Gulf's Oil Profits Windfall]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC's) foreign-investment choices will influence interest rates, liquidity, and financial markets around the world. And the domestic investments will affect the region's urban development, economic diversification, and ability to create jobs. Fortunately for the citizens of the GCC states and global policy makers, there will probably...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[GCC foreign wealth rises to $2 trillion]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE NET FOREIGN assets of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Oman are expected to rise by $200bn this year to $2 trillion, according to a new report by the Washington-based Institute for International Finance IIF. By 2012, their total assets held abroad could reach almost...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Excess cash, peg to weak dollar fuel Gulf inflation]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MANAMA AFP &#8212; Abundant liquidity, triggered by sharply higher oil revenues, and the effect of currencies pegged to a weakening dollar are fueling inflation in the Gulf region, economists say.  And the situation is so serious that Gulf business leaders will meet in Bahrain on Monday to get advice...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[UAE: MOODY'S REPORTS: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF GCC ISLAMIC BANKS REVEALS THREE DISTINCT BANKING BUSINESS MODELS.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The pure commercial-banking model in Islamic  banking in the Gulf  Co-operation Council GCC is being increasingly  complemented by other,  recently developed forms of more specialised  Shari'ah-compliant  financial intermediation, says Moody's Investo  The pure commercial-banking model in Islamic  banking in the Gulf ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[MOODY'S REPORTS]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5561/is_200802/ai_n25288457]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Islamic finance market has grown byapproximately 15% in each of the past three years, partly as a result ofthe increased wealth in Islamic countries, which in turn was driven byhigh oil prices, says Moody's Investors Service in its special reportentitThe Islamic finance market has grown byapproximately 15% in each...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[MIDDLE EAST: MOODY'S REPORTS: ISLAMIC FINANCE MARKET SHOWS NO SIGN OF SLOWING, WITH SUKUK ENJOYING PHENOMENAL GROWTH.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6465/is_200802/ai_n25742627]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Islamic finance market has grown by  approximately 15% in each  of the past three years, partly as a result of  the increased wealth in  Islamic countries, which in turn was driven by  high oil prices, says  Moody's Investors Service in its special ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[GCC says free trade talks with Turkey to resume]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[DOHA AFP &#8212; Turkey and the Gulf Cooperation Council will meet on February 26-27 for a third round of talks on a free-trade agreement, the GCC secretary general said on Thursday.  Aberrahman al-Attiyah said visiting Turkish President Abduallah Gul had expressed hopes during a meeting on Wednesday that the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Gulf states to finalise nuclear plan studies in 18 months]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[DOHA AFP &#8212; The pro-Western Gulf Arab states expect to finalise studies on a proposed civil nuclear programme within 18 months and start cooperating with the UN nuclear watchdog from March, a Gulf official said on Tuesday.  "I expect the required studies to be completed within 18 months," Ahmad...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[GCC To Earn $6 Tn From Oil By 2022]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The McKinsey Global Institute on Jan. 24 said that, with crude oil at $70/b, the six Arab Gulf Co-operation Council GCC states should earn $6.2 trillion by 2022 - triple the amount earned during the previous 14 years - and how they invest the funds could have financial and political...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Impoverished Yemen seeks Gulf jobs]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANAA AFP &#8212; Yemen has asked for an annual quota of jobs in the expatriate workforce of its oil-rich Gulf neighbours for its impoverished population, the official Saba news agency said on Saturday.  The technical and vocational training ministry made the request to the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council recalling...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Gulf states stick to plan to launch single currency: GCC chief]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[DOHA AFP &#8212; Leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council GCC have decided at their annual summit to stick to a 2010 date to launch their single currency, the GCC chief told reporters on Tuesday.  "The leaders have decided to continue to work towards achieving the monetary union... and confirmed...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Dollar slide: is the Gulf ready to cut loose? No doubt about it, the dollar is in trouble and things look set to get worse before they get better. With oil prices standing at $90+ a barrel, the coffers of oil-producing states are bulging, but in real term]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2742/is_384/ai_n25015916]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]  AS THE US dollar continued its sharp decline this autumn, investors around the world were waiting to see if the US Federal Reserve would act further to halt the slide and help curb the resulting big rises in the euro, sterling, Australian and Canadian dollars and other...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[MOODY'S POSTS SENIOR SOVEREIGN ANALYST IN DUBAI]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5561/is_200710/ai_n22711526]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Moody's Investors Service has today announcedthat Mr Tristan Cooper, Vice President-Senior Analyst in the SovereignRisk Unit, has relocated from London to Dubai, where he will spearheadMoody's sovereign coverage of the Middle East region. His move from thMoody's Investors Service has today announcedthat Mr Tristan Cooper, Vice President-Senior Analyst in the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Renault sets up GCC operations.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5614/is_200709/ai_n23619214]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Sep. 17--In a move aimed at increasing its presence in the Gulf  region, leading European car manufacturer Renault has announced the  restructuring of its GCC office, which will be headed by newly appointed  Managing Director, Mohamed Bennani.    Sep. 17--In a move aimed at increasing...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mideast conference should revive all peace tracks: GCC]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200709/ai_n19496234]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia AFP &#8212; Pro-Western Gulf Arab states on Saturday reiterated their backing for a planned US-sponsored Middle East peace conference, but insisted it should revive the peace process on all tracks.  Gulf Cooperation Council foreign ministers who met in the Saudi Red Sea city of Jeddah "support...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Qatar replaces Oman as host of next Gulf summit]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200708/ai_n19403026]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[MUSCAT AFP &#8212; The annual summit of oil-rich Gulf Arab states will be held in Qatar in early December, not in Oman as previously planned, the secretary general of the pro-Western Gulf Cooperation Council said on Monday.  Qatar and its Gulf partners have agreed to a request by Oman...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Aptec announces distribution agreement with Business Objects for the ME region covering GCC, Egypt, Levant.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5614/is_200705/ai_n23618840]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[May 24--Aptec, the leading Regional Value Added Distributor in the  Middle East partners with Business Objects, a leading global provider of  business intelligence software, to offer industry's most advanced  and complete solution for performance manage  May 24--Aptec, the leading Regional Value Added Distributor in the ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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