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		<title><![CDATA[Energy Roundup: Buffet to GE Rescue, Gulf Damage Revised Again, Finance Turmoil Hits Nuclear, and More]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:32:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Energy Roundup: Buffet to GE Rescue, Gulf Damage Revised Again, Finance Turmoil Hits Nuclear, and More]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Buffett to come to GE rescue -- General Electric says it plans to raise at least $15 billion in capital from stock sales to the public and to Berkshire Hathaway in an effort to restore confidence in the giantâ€™s financial strength. Read commentary here. [Source: FT]    Gulf...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:16:34 -0700</pubDate>
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		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6781/is_2008_Sept_8/ai_n29480357]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Sep 8, 2008  Emirates Airlines, Boeing  Emirates last week took delivery of one Boeing 777-300ER and one 777-200LR, lifting the Dubai carrier's 777 fleet to 63. Sep 4, 2008  Gulf Air, Airbus  Gulf Air also announced a firm order for 35 single aisle and widebody aircraft...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Company Watch - Gulf Air]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6781/is_2008_Sept_8/ai_n29480380]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Sep 7, 2008  Gulf Air also announced a firm order for 35 single aisle and widebody aircraft from Airbus in May. That deal was worth around USD$4.5 billion at list prices. Gulf Air is owned by Bahrain Mumtalakat Holdings, a USD$10 billion state-owned investment agency. Gulf Air last year...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Company Watch - Airbus]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6781/is_2008_July_21/ai_n28560206]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[7/21/2008  Airbus Chief Executive Tom Enders said, despite prospects for weakening aircraft demand, there was no need to abandon plans to ramp up production of the A320 single-aisle aircraft family to 40 from 34 a month, though he plans to revisit the issue later this year. The boss of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Company Watch - Airbus]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[7/14/2008  Airbus Chief Executive Tom Enders said, despite prospects for weakening aircraft demand, there was no need to abandon plans to ramp up production of the A320 single-aisle aircraft family to 40 from 34 a month, though he plans to revisit the issue later this year. The boss of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 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[Coalition holds Gulf exercises to protect oil installations]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MANAMA AFP &#8212; US and allied navies on Tuesday wound up exercises in the Gulf, the US Fifth Fleet said, as Iran warned it would strike American interests in response to any attack over its nuclear programme.  The Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet said the five-day drill was aimed at protecting...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Saudi and Qatar move to seal ties]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia AFP &#8212; Gulf neighbours Saudi Arabia and Qatar are to demarcate their border and set up a joint council to develop relations after years of tension, the official SPA news agency reported.  The decision was taken after two successive visits last week to the Saudi summer...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bahrain confirms Jewish woman as new envoy to US]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MANAMA AFP &#8212; Bahrain, a close US ally, announced on Thursday that it has appointed a Jewish woman as its ambassador in Washington, a first for an Arab country.  King Hamad issued a decree naming Huda Nunu as head of the Gulf state's diplomatic mission in the United States,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[US says won&#39;t allow Iran to shut key Gulf oil route]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MANAMA AFP &#8212; The commander of the US navy's Fifth Fleet warned on Monday that the United States will not allow Iran to shut the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil supply route in the Gulf.  "They will not close it... They will not be allowed to close it,"...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[UAE foreign minister on landmark visit to Iraq]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD AFP &#8212; The Emirati foreign minister met Iraqi leaders on Thursday on the first visit to the violence-wracked country by a chief diplomat from a Arab country in the Gulf since the 2003 US invasion.  The UAE's Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nayhan met his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Gulf Air orders Airbus jets worth $5 bln]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[FRANKFURT AFP &#8212; Bahrain's Gulf Air has ordered 35 Airbus medium- and long-haul aircraft in a deal worth five billion dollars (3.2 billion euros), it was announced here Wednesday.  The order for 15 Airbus A320s and 20 Airbus A330s is worth "five billion dollars at catalogue prices," Airbus commercial...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Nuclear energy best option for Gulf states: experts]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200805/ai_n25458861]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[DUBAI AFP &#8212; Nuclear power rather than renewable sources like the wind or sun are the best option for oil-rich Gulf Arab states to meet growing energy demands, especially if produced collectively, say regional experts.  "Renewable energies are playing only a very small part in supplying even those who...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[US-chartered vessel fires warning shots in Gulf: official]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON AFP &#8212; A vessel chartered by the US military fired warning shots at two speedboats believed to be Iranian that approached it in the Gulf, a US defense official said Friday.  The incident involving the Westward Venture occurred Thursday morning "dozens of miles" from the Iranian coastline in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Taking A High Flier]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmnew/is_200804/ai_n25366843]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[With big orders and pushy demands, Middle East carriers are upending the global airline industry.  For the Gulf States, building a luxury tourism infrastructure is only half the battle. Then they need to get visitors to come and enjoy it. Located so far away from many of the world&#8217;s...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Unfamiliar Expression]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmnew/is_200804/ai_n25366857]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A Dubai gallery owner discusses the Gulf&#8217;s fledgling art industry.  First came China, then India and now the Gulf: drawn by the siren call of record sales, the art world has come calling, crowning the region as a crucial emerging market for contemporary art. Mona Hauser, the owner of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Surging Gulf inflation burns up foreign workers&#39; earnings]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200804/ai_n25134406]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[DUBAI AFP &#8212; Foreign workers making up the bulk of the labour force in the robust Gulf economies are feeling the crunch of rocketing prices and weak currencies. Some are even questioning the point of staying.  "A segment of workers is considering leaving, particularly those from countries that are...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Unemployment a thorny Gulf problem despite oil boom]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200804/ai_n25134258]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[DUBAI, April 8, 2008 AFP &#8212; Governments in the oil-rich Gulf Arab states have so far failed to tackle unemployment among their own citizens despite impressive economic growth fed by record oil revenues.  Despite most Gulf Cooperation Council GCC members having programmes to train their nationals to join the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A strategy based on faith: the enduring appeal of progressive American airpower]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED]  Following the F-16 bombing raid in June 2006 that killed terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, President George W. Bush told reporters: "Zarqawi is dead, but the difficult and necessary mission in Iraq continues. We can expect the terrorists and insurgents to carry on without him. We can expect...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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