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Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- InterContinental Hotels Group Plc , the U.K.-based owner of the Holiday Inn brand, plans to open 18 hotels in Saudi Arabia during the next five years to tap rising demand for lodging in the Arab world’s biggest economy.
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest state-owned oil company, is drilling a record number of wells to find more resources and boost natural gas output to meet industrial demand, Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said.
Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) researchers have determined precisely how the plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA) works at the molecular level to help plants respond to environmental stresses such as drought and cold. Their findings, published in the journal Nature, could help engineer crops that thrive in harsh environments around the world and combat global food shortages. The findings could ...
Muslims living in Germany don't believe a Swiss-like minaret ban is possible here, but they say they feel threatened by growing Islamophobia. "I was made a Turk," says Burhan Kesici, the vice president of the Islamic Federation Berlin, a group that represents 12 Muslim congregations in this city.
The lineup for the knockout stages of the East Asian Games football tournament bears a striking resemblance to Asia's World Cup 2010 competitors, at least on the surface. Japan and South Korea, which have both qualified for the finals in South Africa next year, face off in the semifinals on Thursday while North Korea -- which next year will make its first appearance at the World Cup since 1966...
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Standard Chartered Plc , the U.K. bank that gets most of its profit in emerging markets, said exposure to Dubai won’t lead to any “material” impairment charges.
Pakistani provincial minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti spends much of his time handing out envelopes containing checks. Some people suffering from shrapnel wounds limp to collect them.
The Iraqi economy is mired in old patterns: Most paying jobs are with the government, which is dependent on oil for revenue. Iraqi entrepreneurs say red tape and corruption make it difficult to start a private business; one economist argues the economy is on the brink of collapse.
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By Bill Hess Herald/Review No descr FORT HUACHUCA — In one of the most strategic places on the globe, plans are being made to build the world’s longest bridge — nearly 18 miles — to connect Djibouti and Yemen, an Army officer from Djibouti said Tuesday. The two nations — one near the Horn of Africa, Djibouti, and the other on the Arabian Peninsula, Yemen — are across from each other, in the area ...
Saudi Arabia said it "deplored" Tehran's charge that an Iranian nuclear scientist was kidnapped on a pilgrimage to Mecca and hauled off to the United States, a Saudi newspaper reported Wednesday.
Zawya Dow Jones News Service, produced jointly by Dow Jones Newswires and ABQ Zawya, reached a significant milestone this month when page views on the service in 2009 topped the 1 million mark.
Allegations that scientists manipulated climate-change data to support claims of global warming unsettles the agenda in Denmark, Saudi officials said.
So much for "hope and change." With his address to the nation about Afghanistan, President Obama resembled his disastrous predecessors Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon.
CAIRO (AP) -- Saudi Arabia's oil minister said Saturday that current global oil prices are "perfect," as several key Arab OPEC members indicated the group was unlikely to change output levels when it meets later this month.
YOKOHAMA, Japan----Chiyoda Corporation and JGC Corporation , both Japan's leading engineering and construction firms, today jointly announced that Esso Highlands Limited, operator of the PNG LNG Project, has approved an engineering, procurement and construction contract award to a joint venture of Chiyoda and JGC, pending final project authorizations.
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