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KUWAIT CITY (AFP) - Gulf leaders meeting on Monday will give the green light to a number of multi-billion-dollar economic projects, but it remains unclear whether they will also step in to aid debt-ridden Dubai. Full Story »
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DUBAI (AFP) - The fate of the 3.5 billion dollar bonds owed by Dubai's troubled Nakheel property developer remained unknown Sunday, a day before they mature, with analysts warning of a looming default. Full Story »
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BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq will be a "big player" at OPEC's meeting in Angola later this month over its allocated crude production quota following a string of deals with oil majors, a senior US embassy official said on Sunday. Full Story »
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TEHRAN (AFP) - A politically divided Iran enters 2010 after a year marked by deadly street protests against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -- some of the worst demonstrations since the fall of the shah -- and tensions with the West over its nuclear programme. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday urged Iran to free three US hikers "as soon as possible" after Tehran announced they would go on trial for illegally entering the country. Full Story »
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DUBAI (AFP) - Al-Qaeda's second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri slammed US President Barack Obama's Middle East policy, saying it is designed to humiliate Muslims, in an Internet audio message posted on Monday. Full Story »
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GAZA CITY (AFP) - The Islamist Hamas movement said on Monday that an Israeli soldier held in Gaza for more than three years will not see "the light of day" until Israel releases hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. Full Story »
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LONDON (AFP) - World stock markets mostly rallied on Monday after troubled Dubai received a 10-billion-dollar (6.8-billion-euro) bailout from oil-rich Abu Dhabi, analysts said. Full Story »
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TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran is to put on trial three US hikers facing espionage charges and jailed for over four months after "illegally" entering Iran, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Monday. Full Story »
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TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran's opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi vowed to press on with anti-government protests and urged hardliners to stop "violent" crackdown on protesters, an opposition website reported Monday. Full Story »
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