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Qatar promises 'historic' 2022 World Cup
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Qatar-Bahrain bridge construction to start Q1
Nov 22, 2009 at 10:35
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UPDATE 1: Construction of causeway linking Gulf states to expected to be completed by 2015, official says.
Qatar-Bahrain bridge delayed until '10
Bahrain to tender causeway if Vinci pulls out
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Abu Dhabi transport overhaul to cost $68 bln
Nov 11, 2009 at 00:10
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Govt faces monumental task of raising billions of dollars to build its ambitious transport network -adviser.
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Saudi signs road contracts worth $800 mln
Oct 25, 2009 at 09:31
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BRIEF: Roads contracts signed with various local firms, part of massive investment programme -SPA.
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Dubai plans taxi service overhaul
Oct 11, 2009 at 06:16
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Transport authority putting together 10-year plan focusing on fares, regulations and driver training -paper.
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WITNESS: Riding on the driverless blue train
Sep 09, 2009 at 23:27
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Dubai Metro Red Line's first public ride blends hope, cheer, prosperity, but punters ask if it will last.
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Major Doha highway contract axed in dispute
Sep 09, 2009 at 08:22
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Public Works Authority pulls plug on highway deal in dispute with main contractor over payment -paper.
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Jury out on metro winning over car-lovers
Sep 08, 2009 at 23:29
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Observers question whether Dubai can really get city-state’s car loving population to actually use metro.
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Agility wins RasGas logistics contract
Sep 08, 2009 at 10:01
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Kuwaiti firm secures multi-million dollar global freight services deal for RasGas, one of two Qatari LNG.
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Car-crazy Dubai gears up for Gulf's 1st metro
Sep 04, 2009 at 07:30
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Metro launches next week with 10 stations, but remains to be seen whether motorists will be won over.
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Dubai plans no new Salik amid Metro launch
Sep 03, 2009 at 08:20
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Transport chief says toll charge introduced in 2007 has helped increase traffic speed by 20 pct -paper.
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VIDEO: DP World profits plunge 34 pct
Sep 02, 2009 at 11:50
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INTERVIEW: Dubai-based ports operator sees improvement in certain markets, optimistic about turnaround -CEO.
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Qatar-Bahrain bridge delayed until '10
Aug 30, 2009 at 07:48
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Construction of causeway between two countries pushed by until next year, will cost around $3 bln -paper.
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$7 bln monorail, $1 bln road projects delayed
Aug 30, 2009 at 07:36
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UPDATE 1: Bahrain looking at private investment, sukuk and govt fund to help pay for road projects -paper.
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DP World H1 profit falls by more than a third
Aug 27, 2009 at 08:56
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UPDATE 1: Weak business conditions persist in second half due to unpredictable global trade trends.
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Foreign firms bid for Omani airport contracts
Aug 26, 2009 at 13:58
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South Korea's Hanjin Heavy, Greece-based CCC, India's Dodsal qualify to submit bids for Salalah airport.
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Gulf cash likely to back Virgin-BMI buy
Aug 25, 2009 at 07:16
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Investors in Gulf fit to fund Virgin Atlantic's interest in buying BMI British Midland from Lufthansa.
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UK builders chase $331 mln unpaid Dubai bills
Nov 23, 2009 at 16:27
Developers mostly in Dubai face huge outstanding, possibly in excess of 50 pct, UK business group says.
Gulf Air to cut staff, may sell planes
Gulf growth outlook brightens -poll
Iran dumps dollar for euro, gains $5 bln
UAE economy 'humming again', prospects bright
Abu Dhabi airport passenger traffic stutters
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Saudi Telecom in spat over free call offer
11/24/2009 12:45:53 PM
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Saudi Regulator this is wrong move. I appreciate the Offer Saud Telecom Offer to its customers.this all available in Europe, only in Middle East countries where offers are banned. They...
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Saudi Telecom in spat over free call offer
11/24/2009 11:29:21 AM
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You didn't give the whole story-just last week-GO (Etihad Atheeb Telecom Consortium) launched fixed line voice services as the second fixed line operator in KSA. STC is feeling the heat and...
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Emirates NBD replaces board member Al Futtaim
11/24/2009 8:28:25 AM
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High time boards in the region took action against lazy and irresponsible directors who collect board seats like trophies for the inside information they can glean from the position. Many...
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UAE economy 'humming again', prospects bright
11/20/2009 2:14:00 PM
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Very True, these Arabs must come out of their air filled illusions like Dubai's economy, and realize the fact that Dubai still has not touched the bottom, nor UAE ever had a stable econmy it...
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Emirates NBD replaces board member Al Futtaim
11/22/2009 5:51:23 PM
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High time boards in the region took action against lazy and irresponsible directors who collect board seats like trophies for the inside information they can glean from the position. Many...
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Saudi Telecom in spat over free call offer
11/24/2009 4:20:29 AM
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Saudi Regulator this is wrong move. I appreciate the Offer Saud Telecom Offer to its customers.this all available in Europe, only in Middle East countries where offers are banned. They...
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Passport confiscation rampant in UAE
Nov 03, 2009 at 01:17
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Mr. Observer, Unfortunately, your hopes that the govt looking into this issue is like hoping for snow to fall in Dubai in July. It just would not happen simply because the people that...
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Dubai's ruler tells doubters to 'shut up'
Nov 09, 2009 at 12:26
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Right on the dot Stephen... Only the buildings are modern but everything underlying it is primitive... Plus all the perpetual spin about things being gung ho while lives are...
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Saudi king waives lashes for female journo
Oct 26, 2009 at 16:42
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There certainly should be limitations to freedom of speech. But why are we attacking the US like it's such an imperfect place and everyone who lives there are idiots? I know a lot of...
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