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While the secession of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) area has occupied most attention, a failure of state-building in post-Baathist Iraq might also see other regions looking for at least Kurdish levels of autonomy, if not outright independence. Of most concern to Baghdad would be the hydrocarbons-rich south. GSN spoke to a range of decision-makers in Basra to test the support for different kinds of decentralisation in the province, which has been called ‘the failed Gulf state’ by historians of the area
Post-election challenge to oil contracts unlikely, Second LNG train starts production,
Syria-focused Gulfsands Petroleum has agreed with Australia’s AuDAX Resources to farm into the Chorbane and Kerkouane exploration permits in Tunisia, and another in southern Italy.
Senior United States Department of Defence officials have criticised the defence industry for inadequate quality control on missile defence programmes, saying the administration planned to use more fixed-price contracts.
Political leaders still believe parliamentary seats are worth fighting for, but a disenchanted public seems less convinced by the limited democracy established by King Hamad
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Sheikh Ahmed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, a son of the UAE’s founding president, has died after a microlight aircraft he was learning to fly crashed in Morocco on 26 March. Sheikh Ahmed was managing director of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (Adia) and had substantial business interests.
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In a surprise move, the Qatari government has told several foreign embassies in Doha that, from 1 May, their nationals will no longer
Abu Dhabi’s ambitious Mubadala Development Company has released results for 2009, which are better than those for 2008, although it appears MDC is substantially dependent on government-related operational activities, external investments and shares in foreign entities to offset losses elsewhere in its portfolio to make an overall profit. “Total comprehensive income was Dh8.6bn, largely driven by revenue from the sale of goods and services at Dh13.1bn and improvements in the fair valuation of investments at Dh6.4bn,” said MDC’s report.
Saudi-Qatar: Following several high-level meetings between Saudi Arabia and Qatar in mid-2008, both sides agreed to the delimitation of maritime borders between their countries and beyond the Khor Al-Udeid inlet (in the far south of Qatar). The minutes of the meeting of
In December 2009, UAE President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan established the Council of Border Affairs, replacing the Permanent Border Committee.
Janadriyah; Out and about; Defence meetings; London trial; Stockholm mosque
