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Bahrain’s ongoing labour market reforms are attracting increasing attention from the media and policymakers in neighbouring Gulf Co-operation Council countries. In a region where expatriates account for over 50% of the labour force – more than 90% in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates – increasing national employment is seen as a policy priority.

Bahrain
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Company explores finance options for Shaikan, but acknowledges risks of exploring in frontier area

Iraq
Issue 871 - 12 February 2010

US commits assets to GCC missile shield

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As the international community debates its next steps on Iran’s nuclear programme, Washington has made a show of increasing its commitment to missile defence in the Gulf

Iran
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The regime’s hardliners thought its critics were a disparate bunch who would melt away under assault from the Basij militia. The fact that protests continue has surprised President Ahmadinejad’s allies as much as outside observers, forcing the regime and other key players – including the United States – to reassess their options

Iran
Issue 871 - 12 February 2010

MBR: Warning to ministers

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Warning to ministers

United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Issue 871 - 12 February 2010

HRW details torture claim

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The government has returned to the practice of ill treating detainees that defined its reputation until the end of the 1990s, according to a new report from Human Rights Watch (HRW).

Bahrain
Issue 871 - 12 February 2010

SHEIKH FAHD, TAMIM BIN HAMAD

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Pair jailed over death; Foreign travel

Qatar
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President Barack Obama has committed the US to providing more assistance to the Sanaa government, but such promises carry real risks, especially when the donor has so little confidence in the recipient

Yemen
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Geopolitics; Reappointed in Qassim; Football club talks; Compensation; Marriage

Saudi Arabia
Issue 871 - 12 February 2010

Aramco awarded Jizan refinery contract

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State giant Saudi Aramco has been awarded the contract to build and finance a planned $10bn oil refinery at the Red Sea port of Jizan in the underdeveloped Jizan province on the Yemen border.

Saudi Arabia
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The shortfalls in Tehran’s proposal of a new deal on uranium enrichment, even while it intensifies its nuclear programme, has forced long-standing allies like Russia, as well as the Obama administration, to consider taking a much harder line against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his friends

Iran
Issue 871 - 12 February 2010

Iran's minorities under extreme pressure

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A number of minority and ethnic groups have become more prominent since June's disputed election - and many of them have been severely repressed

Iran
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It would be hard to tell there was a Dubai financial crisis, with the UAE’s bank reporting season in full swing. On the face of it, results so far suggest there is better news coming out of Dubai than Abu Dhabi, but consideration of UAE financial risk may be better based on transparency rather than good news

United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Issue 871 - 12 February 2010

How GCC systems fit into US plan

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The United States’ announcement of the deployment of missile defence systems in Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) states signals a tougher tone towards Iran rather than any major new military initiative in the region. Many elements of the system are already in the Gulf, including US Navy

Kuwait | Bahrain | Qatar
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In a major breakthrough for Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, Kuwait’s combative MPs have approved a national five-year development plan, the first for decades, and the creation of a Capital Market Authority (CMA). But, with confrontation looming over MPs’ insistence on passing a $13bn measure to buy up unpaid consumer debts, it remains too early to talk of a lasting transformation of the political atmosphere.

Kuwait