http://www.menafn.com/qn_more_menaNews.asp MENAFN.com MENA Top News Stories en-us Copyright © 2012 MENAFN.com 60 http://www.menafn.com/qn_more_menaNews.asp http://www.menafn.com/images/inc_images/img_menafn_small.gif 125 13 http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479475&src=RSS http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479475&src=RSS (MENAFN - Gulf Times) Consolidated Gulf Company (CGC) has signed a contract with Khazanah Trading and Decoration Company to offer automatic vehicle location systems (AVLS) to monitor and keep track ... http://www.menafn.com Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:39:38 GMT http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479971&src=RSS http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479971&src=RSS (MENAFN) DP World, Americas' Senior Vice-President and Managing Director, Matthew Leech, said that the company's Vancouver unit would operate the Port of Nanaimo's facilities that include the ... http://www.menafn.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:16:03 GMT http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479970&src=RSS http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479970&src=RSS (MENAFN) Gulf Petrochem Group's Chief Executive, Sanjeev Sisaudia, said that recently, the company inked an investment contract with Fujairah Petroleum Company (FPC), a subsidiary of the Government ... http://www.menafn.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:14:12 GMT http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479963&src=RSS http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479963&src=RSS (MENAFN - Arab Times) Police are looking for four unidentified men who damaged the car of a Kuwaiti man and beat him up when he confronted them, reports Al-Rai daily. The Kuwaiti, in his ... http://www.menafn.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:42:58 GMT http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479962&src=RSS http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479962&src=RSS (MENAFN - Arab Times) Loss worth KD 800: A Kuwaiti man has filed a complaint with the Saad Al-Abdullah City Police Station accusing unidentified persons of stealing construction material worth KD ... http://www.menafn.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:42:10 GMT http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479961&src=RSS http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479961&src=RSS (MENAFN - Arab Times) The Farwaniya police have arrested an unidentified Kuwaiti man who had been sentenced in absentia and handed him over to the concerned authorities. The security sources said ... http://www.menafn.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:41:10 GMT http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479960&src=RSS http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479960&src=RSS (MENAFN - Arab Times) A 20-year-old youth Adel, who claims to have been wrongly accused of cross-dressing, narrated his woes to Al-Rai daily. Adel, who recently came out of prison after serving a ... http://www.menafn.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:40:04 GMT http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479959&src=RSS http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479959&src=RSS (MENAFN - Arab Times) Mohammed Hayef Al-Mutairi who won the seat in the National Assembly from the Fourth Constituency has called on the next government to get prepared to fight corruption and end ... http://www.menafn.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:38:51 GMT http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479956&src=RSS http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479956&src=RSS (MENAFN - Khaleej Times) A Pakistani driver aged 43, was sentenced to five years in prison by the Court of First Instance recently for raping a woman at their workplace. The court, presided over ... http://www.menafn.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:33:21 GMT http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479955&src=RSS http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479955&src=RSS (MENAFN - Khaleej Times) At least 55 types of cancer have been documented in the Arab population in the region, according to a preliminary survey done by the Centre for Arab Genomic Studies. A ... http://www.menafn.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:32:22 GMT http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479954&src=RSS http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479954&src=RSS (MENAFN - Khaleej Times) Joyalukkas Money Exchange inaugurated three of its Money Exchange Centres in Abu Dhabi and Dubai on January 26. Padmashri Jayaram, the new Joyalukkas Money Exchange ... http://www.menafn.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:30:47 GMT http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479953&src=RSS http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479953&src=RSS (MENAFN - Khaleej Times) In conjunction with the eminent Dubai Shopping Festival 2012 (DSF), Interiors, a Support Sponsor of DSF, is offering amazing discounts on leading brands at competitive ... http://www.menafn.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:30:02 GMT http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479952&src=RSS http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479952&src=RSS (MENAFN - Khaleej Times) The Dubai Multi Commodities Centre, or DMCC, the licensing authority for the Jumeirah Lakes Towers Free Zone, has announced that ABN Amro Bank's International Diamond and ... http://www.menafn.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:28:50 GMT http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479951&src=RSS http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479951&src=RSS (MENAFN - Arab News) Agencies probing the Jeddah flood disaster have filed fresh charges against some suspects, accusing them of being involved in money laundering. The general court in Jeddah ... http://www.menafn.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:26:41 GMT http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479950&src=RSS http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479950&src=RSS (MENAFN - Arab News) The means and ways to be followed by senior government officials in disclosing their holdings and properties have been submitted to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King ... http://www.menafn.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:25:41 GMT http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479949&src=RSS http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479949&src=RSS (MENAFN - Arab News) Saudi Arabia on Thursday executed a man convicted of murder in the Kingdom's southwest, the Interior Ministry said. Abulrahman Al-Qarni shot dead fellow Saudi Mushabab ... http://www.menafn.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:24:17 GMT http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479948&src=RSS http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479948&src=RSS (MENAFN - Arab News) Police in Makkah discovered the headless body of a boy near a garbage box in the city's Al-Sharaie district. Security forces are investigating the macabre find. Local ... http://www.menafn.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:23:13 GMT http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479947&src=RSS http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479947&src=RSS (MENAFN - Arab News) Makkah municipality has started implementing a major project to give two famous cemeteries - Mualla and Al-Sharaie - a facelift. The municipality awarded the project to ... http://www.menafn.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:22:05 GMT http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479946&src=RSS http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479946&src=RSS (MENAFN - Arab News) A number of prominent legal experts and jurists have underlined the need for reining in the rising tide of litigation in the Kingdom. They point out that most of the cases that ... http://www.menafn.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:21:04 GMT http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479945&src=RSS http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479945&src=RSS (MENAFN - Arab News) A former senior official at Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry has lauded the efforts of the Makkah governorate and the chamber to regulate the real estate ... http://www.menafn.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:20:29 GMT http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479944&src=RSS http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479944&src=RSS (MENAFN - Arab News) More than 70 people involved in the current crisis of cement shortage in Jeddah will be investigated and sentenced according to the rules and regulations of the Ministry of ... http://www.menafn.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:19:34 GMT http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479943&src=RSS http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479943&src=RSS (MENAFN - Arab News) Saudi Telecom Co. (STC) is working on providing comprehensive Internet-related services for, both, the business and household sectors, in addition to providing integrated ... http://www.menafn.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:18:11 GMT http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479942&src=RSS http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479942&src=RSS (MENAFN - Arab News) Boeing reached a major milestone with Saudi Arabian Airlines when it delivered the airline's first two 777-300ERs (extended range) over the weekend, marking another step ... http://www.menafn.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:16:08 GMT http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479941&src=RSS http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479941&src=RSS (MENAFN - Arab News) Buildex 2012 - the 14th Saudi International Building & Construction Exhibition, continues to provide the ultimate platform for companies to showcase their products, service and ... http://www.menafn.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:15:04 GMT http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479940&src=RSS http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479940&src=RSS (MENAFN - Arab News) The last fortnight has witnessed several events, which have cast a pall of gloom across the Gulf region and imbued global energy markets with grave uncertainty. US sanctions ... http://www.menafn.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:12:53 GMT http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479939&src=RSS http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479939&src=RSS (MENAFN - Arab News) Arab stocks scored gains across-the-board last week as investors appeared upbeat over annual earnings and the improving prospects of a world recovery, financial analysts said ... http://www.menafn.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:11:28 GMT http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479938&src=RSS http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479938&src=RSS (MENAFN) Bankers said that the central banks of UAE ordered lenders to halt financing trade with Iran, following international sanctions imposed on the country over its controversial nuclear ... http://www.menafn.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:10:50 GMT http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479937&src=RSS http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479937&src=RSS (MENAFN - Arab News) The Kuwaiti market closed on a mixed note this week. The price index traded horizontally gaining 0.07 percent closing at 5,856.4 points, according to a report from Kuwait ... http://www.menafn.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:10:08 GMT http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479936&src=RSS http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479936&src=RSS (MENAFN - Arab News) Qatar Airways is flying high with the launch on Thursday of daily non-stop flights to the Azerbaijani capital Baku. This marks the beginning of the Qatari airline's ambitious ... http://www.menafn.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:08:42 GMT http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479935&src=RSS http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479935&src=RSS (MENAFN - Arab News) Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah discussed world economic developments and matters related to the International Monetary Fund with its Managing Director ... http://www.menafn.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:07:13 GMT http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479851&src=RSS http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479851&src=RSS (MENAFN) Saudi Arabia topped the list of online job opportunities in the Middle East, on Monster Employment Index, over the last year, with 56 percent growth, Arabian Business reported. UAE came ... http://www.menafn.com Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:12:31 GMT http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479770&src=RSS http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479770&src=RSS (MENAFN) Abu Dhabi's Mubadala Aerospace said that by 2019, the company would deliver the first UAE-manufactured plane, reported Gulf News. The firm, a unit of Mubadala Development Company, added ... http://www.menafn.com Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:00:59 GMT http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479767&src=RSS http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479767&src=RSS (MENAFN) Morocco's finance minister, Nizar Baraka, said that during the current year, the country's growth level would be expected to fall to 4.2 percent, reported Arab News. Baraka added that ... http://www.menafn.com Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:05:30 GMT http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479638&src=RSS http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479638&src=RSS (MENAFN) Syria said that its exports were not affected by the international sanctions, KUNA reported. The Director of Syrian Exports Development Fund, Ihab Ismander, said that Syrian exports have ... http://www.menafn.com Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:45:17 GMT http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479639&src=RSS http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479639&src=RSS (MENAFN) Dubai-based Union Properties secured USD108.88 million credit facility from Emirates NBD, to finance two stalled hotel projects in its MotorCity development scheme, Bloomberg ... http://www.menafn.com Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:16:09 GMT http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479631&src=RSS http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479631&src=RSS (MENAFN) Ras Al-Khaimah Tourism Investment and Development Authority's (TIDA) COO, Victor Louis, said that last year, the emirate's tourist sector generated a revenue of USD108.88 million, with a ... http://www.menafn.com Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:44:34 GMT http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479582&src=RSS http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479582&src=RSS (MENAFN) Union Properties, the Dubai developer, said that due to dropping property prices in the emirate, in 2011, the company made a net loss of USD435 million, reported Gulf News. In the ... http://www.menafn.com Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:01:00 GMT http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479513&src=RSS http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479513&src=RSS (MENAFN) The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said that in 2011, traffic and expansion growth of carriers in the Middle East decelerated, reported Emirates 24/7. IATA added that ... http://www.menafn.com Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:03:59 GMT http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479511&src=RSS http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479511&src=RSS (MENAFN) India's telecom market received a new hit as the country's Supreme Court revoked all 122 telecoms licenses issued under a scandal-tainted 2008 sale, Reuters reported. The ruling affected ... http://www.menafn.com Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:51:27 GMT http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479510&src=RSS http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093479510&src=RSS (MENAFN) Japan's Infiniti said that in 2011, its sales in the Middle East (ME) rose 5.17 percent to 4,569 units, reported Emirates 24/7. The car maker added that in the period, sales of M37/56 ... http://www.menafn.com Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:49:20 GMT