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Room For Surprises In Iran Elections AS Iranians voted on June 14, they are faced with a choice of six potential presidents, two having dropped out of the running in the final few days. One of these…

REUTERS LONDEN QATAR heeft benaderd International Airlines Group, de eigenaar van British Airways en Iberia, met een informele aanbod tot de grootste aandeelhouder van het bedrijf door het kopen van…

Londen Qatar heeft benaderd International Airlines Group, eigenaar van British Airways en Spanje's Iberia, een voorstel te doen voor de grootste aandeelhouder geworden door de aankoop van een be…

Why Maliki Must Go NOBODY wants another civil war in Iraq, yet events are propelling it in that direction. War can be averted only by a new political understanding among three main groups – Sunni Ar…

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK/ZDJ DOHA HASSAD food, Qatar's premier investor in agriculture and animal husbandry, on Wednesday said it has spent more than $ 100 million to keep the controlling stake in t…

REUTERS MADRID SPANISH oil group Repsol has sold a 5 percent stake to Singapore’s government fund, Temasek, in a further step towards financial stability after the sale last week of gas assets to Sh…

REUTERS DUBAI/BAGHDAD KUWAIT telecom operator Zain may be the sole seller in its Iraqi unit’s IPO which could substantially cut its stake while maintaining its majority control. Zain Iraq must float…

REUTERS DUBAI/LONDON ETISALAT, the United Arab Emirates’ biggest telecommunications operator, has hired banks to advise on its planned acquisition of Vivendi’s 53 percent stake in Maroc Telecom, ban…

Two Leaders, Different Crises SO, in the same week, it is revealed to us who will be the next leaders of both superpowers: Barack Obama and Xi Jinping. We knew it would be Xi long before the process…

REUTERS BELGIUM/MADRID FORD Motor Co will close a Belgian factory employing 4,300 workers by the end of 2014, shifting production to Spain as the US automaker tries to save money and stem European l…

ASIF IQBAL DOHA QATAR is considering acquiring significant stake in a number of European investment banks reeling under the impact of economic recession and negotiations are already underway with se…

REUTERS MOSCOW THE AAR consortium of billionaires that owns half of TNK-BP has agreed to sell its stake to Russia’s statecontrolled oil producer Rosneft for $28 billion, a source familiar with the m…

REUTERS ABU DHABI ETIHAD has been approached by all Indian carriers about the possibility of buying a stake, the Gulf carrier’s chief executive said on Tuesday. James Hogan said that Etihad was stil…