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From MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICS & SOCIETY Mar 6, 2013

Combat logistics must be in the vanguard

Support functions are as critical for battlefield success as weapons

Analysis

Tea with FT Middle East: Subhash Chandra

Billionaire media mogul launches new channel dubbing Indian soaps and lifestyle programmes into Arabic to feed the Middle East’s appetite for subcontinental content

From MIDDLE EASTERN FINANCE Mar 6, 2013

Arabtec launches aggressive finance plan

New chief executive reveals share issue scheme

©AFP Mar 6, 2013

Forbes, Alwaleed and the $9.6bn question

Sparring intensifies over prince’s position on rich list

Alwaleed challenges Forbes over his billions
FT Alphaville The Prince and the Paper

Mar 5, 2013

Istanbul’s towers lure Gulf investors

Agaoglu opens offices in Dubai to exploit growing links

Arab world Underfunded renaissance
Global Insight Erdogan displays his more moderate side

Mar 4, 2013

UAE coup plot trial of 94 opens

Alleged Islamists plead not guilty and allege torture

From EUROPE Mar 4, 2013

Qatari royals buy private Greek island

€5m purchase signals Doha’s renewed interest in Greece

People on the Move

A man walks down a staircase near a stock ticker in the lobby of the London Stock Exchange

The Middle East’s latest moves and hires, featuring the DIFC, Gulf Finance House and Mumtalakat

Keeping the peace in Cairo

women march towards Tahrir Square to protest against sexual harassment

©AFP

Like secular morality police, Egypt’s sexual harassment patrols show glimmers of post-revolution spirit

Kuwaiti citizen Raken Subaiya checks his Twitter feed on his phone as Yousef al Anazi looks on during a sit-in protest

©Reuters From COMPANIES Mar 4, 2013

Qatar and Kuwait to back Gulf web project

Gulf Bridge telecoms cabling system aims to combat cyber sabotage

Mar 3, 2013

SA minister lobbies UAE in doctor case

South African doctor held over child’s death 10 years ago

From MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICS & SOCIETY Mar 3, 2013

UAE puts 94 on trial in crackdown

Some accused of having links to Muslim Brotherhood

Roula Khalaf Iraq’s difficult decade with democracy
Gulf states buying up military hardware

Feb 28, 2013

Dubai says expo would give €28bn boost

Hosting World Expo 2020 would create 277,000 jobs

From MIDDLE EASTERN FINANCE Feb 27, 2013

Saudi Arabia ahead in race for investors

Wealthy put kingdom’s funds in their sights

Feb 26, 2013

Abu Dhabi pursues hard line on price for projects

Construction companies frustrated by ’cheapest is best’ policy

From MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICS & SOCIETY Feb 26, 2013

Private schools group sets the grade

GEMS Education fills gaps in public sector provision

From MARKETS Feb 25, 2013

US oil imports from Middle East increase

Demand rose last year despite shale gas revolution

Feb 25, 2013

Abu Dhabi pushes for homegrown defence

Move to create domestic jobs and diversify away from oil

Feb 24, 2013

LSE scraps UAE event after ‘restrictions’

Lecturer giving paper on Bahrain barred from entering country

From UK Feb 20, 2013

Britons allege torture after arrest in Dubai

Three arrested on drugs charges seven months ago say they were ill-treated

Feb 20, 2013

Qatar Holding plan will boost disclosure

Fund’s move to seek credit rating set to cast light on deals

From MIDDLE EASTERN FINANCE Feb 20, 2013

Cautiously optimistic mood supports UAE

Ebullience is justified but should be no reason for complacency

From MIDDLE EASTERN FINANCE Feb 20, 2013

Nasdaq Dubai targets small businesses

Listing in exchange’s new market seen to ease capital shortage

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