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Dubai Official Challenges Gold Retails to be More Versatile

Gold retailers in the United Arab Emirates have to be more versatile with their products to avoid falling sales, a senior industry official said on Monday, defying retailers' complaints that the booming gold price has deterred customers.
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Libyan rebel fighters burn a picture of Muammar Gaddafi at a checkpoint in Tripoli's Qarqarsh district

Price on Gaddafi's Head as Fighting Goes on

Libya's new masters offered a million-dollar bounty for the fugitive Muammar Gaddafi on Wednesday, after he urged his men to carry on a battle that kept the capital in a state of fear.
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Price on Gaddafi's head as fighting continues

Libya's new masters offered a million-dollar bounty for the fugitive Muammar Gaddafi on Wednesday, after he urged his men to carry on a battle that kept the capital in a state of fear.
Dubai's New Rules

Are U.A.E. Car Dealers Waging War on Banks?

Car dealers in the United Arab Emirates are trying to get around strict new regulations created by the Gulf nation’s Central Bank that require car buyers to put 20 percent down on every purchase.
UK Riots

Cameron denies austerity drive caused UK riots

Prime Minister David Cameron blamed the worst riots in Britain for decades on street gang members and opportunistic looters and denied government austerity measures or poverty caused the violence in London and other major English cities.
Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber al-Thani and U.A.E. Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahayan

How Gulf Sheikhs Will Inherit the Earth

While the rest of the world spirals into a debt-filled economic abyss, ultra-wealthy Persian Gulf states like Qatar and Kuwait are propped up by the high prices of crude oil and natural gas.
Police officers in riot gear are deployed in Eltham, south London

UK May Disrupt Social Networks During Unrest

Britain is considering disrupting online social networking such as Blackberry Messenger and Twitter during civil unrest, Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday, a move widely condemned as repressive when used by other countries.
OPEC building is pictured in the centre Vienna September 14, 2010.

U.S., OPEC cut world oil demand growth on economy

Global oil demand will grow less than previously projected this year, according to forecasts on Tuesday from the U.S. and OPEC, as a worsening economic outlook will curb consumption in developed countries.
U.S. President Barack Obama

Obama Approval Rating in Arab World Now Worse Than Bush

Perceptions of the U.S. and President Barack Obama have nosedived in the Arab World to levels lower than during the Bush administration, a remarkable reversal for Obama, who made a speech vowing a new era of relations with the Arab world shortly after being elected.

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