Saudi vents ire as Gulf states plan FTAs with US
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MANAMA: Leaders of oil-rich Gulf Arab states began a summit on Monday, with Saudi Arabia refusing to discuss economic integration unless a solution is found to a row over free trade agreements (FTAs) with the US.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- For Nabil Al Yousuf, a senior aide to the ruler of the Persian Gulf state of Dubai, the indignities of arriving in the United States since 2001 have become routine, but remain galling.
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The Bush administration said on Monday it had notified Congress of plans to sell Saudi Arabia bomb-guidance kits as part of a multi-billion-dollar package of advanced arms to Gulf Arab states that officials see as countering growing Iranian military clout.
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The United States accused its Arab allies Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar on Tuesday of being among the world's worst offenders in permitting the sale of people into the sex trade and indentured servitude.
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Investing remains risky in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait, notably because the presence of US forces in the region makes these countries vulnerable to terrorist attacks, a security consulting firm said.
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A high-ranking minister in the Gulf points a finger at commodity speculators and the "fear factor" for the recent jump in prices
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The head of Saudi Arabia's stock market regulator on Thursday said his agency was open to ideas mooted by western institutions to allow foreign investors to tap into the Middle East's largest bourse.
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President George Bush, on the second day of a visit to Saudi Arabia, raises concerns over high oil prices.
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Dubai Ports World, the Arab-owned firm whose purchase of American port facilities caused a U.S. political uproar, will join a program aimed at stopping nuclear weapons being smuggled into the United States, sources familiar with the agreement said on Thursday.
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Saudi Arabiaâs oil minister appeared to rebuff the presidentâs appeal to consider the cost to the U.S. economy.
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Leaders from the six Gulf Arabcountries decided Tuesday to put aside differences over a recent Bahrain-US free trade agreement and expressed determination to head toward economic integration.
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Saudi Arabia said on Monday Iran's nuclear program was an extra burden for the Middle East, but Gulf Arab allies had the right to their own atomic ambitions.
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The US agency that owns the World Trade Centre site and lost 84 employees in the September 11 attacks is suing Saudi Arabia. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said in a statement on Friday it was
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U.S. President George W. Bush complained in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday that soaring oil prices were threatening the U.S. economy, raising pressure on the world's top oil exporter to help ease prices.
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With the Bush administration suffering a losing streak in the Middle East, it's called in the Saudi power broker to do some much-needed relief pitching
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DUBAIâFilipinos working in the oil fields of Saudi Arabia are possibly at risk after the Saudi branch of the al-Qaeda network called on its fighters to attack foreign targets and oil sites in the worldâs top crude-exporÂ­ting nation, according to a
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By Kevin Eckstrom, Religion News Service | posted 09/16/2004 9:00 am. The US State Department on Wednesday for the first time included Saudi Arabia on a list of eight &quot;countries of particular concern&quot; for not