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Saudi rights panel take up child bride case |
| Saudi Arabia’s state human rights body has hired a lawyer to review the case of a girl whose mother sought her divorce from an 80-year-old man, a move activists hope is a first step against... |
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Kuwait, Bangladesh sign deals |
| His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and his Bangali counterpart Sheikha Hasina Wajed held a meeting at Bayan Palace Monday which resulted in the signing of several cooperation deals and a... |
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'Human Rights strategic choice for Qatar' |
| The Qatari State Minister listed a number of achievements of his country among them the Doha International Centre for Interfaith Dialogue established on the recommendation of the Fifth Doha Conference of Interfaith Dialogue, held in... |
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GCC women's forum launched |
| The Head of the Ideal Mother Award Sheikha Fraiha Al-Ahmad, who serves as the honorary president of the Kuwaiti Human Resources Development Association, asserted the importance of the role that human resources play in the... |
| Iran may face stronger sanctions | | The United States and France said Monday they will push for “strong” new UN anti-nuclear sanctions against Iran after the Middle East state announced it was going to step up its uranium enrichment.... |
| Rights report lacks credibility: Bahraini ministry | | A Human Rights Watch report on alleged abuses unveiled yesterday, lacks credibility as it failed to be objective and impartial, said Interior Ministry Under-Secretary and Ministry Human Rights Committee head Brigadier General Tarek Bin Daina.... |
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CBK cuts repo rates to boost money supply |
| The Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) on Monday cut its one-week and one-month repurchase rates by 25 basis points each in a bid to expand money supply, a day after reducing the benchmark discount rate.... |
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Low pace of growth in 2010: Suwaidi |
| The UAE will see low economic growth in 2010, but higher and better than the previous year, governor of the Central Bank of the UAE told reporters at a briefing on Monday.... |
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Saudi concludes deals for term gas oil supply |
| Saudi Aramco has concluded supply deals to purchase up to 7.14 million barrels of gas oil for delivery in 2010 from private trading firms and international oil companies, industry sources said yesterday.... |
| Mideast bourses rebound but volumes thin | | Middle East markets rebounded on Monday, with Egypt recouping most of its previous day’s losses, but volumes were thin as investors remained on the sidelines in the absence of significant catalysts.... |
| Zain denies new bids for assets | | Kuwait's telecom giant Zain group yesterday denied reports that it has received new offers for the purchase of its operations in 15 African nations.... |
| Gulf central bankers to meet | | The first meeting of the Gulf Central Bank will be held in March this year, said GCC Secretary General Abdul Rahman Al-Attiyah here on Monday.... |
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