Middle East

  • Nov 25, 2005
  • 6 min read

INTERNATIONAL: Arms sales set to stabilise

International arms transfers had been declining since the beginning of the century, but appear to...

International
  • Nov 22, 2005
  • 7 min read

INTERNATIONAL: Flows increase to emerging markets

Capital inflows into emerging markets -- through bond and equity funds -- have risen sharply this...

International
  • Nov 15, 2005
  • 6 min read

INTERNATIONAL: Dollar's oil role may erode

The dollar remains the dominant international reserve currency and major oil exporters hold most...

International
  • Nov 8, 2005
  • 8 min read

MIDDLE EAST: Regional ICT access remains limited

The World Summit on the Information Society will be held in Tunis next week. The Tunisian...

Middle East
  • Nov 1, 2005
  • 6 min read

INTERNATIONAL: 'Intangible assets' are key to wealth

Measures of national wealth are inherently difficult to obtain. However, despite numerous...

International
  • Oct 28, 2005
  • 2 min read

RUSSIA/MIDDLE EAST: Kremlin plays down recent crises

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said today that documents shown to Moscow to support...

Middle East
  • Oct 17, 2005
  • 2 min read

BALKANS: Romania could harbour second H5N1 outbreak

Following Saturday's confirmation by a UK laboratory that dead ducks in a Romanian village were...

Balkans
  • Oct 10, 2005
  • 7 min read

MIDDLE EAST: Mixed prospects for telecoms growth

Governments in North Africa and the non-Gulf Arab states are moving more quickly than Gulf...

Middle East