Middle East
MIDDLE EAST: Economic outlook
Growth in 2003 is contingent on progress in several policy challenges, the IMF said yesterday.
Middle EastRUSSIA: Spending temptations from higher oil prices
The prospect of military action in the Middle East has pushed up oil prices. One scenario is...
RussiaRUSSIA: Oil price impact
As a leading net exporter of oil and gas, with a high foreign-trade dependence on hydrocarbons,...
RussiaMIDDLE EAST: Renewed conflict
Israeli tanks are today once again besieging Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's compound in...
Middle EastMIDDLE EAST: Threatened settlement prospects
Washington today described yesterday's suicide bomb attack in Israel -- the first for more than...
Middle EastMIDDLE EAST: Security talks
The EU/US/UN/Russian 'quartet' of foreign ministers met in New York yesterday and confirmed that...
Middle EastRUSSIA: Oil terminal
Leading oil firm LUKoil said today that it planned to present a project to build an oil export...
RussiaSAUDI ARABIA/UNITED STATES: High-level meeting
President George Bush yesterday met Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the long-serving and highly...
Saudi Arabia
