Articles from The Middle East (April 1, 2003)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
$80m BMA bond oversubscribed three times over.		Brief Article	43
ABB to upgrade Abu Dhabi water supply system.		Brief Article	40
After Saddam a post-war Iraq: some of the pressing issues the United States will be forced to confront when it topples the regime of Saddam Hussein. Given that some measure of death and destruction is inevitable in any conflict, what kind of state might be expected to emerge from the ashes? (Current Affairs).	Darwish, Adel		2357
Ahead of market liberalisation, Batelco's net profit rises 9%.		Brief Article	41
An artist signs off ... Adel Darwish says goodbye to friend and former colleague, the journalist and cartoonist Mahmoud Kahil. (Mosaic).	Kahil, Mahmoud		1216
Change in the air: the Arab insurance industry is in turmoil torn between demands to maintain Islamic strictures on risk coverage, and pressure from the World Trade Organisation to open the potentially lucrative sector to global competition. At stake is the future shape of a multi-billion dollar industry. (Business & Finance).	Martin, Josh		1638
Comment.	Lancaster, Pat		601
Dr Kazuki Itaya from the World Bank. (The Last Word).	Hansen, Peter		688
Egypt's NSGB posts 16% net profit rise in 2002.		Brief Article	42
Emaar's profits up 51%.		Brief Article	32
Ericsson wins GSM expansion contract in Algeria.		Brief Article	29
GCC e-Banking adoption rates over 40%.		Brief Article	44
Higher oil prices drive strong liquidity growth in GCC.		Brief Article	39
Horses for courses: Israel has made some interesting modifications to its military hardware. (Current Affairs).	Seymour, Richard		898
IFC invests $5m in Egyptian agriculture group.		Brief Article	28
Iraq: a Report from the Inside.	Rhodes, Fred	Book Review	354
Islam Explained.	Rhodes, Fred	Book Review	124
IT services hold key to growth of Middle East technology sector.		Brief Article	132
Jordan: a Hashemite Legacy.	Rhodes, Fred	Book Review	229
LG records 21% increase in Middle East turnover.		Brief Article	34
Libya and FAO collaborate on $21m food security project.		Brief Article	27
NBD's net profits up 25%.		Brief Article	34
New hotel developments in Middle East total $15bn.		Brief Article	89
NGI posts 31% increase in net profit.		Brief Article	37
OIC meet in Doha: mudslinging dominated the OIC conference in Qatar.	Darwish, Adel		1419
Oman is different: celebrating the distinct character of the sultanate of Oman the country's centre for investment, promotion and export development boasts that "Oman is different." In reality Oman is unique. (Special Report).	Lancaster, Pat		2681
Palestine and International Law: Essays on Politics and Economics.	Rhodes, Fred	Book Review	133
Privatisation programme lumbers slowly on: Egypt's privatisation programme, initiated in 1991, aimed at the privatisation of over 300 public sector firms. Simon Brindle reports from Cairo on the achievements and impact of a decade of privatisation and the road ahead. (Egypt).	Brindle, Simon		1777
Q-Tel's revenues up 12% in 2002.		Brief Article	52
Report from Camp Freedom: the Hungarian camp being used to train Iraqi exiles for the Free Iraqi Forces. (Hungary).	Barnett, Neil		965
Rivers of Babylon: few Middle Eastern communities can boast a longer continuous pedigree than the Jews of Iraq. (Mosaic).	Joffe, Lawrence		1040
Sabic contracts Triconex for JUPC control systems development.		Brief Article	33
Saudi health care industry gets $6.19bn budget boost.		Brief Article	51
Save us from fair weather friends: much feted in Washington in 2002, when President Bush was looking for allies in his war on terror, Afghan President Hamid Karzai found US priorities had changed when he visited Washington last month. (Afghanistan).	Vesely, Milan		1165
Surviving the global downturn: Moin A. Siddiqi reviews the performance of the region's banking institutions. (Arab Banking Report).	Siddiqi, Moin A.		2525
The disappearing culture of the Imazighen: as Tunisia moves forward with its impressive programme of social and economic development, historians feel a vital part of the country's heritage is on the cusp of being lost forever. (Heritage).	Hammond, Andrew		1030
The Kurds and the coming war: there appear to be some rather serious contradictions in Washington's grand plan. One of the most puzzling of these is the Kurdish question. (Current Affairs).	Barnett, Neil		923
The Middle East Enters the Twenty-First Century.	Rhodes, Fred	Book Review	219
The monetary costs of a new Gulf War: the global economy will be rocked by soaring fuel prices, severe recession and market turmoil if the United States Iraqi policy backfires. (Gulf War).	Siddiqi, Moin A.		1764
The Other Israel.	Rhodes, Fred	Book Review	240
The polemics of peace: Hamas has shown it has the power to sustain violence but might its influence be used to attain peace? (Palestine).	Seymour, Richard		936
Tinderbox: US Foreign Policy and the Roots of Terrorism.	Rhodes, Fred	Book Review	133
Turkish construction firm commissioned to build Wihdeh dam.		Brief Article	33
Turkish-Greek pipeline deal links Caspian producers to European markets.		Brief Article	34
Two steps forward, three steps back: the problems of a divided Cyprus will not go away despite a groundswell of public opinion, especially in the north, that the 29-year breech must now be healed. (Cyprus).	Keay, Justin		1884
US concern over `nuclear threat': as tension rises over the potential nuclear capabilities of Iraq and North Korea, US worries over nuclear developments in Iran have been less publicised. (Iran).	Ford, Neil		1155
Volvo and DaimlerChrysler Middle East car sales up in 2002.		Brief Article	81
Yemen: Land and People.	Rhodes, Fred	Book Review	122