Articles from The Middle East (May 1, 2006)

Title	Author	Type	Words
$5bn renewal plans for Aqaba.		Brief article	140
A long time in politics ...	Mayton, Joseph		1075
A question of sport? It is a well known fact that when a nation's soccer team goes on a winning run in a major tournament, crime figures fall and productivity in industry goes up. There is not a politician in the world who would not want to bottle such a thing if it were possible.	Seymour, Richard		1249
Algeria the battle within; President Bouteflika clips the wings of Algeria's long-powerful military.	Blanche, Ed		1745
Arab journalism comes of age; despite often crude censorship and frequent financial limitations, the Arab media has grown in size and sophistication. But relationships between publishers, reporters, governments and advertisers often remain ill-defined.	Martin, Josh		1928
Death of a giant.	Darwish, Adel	Obituary	547
Doha hosts 6th Forum.	Lancaster, Pat		718
Editorial comment.	Lancaster, Pat	Editorial	822
Emaar takes the global challenge; award-winning Dubai estate agent Emaar Properties has set its sights on new markets locally and in neighbouring North African and Asia. But it won't stop there, writes Alexandra Dubsky in Dubai.	Dubsky, Alexandra		1189
Gold fever.	Siddiqi, Moin	Cover story	2420
Heart of Beirut: Reclaiming the Bourj.	Rhodes, Fred	Book review	175
Ice cold in Aqaba: author and travel writer Amanda Hemingway recalls her Christmas visit to Jordan on a riding holiday which purported to follow "in the footsteps of Lawrence of Arabia.".	Hemingway, Amanda		1146
Iraq: ready to play its hidden hand? Western governments fear Tehran will unleash a wave of terror if its nuclear facilities are attacked.	Blanche, Ed		1228
Meetings with Remarkable Muslims: A Collection of Travel Writing.	Rhodes, Fred	Book review	185
Oman: The Islamic Democratic Tradition.	Rhodes, Fred	Book review	192
Osama: The Making of a Terrorist.		Book review	188
Part of a global pattern? The debate that currently rages as to whether or not Iraq has descended into civil war is, of course, purely academic to the ordinary Iraqis who find themselves suffering under the weight of the conflict, whatever name the politicians choose to give it. But in the world of international diplomacy, such distinctions are important.	Seymour, Richard		1354
Qatar's ORYX GTL comes on stream; Qatar has pioneered gas-to-liquid hydrocarbon exploitation in the Middle East region, and the first stage of its ORYX plant at Ras Laffan will shortly become operational.	Williams, Stephen		1030
Riyadh look to asian trade; a series of multibillion dollar agreements between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, China and India, have given new impetus to the kingdom's economic strategy and helped it avoid opening up its economy to western domination.	Ford, Neil		1137
Saudi Arabia: Power, Legitimacy and Survival.		Book review	193
Saudi builds aluminium plant.		Brief article	112
The empire digs in; amid all the talk of withdrawing troops from Iraq, Bush requests funds to build a network of super-bases across the country, pointing to a long-term deployment to last far beyond the insurgency.	Blanche, Ed		1706
The myths and hype of hydrogen.	Bainerman, Joel		1574
Visit Palestine.	Andrews, Beverly	Movie review	1105
Wilfred Thesiger: The Life of the Great Explorer.	Rhodes, Fred	Book review	193
Winners and losers: Lawrence Joffe looks at the results of the Israeli elections and what they might mean for the Palestinians of the Occupied Territories.	Joffe, Lawrence		3573
World Economic Forum: some of the most important leaders in the Arab world will be taking part in the World Economic Forum near the end of May in Sharm Al Sheikh.	Yedder, Omar Ben		2099