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Livni in uphill task to build coalition
Tzipi Livni has begun the arduous task of assembling a coalition behind her attempt to become Israel’s next prime minister after narrowly winning the race to head the governing Kadima party
Ahmadi-Nejad backs aide over Israel
Iranian president defies the clergy and defends the vice-president for tourism against calls to sack him for saying Iran was ‘a friend of [the] Israeli people’
Rush to the Gulf set to lower salaries
As more bankers seek work in Dubai the laws of supply and demand are being felt in the region and salaries look set to fall as result
Al-Qaeda resurgence threatens Yemen
An attack against the US embassy in the capital Sana’a, which left 16 people dead, was the most dramatic of recent strikes by a new generation of jihadis
‘Ms Clean’ must navigate treacherous waters
Tzipi Livni is the kind of politician who would rather finish a national security speech than latch on to a photo-opportunity with smiling children. She is seen as aloof, but has a reputation for integrity and probity
Yemen arrests 30 after US embassy bombing
Yemeni authorities have arrested 30 people suspected of belonging to al-Qaeda following an attack on the heavily fortified US embassy in Sanaa, a security source said
US acts to curb Iranian nuclear progress
Treasury department imposes sanctions on six companies related to the Mayrow General Trading, the Dubai-based export-import group that had previously been blacklisted by the US
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Capital flight adds to woes
All the region’s bourses are now firmly in the red, with the causes far from homogenous, and the flight of international investors just one factor
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