A quiet revolution is taking place in the Arab states of the Gulf, but this one needs no demonstrators, slogans or weapons. It is being undertaken by the pen, the book and the abaya. In what are...Continue to the full
The second day of the Arab Media Forum held here in Dubai saw serious criticism of the Arab League Broadcasting Charter issued by Arab ministers of information, to regulate satellite broadcasting in...Continue to the full story at www.dubaichronicle.com
Dubai-based Limitless plans to issue tenders for the main construction work on its $11bn Arabian Canal project in May.The client is in the process of drawing up a shortlist for the tender. About 30...Continue to the full story at www.dubaichronicle.com
The number of commercial banks operating in the UAE has increased to 51 and the figure is set to rise as the country pushes ahead with plans to tear down barriers to foreign investment in banking and...Continue to the full
One of the latest additions to such urban legends as the Loch Ness monster, UFO's and environmentally friendly land reclamation is what is now known as Islamic Finance.A new scam that started in...Continue to the full story at www.dubaichronicle.com
Not a single day can pass without yet another extravagant announcement of a new real estate project that defies gravity, the law of nature and the laws of finance.There is something to be said...Continue to the full story at www.dubaichronicle.com
Source: MUMBAI, April 25 (Reuters) - India's market regulator said on Friday it has allowed domestic asset managers to launch funds investing directly in real estate. These funds shall be close-ended with units listed on stock exchanges, the Securities and
About 50 families have been cheated by a Swedish man named Curt Timhede what he says is his Thai friend and her husband. The holiday village in Bang Phra has been described as"apartment with rehab" and should be a perfect
The supreme commander of Thailand has once again denied any coup roomers. He said it is only the media and he has heard nothing among the military.He said that maybe the military would step in if the land went into
Chairman of. Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia in the foreign affairs committee in the U.S. Congress Gary Ackerman noted on Friday that "during the Bush Administration, Damascus has literally been getting away with murder".
Muqtada al-Sadr is considering setting aside his political ambitions and restarting a full-scale fight against U.S.-led forces -- a worrisome shift that may reflect Iranian influence on the young cleric and could open the way for a shadow state protected
By Mark HeinrichVienna - The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog pledged on Friday to investigate what he called serious U.S. accusations that Syria secretly built a nuclear reactor with North Korean help.
A cartoon published in the Saudi Paper Al-Watan reveals the mysterious bottomless ballot box which has kept the Lebanese parliament from electing a new president for the 18th straight time this week.
By Borzou DaragahiBeirut - Presidential contender Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's vow to "obliterate" Iran, presumably with nuclear weapons, if it attacked Israel on her watch, has lead to a wave of global criticism.
Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt said on Friday that the Lebanese state should have the exclusive right to decide whether the country goes to war, criticizing Hizbullah for "forming its own state within Lebanon." "It is unacceptable and impossible
Grand mufti Sheikh Mohammad Rashid Qabbani said on Friday that the country's political divisions represent "a real threat to Lebanon's unity." He added that these political divisions allowed the "country's enemies to break its citizens' unity and its stability." Qabbani
Israel dismissed as "not serious" on Friday a Hamas proposal for a six-month truce in the Gaza Strip, where United Nations agencies have suspended aid distribution due to the Israeli siege and warned that shortages hurt the peace process. "Unfortunately,
The UN atomic watchdog Friday chided the United States for holding back intelligence that Syria was building a secret nuclear reactor with North Korea's help, but vowed to investigate the claim. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) also criticized Israel
