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Clamp on radicals tests Tunisia's stabilityFor the first time since the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011, relations between Tunisia's mainstream Islamists in government and radical Salafist Muslim activists have reached breaking point, sp More… |
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Labour Markets: A new perspective on changeCliff Oswick is a professor in Organisation Theory at Cass Business School and Cass Dubai Centre. In 2011, the Arab Spring swept across parts of the Mena region. Many western nations were quick to support the social activ More… |
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Arab Spring boosts demand for bulletproof carsIn a workshop in a dusty industrial area on the outskirts of Dubai, engineers are stripping down a Toyota Land Cruiser to install armoured plating, bullet resistant glass and run-flat tyres. In More… |
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LSE cancels UAE forum, citing curbsA top British university has cancelled a conference on the Arab Spring in the UAE, citing curbs imposed by the Gulf state, which has placed limits on foreign research groups in the past two years. More… |
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Political instability erodes Tunisia's economy gainsPolitical instability in Tunisia looks set to slow growth of its economy this year just as business was starting to recover strongly from the turmoil following the 2011 revolution. The economy g More… |
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Rise of Islamists frays UAE-Egypt relationsDays before his overthrow, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak received a senior visitor from the UAE, one of several Gulf monarchies long supportive of the most Arab populous country and its veteran More… |
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Rising power Qatar stirs unease in regionIn the centre of Cairo, young men hold up a burning flag for the cameras to show their fury at a nation they believe is meddling in their country and the wider Middle East. &nb More… |
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UAE attracts $8bn Arab Spring investmentThe United Arab Emirates attracted about Dh30 billion ($8.2 billion) of direct foreign investment last year, the UAE's prime minister said on Monday. Large amounts of capital fled Egypt, Tunisia, Syria, Yemen and other Arab co More… |
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Tunisian opposition leader shot dead, protests eruptA Tunisian opposition politician was shot dead on Wednesday, sending thousands of protesters onto the streets of the capital and in Sidi Bouzid, the epicentre of uprisings that swept the Arab world and Tunisia More… |
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Egypt budget deficit risesEgypt's budget deficit in the last six months of 2012 rose to 5.1 percent of economic output, the finance ministry said on Tuesday, up sharply from the previous year as the country battles to More… |
