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Bahrain budget deficit up 5-fold - Al-Bawaba
Bahrain's budget deficit has increased up to five-fold in the last 10 years, a senior government official said, adding that in 2002 the figure stood at 1.8 per cent and is expected to reach around 9.7 per cent this year. Finance Minister Shaikh Ahmed ...
Saed Al Sughair to run for president - Al-Bawaba
A source close to Egyptian folk singer Saed Al Sughair has revealed that the singer is attempting to make a 'Media Show' with his latest decision to run in the coming Egyptian Presidential Elections. The source stated that Saed had realized that the ...
Will UAE introduce uniform corporate tax? - Al-Bawaba
The IMF said that United Arab Emirates is looking at introducing a uniform corporate tax rate across its seven states as it wants to reduce its dependence on oil revenue, but a government official said there would be no new taxes for at least two years ...
Jordanian Women's Rights Activists Protest for Citizenship Rights - Al-Bawaba
Another woman, who declined to give her name, complained that in addition to the fees her children have to pay for work permits, “most of their requests to obtain driver's licences are turned down by the authorities because they are not Jordanians”.
Iraq shuts down crude exports to Turkey - Al-Bawaba
The North Oil Company has decided to stop pumping oil to the export pipeline," said a senior NOC official who asked not to be named. Iraq exported 461000 barrels per day of crude from its northern fields in August, most of it through the Kirkuk ...
Saudi Kingdom denies offering $150bn to buy Facebook - Al-Bawaba
The official, who requested anonymity, said the Kingdom had not made any offer to Mark Zuckerberg, founder of the famous social media. “The report is totally baseless,” the official told the German news agency, DPA. The report claimed that Saudi Arabia ...
Al Qaeda claims killing of 11 Algerian policemen - Al-Bawaba
The source, who requested anonymity, said that "Al Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb claimed the killing of at least 11 Algerian policemen, in a written statement ...