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• Iran Agrees to Deal With Powers to Curb Nuclear Work - Bloomberg

  "Iran and world powers struck an accord that broke a decade-long diplomatic stalemate, setting limits on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program in exchange for relief from sanctions. The agreement was announced by diplomats including Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, his French counterpart Laurent Fabius and European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton in the early hours of today, the fifth day of meetings in Geneva."

  tags: iran nuclear unitedstates diplomacy israel balanceofpower

• Foreign investors pile into the UAE as Dubai’s Expo 2020 bid buoys interest | The National

  "Foreign funds are flooding back to the UAE’s stock markets, with inflows more than trebling so far this year, as positive Expo 2020 sentiment fuels overseas interest. Foreign institutional investors bought US$718.9 million worth of UAE shares so far this year, up from $202.97m in the same period last year."

  tags: uae dubai expo middleeast gcc

• An interesting new perspective on US-Egypt relations | The National

  "In the midst of the confusion and uncertainty that characterises current US-Egypt relations and with American and Egyptian attitudes towards each other having plummeted to an all-time low, I recently had the opportunity to participate in a gem of a project that shows a way forward. "

  tags: egypt unitedstates middleeast balanceofpower revolution

• Czech microbrewers: going global | beyondbrics

  "But today Bernard is having the last laugh. He eventually won over the recalcitrant locals to create one of the country’s largest independent breweries, and in doing so helped foster an industry that has boomed to the point where Czech craft beer makers are now looking to export their products around the world. "

  tags: beer breweries craftbrewing czech europeanunion

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