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Delayed Doha airport gets $6.8m giant teddy bear - Arts - ArabianBusiness.com
"Visitors passing through Doha’s Hamad International Airport will be treated to the sight of a $6.8m sculpture of a teddy bear when the facility finally opens for commercial flights at some point next year. "
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Times of Oman | News :: Oxy Oman signs support pact with Omani SMEs
"Muscat: Occidental of Oman (Oxy Oman) on Monday signed agreements with three Omani-owned small and medium enterprises, as part of the company's in-country-value (ICV) initiatives. "
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Can Europe Embrace Turkey and Ukraine? - Bloomberg
"The European Union has just signed a deal to introduce visa-free travel for Turks. The agreement is a milestone not least because news of it will also travel -- to Kiev. "
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Ankara plays down Kurdish oil flow to Turkey - FT.com
"Oil has begun to flow through a pipeline proponents say will transform the prospects of investment in Northern Iraq, despite warnings that the underlying dispute over the Kurdish region’s management of energy resources is still not settled. "
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BP signs $16bn Oman tight gas project deal - FT.com
"BP has signed a $16bn deal to develop a tight gasfield in Oman, a milestone in its efforts to build out a portfolio of long-life oil and gas projects. "
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China energy corruption probe widens - FT.com
"The chief accountant for China National Petroleum Corp has been “summoned to assist in an investigation” into high-level corruption, according to Chinese news reports, in an apparent widening of a probe into Asia’s largest energy company. "
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Israel’s public paranoia masks private complacency - FT.com
"A collapse in the peace process could lead to an intensification of the sanctions drive in Europe. But the Israelis have been buoyed by the discovery that rising economic powers seem relatively unmoved by the plight of the Palestinians. One Israeli official notes, with pleasure, that in six hours of talks with the Chinese leadership, “they spent roughly 10 seconds on the Palestinians”, while revealing “an unquenchable thirst for Israeli technology”. The Israelis say that Latin Americans also tend to be more interested in economics and technology than the political issues that preoccupy the Europeans and Americans. "
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A Most Illegal Adventure with New York City’s Wildest Underground Event Planners - The Daily Beast
"October’s Waldorf infiltration was the most-recent brainchild of Wanderlust Projects, a two-person team developing trespassing adventures. In the city that never sleeps, a speakeasy revival over the past half-decade has created an appetite for entertainment built on exclusivity and secrecy—underground dinner clubs, 1920s-themed jazz parties, and prohibition-style bars. "
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Bachelet Vows Free Education After Chile Landslide Victory - Bloomberg
"President-elect Michelle Bachelet vowed to reduce inequality in Chile by providing free education for all after winning the biggest majority in at least 40 years in yesterday’s vote. "
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Hungary’s Top Court Rejects Voiding $17 Billion in Loans - Bloomberg
"Hungary’s top court sent the forint and banking stocks soaring by ruling that judges must refrain from voiding $17 billion in foreign-currency denominated loans. "
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Energy Efficiency Is Long Overdue - Bloomberg
"On a global scale, we humans are becoming more energy efficient with each passing year. Even so, we’re exploiting only a fraction of the technological opportunities to use energy more cost-effectively. There’s a lot governments can do to put this right. "
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