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A new report published by Barclays Wealth and the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), entitled "The Entrepreneur in Adversity", reveals that the MENA region has seen the largest improvement in the environment for entrepreneurship over the past decade. Press Release - 01Dec 11:05GMT -
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While travel has become more localised within the Middle East, there is also a shift away from business class flying, as travellers respond to fears of a recession, according to YouGovSiraj's survey - Travel Tracker. Emirates Business 24/7 - 01Dec 05:50GMT -
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Saudi Arabia slammed a Hamas official for accusing the oil-rich kingdom of refusing to grant visas to Palestinians in the Islamist-ruled Gaza Strip who want to go on the hajj pilgrimage. AFP - 01Dec 04:10GMT -
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Gaza's sole power plant was shut down on Sunday for the second time in less than a week after Israel again halted fuel supplies to the Hamas-ruled territory, a Palestinian official said. AFP - 01Dec 04:10GMT -
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Saudi Minister of Water and Electricity Eng Abdullah Bin Abdul Rahman Al-Husayen, who is also Chairman of the Board of directors of Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC will sign with an international company here on Monday a contract for the execution of the 3rd phase of Jeddah Desalination Plan. Saudi Press Agency - 30Nov 11:56GMT -
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Thousands of Israeli Arabs demonstrated in the northern town of Nazareth on Saturday to protest against the crippling Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip. AFP - 29Nov 12:57GMT -
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The Islamist Hamas movement which controls Gaza prevented scores of Muslim faithful wanting to head off on the annual pilgrimage to Mecca from reaching the Rafah border with Egypt on Saturday, witnesses and would-be pilgrims told AFP. AFP - 29Nov 09:53GMT -
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Lebanon may not host the largest population of Palestinian refugees but it "is the most difficult place to be a Palestinian refugee." The Daily Star - 29Nov 06:51GMT -
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Israeli troops backed by tanks mounted an incursion into the southern Gaza Strip on Friday, shelling suspected Palestinian militants, witnesses said. AFP - 28Nov 12:08GMT -
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"There are no independent media in the Palestinian Territories," says an official of the Palestinian Journalists Union, asking not to be quoted by name. Most journalists would agree. The Peninsula - 28Nov 06:56GMT -
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