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Abu Dhabi ascendant as debt spoils Dubai's "model"
DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai's debt troubles have exposed the fallacy of its once much-vaunted "model" of raising shining cities in the desert with foreign residents, finance and labor. Full Article
Abu Dhabi ascendant as debt spoil Dubai's "model"
DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai's debt troubles have exposed the fallacy of its once much-vaunted "model" of raising shining cities in the desert with foreign residents, finance and labor. Full Article
ANALYSIS-Iraq election chaos exposes sectarian divide
* Deep sectarian faultlines on display * Sign of high stakes as country reinvents itself * Oil majors likely know what they are getting into By Michael Christie BAGHDAD, Nov 25 (Reuters) - The political battle over Iraq's election law has shown that ... Full Article
Israel announces partial settlement freeze plan
* Plan falls short of Palestinian demands * Abbas calls for U.S. pressure on Israel * U.S. wants peace talks to resume without preconditions (Adds statement from prime minister's office) By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Israel announced ... Full Article
Israel set to declare settlement limits-govt sources
* Plan falls short of Palestinian demands * Abbas calls for U.S. pressure on Israel * U.S. wants peace talks to resume without preconditions By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intends to announce ... Full Article
FACTBOX: Facts about Israel's West Bank settlements
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel announced Wednesday a plan to limit settlement construction in an attempt to persuade Palestinians to return to peace negotiations. Full Article
Netanyahu says Hamas prisoner deal might not happen
* Israeli PM circumspect; colleague sees deal in weeks * Hamas leaders convene with mediators in Cairo (Adds comments by cabinet minister, paragraphs 7-9) By Dan Williams JERUSALEM, Nov 24 (Reuters) ... Full Article
Hamas prisoner deal "very near" - Israeli minister
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Israel is "very near" to agreeing a prisoner swap with Hamas, though it remains unclear which jailed Palestinians will be released, an Israeli cabinet minister said on Tuesday. Hamas leaders were ... Full Article
ANALYSIS-Egypt-Algeria soccer row a diversion for Cairo woes
* Egypt summons Algerian ambassador, recalls own in protest * Economic, political discontent a backdrop to soccer woes By Cynthia Johnston CAIRO, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Egypt sent in riot police to quash street protests after a soccer loss to Algeria, but ... Full Article
Saudis pound Yemen rebels; arrest scores - source
(Adds rebel statement, comment from Yemen army spokesman, background on displaced) RIYADH/SANAA, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Saudi air force and artillery pounded Yemeni rebel hideouts to push the rebels away from its southwestern border and stop the war spilling ... Full Article
