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Briton beaten and drugged by Saudi police sues for £2m

19.10.09
British man who was tortured in a Saudi jail is fighting to win £2million in compensation at the European Court of Human Rights... more

North Korea book World Cup spot

18.06.09
Football: North Korea have qualified for the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa following a goalless draw in Saudi Arabia... more

Palestinians reject idea of state without army

15.06.09
Palestinians rejected a suggestion by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he would endorse a Palestinian state - but only if it was not allowed its own army... more

Thanks to one Gulf tycoon, family names will no longer do nicely...

10.06.09
The fate of Saudi billionaire Maan al-Sanea is sending shockwaves around the Gulf - with ripples felt in London - as bankers fear he could be the first of many Arab tycoons to wilt under the credit crunch. ... more

Barack Obama lands in Egypt

04.06.09
President Barack Obama flew into Egypt today where he will deliver a high-profile speech aimed at building bridges with the Muslim world... more

WORLD: Obama’s warning to Saudis: Stop cash to terror groups in Pakistan

03.06.09
Barack Obama begins his tour of the Middle East today with an appeal to Saudi Arabia to help curb the growing instability in Pakistan... more

Davids load their slings to take on the Goliaths

27.05.09
Challenger brands, I learned this week, are upstart companies snapping at the heels of established rivals. Virgin Atlantic taking on British Airways is the textbook example of a successful challenger (while Virgin Cola's lame assault on Coke and Pepsi is a popular case study for the opposite reason) ... more

Sheikh liked Italian restaurant so much ... he bought it

24.04.09
An Italian restaurant in Knightsbridge is set to expand across the Middle East after it proved so popular with a wealthy Kuwaiti sheikh that he bought the franchise rights... more

Few votes in mango sniffing

07.04.09
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D-day at Goldman as kingmakers choose who will make partner

03.07.08
For fans of popularity contests like Big Brother, the investment banking equivalent is about to start in Fleet Street's Peterborough Court... more

Kingdom defies Citigroup drag

22.04.08
Kingdom Holdings says quarterly profit rose by 5% even as the firm's biggest holding, Citigroup, lost more than a quarter of its value... more

A mission that's just not possible

04.10.07
There may be plenty of action in The Kingdom, but little answers in a terrorist thriller that avoids the big questions.... more

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