UK's Brown faces leadership challenge after Labour's thumping by-election defeat Calls for British prime Minister Gordon Brown to step down are getting louder after the opposition Conservative Party won the by-elections in Crewe and Nantwich, a constituency which the ruling Labour Party had held sway for three decades. 27 May 2008
Iran report raises Arab concern over U.S. policy A U.S. intelligence report saying Iran halted its nuclear weapons programme in 2003 has caught Washington's Gulf Arab allies off guard, analysts say, raising concern that U.S. pressure against Tehran could slacken. 08 Dec 2007
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Gulf to keep 2010 as single currency target: GCC The final communique to be issued at the end of a Gulf Arab heads of state summit on Tuesday will maintain a commitment to achieve monetary union by 2010, the secretary-general of the 6-nation Gulf Cooperation Council said. 04 Dec 2007
Exxon Signs Deal to develop Abu Dhabi Oil Field The Supreme Petroleum Council (SPC) and the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company
(ADNOC) announced on Monday a partnership with Exxon Mobil Corp. to develop the Upper Zakum Oil field located off-shore from the Abu Dhabi Emirate. 27 Mar 2006