EIN News: Qatar Government & Politics News

Flaring up again

24 Jul 2008 18:13 GMT

... can receive gas cargoes from Algeria or Qatar and several gas stores are being built. ... public-sector workers for pay rises that the government can ill afford. High energy prices have ... of Europe’s gas giants earlier this month, ministers could be in for a long wait. ...

Iraqi Soccer Team Takes World Cup Dispute to Court

24 Jul 2008 17:39 GMT

... rules of soccer's world governing body, believes Qatar should have to forfeit the game and ... suspended by FIFA in May when Prime Minister 's government disbanded Iraq's Olympic Committee and other national ...

Turkey to mediate Iran-West talks

24 Jul 2008 13:27 GMT

... MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Pyotr Goncharov) - On his way ... Ankara and held talks with Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babajan. Babajan, who also met with ... Arab monarchies of the Gulf, namely, Bahrein, Qatar, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and ...

Do You Like Current Events and Politics? You'll Love the 2009 World Leaders Symposium on Silver Wind

24 Jul 2008 12:45 GMT

... last"> Do You Like Current Events and Politics? You'll Love the 2009 World Leaders Symposium ... Wind If you love current events and politics and can afford a luxury cruise, you ... Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and Oman with former U.S. Secretary of ...

ROLLS-ROYCE GROUP PLC - Half-yearly Report

24 Jul 2008 08:31 GMT

... the Trent 700 engine to the UK Ministry of Defence, worth over GBP700 million. The ... power generation sectors. At Dolphin Energy in Qatar, the world's first industrial Trent mechanical drive ... lease - (3) (3) payments Decrease/(increase) in government 39 (1) (6) securities and corporate bonds ...

Aquaculture NZ joins NZ Fast Forward

24 Jul 2008 07:55 GMT

... develop in New Zealand were introduced to Parliament today by Environment Minister Trevor Mallard.

Fisherman saved by Black Cat Ferry

24 Jul 2008 07:55 GMT

... develop in New Zealand were introduced to Parliament today by Environment Minister Trevor Mallard.

How to exploit Iran's gas reserves

24 Jul 2008 04:27 GMT

... Iranian Oil Minister Gholam-Hussein Nozari: Teheran ready to develop the ... Today we would be taking too much political risk to invest in Iran because people ... double the amount the world’s leading exporter, Qatar, is producing after nearly two decades of ...

Arab-Israeli peace process looms large at Paris summit A new forum for Euro-Mediterranean cooperation

24 Jul 2008 04:27 GMT

... Mubarak meets with his Lebanese counter-part And Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, ... of Jordan. The heads of state and government agreed on a number of modest projects ... PROJECTS Rather than try to achieve big political goals, the union will launch modest regional ...

Lebanon considers increasing electricity fares to curb deficit

24 Jul 2008 00:35 GMT

... BEIRUT: The Lebanese government appears to be giving serious thought to ... a news conference by Energy and Water Minister Alan Tabourian and Finance Minister Mohammad Shatah ... to a question, Shatah denied reports that Qatar had offered to supply Lebanon with free ...

Bill Moyers and Michael Winship: Mother's milk of politics turns sour

23 Jul 2008 22:50 GMT

... to recognize the connection between money and politics. This is the great denial in democracy ... companies off the hook for helping the government wiretap our phones and laptops without warrants. ... celebs and the governments of Dubai, Kuwait, Qatar, Brunei and Taiwan. Hmmm ... Once George ...

WTO dealmakers hold late talks in bid to end deadlock

23 Jul 2008 21:30 GMT

... trade talks. The round began in the Qatari capital seven years ago with the aim ... because of a confidence vote against his government in the Indian parliament on Tuesday, had initially called the US ...

Key nations thrash out issues in bid to break WTO deadlock

23 Jul 2008 19:00 GMT

... the long-delayed The round began in the Qatari capital seven years ago with the aim ... because of a confidence vote against the government in the Indian parliament on Tuesday, had initially called the US ...

Gazprom and Russia's Energy Imperialism

23 Jul 2008 15:27 GMT

... chairman. He replaced Putin, who became prime minister, replacing Victor Zubkov who became Gazprom's chairman. ... uses energy many ways to achieve its geopolitical goals. For example, Russia buys lots of ... prices. Russia is currently persuading Iran and Qatar to join this gas cartel in a ...

Doha's Last Gasp?:

23 Jul 2008 14:52 GMT

... Trade ministers from 30 countries will converge on the ... the negotiations with the all too rare political will necessary to achieve success. And all ... fits and starts since beginning in Doha, Qatar in 2001. The World Bank has estimated ...