Iran and Gulf security.
The Iranian threat strikes fear into the heart of Western democratic states as well as the conservative Gulf nations. But how much genuine might does the Islamic Republic possess? Is the Iranian threat to regional security real or has the country become almost professionally adept at the art of sabre...
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Trouble with the Troika.
Persistent bickering between Lebanon's three leaders has been a trademark of the Taif peace accord which ended the Lebanese civil war seven years ago and which ushered in a new constitution. The recent debate over whether to hold municipal elections in Lebanon has highlighted the malfunctioning of Lebanon's power-sharing arrangement....
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African Development Bank Group.
The African Development Bank is a regional multilateral development finance institution which was established in 1964 with the purpose of contributing to the economic development and social progress of African countries - individually and collectively. To this end, the Bank promotes the investment of public and private capital for development...
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Duty free.
Duty free shops and services in the 1990s have become big business. Shops have become more than simply space-fillers at airports, places to brighten up drab airport terminals where customers can while away their spare time waiting for flights and spend their travellers' cheques on tax free goods. Now they...
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Lift.
This summer Britain is playing host to the ninth London International Festival of Theatre. One of the largest and most acclaimed theatre festivals in the world, this year's event will be the largest yet and will include shows from as far afield as India, Argentina and Japan as well as...
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Children of Chefchaouen.
Luis Arellano, a Spanish photographer now living in London, has made two trips to the town of Chefchaouen, also known as Xaouen, in the 'El Jebala' region of Morocco's Rif Mountains, south of Tetouan and the Straits of Gibraltar. During his first visit, in 1993, as a tourist, Arellano...
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Labour leadership race is on.
Early in June, Israel's opposition Labour Party will elect a new leader to replace former Prime Minister Shimon Peres, who is retiring. ANDREW ALBUM profiles the four declared candidates. Provided an emergency national unity government is not cobbled together by Prime Minister Netanyahu in the next couple of weeks,...
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Israeli high-tech.
To the global business community, Israel has become synonymous with high-tech. From internet technology to computer software, printing and imagery, telecommunications, agri-technology and security systems, business is booming, reports ANDREW ALBUM. High-tech has been the driving force behind Israel's economic great leap forward over the last six years, a...
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Steel production set to soar.
Two five-year expansion plans announced recently by the managing director of the National Iranian Steel Company (Nisco), Seyed Lankarani, outline the country's intention to lead the shift in commercial grade steel production from Western Europe and Japan to the developing world. Implementation of the plans would triple Iran's output to...
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Restoration of Zanzibar.
The architecture of Zanzibar - the mythical islands of spices and slavery, romance and revolution off the coast of Tanzania - reflects its rich history of cultural diversity, HADANI DITMARS reports. Arab, Indian, African, Persian, British, Portuguese and East German influences can be seen in Zanzibari buildings, ranging in...
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A time of reckoning.
During the early 1980s CHRIS KUTSCHERA travelled to Eritrea where he met and talked to some of the young men and women fighters of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Eritrea. [EPLF]. Last month he retraced his steps to find out what happened to the female freedom fighters who...
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Going for gold.
The legendary Canadian mining prospector Chuck Fipke, who has exhibited the Midas touch in Nevada in the United States and the North West Territories of Canada, is once again blazing the exploration trail in the relatively unexplored Republic of Yemen, PRISCILLA ROSS reports. Initial exploration results from Fipke's company...
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The threat from across the border.
Chris Kutschera reports from Asmara on the formidable threat posed to the ruling regime in Sudan from political refugees based in the Eritrean capital. Asmara has become the second capital of the Sudan. The vast number of personalities opposed to President Omar al Bechir's regime who have settled here...
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