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Tue, 21 May 2013 00:47:55 GMT 20 144 76 http://www.zawya.com/rssnews/ http://www.zawya.com/images/ui/img-logo-zawya.png (Adds details, background, quotes) By Arshad Mohammed SHANNON, Ireland, May 21 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry flies to Oman on Tuesday for Raytheon Co's RTN.N signing of an estimated $2.1 billion arms deal and to consult on Syria and... http://www.zawya.com/story/UPDATE_2Kerry_visits_Oman_for_arms_deal_signing_talks_on_Syria_Mideast-TR20130521nL2N0E125I3/ Tue, 21 May 2013 00:46:16 GMT Reuters TR20130521nL2N0E125I3 Subscription PERTH, May 21 (Reuters) - U.S. crude futures eased to about $96.50 a barrel in early trading in Asia on Tuesday as ample supplies weighed on prices, despite support from equity markets.FUNDAMENTALS* U.S. oil CLc1 fell 14 cents to $96.57 a barrel by 0023 GMT, after ending 69 cents higher in the previous session.* Brent LCOc1 rose 5 cents to $104.85 a barrel.* The International Energy Agency expects http://www.zawya.com/story/NYMEXOil_prices_dip_to_around_9650_as_supplies_weigh-TR20130521nL3N0E202X4/ Tue, 21 May 2013 00:43:41 GMT Reuters TR20130521nL3N0E202X4 Subscription (Adds details) By Arshad Mohammed SHANNON, Ireland, May 21 (Reuters) - Raytheon Co RTN.N , one of the largest U.S. weapons makers, is expected to sign an estimated $2.1 billion deal to sell Oman an air defense system while U.S. Secretary of State John... http://www.zawya.com/story/UPDATE_1Raytheon_to_sign_21_bln_arms_sale_to_Oman_US_officials-TR20130521nL2N0E125I2/ Tue, 21 May 2013 00:07:29 GMT Reuters TR20130521nL2N0E125I2 Subscription SHANNON, Ireland, May 21 (Reuters) - Raytheon Co RTN.N , one of the largest U.S. weapons makers, is expected to sign an estimated $2.1 billion deal to sell Oman an air defense system while U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visits the Gulf state this... http://www.zawya.com/story/Raytheon_to_sign_21_bln_arms_sale_to_Oman_US_officials-TR20130520nL2N0E12474/ Mon, 20 May 2013 23:36:57 GMT Reuters TR20130520nL2N0E12474 Subscription Monday, May 20, 2013 By Nour Malas in Beirut and Sam Dagher in Damascus Syrian government forces and rebels battled for the second day Monday for control of a strategic city near the border with Lebanon, a fight that combatants on both sides said has... http://www.zawya.com/story/Syrian_Rebels_Clash_With_Hezbollah_for_Strategic_Post-ZW20130520000053/ Mon, 20 May 2013 21:02:25 GMT Zawya Dow Jones News ZW20130520000053 Subscription (Adds Citigroup, Clarion Partners) May 20 (Reuters) - The following financial services industry appointments were announced on Monday. To inform us of other job changes, email to moves@thomsonreuters.com. CITIGROUP INC The company named Jane Fraser as... http://www.zawya.com/story/MOVESCitigroup_JP_Morgan_Private_Bank_RBS_Barclays-TR20130520nL3N0E12GO2/ Mon, 20 May 2013 19:49:23 GMT Reuters TR20130520nL3N0E12GO2 Subscription WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - The United States on Monday expressed concern over defamation charges brought against two Egyptian journalists critical of President Mohamed Mursi and called on the government to condemn actions that stifle freedom of... http://www.zawya.com/story/US_says_concerned_with_charges_against_Egyptian_journalists-TR20130520nL2N0E11J02/ Mon, 20 May 2013 19:39:50 GMT Reuters TR20130520nL2N0E11J02 Subscription WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama told his Lebanese counterpart on Monday he was concerned about Lebanese Hezbollah militants fighting in Syria to support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the White House said. Obama and... http://www.zawya.com/story/Obama_voices_concern_to_Lebanon_on_Hezbollah_role_in_Syria-TR20130520nL2N0E11IB2/ Mon, 20 May 2013 19:27:47 GMT Reuters TR20130520nL2N0E11IB2 Subscription (Updates death toll) TRIPOLI, Lebanon, May 20 (Reuters) - Five people have been killed and about 50 wounded in two days of fighting in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, security sources said on Monday, a spillover of violence from the civil war in... http://www.zawya.com/story/UPDATE_1Tensions_over_Syria_convulse_Lebanese_city_again_5_killed-TR20130520nL6N0E13932/ Mon, 20 May 2013 19:10:18 GMT Reuters TR20130520nL6N0E13932 Subscription Monday, May 20, 2013Dubai: Countries in the Middle East are increasingly looking at investing state-owned pool of money in private equity, according to the fourth annual Invesco Middle East Asset Management Study.Invesco's analysis showed that average private equity allocations for "investment" sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) have gradually increased from five per cent in 2011 to 13 per cent in this http://www.zawya.com/story/Middle_East_sovereign_wealth_funds_invest_in_private_equity-GN_20052013_210557/ Mon, 20 May 2013 19:02:08 GMT Gulf News GN_20052013_210557 Open Monday, May 20, 2013 Fujairah: Police on Monday began an investigation into the death of a 40-year-old Emirati woman due to a blow from an axe to her head by her son. Colonel Humaid Mohammad Al Yamahi, Director-General of the Police Operation Room at... http://www.zawya.com/story/Fujairah_teenager_accused_of_killing_mother_with_axe-GN_20052013_210556/ Mon, 20 May 2013 19:02:08 GMT Gulf News GN_20052013_210556 Open Monday, May 20, 2013 Dubai- Iraqi Prime Minister Noori Al Maliki said on Monday that he will overhaul the country’s security strategy and personnel, as a wave of unrest killed more than 300 people so far this month. “I assure the Iraqi people... http://www.zawya.com/story/Security_overhaul_amid_unprecedented_Iraq_violence-GN_20052013_210562/ Mon, 20 May 2013 19:02:08 GMT Gulf News GN_20052013_210562 Open Monday, May 20, 2013 Doha Barcelona star Lionel Messi was in the Middle East yesterday with a new goal in mind — to help provide medical aid to children in the Middle East, North Africa, and south east Asia. Messi has teamed up with the Qatari... http://www.zawya.com/story/Lionel_Messi_aiming_to_tackle_children_s_health-GN_20052013_210559/ Mon, 20 May 2013 19:02:08 GMT Gulf News GN_20052013_210559 Open Monday, May 20, 2013 Abu Dhabi: At Monday’s hearing of the national security trial one of the suspects said that “the prosecution made up accusations and put words in the suspects’ mouths”. The State Security Court at the federal... http://www.zawya.com/story/State_security_trial-GN_20052013_210561/ Mon, 20 May 2013 19:02:08 GMT Gulf News GN_20052013_210561 Open Monday, May 20, 2013 Dubai: Dubai-based singer and composer Glenn Perry will hold a charity concert on May 23 at Arabian Courtyard Hotel to aid the families of the victims of a garment factory collapse in Bangladesh almost a month ago. Perry decided to... http://www.zawya.com/story/Glenn_Perry_to_hold_charity_concert_for_Bangladesh_factory_workers-GN_20052013_210558/ Mon, 20 May 2013 19:02:08 GMT Gulf News GN_20052013_210558 Open Monday, May 20, 2013 Hyderabad: Two cabinet ministers in Andhra Pradesh charged in the YS Jaganmohan Reddy’s disproportionate assets case have submitted their resignation to Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy. Home Minister P Sabita Indra Reddy and... http://www.zawya.com/story/Andhra_Pradesh_ministers_will_quit_over_assets_case-GN_20052013_210552/ Mon, 20 May 2013 19:02:07 GMT Gulf News GN_20052013_210552 Open Monday, May 20, 2013 Abu Dhabi: A campaign has been launched in Abu Dhabi warning the public against the dangers of approaching those offering purported black magic solutions to their problems, following the arrest of four people recently in relation to... http://www.zawya.com/story/Abu_Dhabi_police_warn_public_of_sorcery_ripoff-GN_20052013_210553/ Mon, 20 May 2013 19:02:07 GMT Gulf News GN_20052013_210553 Open Monday, May 20, 2013 Ras Al Khaimah: The new campus of the Ras Al Khaimah Higher Colleges of Technology for Women was opened on Sunday by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice-President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai. Upon... http://www.zawya.com/story/New_women_s_campus_opens_in_Ras_Al_Khaimah-GN_20052013_210554/ Mon, 20 May 2013 19:02:07 GMT Gulf News GN_20052013_210554 Open Monday, May 20, 2013 Dubai: Swerving is one of the main causes of traffic deaths in Dubai, according to a senior police official. Major General Mohammad Saif Al Zafein, Chief of the Dubai Police Traffic Department, said on Monday the practice had claimed... http://www.zawya.com/story/Dubai_Police_launch_campaign_against_swerving-GN_20052013_210543/ Mon, 20 May 2013 19:02:07 GMT Gulf News GN_20052013_210543 Open Monday, May 20, 2013 Dubai: Thousands of workers employed by Dubai’s largest construction firm, Arabtec, who stopped work demanding a salary increase and overtime pay are back at their worksites after being promised their issues will be sorted out.... http://www.zawya.com/story/Arabtec_workers_back_at_work_after_protest-GN_20052013_210551/ Mon, 20 May 2013 19:02:07 GMT Gulf News GN_20052013_210551 Open