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DUBAI - Here are some factors that may affect Middle East stock markets on Thursday. Reuters has not verified the press reports and does not vouch for their accuracy.
INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL
* GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian shares win reprieve on Sino-U.S. trade talk hopes
* MIDEAST STOCKS-Region falls, Drake & Scull's plunge dampens Dubai
* Oil prices slip as economic growth concerns counter tighter supplies
* PRECIOUS-Gold near 1-wk highs as Sino-U.S. trade talk hopes hurt dollar
* Middle East Crude-Oman premium rises above $2/bbl
* Protests dash Iraqi PM's chances of new term, hit US hopes of shaping government
* Pompeo says Saudi, UAE trying to avoid civilian harm in Yemen
* Libya agrees to impose fees on foreign currency transactions
* Turkey reinforces military in Syria's Idlib after ceasefire call fails
* OPEC sees slower 2019 oil demand growth, warns on economy
* Fighting resumes in Yemen's Hodeidah as peace talks stall
* Algeria plans new gas pipeline by 2020 -Sonatrach
* Former Iran VP sentenced for threatening national security -Fars News
* Erdogan appoints himself chairman of Turkey's sovereign wealth fund
EGYPT
* Egypt imposes new import tariffs on consumer goods
* Egypt's GASC buys 235,000 T of Russian wheat in tender
SAUDI ARABIA
* Saudi Arabia tells WTO it plans to adopt plain tobacco packaging
* Saudi Arabia tightens price guidance for planned $2 bln sukuk
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
* Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank sets final terms for $750 mln sukuk
* Dubai's DSI says it will seek to keep operating as shares slide
* TABLE-UAE's Fujairah oil inventory data for week ended Sept 10
* Gazprom Neft, UAE's Mubadala discuss projects in Russia, Middle East
* UAE's Aldar Properties creates new subsidiary with $5.4 bln assets
* Abu Dhabi's Al Hilal Bank markets dollar sukuk
QATAR
* Qatar Petroleum agrees 3-year naphtha feedstock deal with India's Haldia
(Reporting By Dubai newsroom) ((Dubai.Newsroom@thomsonreuters.com))