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DUBAI - Here are some factors that may affect Middle East stock markets on Sunday. Reuters has not verified the press reports and does not vouch for their accuracy.
INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL
* GLOBAL MARKETS-Oil, shares fall on potential limit on China investments
* Oil prices post weekly loss as supply fears wane
* PRECIOUS-Gold cuts losses after reports say U.S. mulling delisting China stocks
* MIDEAST STOCKS-Egypt extends gains; other markets subdued
* Despite French, British pleas, few signs of U.S.-Iran detente
* Rouhani says he rejected U.S. offer to lift sanctions made in message to Europeans
* U.S. rejects Iran's Zarif request to visit U.N. envoy at NY hospital unless prisoner released
* British tanker docks in Dubai after detention by Iran
* Yemen's Houthis say attacked Saudi border frontline, no immediate Saudi confirmation
* Jordan raises teachers' pay in bid to defuse nationwide strike; union unmoved
* Syria demands withdrawal of U.S., Turkish forces, warns of countermeasures
* Time for large-scale Syria prisoner swaps, U.N. envoy says ahead of new talks
* Iraq to open border-crossing with Syria on Monday
* Tunisian Islamists pivot from consensus politics as election looms
* In Tunisia, Saied says rival's imprisonment makes him uncomfortable
* Israeli minister urges unity government to stave off "blow-up" in Iran tensions
EGYPT
* Egypt's security forces move to block anti-Sisi protests
* Militants kill eight in deadly ambush in Egypt's Sinai -sources
* Saudi Arabia eyes $2.7 bln in contracts for Red Sea Project- Bloomberg
SAUDI ARABIA
* Saudi Arabia opens to tourists with investment appeal and no abaya rule
* India's antitrust body clears Saudi Aramco's acquisition of SABIC
* S&P Says Saudi Arabia 'A-/A-2' Ratings Affirmed, Outlook Stable
* Khashoggi murder 'happened under my watch,' Saudi crown prince tells PBS
* Pentagon to send radar, Patriot missiles to bolster Saudi defenses
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
* Gulf Marine gets capital respite until year-end after deal with lenders
* Abu Dhabi's TAQA sells $500 mln in 30-year bonds
QATAR
* Qatar National Bank gets approval for first Hong Kong branch
* Qatar reforms falling short of promises, says Amnesty
* Qatar promises accessible alcohol for World Cup visitors
* World Cup host Qatar sees climate-controlled stadiums as the future
(Compiled by Dubai Newsroom;) ((dubai.newsroom@thomsonreuters.com))