Gulf States

The influence of foreign religious organisations seems to be growing along with rising government loans from Gulf states.

It has shored up vulnerable gulf states and, up to this point, contributed to hopes for U. N. action to end the war.

For now, at least, the Gulf states -- and their economies -- seem to have dodged a bullet.

I don't think any of the gulf states would be very impressed if you were to see a high profile glitzy glamorous player fail in this way.

Many Gulf states have enjoyed great wealth as a consequence of oil, and some are beginning to focus it on broader development.

AS REPORTS accumulate on the enduring mess in the Gulf states a year after Hurricane Katrina, here is some food for thought.

For the moment, the Gulf states are stuck with a currency peg.

Washington seems to want Beijing to revalue, but the Gulf states to keep their pegs.

And, in an attempt to secure more Muslim support, Gulf states are being asked for similar help.

The U. K. oil giant's costs include spill response, containment, relief-well drilling, grants to Gulf states, claims paid and federal costs.

Saudi Arabia, the Gulf states and Russia lead the limited list of nations able to maintain or increase exports.

There's nothing we see in the Arctic which suggests the pre-eminence of the oil resources of the Gulf states would be shifted.

During a trip to the Gulf states in February, Camilla was given a necklace, a brooch and a belt from the Kuwaiti royal family.

Apart from the Gulf states, few countries still peg their currencies to the dollar, but most try to limit the amount of appreciation.

Qatar and Kuwait, petroleum rich Gulf states, have recognised the transitional council in Benghazi as the legitimate government of Libya.

Its intervention came after the Dubai debt crisis caused its own borrowing costs to rise alongside those of other Gulf states.

China is the largest importer of Middle Eastern oil, buying just over a tenth of the crude oil exported by Gulf states.

But there's a huge gap between the Persian Gulf states like Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates and the more impoverished states.

The worry is that the end of the Gulf states' dollar peg would send jittery investors into a panic.

As those from other Gulf states are quick to point out, Qatar have never qualified for a World Cup and never won the Asian Cup.

Most of the migrant workers in the Gulf states hail from Asia, but a lot are also sucked in from the poorer Arab countries.

Those are the hunting lodges of wealthy Arabs from the Gulf states, who come here to hunt the abundant wildlife of Pakistan's desert.

The lines between the wealth of the Gulf states and their ruling families are blurred.

So in this sense, the Muslim Brotherhood will not have a foreign policy that would not be different from the Sunni Gulf States.

Lack of judicial independence demonstrates another divide in the Gulf states between sharing wealth and political power.

Also visiting this week are Defense Secretary Robert Gates, national-security adviser James Jones, and Gulf States envoy Dennis Ross.

The Gulf states also are modernizing their economic structures and laws to attract private investments, both local and foreign.

The surplus petrodollars of the Gulf states have been flowing into east Africa.

The Gulf states are also running more diversified economies thanks to the partial opening up of financial markets.

Meanwhile, Gulf states have decided it makes business sense to sell their ever-scarcer oil and buy nuclear power for themselves.

By some measures, however, the Gulf states are among the freest markets in the world.

Mr. Brown called on nations with substantial reserves like China and oil-rich Gulf states to contribute more to the fund.

Growth of free markets, both promoted and hampered by autocracy, has done little to effect political reform in the Gulf states.

NATO air attacks, as well as weapons supplied by friendly Gulf states, aided the rebels.

That has boosted the emirate's position in what has become a race among wealthy Gulf states to woo prestigious seats of learning.

Today, muffulettas are mainly sold in restaurants and cafes across the Gulf States.

Indeed, for Gulf states it is seen a logical marriage between increasingly confident emerging powers that serves both sides.

But Saudi Arabia, by far the beefiest and most populous of the Gulf states, is a separate case.

In many nations, particularly the oil-rich Gulf States, either there has been no protest or protest has been met with violence.

They therefore understate the Gulf states' holdings, perhaps by as much as $100 billion over the past five years, the IIF conjectures.

The government school is an illustration of the attention Gulf states are giving to their burgeoning relationship with China.

Iran has accused some European and Gulf states of refusing to supply fuel for its airliners on flights overseas.

They are a mixed bunch: Egyptians, Moroccans, Iraqis, Palestinians, Yemenis and Lebanese, and some from the rich Gulf states.

His sons, based in the Gulf states, are said to have prospered.

No one expected the Gulf states to make rapid progress towards a single currency.

perennial tropical American grass used as pasture grass in arid areas of Gulf states .

That way, Gulf states, especially those without their own gas, gain access to coveted reserves.

First developed in Oman(thus limu Omani), dried limes are essential ingredients in the cooking of Iran, Iraqand the Gulf States.

A new study says women's rights have gained some ground in Arab Gulf states since a similar study completed five years ago.

A growing number of countries, most notably China but also Russia and the Gulf states, are using business as an instrument of state power.

We will encourage countries like Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, and the Gulf states to increase their economic assistance to Iraq.

The Gulf states should help stabilise Egypt with money and soothing words.

The majority of Islamic banking clients are found in the Gulf states and in developed countries.

A person descended from or culturally related to the Spanish and Portuguese settlers of the Gulf States.

In the Gulf states ministries work. In Tunisia and Egypt they work, albeit not as well.

The monarchies of Jordan, Morocco, and the Gulf states also have cause for concern.

The capital-rich Gulf states score abysmally on launching new products or starting new companies.

Trade and economic ties with Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states are growing rapidly.

A restive Iran and plenty of petrodollars should ensure that the Gulf states continue to buy lots of weapons.

Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states have sharpened their criticism.

It is certainly not 100% (the amount taken in Gulf states) because the rest of creation also has to live off the water.

When the Gulf states meet on December 3rd in Qatar, they should agree to loosen their ties to the dollar.

The rich Gulf states have backed both with billions in aid.

The Middle East and Gulf states have also suffered.

But I have bigger fish to fry. The Gulf states themselves.

All the Gulf states are buying plots.

Gordon Brown, Britain's prime minister, wants countries with big surpluses, such as China and the oil-rich Gulf states, to contribute more.

Iran and the Gulf states gradually find new opportunities to improve their relations with the development of Iran's nuclear issue.

The Gulf states need to get rid of their dollar peg now.

But this will require Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states to change their policies toward Yemen.

Where do the Gulf states invest their immense wealth?

But China and the oil-rich Gulf states have ample reason to play their part in an orderly decline of the dollar's dominance.

The Gulf states have mostly free markets but not free elections, according to Jean-Francois Seznec.

Look at the Persian Gulf states.

In some Gulf States, such as Kuwait or the United Arab Emirates, more than 50% of the health workforce are migrants.

But demand for oil continues to rise quickly in booming spots such as China and the Gulf states.

How about the Gulf states?

Migration between poor or middle-income countries to far richer ones, such as Japan or the Gulf states.

The GCC ( Persian Gulf States ) countries, for example, are classified as developing high income countries.

Singapore's dominant one-party system has set an example for countries such as China, Russia and the Gulf states.

We have the business in parts of Asia, South America, South Africa and the Gulf States

The influence and action of the Cooperative Committee of Arabian Gulf States

The Present and Future Situation of Water Resources for the Cooperative Committee of Gulf States

Council of Ministers of Health of the Arab Gulf States;

Development and Challenge of Finance in the Gulf States

LEO; fibre optic submarine cable for Gulf States;

Arms Trade in Six Gulf States

Gulf states not only pump oil; they burn it, too

Gulf states account for 2. 3% of global emissions (894mt of CO2 equivalent)

Kyoto: Gulf States signed as developing countries so are not obliged to cut emissions

Kyoto: Gulf States signed as developing countries so are not obliged to cut emissions