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A view of the headquarters of Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) in Riyadh January 20, 2009. REUTERS/Fahad Shadeed

Reducing Expenditures is Common among Saudi Companies

by Shuja Al-Baqmi | Jan 20, 2017 | Business

Riyadh – Saudi stock market companies continued to announce fiscal results of 2016 one after another. Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC), one of the world’s largest petrochemicals groups, announced a 4.5% drop of net profit in 2016. Saudi Telecom Company...

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French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault leaves the weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, June 15, 2016. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen

Frances ‘Conditioned’ Support for Astana Syrian Peace Talks

by Michel Abu Najm | Jan 20, 2017 | Middle East

Paris- France declared its conditioned support three days ahead of the Syria talks to be held in the Kazakhstan capital, Astana, despite that the European country did not receive an official invitation to the negotiations. The peace talks are the first to bring face...

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Diafra Sakho, centre, is the only West Ham forward to score 10 goals in one Premier League season since the ownership of the club last changed. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

West Ham’s Striking Failure: 32 Signed in Seven Years and Still No Solution

by Jacob Steinberg | Jan 20, 2017 | Sports

Haggling with Brentford over the asking price for Scott Hogan, testing Sunderland’s sense of humour with a £4m offer for Jermain Defoe, steeling themselves for bids for the mutinous Dimitri Payet, waving goodbye to Simone Zaza and preparing to point Jonathan Calleri...

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The lobby of the CIA Headquarters Building in McLean, Virginia, August 14, 2008. REUTERS/Larry Downing

CIA Declassifies 12 Million Pages

by Mounir al-Manawri | Jan 20, 2017 | World

Washington- The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has declassified about 930,000 documents, totaling some 12 million pages, unlike what has been rumored that 13 million declassified documents were released. Previously, the database was only accessible at the National...

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The IRGC spokesman, Ramezan Sharif, Fars News

Revolutionary Guard Spokesman Warns Dangers of Iran’s ‘Inner Enemies’

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 20, 2017 | World

London- Iranian Revolutionary Guard Spokesman Ramezan Sharif warned from the spreading deprivation and corruption describing them as “Iran’s inner adversary” that could widen the rift between the people of Iran and the ruling authority. Even though Sharif...