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Jobs for young 'key to tackling violence'Bahrain should focus on providing young people with jobs to steer them away from street violence and terrorism, said a top diplomat. Focusing on the country's young generation was crucial to ending threats to Bahrain's sec More… |
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US envoy to India resigns after diplomatic rowThe US ambassador to India has resigned following a row over the arrest of a junior Indian diplomat in New York that pushed relations between the world's biggest democracies to their lowest ebb in more than a decade. U.S. Stat More… |
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US Envoy sees strategic tie-ups with GCCPlans to step up military co-operation between the US and GCC countries could be on the cards, said US Ambassador to Bahrain Thomas Krajeski. America had a strategic vision for the region, which included the proposed missile defence shield More… |
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US envoy eyes closer trade ties with RAKThe US Ambassador to the UAE recently visited the Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone (RAK FTZ) aiming to boost investments into RAK and step up US trade ties with the emirate. During the one-day visit, Ambassador Michael Corbin was received by More… |
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US names new envoy to BahrainUS President Barack Obama has nominated Thomas C Krajeski as the new ambassador to Bahrain. He succeeds Adam Ereli, who left in January after serving three and a half years. Krajeski has been a member of the Foreign Service since 1979 and More… |
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Former US envoy named Baker Botts partnerRobert W Jordan, who served as US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks against the US, has returned to the region as partner in charge - Middle East offices for the global law firm Baker Botts. David Emmons, prev More… |
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UAE biggest Mideast market for US exportsThe UAE has surpassed Israel and Saudi Arabia as America’s biggest export market in the Mena region, the US ambassador to the UAE has said. Richard Olson told delegates at a reception hosted by the American Business Council of Dubai and th More… |
