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The UAE’s Ministry of Interior has clarified that there is no ban on visit visa for unskilled workers from countries such as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Philippines. Denying press reports, Major General Nasser Al Awadi Al Menhali, Assistant Undersecretary for Naturalization & Residency and Ports Affairs at the Ministry of Interior said, departments of naturalization & residency across the country were processing visit visa transactions for would-be applicants consistent with standard procedures. Media reports said, the UAE…

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  Rampant visa rackets in Kuwait have prompted the authorities to clamp down on recruiting agencies and firms indulging in visa trade. As part of the move, the Kuwait enforcement agency has arrested two men, a Gulf national and an Arab, for their alleged involvement in an extensive visa trafficking racket. The pair allegedly brought into Kuwait 95 foreigners who paid them a total of KD1,30,000 (` 2.58 crore) for their visas. The Gulf national reportedly claimed he had 15…

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  KUWAIT has officially joined the World Bank-led Global Gas Flaring Reduction (GGFR) partnership in an effort to further reduce emissions from the burning of natural gas associated with oil production in the Middle East, and exploit the maximum potential from this valuable energy resource. Kuwait, represented in the partnership by Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), a subsidiary of the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, has reduced flaring from 17% down to 1.75% of its gas production during 2005-06 & 2010-11. This reduction…

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  The hotels opening this year are Pullman Dubai Jumeirah Lake Dubai, Novotel and Adagio Al Bustan Abu Dhabi, Novotel and Ibis Mussafah Abu Dhabi, Novotel/Ibis/Adagio Fujairah, and Novotel Dubai Al Barsha MORE hotels in the UAE are planning to increase their staff strength. The leading hospitality group Accor Middle East is looking to hire approximately 1,500 hoteliers over the coming 12 months in the UAE. The group, headquartered in France, will open doors of seven new properties in the…

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FDI into the region, which controls over 60 per cent of the world’s recoverable oil deposits, totalled around $438.5 billion during 2005-10, compared with only 67.2 billion during 1999-2004 .. FOREIGN direct investments (FDI) into the Gulf countries are on the rise. Reforms carried out by several Arab countries boosted FDI into the region by nearly seven times during 2005-10, but many of them still have investment barriers. FDI into the region, which controls over 60 per cent of the…

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Iraq deeply mistrusts private security companies and wants to limit their operations here, officials say, while the contractors themselves have faced bureaucratic delays and detentions. This mistrust stems from perceived arrogant behavior by employees of these firms in the past and various incidents of violence involving them. The most infamous incident was the 2007 killing of at least 14 civilians in Baghdad’s Nisur Square by gunmen from the Blackwater firm guarding a US embassy convoy. While Blackwater, now called ACADEMI,…

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