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Showing posts with label Kuwait. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kuwait. Show all posts
12/9/18
2/1/14
European Aircraft Industry: Eurofighter in lead to sell 28 planes to Kuwait and Sweden sells Grippen to Brazil
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Of the 28 outline sales, which are not yet binding, four are covered by options to purchase, the report said.
The report, citing various sources, said that Alenia Aermacchi, a subsidiary of Italian group Finmecanica which is a member of the consortium, had obtained Kuwait's signature on the agreement a few days before Brazil announced that it had chosen to buy Gripen fighter planes made by Swedish company Saab.
Brazil chose the Gripen in preference to the Rafale made by French group Dassault Aviation and the F/A-18 Super Hornet plane made by US group Boeing.
EU-Digest
2/22/10
Dubai Murder: Israel plays for dumb while EU Condemns Use Of Fake Passports In Murder
Europe's governments have condemned the use of fake EU passports in an assassination plot - but have stopped short of naming Israel as the prime suspect. "It is very important that people know that we continue to take this issue very seriously indeed. There is very real concern across Europe."
Meanwhile the Israeli foreign ministry issued a statement insisting that there was no proof of Israeli involvement in the killing. Note EU-Digest:"who is he kidding?"
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4/25/09
The Economist: Railroads - European companies hope to prosper from railway mania in the Middle East
For the complete report from the Economist click on this link
Railroads-European companies hope to prosper from railway mania in the Middle East
Railways have not made much news in the Middle East since Lawrence of Arabia blew up the Hijaz line in 1918. But bosses in the $165 billion global rail industry have been flocking to the Gulf lately, lured by the prospect of an investment boom. Every country in the region has drawn up plans for ambitious rail projects. Qatar and Kuwait are spending around $10 billion each, and the United Arab Emirates is shelling out twice that. On their shopping lists are monorails, bullet-trains and local metros, the first of which (pictured) will open in Dubai in September. Not to be outdone, Saudi Arabia plans to spend $15 billion to increase the size of its rail network nearly five-fold. Pilgrims could be riding the rails to Mecca and Medina at 360kph (225mph) as early as next year, rather than plodding along the kingdom’s notoriously crash-prone roads. And this is just the beginning. All these planned national lines will eventually be connected into a regional network, at a further cost of at least $14 billion.
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