Info-Prod Research (Middle East) back issues from Monday, October 7:
ULYANOVSK - REGIONAL OFFICIAL REPORTS BRIBE ATTEMPT.
Oct 07, 2002 ... Ulyanovsk Oblast Deputy Governor Sergei Ilinskii on 23 Septemberdiscovered 150,000 rubles ($4,800) in cash in a desk drawer in hisoffice, regions.ru reported, citing the Privolzhe news agency.Ilinskii told reporters that the money might have been a bribeconnected with an application to ...
TINKERS WITH ELECTRICITY RATES.
Oct 07, 2002 ... Also on 27 September, deputies approved changes to the law onstate regulation of tariffs for electricity and central heating inits third reading, ITAR-TASS reported. The vote was 368 in favor withnone opposed and one abstention. Under the bill, electricity andheating rates for commercial ...
DUMA PASSES AMENDMENTS TO ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING LEGISLATION JUST IN
Oct 07, 2002 ... TIME ...The State Duma passed the law on bankruptcy in its secondreading on 27 September, Russian news agencies reported. The vote was293 in favor to 104 against, with two abstentions, according topolit.ru. The law establishes a basis for declaring a debtorbankrupt. It had originally been ...
MUSLIM LEADER MAKES BID FOR GREATER TATAR UNITY.
Oct 07, 2002 ... Galimzyan Bikmullin, chairman of the Spiritual Administration ofMuslims in Tyumen Oblast, has called on local ethnic Tatars toidentify themselves on the national census as simply Tatar ratherthan as Siberian Tatar, islam.ru reported on 25 September. However,at the same time, the ...
TATARSTAN - PROSECUTOR-GENERAL STILL DOESN'T LIKE TATARSTAN'S
Oct 07, 2002 ... CONSTITUTION ...More than 50 points in the newest version of theconstitution of Tatarstan have been deemed to contradict federallegislation, polit.ru and RIA-Novosti reported on 26 September.DeputyProsecutor-General Aleksandr Zvyagintsev has sent a complete list tothe republic's Supreme ...
SVERDLOVSK - GOVERNOR OUTLINES OLIGARCH SYSTEM IN HIS REGION.
Oct 07, 2002 ... In an interview with "Novyi region" on 25 September, SverdlovskOblast Governor Eduard Rossel said it is possible to resolve all theeconomic issues of the region by turning to the directors of theseven largest industrial holdings. According to Rossel, SUAL headViktor Vekselberg "comes to ...
ST. PETERSBURG - COURT THROWS COLD WATER ON ST. PETERSBURG GOVERNOR'S THIRD-TERMPROSPECTS.
Oct 07, 2002 ... A St. Petersburg court that decides matters relating to the CityCharter ruled on 1 October that St. Petersburg Governor VladimirYakovlev is currently serving his second term of office and istherefore not eligible to run for another term, NTV and other Russiannews agencies reported on 2 ...
PENZA - LOCAL RESIDENTS DOGGED BY ADS.
Oct 07, 2002 ... In the city of Penza, a homeless dog bearing the logo of LUKoilpainted on his fur can be seen running around the streets of oneneighborhood, ntvru.com reported on 18 September, citing "Molodoileninets." The dog was reportedly lured with pieces of sausage andthen the company's name was ...
NIZHNII NOVGOROD - VOLGA REGION APPEALS TO CENTER FOR DEBT RELIEF.
Oct 07, 2002 ... Nizhnii Novgorod Oblast Governor Gennadii Khodyrev has sent anappeal to President Putin asking him to postpone the oblast's paymentof 670 million rubles ($21 million) to the federal Finance Ministryfrom the end of this year to next year, "Vedomosti" reported on 20September.Khodyrev noted ...
KRASNODAR - FEDERAL PROSECUTOR TARGETS DEPUTY GOVERNOR IN KUBAN REGION.
Oct 07, 2002 ... The Prosecutor-General's Office has filed a request for thedismissal of Krasnodar Krai Deputy Governor Leonid Baklitskii,"Novaya gazeta," no. 71 reported. According to accounts in thecentral press, Baklitskii has violated a number of laws andpresidential decrees and has actively lobbied ...
LENINGRAD - PROSECUTOR HANDS OVER INVESTIGATION OF MASS GRAVE TO MILITARY
Oct 07, 2002 ... COLLEAGUE.The Leningrad Oblast Prosecutor's Office will notinvestigate the possible mass grave of Stalin-era terror victimsrecently discovered near the oblast town of Toksovo (see "RFE/RLNewsline," 20 September 2002), Interfax-Northwest reported on 30September. According to Irina Flige, ...
KOMI - CENSUS TAKERS DISCOVER REMAINING MEMBERS OF LOW-PROFILE RELIGIOUS
Oct 07, 2002 ... SECT.Census takers working in the deep taiga of the northernRepublic of Komi have discovered a village of members of a sect ofOld Believers called "skritniki," who shun all contact with theoutside world, polit.ru reported on 24 September. Three elderly womenlive in the village and do not ...
LOCAL COURT JOINS CAMPAIGN OF PRESSURE AGAINST POLITICAL OPPOSITION IN KALMYKIA.
Oct 07, 2002 ... Candidate registration for the 20 October presidential election inthe Republic of Kalmykia has closed, and nine candidates have beenregistered, strana.ru reported on 23 September. Among them arecurrent President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and Natalya Manzhikova, the headof the local branch of ...
RICHER REGION WORRIES THAT CENTER TRYING TO SHIFT BURDEN OF
Oct 07, 2002 ... POORER REGIONS."Nezavisimaya gazeta" reported on 24 September thatfederal officials participating in the recent Baikal Economic Forumin Khabarovsk were as interested in the question of reducing thenumber of federation subjects as they were in regional economicdevelopment. However, ...
REFERENDUM EXPECTED NEXT YEAR ON MERGING OF TWO REGIONS...
Oct 07, 2002 ... Federation Council Chairman Sergei Mironov told legislators inIrkutsk Oblast on 18 September that the upper legislative chamberwill create a working group on the question of merging subjects ofthe federation, "Kommersant-Daily" reported the next day. He alsosaid that he believes that ...
ENVOY SAYS NOT ALL TIMBER TRADE WITH CHINA IS IN RUSSIA'S
Oct 07, 2002 ... INTERESTS.Meanwhile, in an interview with "Nezavisimaya gazeta" on26 September, presidential envoy to the Siberian Federal DistrictLeonid Drachevskii discussed Russian-Chinese economicrelations.According to Drachevskii, the claim that much of China'seconomic growth over the past few ...
FOREIGN MINISTRY DISCOUNTS TALK OF CHINESE EXPANSION...
Oct 07, 2002 ... The Foreign Ministry issued a statement to Interfax on 26September criticizing domestic and foreign reports about the alleged"Chinese expansion" into Russia's Far East and the Baikal region.According to the ministry, the number of Chinese citizens in Russiadoes not exceed ...
ANOTHER ELECTION CANCELED DUE TO LACK OF INTEREST.
Oct 07, 2002 ... State Duma by-elections in a single-mandate district in OmskOblast failed on 29 September because of insufficient voter turnout,Interfax reported.Only 11.51 percent of eligible voters bothered tocast their votes, rendering the ballot invalid. The election wascalled after the previous ...
KREMLIN STRIVES FOR LESS SPONTANEITY IN PUBLIC REALM.
Oct 07, 2002 ... Furman also argues that the federal authorities are striving formore control and predictability in politics and in elections, butthis attempt "to turn something living -- which is thereforeunpredictable, irrational, and dangerous -- into something dead andsafe" is not likely to succeed ....
MAYORAL RACE CALLED PROTOTYPE...
Oct 07, 2002 ... In an article in "Vremya MN" on 26 September, analyst DmitriiFurman wrote that the mayoral election cycle in Nizhnii Novgorod canbe viewed as a template for processes occurring nationally. With thelast-minute cancellation of former Mayor Andrei Klimentiev'sregistration as a candidate ...
PHOTO FINISH IN NIZHNII NOVGOROD...
Oct 07, 2002 ... The city election commission for Nizhnii Novgorod confirmed on 1October that State Duma Deputy Vadim Bulavinov (People's Deputy) wonthe 29 September mayoral elections by a narrow margin -- some 2,200votes, Interfax reported.Bulavinov received 35.9 percent (138,647votes) of the total ...
OPPONENT SAYS HE WON'T RUN AGAIN.
Oct 07, 2002 ... At the same time, Khloponin's second-round opponent, Uss, toldjournalists on 30 September that he will not participate in newgubernatorial elections if they are held, NTV reported. "For me, theelections ended last Monday," Uss said. He added that he also doesnot intend to participate in ...
MEDIA SPECULATE ABOUT KHLOPONIN'S BRIGHT FUTURE...
Oct 07, 2002 ... Moscow-based media have already been discussing whether Khloponinwould run for president in 2008, regions.ru noted on 27 September.Vyacheslav Nikonov, head of the Politika Foundation, told "Vedomosti"the previous day that he considers Khloponin "strong and dynamic,"but much of his ...
ELECTION SHENANIGANS CALLED THREAT TO DEMOCRACY.
Oct 07, 2002 ... Meanwhile, an article in "Vremya novostei" on 1 October chargedthat the election scandals in Krasnoyarsk Krai and Nizhnii Novgorodrepresent the latest attempts to discredit the election process.According to the daily, the two races show that it is not importanthow people vote, but rather ...
PUTIN APPOINTS SIBERIAN GOVERNOR...
Oct 07, 2002 ... After the Krasnoyarsk Krai Election Commission refused on 2October to certify the 22 September gubernatorial elections andinstead insisted on 2 March 2003 as the date for new elections,Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on 3 October that thecurrent acting governor of the krai, ...
NEW IDEA - TELEDIETING
Oct 07, 2002 ... The Tel Aviv-based company SHL, a specialist in telemedicine, hascome up with a new idea, teledieting, which, it argues, could changeyo-yo dieting for good, THE ...
SOUTH AFRICAN BUSINESSMEN TO ARRIVE IN ISRAEL
Oct 07, 2002 ... According to the Industry and Trade Ministry, about 60 SouthAfrican businessmen in the fields of communications and informationtechnology are slated to take part in a conference organized by theIsraeli economic attach to Johannesburg, ...
GOVERNMENT TO OFFER BONDS
Oct 07, 2002 ... The Israeli Government will offer 3.5 billion shekels of bonds atfour auctions in October, the Ministry of Finance said on Thursday.The ...
CHECK POINT ACHIEVES QUARTER TARGETS
Oct 07, 2002 ... Internet security software company Check Point announced last weekafter U.S. markets closed that it had achieved third quarter targetsand expected to report ...
FM PERES MEETS WITH ICRC PRESIDENT KELLENBERGER
Oct 07, 2002 ... (Communicated by the Foreign Minister Bureau) Deputy PrimeMinister and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres met today (October 7) withthe President of the International Red Cross, Jacob Kellenberger. Thetwo discussed the humanitarian situation in the territories.ForeignMinister Peres noted ...
MARINE DRILLING COMPANY OPERATIONS IN 2000-2001
Oct 07, 2002 ... Al-Bayan newspaper provided data on the operations of the AbuDhabi Marine Drilling Company during 2000-2001, as published in mid-September 2002 in the Report of the Emirates Company for FinancialServices which belongs to the Emirates Banking Concern. The DrillingCompany was established ...
AMERICAN ATTACK ON IRAQ MIGHT CAUSE RISE IN PRICE OF OIL
Oct 07, 2002 ... Al-Bayan newspaper quoted the Saudi Oil Minister, Ali a-Nu'aymi,who said in mid-September 2002 that American military operationsagainst Iraq will cause a rise in the price of oil worldwide. TheMinister was interviewed by the ...
GOALS OF FIRST ARAB-AFRICAN ECONOMIC CONFERENCE
Oct 07, 2002 ... Al-Bayan newspaper quoted the Secretary General of the ArabEconomic Union, Dr. Ahmad a-Juwayli, who told the paper in mid-September 2002 that the goal of the First Arab-African EconomicConference is to encourage Arab ...
FIRST AFRICAN ARAB ECONOMIC CONFERENCE
Oct 07, 2002 ... Al-Bayan newspaper reported on the First African Arab EconomicConference held in late September 2002 in Tripoli, Libya. The ArabEconomic Union Council organized the conference in cooperation withthe Libyan African Unity Ministry. Participating in the conferencewill be representatives ...
DATA ON NUMBER OF MEMBERS IN DUBAI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Oct 07, 2002 ... Al-Bayan newspaper reported on the number of registered members ofthe Dubai Chamber of Commerce, as of the end of August 2002. Thereare 58,211 registered members, including 35,000 active members and23,000 ...
HIGH OCCUPANCY RATE FOR SHERATON-DUBAI HOTEL AND SHERATON-CAIRO DURING SUMMER 2002
Oct 07, 2002 ... Al-Bayan newspaper quoted the Vice President of the Starwood Hotelchain, Philip Cassis, who is also Company Business Manager for theMiddle East and Africa ...
RISE IN OIL PRICES
Oct 07, 2002 ... Al-Bayan newspaper reported on the rise in oil prices worldwideafter the OPEC decision not to increase their oil production. Thepaper noted that the OPEC decision in mid-September ...
ATTACK ON IRAQ WILL CAUSE DAMAGE TO AIRLINES
Oct 07, 2002 ... Al-Bayan newspaper quoted IATA Spokesman William Gillard who saidin mid-September 2002 that continued threats of an American militaryattack on Iraq are liable to affect international civilian aviation.He added that the ...
FREE ADVISORY CAMPAIGN TO CLIENTS OF L.G. COMPANY
Oct 07, 2002 ... Al-Bayan newspaper reported on the mid-September 2002 campaign inthe UAE of free advice for clients by the South Korean L.G.electronics firm. Participating are the following local agents of theL.G. Company: Sayegh ...
COORDINATION BETWEEN WORKSHOP TO MAINTAIN VEHICLES AND INTERNET SITE
Oct 07, 2002 ... Al-Bayan newspaper quoted a notice published in mid-September 2002by the Central Government Workshop for Vehicle Maintenance in Dubaiannouncing coordination with the Internet site www.tejari.com forsales of used government vehicles via the Internet. The paper quotedthe Manager of the ...
IN-SERVICE TRAINING FOR IBM SALES PROMOTIONS
Oct 07, 2002 ... Al-Bayan newspaper reported on the in-service training for IBMproducts sales promotions held in Dubai in September 2002 by the GBMCompany, which is responsible for marketing IBM ...
MERIDIEN KUWAIT HOTEL HOLDS SALES PROMOTION IN THE EMIRATES
Oct 07, 2002 ... Al-Bayan newspaper quoted a notice published in mid-September 2002by the management of the Meridien Kuwait Hotel announcing the visitto the UAE of the Marketing and Sales Manager of the Hotel, RimaRowals, to open a sales promotion ...
INTERNATIONAL FAIR OF BUSINESSMEN AND INVESTORS
Oct 07, 2002 ... Al-Bayan newspaper reported on the Arab States and World TradeFair to be held in Damascus in late October 2002. The paper quotedAmir al-Hafith, General Manager of Mustaqbal, which is organizing theFair, who said in mid-September 2002 that there will be held,together ...
DATA ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECTOR
Oct 07, 2002 ... Al-Bayan newspaper quoted the Lebanese Economy Minister who said,at the opening ceremonies of the Thermium 2002 Computer Fair held inBeirut in mid-September 2002, that operations of the IT industrialsector in Lebanon come to $245 million. About 2500 people ...
COMPLETION OF ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN OF AENOC/AEPOC OIL COMPANIES
Oct 07, 2002 ... Al-Bayan newspaper quoted a joint notice published in mid-September 2002 by AENOC, the Emirates National Oil Company, Ltd., andAEPCO, the Emirates Petroleum Products Manufacturing Company,announcing the winners of the advertising campaign by the Companyfast food ...
THERMIUM 2002 COMPUTER FAIR
Oct 07, 2002 ... Al-Bayan newspaper reported on the opening of the Thermium 2002Computer Fair held in the BIEL International Fairgrounds in centralBeirut in mid-September 2002. Organizers of the Fair are the DubaiInternational Trade Center, Jitex 2002, and the InformationTechnology ...
UPGRADING OF COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR OIL DISTRIBUTION IN CENTRAL WAREHOUSES OF ADNOC
Oct 07, 2002 ... Al-Bayan newspaper reported on the reorganization and upgrade ofthe computer system of the central warehouses of ADNOC, the Abu DhabiNational Company for Fuel Distribution. The paper quoted the Managerof the Warehouses Section for ADNOC, Muhammad Farhan Safi, who toldthe ...
JORDAN TRADE WITH UAE DURING FIRST HALF 2002
Oct 07, 2002 ... Al-Bayan newspaper provided data on imports from the United ArabEmirates during the first half of 2002, as published in the JordanianStatistics Bureau Report issued in September 2002. During thisperiod, these imports were valued at JD 21.4 million, up 3.9% from ...
DATA ON FOOD INDUSTRY
Oct 07, 2002 ... Al-Bayan newspaper provided data on the food industry in Jordan,as of September 2002. About 3100 food processing plants operate inJordan, which produce 17% of the total ...
JORDAN MUTUAL TRADE WITH CHINA
Oct 07, 2002 ... Al-Bayan newspaper reported in September 2002 on the extent ofmutual trade between Jordan and China during 2001. The value ofJordanian exports to China reached $41.5 million, compared to Chineseexports to Jordan of $239 million. The balance of trade between thetwo ...
GUIDELINES FOR MANAGEMENT STANDARDS IN ONGOING BANKING OPERATIONS
Oct 07, 2002 ... Al-Bayan newspaper quoted a notice published in mid-September 2002by the Banking Association announcing the distribution of a documentproviding guidelines for management standards in ongoing ...
IN-SERVICE TRAINING IN FINANCIAL STATISTICS
Oct 07, 2002 ... Al-Bayan newspaper reported on in-service training on financialstatistics held in Abu Dhabi in early September 2002, at the jointinitiative of the Institute for Economic Policy of the Arab CurrencyFund and the ...
JOINT LIBYAN - TUNISIAN PROJECTS WITH
Oct 07, 2002 ... Al-Bayan newspaper provided data in September 2002 on jointprojects between Libya and Tunisia being carried out during 2002.These projects include connecting the electricity grids of the ...
LIBYAN INVESTMENT IN TUNISIA IN 2002
Oct 07, 2002 ... Al-Bayan newspaper provided data in September 2002 on Libyaninvestments in Tunisia during 2002. Of the total which Libya investsin Arab countries, LD 4.9 billion, or 44% of the total, goes toTunisia. Libya invests LD 1.4 billion in thirty-three tourismprojects in Tunisia, including ...
CREATION OF JOINT COMPANY TO LAY LIBYAN-TUNISIAN NATURAL GAS PIPELINE
Oct 07, 2002 ... Al-Bayan newspaper reported in September 2002 on the creation of ajoint Libyan-Tunisian company to lay a pipeline to transfer naturalgas from Libya to Tunisia. An agreement for this company was signedduring 2002 to the effect that the ...
TUNISIA, LIBYA INK COOPERATION AGREEMENT
Oct 07, 2002 ... Al-Bayan newspaper reported on the visit to Libya of TunisianPrime Minister, Mohammad Ghannouchi, and his meeting with the LibyanPrime Minister, Eng. Mubarak a-Shamikh. During the visit, held in mid-September 2002, the Prime Ministers signed a cooperation agreement inthe ...
COOPERATION AGREEMENT SIGNED AMONG SECURITIES BOURSES OF EGYPT, MALTA, AND TUNISIA
Oct 07, 2002 ... Al-Bayan newspaper reported on the signing of a cooperationagreement between the Securities Bourses of Cairo and Alexandria andthe Securities Bourses of Malta and Tunis. The paper quoted theDirector of the Cairo and Alexandria Bourses, Dr. Samih a-Turgeman,who said in mid-September 2002 ...
COMPETITION WITH FOREIGN BANKS
Oct 07, 2002 ... Al-Bayan newspaper quoted the Assistant Manager for Operations ofthe Kuwaiti National Bank, Ibrahim Shukri Dabdub, who said in aninterview held in mid-September 2002 on the Internet sitewww.Zawya.com that foreign banks are not able to compete with localbanks in providing ...
DATA ON EXPORT TO IRAQ MAY TO AUGUST 2002
Oct 07, 2002 ... Al-Bayan newspaper reported on the growth in Egyptian exports toIraq during the period from May to August 2002. The paper quoted theCommercial Attach? in the Egyptian Embassy in Baghdad, MuhammadAbdullah Ahmad, who said in mid-September 2002 that the ...
DATA ON REAL ESTATE MARKET IN SHARJAH
Oct 07, 2002 ... Al-Bayan newspaper provided data on activity in the real estatesmarket in the Sharjah Emirate in mid-September 2002. Prices in thearea of the Buhayra Promenade come to DH 600-750 per square meter,and from DH 70 to DH 350 in ...
NA'IF HAWATME
Oct 07, 2002 ... (IDF Spokesperson 7 October 2002). On 4 October 2002, the GeneralSecretary of the Democratic Palestinian Front, Na'if Hawatma, gave aninterview to the Israeli Internet Website www.ynet.co.il. In thisinterview, Na'if Hawatma emphasizes that that the one who should beblamed for the current ...
IDF ACTIVITY IN THE SOUTHERN GAZA STRIP
Oct 07, 2002 ... (IDF Spokesperson 7 October 2002). In the framework of militaryoperations against the terrorist infrastructure, IDF forces operatedovernight (06 October 2002) in the Amal neighborhood of the city ofKhan-Yunis, a stronghold of the Hamas organization. A bag containingseveral mortar bombs ...
AFTER INCIDENT INVOLVING OPPOSITION LEADERS. AP
Oct 07, 2002 ... reported that the UNIAN journalists' statement appeared after adispute between Yurychko and three Ukrainian opposition leaders overwhether the opposition could hold a news conference at the agency'sheadquarters. In its regular news issue on the afternoon of 1October, UNIAN carried a ...
UNIAN JOURNALISTS COMPLAIN OF POLITICAL PRESSURE, CENSORSHIP...
Oct 07, 2002 ... Journalists of the Kyiv-based independent news agency UNIAN on 1October posted a statement on the UNIAN website (http://www.unian.net) saying they have been subjected to censorship and havecome under "fierce pressure regarding the formation of [our]independent information activity" since ...
INFORMATION ACCESS INCREASES 'POLITICAL CULTURE.'
Oct 07, 2002 ... According to a poll of a representative sample of 1,800respondents by the National Academy of Sciences' Institute ofSociology in March 2001, the more people were informed aboutKuchmagate from various sources, the more they believed in theauthenticity of Melnychenko's tapes. An analysis ...