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Damascus Securities Exchange Weighted Index

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OPEN:	873.75	VOLUME:	52117
MAX:	873.75	AMOUNT:	8051914
MIN:	873.75	CONTRACTS:	87
CLOSE:	873.75	DATE	2012-05-16

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CURRENCIES

OIL & GAS

Qatar Market General Index

-0.15 %

Abu Dhabi Market General Index

0.03 %

Amman Market General Index

-1.85 %

Bahrain Market General Index

-0.41 %

Cairo EGX 30 Index

-1.31 %

Casablanca General Index

-0.97 %

Dubai DFM General Index

0.65 %

Damascus Securities Exchange Index

-0.05 %

Iraq Market General Index

-0.54 %

Kuwait Market General Index

-0.13 %

Muscat Market General Index

0.23 %

Palestine Al-Quds Index

-0.67 %

Saudi Market General Index

-0.06 %

Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange TA-25

-1.98 %

Tunisia General Index

-0.29 %

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Jordanian youths play their guitars on Rainbow Street in Amman

Yemeni Umm Ahmad sits with her children during an interview with AFP

Qatar has the world's largest Ecological Footprint per person

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Regime forces sent shells crashing into rebel stronghold Rastan early Thursday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, while calling on UN observers to rush to the town in central Homs province.

Iraq battle pits oil against antiquities

Babylon's Hanging Gardens were one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, but heritage appears to be no match for Iraq's booming oil industry in a dispute over a new pipeline.

Ammans' historic Rainbow Street abuzz after facelift

Rainbow Street in Amman's heart is abuzz again after posh 1920s-era homes were turned into restaurants, galleries and libraries, drawing hipsters, bohemians, intellectuals and hordes of tourists.

In Yemen, eating is a luxury millions struggle to afford

For almost half of Yemen's 22 million people, eating has become a luxury they can't always afford.

Qataris pressure the Earth’s environment more than anywhere else in the world

Three Gulf States – Qatar, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates – hold the not so prestigious top places in a recent listing of the world’s nations' Ecological Footprints.

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Markets

Qatar

-0.15 %

Abu Dhabi

0.03 %

Amman

-1.85 %

Bahrain

-0.41 %

Cairo

-1.31 %
Casablanca

-0.97 %

Dubai

0.65 %

Damascus

-0.05 %

Iraq

-0.54 %

Kuwait

-0.13 %
Muscat

0.23 %

Palestine

-0.67 %

Saudi

-0.06 %

Tel-Aviv

-1.98 %

Tunisia

-0.29 %

Currencies (1 USD = n)

Algerian Dinar

75.4350

Bahraini Dinar

0.3770
Egyptian Pound

6.0461

Iran Rial

12270.0000
Iraqi Dinar

1165.5000

Israeli Shekel

3.8275
Jordanian Dinar

0.7095

Kuwaiti Dinar

0.2797
Lebanese Pound

1505.5000

Libyan Dinar

1.2591
Moroccan Dirham

8.7161

Omani Rial

0.3844
Israeli Shekel

3.8275

Qatar Rial

3.6417
Saudi Riyal

3.7505

Syrian Pound

63.0500
Tunisian Dinar

1.5930

Turkish Lira

1.8243
UAE Dirham

3.6732

Yemen Riyal

215.5000

Iraq battle pits oil against antiquities

Babylon's Hanging Gardens were one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, but heritage appears...

Ammans' historic Rainbow Street abuzz after facelift

Rainbow Street in Amman's heart is abuzz again after posh 1920s-era homes were...

In Yemen, eating is a luxury millions struggle to afford

For almost half of Yemen's 22 million people, eating has become a luxury...

Image Of The Week: A Palestinian protestor holds a banner and a photo of a relative

Demonstration in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli jails outside the Massiyahu Prison in Ramle, near Tel Aviv, May 3. Israel has so far rejected all appeals lodged by the hunger strikers.
© Ahmad Gharabli - AFP/File

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