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      <title><![CDATA[DFSA strengthens ties with Securities and Exchange Board of India ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Dubai Financial Services Authority entered yesterday into a memorandum of understanding with the Securities and Exchange Board of India.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Billionaire Gaydamak 'will return to Israel for money laundering trial' ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Billionaire businessman Arcadi Gaydamak will return to Israel in the next few weeks to face trial over allegations that he was involved in laundering 650 million new shekels (£108m) through a bank in the country, his lawyers have said.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CBB licence for Hardy and ARIG to establish a new insurance management firm]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Central Bank of Bahrain has granted a licence to Hardy ARIG Insurance Management (W.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:36:31 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Banks in Gulf continue to grapple with exposure to Saad and Algosaibi]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Banks in the Gulf continue to grapple with exposure to troubled Saudi firms Saad and Algosaibi.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:36:25 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[State Bank of India launches corporate banking services from DIFC]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Global Fortune 500-listed State Bank of India, has started providing a complete range of banking services from its base in the Dubai International Financial Centre, India's top bank announced today.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pacific Star receives Qatar Financial Centre licence]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Singapore-based Pacific Star Group, one of Asia's fastest growing real estate investment houses, today announced it was granted a licence by the Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority on August 27, 2009.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:43:49 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[SEC agrees to lessen asset freeze on two Gulf banks]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The US Securities and Exchange Commission has agreed to lessen the extent of its assets freeze against two Gulf-based banks named in an insider trading case, United Arab Emirates daily The National reported.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Saudi Algosaibi sues Mashreq in US over Saad deals]]></title>
      <link>http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=124339</link>
      <description><![CDATA[RIYADH, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Saudi conglomerate Algosaibi on Monday said it would sue Dubai-based Mashreq bank in a New York court, alleging the lender of being 'wilfully blind' to irregular deals that helped lead Algosaibi into default.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Risk management and compliance — what are the hot topics in the United Arab Emirates?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=124063</link>
      <description><![CDATA[As more and more negative press is being circulated in relation to the United Arab Emirates, with Dubai, in particular, bearing the brunt of journalists' quills, while editions of the Economist, The Times as well as other well respected publications have failed to reach the newsstands, not surprisingly for those still in the UAE times are lean and stories of woe are plentiful.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 04:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Egypt making AML progress, but convictions remain low]]></title>
      <link>http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=124120</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Egypt has taken "significant steps" since 2002 to establish a credible anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing regime (CFT) but levels of suspicious transaction reports and prosecutions remain low, a new report has found.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[US praises UAE role in cracking money laundering ring]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Authorities in the United States have praised the work of law enforcement agencies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Europe for their roles in cracking an alleged money laundering ring linked to sham commodity trading.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tunisia enacts new AML law]]></title>
      <link>http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=123730</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Tunisia is aiming to shore up investor confidence while putting a stranglehold on terrorist financing operations with the introduction of a new anti-money laundering law, according to reports.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[US SEC charges UAE citizen with insider trading]]></title>
      <link>http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=123683</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The US Securities and Exchange Commission has filed an emergency action in New York against Khaled Al Hashemi, an Abu Dhabi citizen, for allegedly engaging in insider trading in the shares of Nova Chemicals Corporation before the February 23, 2009 merger announcement with Abu Dhabi-based International Petroleum Investment Company.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:33:28 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[MENAFATF holds AML/CTF workshop]]></title>
      <link>http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=123423</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Middle East & North Africa Financial Action Task Force (MENAFATF) has held its third workshop for training assessors in anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CTF) in Bahrain.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:29:12 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[QFCRA signs MoU with French regulator]]></title>
      <link>http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=123446</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Phillip Thorpe, chief executive and chairman of the Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Jean-Paul Redouin, the first deputy governor of Banque de France and chairman of the Banking Commission (Commission Bancaire de France).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Complinet webcast: the Dubai Financial Services Authority, Goldman Sachs and Capital Advantage Consultants]]></title>
      <link>http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=123142</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Standards of corporate governance and regulations relating to money laundering in the Gulf were among the issues discussed in a webcast on Tuesday with Complinet.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DFSA: Notice of amendments to the Rulebook ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=122881</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Following the ending of the consultation period on a number of proposed legislative changes, set out in Consultation Papers 60 and 61, the board, after due consideration of consultees comments, approved the final version of amendments to the Rulebook as described below.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:53:09 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Financial Stability Board holds inaugural meeting in Basel]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Financial Stability Board held its inaugural meeting in Basel on June 26-27.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ethiopian money laundering bill sent for parliamentary approval]]></title>
      <link>http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=122767</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ethiopia's council of ministers have sent a bill that criminalises money laundering to parliament for final approval, it has been reported.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[State of Qatar launches 'Qatar Exchange' in partnership with NYSE Euronext]]></title>
      <link>http://www.complinet.com/global/news/news/article.html?ref=122652</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Qatar Holding, the strategic and direct investment arm of Qatar Investment Authority, and NYSE Euronext today announced the signing of binding agreements to form a major strategic partnership which will establish Qatar Exchange (successor to the current Doha Securities Market) as a world-class international exchange, and provide NYSE Euronext with a valuable presence in the Middle East.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 08:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
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