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Orpic assures adequate supply of products

Bader — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:50:52 -0400

By A Staff Reporter - MUSCAT — Orpic, Oman’s integrated refining and petrochemicals business, has announced that the Mina Al Fahal (MAF) Refinery is currently undergoing routine maintenance and inspection. This shutdown at the Mina Al Fahal site has been scheduled to conduct routine safety checks and for plant servicing to take place, with an aim to ensure continued safe and optimised production.

US anti-dumping threat against Omani pipe exporters lifted

Bader — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:12:26 -0400

By Conrad Prabhu - MUSCAT — The US government has decided not to impose anti-dumping duties on Omani manufacturers suspected of selling steel pipes in the United States at below-market prices. The decision, issued last week, follows an investigation by the US Department of Commerce on a petition filed by a consortium of American steel producers seeking “import relief” against what they claimed as dumping by a number of international pipe manufacturers.

Oman’s co-operation lauded

oman — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:07:26 -0400

BAGHDAD — Assigned by His Majesty Sultan Qaboos, Dr Yahya bin Mahfoudh al Mantheri, Chairman of Majlis Addawla, led the Sultanate’s delegation at the Arab Summit here yesterday.
Dr Al Mantheri was accompanied by an official delegation comprising a number of senior officials of the Sultanate. Meanwhile, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani received Dr Al Mantheri at the presidential palace yesterday.
The meeting was held before the summit convened.

Oman, Iraq leaders exchange greetings

oman — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:06:50 -0400

BAGHDAD — Iraqi President Jalal Talabani received at the presidential palace yesterday Dr Yahya bin Mahfoudh al Mantheri, Chairman of Majlis Addawla and head of the Sultanate’s delegation to the 23rd Arab summit.
Dr Al Mantheri conveyed greetings of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos to President Talabani and his wishes of a successful summit and attaining Arab integration.

Call for dialogue to resolve Syria crisis

oman — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:05:30 -0400

BAGHDAD — Arab leaders, attending the 23rd Arab League Summit chaired by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and concluded here yesterday, called for dialogue between the Syrian government and its opposition and demanded that Syria “immediately” implement the six-point peace plan of UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan.
“We confirm our complete support for the aspirations and the legitimate demands of the Syrian people for freedom and democracy and their right in shaping their future,” the final statement of the Arab summit, read.

His Majesty’s Camel Race Cup concludes

oman — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:04:22 -0400

BARKA — His Majesty the Sultan’s Camel Race Cup for privately-owned camels concluded at the Royal Camel Corps racetrack in Al Fulaij yesterday under the auspices of Sayyid Hamoud bin Faisal al Busaidy, Minister of Interior.
The race was held on His Majesty’s orders and as a Royal gesture for camel owners and breeders.
The final ceremony featured camel-drawn carriage rides, joint show race with girl riders taking part, camel beauty and dancing performances and music played by the Royal Camel Band.

Sultanate blanks Uzbeks

oman — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:03:47 -0400

By A Seshagiri Rao -
Hanoi — Playing with determination and will to win, Oman blanked highly rated Uzbekistan 2-0 in the last of three Asian play-offs for the London Olympics at the My Dinh National Stadium yesterday.
The historic victory, which followed their 1-1 draw against Syria on Sunday, achieved far away from home, in this bustling capital city of Vietnam, will be etched in the annals of Sultanate’s soccer. The reward for their tremendous achievement is the showdown with Senegal for the lone berth available for this year’s Summer Games.

Emergency on global scale

oman — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:01:27 -0400

LONDON — Leading scientists yesterday called on the upcoming Rio Summit to grapple with environmental ills that they said pointed to “a humanitarian emergency on a global scale.”
In a “State of the Planet” declaration issued after a four-day conference, the scientists said Earth was now facing unprecedented challenges, from water stress, pollution and species loss to spiralling demands for food.
They called on the June 20-22 follow-up to the 1992 Earth Summit to overhaul governance of the environment and sweep away a fixation with GDP as the sole barometer of well-being.