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- Factbox: Gulf Arab countries' population, economy, military
(Reuters) - The six-member Gulf Cooperation Council met in Riyadh on Monday to discuss closer political economic and military union to counter what they see as growing external threats of the Arab Spring and Iran's regional influence. The GCC was formed in 1981 in the wake of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, and the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq war, by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Bahrain. POPULATION Combined, the six GCC states have a population of around 43.2 million, roughly half of Egypt's total population. Of those the majority are Sunni Muslim. ...
- Egypt vote won't push the generals aside
 CAIRO (Reuters) - Near the rock-strewn scene of a bloody anti-army protest, Islamist, liberal and other politicians sat with ruling generals this month to haggle over Egypt's future after its first presidential vote since Hosni Mubarak's fall. At stake in the Defense Ministry meeting, held just hours after 11 people were killed in another flare-up marring Egypt's transition to democracy, was who would write a new constitution and what powers would Mubarak's successor have. No clarity has emerged. ...
- Gulf Arab envoys study proposals for greater ties
 Gulf Arab leaders have had no problems speaking in a common voice about efforts to fend off opposition inspired by the Arab Spring and the ambitions of their rival, Iran. On Monday, the region's envoys will examine whether to carry that unity to the next level with proposals that foresee a super-state stretching from Kuwait to Oman.
- Gulf leaders to discuss political union-Bahrain minister
DUBAI (Reuters) - Gulf Arab leaders meeting on Monday are expected to discuss closer political union, starting with two or three countries including Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, a government minister in Bahrain said on Sunday. Leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which includes Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman, meet as they grow increasingly concerned over Iran and al Qaeda after the Arab uprisings. "I expect there will be an announcement of two or three countries. ...
- WWII-era battleship USS Iowa being refitted to move to new home as naval museum in SoCal
RICHMOND, Calif. - Firing its 16-inch (40.64-centimetre) guns in the Arabian Sea, the U.S.S. Iowa shuddered. As the sky turned orange, a blast of heat from the massive guns washed over the battleship. This was the Iowa of the late 1980s, at the end of its active duty as it escorted reflagged Kuwaiti oil tankers from the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz during the Iran-Iraq war.
- WWII-era battleship USS Iowa being refitted to move to new home as naval museum in California
RICHMOND, Calif. - Firing its 16-inch (41-centimetre) guns in the Arabian Sea, the U.S.S. Iowa shuddered. As the sky turned orange, a blast of heat from the massive guns washed over the battleship. This was the Iowa of the late 1980s, at the end of its active duty, as it escorted reflagged Kuwaiti oil tankers from the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz during the Iran-Iraq war.
- Historic Battleship Becoming Naval Museum in SoCal
Firing its 16-inch guns in the Arabian Sea, the U.S.S. Iowa shuddered. As the sky turned orange, a blast of heat from the massive guns washed over the battleship. This was the Iowa of the late 1980s, at the end of its active duty as it escorted reflagged Kuwaiti oil tankers from the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz during the Iran-Iraq war.
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