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- Lori to take reins as 16th Archbishop of Baltimore
Festivities were held Tuesday night at the Basilica of the Assumption in downtown Baltimore in advance of a Mass of Installation for the Maryland Catholic Archdiocese's Archbishop-designate William E. Lori, scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday.
Lori replaces newly named Cardinal Edwin F. O'Brien as head of the nation's oldest Catholic archdiocese. He will be the 16th Archbishop of Baltimore.
About 2,000 people are expected to attend the installation, including 400 priests, 80 bishops and eight cardinals,...
- 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. ...
- Money spent wisely, City's investments pay dividends
LONDON (Reuters) - Manchester City's unrivalled spending power since Abu Dhabi's Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan bought the club in 2008 has transformed them from erratic under-achievers into a force that could dominate the Premier League for years to come. While spending other people's money is easy enough, identifying and buying the players to create the right mix on the field is the difficult part that Roberto Mancini and his support staff have achieved. His predecessor Mark Hughes had mixed fortunes in the transfer market. ...
- Analysis: Mancini's steady hand key for City in title race
LONDON (Reuters) - There has been an inevitability about Manchester City's journey to the Premier League title since Abu Dhabi petro-dollars began flooding into the club in 2008 but they still required a steady hand at the tiller to navigate them to glory through one of the most unpredictable seasons for decades. Roberto Mancini was appointed in December 2009 as the man to make realise the dream, knocking cross-town rivals Manchester United off their perch, and the former Inter Milan coach proved himself equal to whatever the job threw his way. ...
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Champions City must now live within their means BARCELONA (Reuters) - After winning the English league for the first time in 44 years, Abu Dhabi-owned Manchester City must build on their success while reining in the lavish spending that has made it possible. City, long the poor relations to local rivals Manchester United, have been transformed by an estimated 800 million pounds pumped into the club since 2008 by owner Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, one of Abu Dhabi's ruling family. ...
- Booz Allen Hamilton eyes Qatar
Booz Allen Hamilton, which recently opened a headquarters in Abu Dhabi to pursue business in the Middle East and North Africa, says it has been licensed by the Qatar Financial Centre Authority for business in Qatar.
The firm will focus on providing information technology, cybersecurity and transportation.
Booz Allen calls its registration to do business in Qatar key to its strategy for expansion in the region.
A noncompete agreement on international business with Booz & Co., which it spun off...
- 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. ...
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