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A Libyan worker chats with two rebels in a vehicle as they patrol an oil refinery controlled by anti Gadhafi forces on the western outskirt of Zawiya city, Libya, August 19, 2011

Oil Giants Look to Resume Libyan Production

BP, Marathon Oil and the Italian firm Eni are among the major companies looking to resume production

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Mass Economic Protests Continue in Israel

Activists say demonstrations to be held in Beersheba, Haifa, to express solidarity with protest movements in Israel's rural communities

Egyptian and American participants of the LearnServeEgypt program at one of their sessions in Washington, DC

Program Partners Young Innovators to Boost Egypt Economy

‘LearnServeEgypt’ harnesses ambitions of US, Egyptian entrepreneurs to help create jobs with lasting economic, social impact

Brokers look at screens in the trading room of an investment bank in Tel Aviv, August 7, 2011

Israeli Stock Market Plunges in Response to US Debt Crisis

Seven percent drop comes on heels of street protests in major Israeli cities against high housing, food and gasoline costs

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) speaks as he sits next to Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz (not pictured) and Housing and Construction Minister Ariel Atias during a news conference in Jerusalem, July 26, 2011

Netanyahu to Tackle Israel's Housing Crisis

New measures aimed at reducing housing costs, mostly for students, poor, after protests and sinking government approval rating

A protester wears a mask depicting Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a rally in front of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem July 31, 2011

Israeli Gov’t Opens Dialogue with Protesters

Israeli PM Netanyahu acknowledges ‘distress,’ sets up ministerial committee to talk with demonstrators outraged over high cost of living

Cranes in construction sites in Downtown Beirut, Lebanon (file photo)

Working Lebanese Say Political Uncertainty Bad for Business

Analysts say economy is resilient despite domestic political uncertainty as new Hezbollah-controlled Cabinet begins to govern

Butchers wait for customers in a market in Ben Guerdane, near the Tunisia-Libyan border, Tunisia, (File)

Struggling Tunisian Economy Gets Boost From Libyan Conflict

Country working to get back on its feet after its revolution, but industrial city of Sfax getting a boost from an unexpected source

An Egyptian spice dealer displays fenugreek seeds at his shop in Cairo, Egypt, June 30, 2011

EU Bans Some Egyptian Seed Imports

EU concluded single shipment of fenugreek seeds is most likely source of E. coli outbreak that killed at least 49

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