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leftrightslide[0]='&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src=pic/pointer_b.gif width=7 height=7>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="listing_article_ID.asp?nm_id=25405" class="txt_rapid"><font size="2"><strong>OMAN:</strong>  BankMuscat plans to raise US$147.6 million for expansion into Islamic banking</font></a>'
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leftrightslide[7]='<a href="listing_article_ID.asp?nm_id=25412" class="txt_rapid"><font size="2"><strong>HONG KONG:</strong>  Government close to finalizing draft amendments to create level playing field for Sukuk</font></a>'
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leftrightslide[14]='<a href="listing_article_ID.asp?nm_id=25419" class="txt_rapid"><font size="2"><strong>UAE:</strong>  Mashreq reports US$223.2 million net profit for 2011</font></a>'
leftrightslide[15]='<a href="listing_article_ID.asp?nm_id=25420" class="txt_rapid"><font size="2"><strong>MALAYSIA:</strong>  MARC affirms Tesco Stores (Malaysia)&#8217;s ICP/IMTN at &#8216;MARC-1ID(cg)/AAAID(cg)&#8217;</font></a>'
leftrightslide[16]='<a href="listing_article_ID.asp?nm_id=25421" class="txt_rapid"><font size="2"><strong>TURKEY:</strong>  IIRA upgrades foreign currency ratings of Kuveyt T&#252;rk Katilim Bankasi from `BB+/A-3` to `BBB- /A-3`</font></a>'
leftrightslide[17]='<a href="listing_article_ID.asp?nm_id=25422" class="txt_rapid"><font size="2" color="red"><strong>GLOBAL:  Dow Jones Indexes to expand Islamic markets offering</strong></font></a>'
leftrightslide[18]='<a href="listing_article_ID.asp?nm_id=25423" class="txt_rapid"><font size="2"><strong>BAHRAIN:</strong>  Bahrain Islamic Bank 2011 net loss declines to US$45 million</font></a>'

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