![Dr. Mansour al-Nubi Mansour says his centre gives out scholarships to help Yemeni students study at Egyptian universities, and vice versa. [Faisal Darem/Al-Shorfa]](/shared/images/2013/05/22/Yemen-egyptian-councellor-90_58.jpg)
![Amendments to Egypt's income tax law come amid a slew of measures to boost the country's economy. Above, traders work at the Egyptian stock exchange building in central Cairo. [Khaled Desouki/AFP]](/shared/images/2013/05/22/egypt-income-tax-90_58.jpg)
![Actor Rafic Ali Ahmad (left), festival president Noura Jumblatt, singer Abir Nehmeh, maestro Loubnan Baalbaki and composer Charbel Rouhana take part in a pre-festival press conference. [Nohad Topalian/Al-Shorfa]](/shared/images/2013/05/22/Lebanon-noura-joumblatt-90_58.jpg)
![Syrian army troops inspect a house as they advance on a village near Qusayr in Homs province. Hizbullah fighters are backing regime forces in Qusayr. [Joseph Eid/AFP]](/shared/images/2013/05/21/syria-hezbollah-jan-90_58.jpg)
Bahrain is slated to implement new transportation projects worth about $90 billion, Bahrain's Al-Wasat reported Friday (August 17th).
According to the Minister of Transportation and acting CEO of Bahrain's Economic Development Board, Kamal bin Ahmed, the new projects include the expansion of Bahrain International Airport and the construction of a railway as part of a plan to link Gulf nations by rail.
The minister also said the Gulf kingdom attracted $300 million in new investments in 2011, primarily in the banking and manufacturing sectors.
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![A torn poster of Syrian President Bashar Assad hangs in the northern Syrian city of al-Raqa on March 5th following days of fierce fighting. [Mohammad al-Hussein/AFP]](/shared/images/2013/04/19/Syria-assad-raqaa-90_58.jpg)
![Iraqi patrols have increased along the Iraq-Syria border. [Mohammed al-Qaisi/Mawtani]](http://mawtani.al-shorfa.com/shared/images/2013/05/22/iraq-border-cell-90_58.jpg)
![An Iraqi National Museum employee guides visitors inside the Assyrian Hall. [Ali al-Saadi/AFP]](http://mawtani.al-shorfa.com/shared/images/2013/05/22/Iraq-national-museum-90_58.jpg)
![Iraqi artists Nibras Hashem, Suha al-Jumaily, Zeina Salem and Zikra Sarsam (from left) are holding a joint exhibition, "Intersecting Paintbrushes". [Courtesy of the Baghdad French Cultural Centre]](http://mawtani.al-shorfa.com/shared/images/2013/05/21/iraq-women-painters-90_58.jpg)
![Iraqi Airways has several projects in the works to strengthen its services and status. [Stringer/AFP]](http://mawtani.al-shorfa.com/shared/images/2013/05/21/iraq-plane-ticket-90_58.jpg)
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