"February 2005 is a landmark month for international cooperation on
critical issues of protecting people and our natural resources, and the US is
missing the boat. The report contains 48-pages with 30 detailed exhibits.

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"This treaty will save millions of lives, change the way giant tobacco
corporations operate, and set an international precedent for prioritizing
health over the interests of Big Business," says Kathryn Mulvey, Executive
Director of Corporate Accountability International (formerly Infact).3476

Kathryn Mulvey
Mobile phone in Geneva: +1.newscom .

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Corporate Accountability International, formerly Infact, is a membership
organization that protects people by waging and winning campaigns challenging
irresponsible and dangerous corporate actions around the world.

Topics examined in this report include:

- Regional overview
- International Voice Circuits
- Total International Bandwidth
- Fiber Optic and Satellite Operators in the MENA Region
- Individual Countries International Connectivity Overview
- Fiber optic operators
- FLAG (Fiber optic Link Around the Globe)
- SEA-ME-WE (South East Asia-Middle East-West Europe Submarine Fiber
Optic
- Cable System)
- Satellite operators
- Arabsat (Arab Satellite Communication Organization)
- Intelsat (International Telecommunications Satellite Corporation
- Inmarsat

For more information visit
http://www.

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The US signed the FCTC in May 2004, but remains notably absent
from the list of countries that have ratified.306.

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Under the Sixth Development Plan, the healthcare sector expanded rapidly
and the government hopes to sustain that growth by investing in construction
and other projects.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040820/RESEARCH )
International Connectivity in the Arab World provides a detailed and
comprehensive analysis of the prevailing international connectivity (voice and
data) conditions in the 14 Arab countries of UAE, Egypt, Saudi Arabia,
Morocco, Oman, Qatar , Bahrain, Kuwait, Tunisia, Syria, Algeria, Jordan, Sudan
and Lebanon. The report also shows that combining the numbers of all
countries examined, the ratio of International voice circuits to the total
number of mainlines in all countries, resulted in a relatively low value of
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com/reports /c18182

Laura Wood
Senior Manager
Research and Markets
press@researchandmarkets . Members of the Network for
Accountability of Tobacco Transnationals (NATT) in more than 15 countries
around the world, including Colombia, El Salvador, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius,
Malaysia, Sri Lanka , and the US, are generating momentum behind the treaty as
it becomes international law.
The 57 countries that have ratified the FCTC are: Armenia, Australia,
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Botswana, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Cook Islands,
Denmark, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Honduras, Hungary , Iceland,
India, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Latvia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Madagascar, Maldives,
Malta , Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru,
Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway , Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Peru, Qatar, San
Marino, Senegal, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Sri
Lanka, Syria, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, the United
Kingdom, Uruguay and Viet Nam. The Network for Accountability of
Tobacco Transnationals (NATT ) includes more than 100 NGOs from over 50
countries working for a strong, enforceable Framework Convention on Tobacco
Control.

Contacts:
Patti Lynn
Mobile phone in Geneva: +41.547 .

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For over 25
years, we've forced corporations-like Nestle, General Electric and Philip
Morris /Altria-to stop abusive actions.

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com/reports/c15131) has announced the addition
of International Connectivity in the Arab World to their offering. It is expected that international voice market liberalization (already
underway in quite a few Arab markets like Jordan, Bahrain, Morocco and
Algeria), will substantially alter this ratio upwards as new providers enter
and enhance the supply of international voice circuits.

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newscom. The market can be seen in its global context
with international market comparisons .
Exports
Market developments
Specialist hospitals
Seventh Development Plan
Medical Equipment Leasing Fund
Construction Projects
KEY NATIONAL DATA PROJECTIONS
INTERNATIONAL MARKET COMPARISONS
SOURCES

List of Tables
List of Figures

For more information visit
http://www.researchandmarkets.

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Research And Markets: During the Sixth Development Plan Healthcare Sector Within Saudi Arabia Expanded Rapidly and Government Hopes to Sustain that Growth

Government Officials and Health Advocates Overcome Years of Tobacco Industry
Lobbying and Interference

On Historic Occasion , NGOs Call on Bush Administration to Act on Treaty
and Join Global Community

GENEVA, At a ceremony organized by the World
Health Organization (WHO), government officials and health advocates gather in
Geneva today to celebrate the global tobacco treaty's entry into force .com
Fax: +353 1 4100 980

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Initiated by WHO to address
the global tobacco epidemic , the treaty bans tobacco advertising, promotion
and sponsorship, and protects public health policy from tobacco industry
interference.

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Corporate Accountability International,
an NGO in Official Relations with the World Health Organization (WHO), played
a key role in development of the FCTC .stopcorporateabuse.

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com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040820/RESEARCH )
Saudi Arabia occupies most of the Arabian peninsula and is bordered by the
Red Sea, the Arabian Gulf, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Iraq, Jordan , Kuwait,
Yemen and Oman.617.0920

David Lerner/Riptide Communications
+1.

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Saudi Arabia is an absolute Islamic monarchy, ruled by King
Fahd Ibn Abd Al-Aziz As-Sa'ud.

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Research and Markets: International Connectivity in the Arab World

DUBLIN, Ireland, Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.

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Throughout negotiations, the US
took positions that would benefit tobacco giants like Philip Morris/Altria.5000

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DUBLIN, Ireland, Research and Markets
(http://www.com
Fax: +353 1 4100 980

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Contents include the following:

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
MEDICAL DEVICE MARKET
Current Size
Projections
Outlook
Market Structure
Medical Device Imports
Domestic Production
Domestic Producers
*Alshifa Medical Syringes Manufacturing Co.researchandmarkets. Saudi
Arabia and Egypt, major Internet markets by all means, follow closely with
each country having 16% of the total Internet capacity in the analyzed
countries.

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Formally known as the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), the
treaty took effect yesterday, 27 February 2005.
In a protest outside the White House last Friday, activists shamed the
Bush Administration for its failure to submit the FCTC to the US Senate for
ratification.com/reports/c15131

Laura Wood
Senior Manager
Research and Markets
press@researchandmarkets.

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com/reports /c18182) has announced the addition
of Saudi Arabia Outlook Medical Market Intelligence Report to their offering
(Logo: http://www.

Global Tobacco Treaty Takes Effect

Across the globe , corporate accountability and health advocates are
marking this historic milestone with public events , and calling on their
governments to ratify and implement the treaty. For more information visit http://www.212.
Underlining its status as a major transit hub for voice and Internet
traffic , UAE's Etisalat is ahead of all Arab operators in terms of
International voice circuits capacity and Internet bandwidth capacity.
According to the author of this new report, on the voice circuits front,
the analysis shows that the total number of international voice circuits for
the twelve examined countries of Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon,
Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Qatar, Tunisia and UAE stood at more than
140,000 circuits by end of 2004 with the UAE having the largest share at over
28% of the total.

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This report is ideal for executives wanting to understand the key drivers
in medical markets worldwide.
The US has a long history of signing but not ratifying international
humanitarian agreements. As both the global tobacco treaty and the Kyoto Protocol
take effect with the US on the sidelines, we are calling on our government to
join with the global community in prioritizing people's lives over the profits
of giant corporations, " says Mulvey. Many more ratifications are expected in the
coming months.org.260.

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