Gulf News reported that Bahrain will not attend the Arab League Summit planned for 29 March 2012 in Baghdad. Saudi Arabia and the other GCC countries have also expressed concern about the summit being hosted in Iraq. Watch this space - there will be a longer post on this tomorrow.
Gulf News also reported that Abu Dhabi plans to attempt a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by developing greener "more walkable" communities. They may be able to design and build communities to promote walking, but will that be enough to change the flash car culture which prevails in the UAE?
Al Jazeera reported that in Yemen members of the Houthis tribe, a rival tribe to that of outgoing president Saleh, are gaining power in the Yemeni city of Saada. Clearly Saleh's opponents are wasting no time to reset the country's power balance while Saleh is on his way out of office.
The Telegraph reported that the Qatari royal family has paid £158.4m for a Paul Cezanne painting, the largest sum ever paid for a piece of art. Yet another step in Qatar's efforts to develop a regional culture hub, which seems to consist of more imported European culture than promote the culture of the region itself.
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