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Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (Adma-Opco) has announced that it has inked $402 million engineering procurement and construction (EPC) pact for the Integrated Gas Development project - Habshan Platform (HAP) with National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC).

According to sources, Integrated Gas Development is an initiative of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) to process and supply the gas to meet growing needs and development plans of Abu Dhabi.

The sources further added that Adma-Opco portion entails the challenging offshore portion of gas production by drilling additional gas wells and processing platform at Umm Shaif for gas dehydration.

Paris - In an effort to aid its ailing newspapers, the French government is offering adults between the ages of 18 and 24 a free one-year subscription to their favourite broadsheet or tabloid, the daily Le Figaro reported Thursday.

"Trade unions foresee 200,000 subscriptions with a potential of reaching 750,000 young adults," Culture Minister Christine Albanel said.

The measure will cost the government some 5 million euros (7 million dollars) a year.

Washington, June 18 : Singer Rihanna has become a mentor to English girl pop group the `Sugab

Sana'a, Yemen - An alleged Saudi member of al-Qaeda has surrendered to police in Yemen, the Defence Ministry reported on Thursday - one week after the arrest of a Saudi man described as the senior financier of the terrorist group in Yemen and Saudi Arabia.

The man, identified as Naif Duhais Yahya al-Harbi, has provided "important information that will lead to the arrest of a number of dangerous members of the organisation," the ministry said in its online newspaper.

Brussels - Stability was the watchword for European Union leaders Thursday as they gathered in Brussels for a summit to re- appoint the head of the bloc's executive and discuss new ways to regulate the banking sector.

"The key word binding the agenda is stability: a healthy and transparent financial system, stability in the social system and labour market, and institutional stability," one top politician from an EU member state said ahead of the two-day meeting.

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