apnekoi: MIDEAST STOCKS - Factors to watch

DUBAI, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Here are factors that may affect

Middle East stock markets on Thursday. Reuters has not verified

the press reports and does not vouch for their accuracy.

INTERNATIONAL

* GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian shares consolidate, caution ahead of

Chinese data

* Oil rises on Algerian gas field attack, US stock draw

* MIDEAST WEEKAHEAD-Dubai stock market booms again -

cautiously

* Sahara hostage siege turns Mali war global

* Saudis will give $100 million to Palestinians

* U.N. nuclear agency: Iran talks to continue on Thursday

* Coordinated car bombs kill 24 in northwest Syria

EGYPT

* Egypt leader says speech against Jews taken out of context

* Apartment block collapses in Egypt, at least 22 killed

* Egypt approves law to issue sovereign Islamic bonds

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

* TAQA begins restart of British Brent oil flow

* UAE banks to make formal proposal on mortgage caps

* UAE Dec inflation edges up to 0.6 pct y/y

* UAE sees no need to reduce oil output after Saudi cut

SAUDI ARABIA

* Saudi judicial reshuffle may spur stalled legal reforms

* Al Rajhi Bank posts small Q4 net profit rise

* Saudi Arabia offers to release activists if they sign

pledge

* Saudi December inflation unchanged at +3.9 pct

* Savola's Q4 net down 17 pct; misses forecasts

QATAR

* Currency crisis won't end Qatar bank's Egypt buy - CFO

* New subscribers help Vodafone Qatar trim Q3 loss

OMAN

* Oman Nov bank lending growth eases to 13-mth low

BAHRAIN

* Channel Islands to give verdict on telco sale by end-Feb

(Compiled by Gulf bureaux)

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