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France, Saudi Arabia
Bugshan out of patrol vessel deal

Businessman Khaled Bugshan is now officially persona non grata for Franco-Saudi Arabian defence contracts. Bugshan, an intermediary who used to [...]

Published on 07/10/2015 at 03:30 GMT

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