<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><?xml-stylesheet title="XSL_formatting" type="text/xsl" href="/rss/rss.xsl"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Zawya.com - Palestinian Territories News</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/middle-east/countries/palestine</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2012 Zawya Ltd. All rights reserved.</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 08:58:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><ttl>12</ttl><image><title>Zawya.com | Middle East Business News and Company Directory</title><width>144</width><height>76</height><link>http://www.zawya.com/middle-east/countries/palestine</link><url>http://www.zawya.com/images/newsletter_zawya_logo.gif</url></image><item><title>BMI: Middle East and Africa Food and Drink (May-12)</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story/BMI_Middle_East_and_Africa_Food_and_Drink_May12-pdf_150512090206/</link><description>BMI’s Middle East and North Africa (MENA) ratings assess a market’s attractiveness to industry investors in comparison with its peers. The reward part of the rating takes into account market size, current consumption levels, future industry growth prospects (based on our five-year industry forecasts), market fragmentation (with greater fragmentation indicating higher opportunities) and the size of the youth population. 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