DUBAI, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Here are factors that may affect Middle East stock markets on Sunday. Reuters has not verified the press reports and does not vouch for their accuracy.
INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL
* GLOBAL MARKETS- Euro hits 6-week low on ECB loan repayment, Italian elections
* Oil slightly higher for day, down for the week
* Boeing proposes full 787 battery fix to FAA-sources
* Moody's cuts UK's coveted Aaa credit rating
* EXCLUSIVE-Credit Suisse faces DOJ probe into mortgage products
* U.S., Japan agree on approach to Trans-Pacific Partnership talks
* Turkish PM says may hold IPO after cancelling highway tender
* Palestinians demand inquiry into death in an Israeli jail
* Merkel backs new EU talks for Turkey but has doubts
* Iran announces uranium finds, days before nuclear talks
* MIDEAST WEEKAHEAD-Shift from bonds buoys regional equities
* ICBC Middle East 2012 profit jumps 69 percent
EGYPT
* Egypt brings forward election start to defuse Christian row
* Egypt's ElBaradei calls for election boycott
* MIDEAST STOCKS-Egypt lifts from 3-wk low; most Gulf mkts rise
* Egypt to seek IMF talks as it reveals grim economy data
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
* UAE Etihad's pause highlights India investment risk
* UAE's Aldar, Sorouh short of quorum on merger vote
SAUDI ARABIA
* Kingdom Holding to pay $147 million in dividends
* Saudi sets out roadmap for major renewable energy programme
* New Saudi case takes SARS-like virus death toll to seven
QATAR
* No request from Qatar to invest in VTB - Russia
* BREAKINGVIEWS-Qatar seeks to spread the wealth with IPO bonanza
KUWAIT
* Kuwait's KIPCO Q4 net profit up 19 percent
(Compiled by Dubai newsroom)
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