Rania
May 7 2008, AP

The huge national investment funds that Arab countries have created from their oil profits should be directed at building social equality and protecting the environment, Jordan’s Queen Rania said Wednesday.Investment by those sovereign wealth funds in...

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Queen Rania of Jordan speaks to reporters during a meeting of U.N. regional chiefs in Amman, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. Queen Rania called for emergency financial aid to U.N. agencies assisting the 1.5 million Palestinian refugees in Gaza.