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to current and future events and exhibitions in the UAE |
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Valuable concise reference source on the UAE,
covering political system, economy, business, history and heritage,
education, women, healthcare, tourism and environment. |
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Natural history of the UAE,
covering all animals and plants recorded in the Emirates. |
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Report by National US Arab Chamber of Commerce on the UAE. Vol XV, No 3, June 2007. Includes analysis of UAE economy. |
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 Khalifa and Qaboos hold talks
posted on 08/05/2008
President HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and HM Sultan Qaboos bin Saeed of Oman held official talks yesterday at Al Mushrif Palace here. The talks were attended by HH General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces.
Sheikh Khalifa welcomed Sultan Qaboos and the accompanying delegation and said that their visit to UAE will bring fruitful results in supporting the joint march of cooperation, coordination and
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 UAE Vice President receives Malaysian Premier
posted on 08/05/2008
Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum received in Dubai yesterday Abdullah Badawi, Prime Minister of Malaysia and his accompanying delegation. The meeting, which was attended by HH Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, reviewed bilateral relations and ways to enhance cooperation in technology and knowledge investments and other fields.
Badawi praised the rapid progress made by the UAE in
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 Mohammed bin Rashid holds talks with the Emir of Qatar
posted on 08/05/2008
Doha - HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai held talks Tuesday night with the Emir of Qatar HH Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani. The talks focussed on bilateral cooperation between the UAE and Qatar in the areas of science and technology. Cooperation between institutions of higher learning in the two countries was also discussed. As Sheikh Mohammed and the Qatari leaders conferred on various educational matters, Sheikh Mohammed
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 Abdullah bin Zayed meets his Omani counterpart
posted on 08/05/2008
Foreign Minister HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan received yesterday in Abu Dhabi visiting Oman's Foreign Minister Yousef bin Alawi bin Abdullah. The two ministers explored ways of enhancing bilateral ties and boosting march of the Gulf joint action. Sheikh Abdullah highlighted the current visit of HM Sultan Qaboos bin Saeed of Oman to the UAE and his talks with President HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. He also praised the strong bilateral ties between the two sisterly countries.
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UAE Foreign Minister holds talks with US official
posted on 08/05/2008
HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Foreign Minister, received Wednesday David Satterfield, Senior Advisor to the US Secretary of State and Coordinator for Iraq. UAE-US relations and latest regional developments were figured high at the Abdullah-Satterfield talks. – Emirates News Agency, WAM
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Hasm Al-Oqban 2008 joint GCC-US military exercise concluded in UAE
posted on 08/05/2008
Military forces from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and the USA have concluded the Hasm Al-Oqban 2008 joint GCC-US military exercise which kicked off on April 20th. The militaries of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Jordan participated in the two-week war games as observers. The exercise aims to bolster cooperation and coordination between the UAE and militaries of respective sisterly and friendly countries as well as to further boost mutual understanding on training and
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 Interior Minister underscores constructive partnership community-police partnership
posted on 08/05/2008
Lt. General H.H Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Interior yesterday underscored the active partnership between the police and the community hailing the response of governmental bodies and the private sector to efforts by UAE's community police. The Minister made his remarks in a speech at the honouring ceremony held for community police at the Police Officers Club in Abu Dhabi.
Sheikh Saif hailed the support rendered to police and security bodies by President H.H Sheikh Khalifa bin
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 UAE's Red Crescent inaugurates residential building for poor Kosovans
posted on 08/05/2008
Kosovo - The Red Crescent Authority (RCA) of the United Arab Emirates has inaugurated 22 residential units in Kosovo allocated for poor Kosovan families who were made homeless by conflicts in the Balkan country.
In his speech at the ceremony in Istok city, head of the RCA delegation Ali Saif Al-Nasseri said the construction of the said 4 story building comes in line with directions by President H.H Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and H.H General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, crown
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Mohammed bin Rashid orders building of 200 make-shift schools in Myanmar
posted on 08/05/2008
Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has ordered construction of 200 temporary schools in the areas affected by the devastating cyclone that hit Myanmar recently. HE Reem Al Hashemi, Minister of State and Chairperson of the board of Dubai Cares Foundation, said that Sheikh Mohammed had instructed the Foundation to prepare the materials necessary for building the schools in the affected areas to enable children there
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RCA delegation to start relief operations in Myanmar soon
posted on 08/05/2008
A humanitarian team from UAE's Red Crescent Authority (RCA) will leave soon for Myanmar for emergency relief operations in Myanmar hit by Cyclone Nargis. RCA volunteers are busy loading a cargo plane carrying relief supplies for the victims of the natural disaster as per directives from Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of RCA HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mubarak al Nahyan.
The volunteers has drawn out plans to distribute food and other necessary relief supplies in the Southeast Asian country hit by
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 Senior UAE officials inspect ground breaking programs in support of former camel jockeys in Pakistan
posted on 08/05/2008
Islamabad - Brigadier Nasser Aloadi Yahya Al-Minhali arrived in Pakistan Sunday with the UAE's Special Committee on former camel jockeys to begin a three-day inspection tour of the groundbreaking UNICEF programs helping the children.
The Committee members began their visit Monday with a briefing by UNICEF on the welfare of the children who were repatriated from the UAE and reunited with their families. The Committee visited Multan and nearby communities to inspect centres set up for the
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 Lubna receives Boeing International President
posted on 08/05/2008
Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi, Minister of Foreign Trade received in Abu Dhabi yesterday Shephard W. Hill President, Boeing International. Sheikha Lubna and Hill discussed a wide-range of issues, including UAE-US relations, investments, trade and technology. Cooperation between UAE airlines and Boeing was also discussed. The UAE, said Sheikha Lubna, is keen to bolster its strong and vibrant relations with the US to include new projects and areas.
"The UAE is a leading market in the aviation
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 UAE, China discusses boost trade relations
posted on 08/05/2008
Foreign Trade Minister Sheikha Lubna Al-Qasimi and a Chinese delegation led by Wang Kpoing, head the municipal council of Hongro city discussed investment opportunities offered by different sectors of the UAE economy. At the meeting which took place in Abu Dhabi yesterday, Sheikha Lubna and the Chinese delegation also discussed cooperation between the UAE and China in light of the recent visit to China by Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai H.H Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid
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 ADNEC acquires control of Excel London
posted on 08/05/2008
Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC), which operates one of the world's most modern exhibitions and convention centres in the capital of the United Arab Emirates, has acquired control of ExCeL London, the UK capital's leading exhibition and conference venue through a UK subsidiary. The acquisition, valued at more than AED 2.3 billion, is part of ADNEC's strategy of developing a global network of venues to serve the international exhibitions industry.
"This very important acquisition
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Historic day for UK and London Gateway development
posted on 08/05/2008
London - The final seal of approval has been granted by the Government for the development of the UK' most advanced container port at London Gateway, which incorporates Europe's largest logistics park.
The Department for Transport (DfT) has issued a 'Harbour Empowerment Order' to London Gateway, which enables official and statutory powers to the new port. Construction work will begin later this year on the 1,850 acre site, just 25 miles from central London, near Stanford-le-Hope, South Essex.
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 Abu Dhabi port container traffic up 34%
posted on 08/05/2008
Container handling at Abu Dhabi ports rose by 34 per cent in 2007 compared to the previous year and the amount of goods coming into the emirate surged 17 per cent. Of the growing number of imported goods, vehicles topped the list with a 20 per cent increase over 2006. Chief Executive Officer of Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) Mohammed Abdulaziz Al Mannai, revealed the figures on the second anniversary of the company.
In addition to cargo, the emirate also saw booming tourism. In the past two
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Dh100bn planned to develop Western Region
posted on 08/05/2008
The emirate of Abu Dhabi is planning to spend around Dh100 billion to give a major fillip to the tourism industry in its Western Region, which makes up more than half of the UAE's total land area. The region, stretching from inside the famous Empty Quarter, or Rub Al Khali in Arabic, to Sila'a on the Saudi border and all the way to the border with Dubai and the Gulf coast, has been picked by the Abu Dhabi Government as the region's biggest sea and desert tourism and business destination, with
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 Dolphin project to be launched next week
posted on 08/05/2008
More than 500 officials and oil executives from the UAE and other countries will converge on the giant Qatari Ras Lafan industrial city next week for the formal inauguration of the Dolphin project, the first major trans-Gulf gas line. Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani will launch the US$4 billion (Dh14.6bn) facility, which involves the pumping of nearly two billion cubic feet of natural gas per day to the UAE and Oman. General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown
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 Emal set to generate US$2bn in sales yearly
posted on 08/05/2008
Emirates Aluminium's (Emal) giant smelter in Abu Dhabi will generate US$2 billion (Dh7.34bn) every year once the plant begins full operations by the end of 2010, the company's chief said. The joint venture between Abu Dhabi Government's investment arm, Mubadala, and government controlled Dubai Aluminium (Dubal) is scheduled to produce 700,000 tonnes of aluminium per year, which will be increased to 1.4m tonnes in the second phase.
Based on the current price of US$2,800 per tonne, revenue is
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 Oqyana World First unveils US$5bn project on The World
posted on 08/05/2008
Oqyana World First, the first fully master-planned island community on The World, off the Dubai coast, yesterday unveiled the final plan of its US$5 billion (Dh18.3bn) project, including a yacht club and dive centre, a reef lagoon, an outdoor performing art centre and a waterfront promenade. A large-scale model of Oqyana, which covers Australasia, will be showcased at Arabian Travel Market, according to a statement.
The design remains true to its vision of being a car-free community,
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