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FRIDAY, 12 MARCH 2010
 Mohammed Bin Rashid meets Indian Prime Minister
Posted on 12/03/2010
New Delhi - Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum met yesterday with Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh at the Prime Minister's Office in the Indian capital.
Sheikh Mohammed and Dr. Singh reviewed a number of regional and international economic and political issues and pondered on ways to enhance the prospects for peace and stability so as to achieve even the minimum standard of living, prosperity, education and healthcare
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 Mohammed meets chief of India Today Group
Posted on 12/03/2010
New Delhi - Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai H. H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum received yesterday Aroon Purie, Chairman The India Today Group, owner of a network of TV channels, five newspapers and other publications in different languages.
The meeting reviewed the role of the TV and print media in advancing programmes of socio-economic and cultural development and the important role of the media in building bridges of human interaction in various
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 Sheikh Mohamed, Gates take note of latest Mideast peace developments
Posted on 12/03/2010
H.H. Gen. Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, received yesterday visiting U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.
Sheikh Mohammed said the UAE, led by President H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, is proud of its existing relations of friendship with the US and is committed to further boosting them in all domains for realising aspirations of the two friendly countries and peoples.
Sheikh Mohammed praised
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 U.S. Secretary of Defense visits Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Posted on 12/03/2010
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates visited yesterday afternoon the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi.
In a statement made on this occasion Gates said: "It is a true honor to be invited to visit Sheikh Zayed's mausoleum and the mosque named in his honor. It is a beautiful site and a fitting tribute to the father of this nation-a man of great vision, tolerance, and judgment".
He also said that for many years the United States and the United Arab Emirates have been close partners.
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 British Trade Minister visits DP World
Posted on 12/03/2010
Lord Davies of Abersoch, the British Minister for Trade, Investment and Small Business, visited DP World head office yesterday and had a meeting with Mohammed Sharaf, DP World Chief Executive Officer and Mohammed Al Muallem, Senior Vice President and Managing Director of DP World, UAE Region.
HE Edward Oakden, British Ambassador to UAE, and HE Guy Warrington, the British Consul General in Dubai were also present.
Lord Davies, who is leading a 70-strong SME business delegation on an official
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 Emirates World Humanitarian medical team performs rare open heart surgery in Bosnia
Posted on 12/03/2010
The medical team of Emirates World Humanitarian Mobile Hospital in Bosnia-Herzegovina carried out a rare surgery to remove a tumor from the heart of a patient in her sixties.
The three hours surgery was done by International Emirati-French team of surgeons, led by the UAE national heart Surgeon Dr. Adel Al Shamri, Chief Executive of the Emirates World Mobile Hospital and Chairman of the Emirates Heart Group.
Dr. Al Shamri said that condition of the patient after surgery is stable and she is
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![]() Hamdan bin Zayed hails President's donation of Dh36.8million to Comoro Islands
Posted on 12/03/2010
HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Representative of Ruler in Western Region and Chairman of the UAE Foreign Assistance Coordination Office (FACO), has lauded the financial grant of Dh36.8 million, donated by President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan to Comoro Islands.
The grant, which is aimed to support the developmental process in Comoro Islands, constitutes the fifth of the annual budget in that country.
Sheikh Hamdan said the move comes in line with the directives of
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![]() Mubadala Development Company agrees to acquire equity stake in Raine Group
Posted on 12/03/2010
Mubadala Development Company ("Mubadala") has agreed to acquire a 9 percent equity stake in The Raine Group LLC ("Raine"). They will seek to capitalise on emerging investment opportunities in the media, entertainment and sports ("MES") sectors around the world.
Raine, a boutique merchant bank focused exclusively on MES, was founded by MES veterans Joe Ravitch, former senior partner and global head of media at Goldman Sachs, and Jeff Sine, former Vice-Chairman and global head of Technology,
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![]() e-Maturity report ranks Abu Dhabi top in region, Al-Mansoori
Posted on 12/03/2010
In the Abu Dhabi e-Maturity Assessment, which is the most comprehensive ICT assessment on a regional level, Abu Dhabi ranks among the top 35 nations in all indices analysed.
The three most common global indices as relates to e-Maturity are the Networked Readiness Index (NRI) by the World Economic Forum, the e-Government Readiness Index by the United Nations (UN) and the ICT Development Index (IDI) by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Abu Dhabi Systems and Information Centre
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![]() Abu Dhabi launches international B2b engagement initiative
Posted on 12/03/2010
Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA) has launched a new international trade engagement initiative - Horizons Abu Dhabi - aimed towards delivering 1.65 million hotel guest target for 2010, in the emirate- a 10% increase on 2009 and increasing its higher-spend and longer-stay visitor base.
Horizons Abu Dhabi is an open encouragement and invitation to international travel trade players to jump aboard the emirate's rapidly-expanding tourism bandwagon. Regardless of size and existing business
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 Union Railway in UAE marks the beginning of an era of long-term investment: Al Nowais
Posted on 12/03/2010
Union Railway in UAE marks the beginning of an era of long-term investment: Al Nowais
The development of the 1,500-kilometer Union Railway in the UAE marks the beginning of an era of long-term investment in building state-of-the-art rail networks across the nation and the region as a whole, a senior UAE transport official has said here.
H.E. Hussain Al Nowais led a delegation of senior executives from Union Railway to the United States for meetings with counterparts at the largest freight
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![]() TDIC reveals new tourism offerings at ITB Berlin
Posted on 12/03/2010
Tourism Development '&' Investment Company (TDIC), a master developer of cultural, residential and tourism destinations in Abu Dhabi, is showcasing the latest additions to its nature-based Desert Islands tourism destination at ITB Berlin. On Sir Bani Yas Island, one of the eight natural islands in the Desert Islands destination situated off the Abu Dhabi coast, two new environmentally conscious luxury lodges providing 60 additional hotel rooms to the island, a conference centre with a capacity
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 UAE steel prices stage gradual recovery
Posted on 12/03/2010
Steel prices in the UAE have reached Dh2,150 a tonne this month after increasing every month since last December. This growth has brightened prospects in terms of the capacity of mills to operate at full capacity, according to Danube Building Materials, a company dealing in construction, building materials and shop-fitting.
Local steel suppliers are expected to reinforce their presence in the regional market as scrap prices continue to climb, costs of raw materials steadily increase, and
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![]() Etihad, Airbus negotiating A380 delivery date
Posted on 12/03/2010
Etihad Airways, the state carrier of Abu Dhabi, is in talks about delaying receipt of Airbus A380 superjumbos while bringing other deliveries forward as it seeks to post a profit by the end of next year.
Etihad will add three new Airbus A330 jetliners this year, CEO James Hogan said yesterday in an interview. Delivery of 10 A380s has been pushed back to 2013 from late in 2012 and the carrier will continue to review the handover schedule as it awaits a production update from Airbus.
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 New Yorker opens its 777th store in Dubai
Posted on 12/03/2010
New Yorker, the international fashion brand, yesterday said it has brought its fashion label to Dubai. The brand which fashions trendy youthful styles opened its flagship store at Dubai Mall yesterday, setting a new milestone: its 777th store worldwide.
The launch of the New Yorker store was marked with a grand event that fused the latest fashion highlights with thumping live music and wild entertainment.
New Yorker is exclusively distributed in the region by the Saudi Arabia-based fashion
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