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- UK demands Dubai foreign contractors be paid
The British trade minister on Saturday demanded that UK contractors in Dubai, owed at least $600 million in all, ?need to be paid?, the UAE daily the National reported. 'I think when you have a fast-expanding economy as Dubai was and then the world
- Emaar closes Algiers office
DUBAI (AFP) - UAE property giant Emaar has closed the office in Algeria of its Emaar International unit because of a lack of progress in business there, according to a statement Saturday carried by the official WAM news agency. 'Emaar created designs for
- Abu Dhabi police bust two Asians over drugs
- WAM Abu Dhabi, Jul 04th, 2009 (WAM)--Abu Dhabi police have arrested two Asians, who were reported to have hid 734kg of hashish worth Dh7.34 million in a dried fodder in Mussafah. According to police, one of the accused transported the drugs from one
- Contractors must be paid, says British trade minister
British contractors and suppliers in Dubai that are owed money ?need to be paid?, the British trade minister, Lord Davies, said during a visit to Abu Dhabi. Several reports have emerged in recent months of foreign companies working in Dubai?s
- Brazilian Jet Delivered to Dubai Comes with High-Speed Internet
Embraer, the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer based in the city of So Jos dos Campos, in Brazil's southeastern state of So Paulo, delivered a jet to a client in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, earlier this week. The aircraft was received and will be
- U.S. Navy Dependents Return To Bahrain
ABU DHABI [MENL] -- The U.S. Navy has begun facilitating the arrival of what could be thousands of dependents of American military personnel in Bahrain. Officials said the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet approved the return of the dependents for military and
- Hamed Bin Zayed visits Caracal training site in Germany
WAM THURINGEN, July 3rd, 2009: His Highness Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chief of Abu Dhabi Crown Prince's Court on Thursday visited the mechanical engineering training programme conducted by Caracal International, an offshoot of Abu Dhabi's Tawazun
- Khalifa Foundation, Unicef to Support Afghan Children
Print E-mail ABU DHABI - A number of humanitarian and development projects aimed at supporting children in Afghanistan have been planned by the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation (KBZF) and United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef). An agreement to
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The Trucial States of the Persian Gulf coast granted the UK control of their defense and foreign affairs in 19th century treaties. In 1971, six of these states - Abu Zaby, 'Ajman, Al Fujayrah, Ash Shariqah, Dubayy, and Umm al Qaywayn - merged to form the UAE. They were joined in 1972 by Ra's al Khaymah. The UAE's per capita GDP is not far below those of the leading West European nations. Its generosity with oil revenues and its moderate foreign policy stance have allowed it to play a vital role in the affairs of the region.
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