Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi Supplies $10 Billion To Dubai To Cover Debt

AP | STEFANIA BIANCHI | Posted 12.14.2009 | World

Read More: Dubai Debt, Dubai Debt Crisis, Abu Dhabi, Dubai Government, Dubai Real Estate, Dubai Economy, Abu Dhabi Dubai, Dubai, World News

DUBAI --Dubai's government Monday said it received $10 billion in financing from Abu Dhabi, which will pay part of the debt held by conglomerate Dubai...

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Abu Dhabi to 'assist' Dubai World

Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 11.28.2009 | Home

Read More: Abu Dhabi, UAE, Home News

Senior official says capital of UAE will aid conglomerate on "case by case basis"....

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Abu Dhabi Won't Bail Out Dubai

Reuters | Posted 11.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Dubai Debt, World Economy, Abu Dhabi Dubai, Economy, Economic Crisis, Dubai Collapse, Abu Dhabi Saves Dubai?, Financial Crisis, Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Won't Save Dubai, Dubai, Business News

ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi, wealthy capital of the United Arab Emirates, will "pick and choose" how to assist debt-laden neighbor Dubai, a senior...

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Nissan GT-R Police Car: For the Force That Has Everything

High Gear Media | High Gear Media | Posted 11.18.2009 | Home

Read More: Abu Dhabi, Home News

The old saying that no matter how fast your car is, it can't outrun the radio is still as true as ever, but the cops in Abu Dhabi will have a ...

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73-Story Tower to Rise on 57th Street With Abu Dhabi's Help

Curbed | Curbed | Posted 11.17.2009 | Home

Read More: Abu Dhabi, France, Home News

Extell has become so tight-lipped on its planned 73-story condo/Park Hyatt hotel that we keep having to mine international news sources for updates...

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Ferrari Theme Park Set To Open In 2010

High Gear Media | High Gear Media | Posted 10.31.2009 | Home

Read More: Dubai-United Arab Emirates, United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, Ferrari, Home News

Abu Dhabi is probably tired of Dubai always stealing the thunder as the star of the United Arab Emirates, but that may change with the constru...

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Gulf Sees Arts Explosion (VIDEO)

Al Jazeera English | Posted 10.29.2009 | World

Read More: Arts, Abu Dhabi, Doha Film Festival, Qatar, Doha Tribeca Film Festival, Culture, Dubai, World News

The Gulf state of Qatar is preparing to welcome the Hollywood glitterati onto its shores, for the country's inaugural Doha Tribeca Film Festival. T...

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The UAE Is One Nation ... It's Time Our Passports Said So

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 10.15.2009 | World

Read More: National Identity, Passport, Uae, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Sheikh Zayed, Emirate, World News
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

The UAE's efforts to promote national identity are being compromised by our distribution of national identity documents that blatantly discriminate between citizens.

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Video: One on One with Abu Dhabi's Dealmaker

MSNBC | MSNBC | Posted 10.09.2009 | Home

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Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, Mubadala CEO/managing director discusses his investment in AMD and discusses a possible NBC Universal sale, with CNBC's E...

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Time for Arabs to Get Serious About Iraq

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 09.19.2009 | World

Read More: Abu Dhabi, Diplomacy, Iraq, Middle East, Uae, Jalal Talabani, Nouri Al Maliki, World News
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

Iraq is slowly coming out of the woods. It has already shown that it is able to produce more than the one-man shows that we have in many Arab countries today.

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Wither the Clash of Civilizations?...Not Just Yet

Derek Flood | Posted 09.07.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Uae, Abu Dhabi, Friday Prayer, United Arab Emirates, Wahabi-Salafism, World News
Derek Flood

I visited a mosque in Abu Dhabi, the oil soaked capital of the United Arab Emirates today with a friend of mine who lives and works here. I'm in the U...

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Crocs On A Plane: EgyptAir Flight Gets Scare From Loose Baby Croc

AP | OMAR SINAN | Posted 08.31.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Animals, Crocodile, Baby Crocodile, Baby Croc, Crocs on a Plane, Crocodiles on a Plane, Abu Dhabi, Egyptair, World News

CAIRO — An official at Cairo airport says a foot-long baby crocodile wriggled out of a passenger's hand luggage and caused panic on a flight fro...

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NYU Planning Huge Campus In Abu Dhabi

The National | Posted 08.19.2009 | New York

Read More: Abu Dhabi, New York University Abu Dhabi Campus, Nyu Abu Dhabi, Nyu Abu Dhabi Campus, New York University Abu Dhabi, New York News

About every other Friday for most of the past year, John Sexton, the president of New York University, would duck away from his offices above Washingt...

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Al Emarat Al Youm, Dubai Newspaper, Ordered To Suspend Publication For Accusing Ruling Family Of Doping Horses

Editor & Publisher | Posted 08.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Al Emarat Al Youm, Newspapers, Media News

DUBAI The United Arab Emirates' most popular newspaper suspended publication Monday for 20 days in compliance with a court ruling after being sued fo...

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Promise of New Renewable Energy Agency in Peril?

Lily Riahi | Posted 07.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Renewable Energy, Nuclear Energy, Low-Carbon Energy, Irena, Solar Power, Feed-in Tariff, International Relations, International Renewable Energy Agency, France-Uae-Base, Sarkozy, France, Abu Dhabi, Nicolas Sarkozy, Uae, Green News
Lily Riahi

After three decades of resistance, the first and only intergovernmental agency to focus solely on renewable energy development is finally ready to launch on July 1st.

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The UAE's Dual Representation at the Venice Biennale

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 07.17.2009 | World

Read More: Arts, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Venice-Biennale, Dubai, Uae, United Arab Emirates, Venice Biennale, World News
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

Unlike every other country that took part, the UAE was the only one that was officially represented in two separate pavilions across a canal from each other.

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"Brand Dubai" Aims to Polish Emirate's Image Following Negative Reports

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 07.14.2009 | World

Read More: Dubai Media Affairs Office, Dubai, Western Media, Mona Al Marri, Dubai Press Club, Standard & Poor's, Abu Dhabi, Reuters, Pr, United Arab Emirates, Atlantis Hotel, Arab Region, International Financial Crisis, Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashed Al Maktoum, Asharq Al-Awsat, Gulf, Dubai Media City, Brand Dubai, WAM News Agency, World News
Magda Abu-Fadil

The Gulf emirate of Dubai is on a PR kick aimed at polishing its image and repairing damage from negative reports.

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France Opens UAE Base To Protect Region From Iranian Threat

The Independent | John Lichfield | Posted 06.26.2009 | World

Read More: France, Sarkozy, France Uae Base, France Uae, Sarkozy Uae, Uae, France Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, French Base Uae Map, Uae France, World News

By John Lichfield at the Independent France took an ambitious step into the cauldron of Gulf politics yesterday, opening a military base, or "peace c...

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The Arab League: This Moribund Body Needs A New Home in the UAE

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abu Dhabi, Arab League, Arabs, Cairo, Middle East, Egypt, Middle East Politics, United Arab Emirates, Politics News
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

The UAE stands the best chance of providing the next secretary-general of the Arab League and reviving this cement corpse.

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Why Irena Should Find Her Home in Abu Dhabi

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 05.22.2009 | World

Read More: Renewable Energy, Abu Dhabi, United Nations, International Renewable Energy Agency, Irena, Un, Uae, United Arab Emirates, World News
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

If the UN expects the developing world to take its noble mission seriously, including ensuring social progress and equality, it must start to practice what it preaches and encourage capable emerging countries to take a leading role in development.

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Unlike Dubai, Doha Puts Education First, Stresses Collaboration (VIDEO)

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 04.25.2009 | World

Read More: Abu Dhabi, Education City, Northwestern University, Education, Doha, Qatar, Seymour Hersh, Mira Nair, Michigan State University, Dubai, World News
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

What if there were a small city whose entire purpose for existing was to promote education for an entire country?

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Arab Women Beginning To Crack The Glass Ceiling

Diane Tucker | Posted 04.17.2009 | World

Read More: Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Festival, Dubai, Gender Stereotypes, Angela Gheorghiu, Sir Jams Galway, Abu Dhabi, Dubai Airports, Diane Tucker, Arabian Peninsula, United Arab Emirates, Andrea Bocelli, Saudi Arabia, Noor Al-Fayez, Hoda Kanoo, Anita Mehra, The Bolshoi Ballet, Latifa, Women's Issues, Glass Ceiling, International Women's Rights, Middle East, World News
Diane Tucker

Noor Al-Fayez is the new deputy minister for women's education in Saudi Arabia, a country where women are still not allowed to drive a car.

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"Flying While Arab" Continues to Soar

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arab World, White House, War on Terrorism, Airport Security, Profiling, Airports, George W. Bush, Abu Dhabi, Immigration, Obama Administration, World, Flying While Muslim, World News, Arabs, Middle East, Airlines, President Bush, African Americans, Politics, Arab Discrimination, Blacks, Tsa, J.C. Watts, Barack Obama, Muslim World, Arab Americans, Driving While Black, Racial Profiling, Arab, Terrorism, Shoe Bomber, Flying While Arab, Vice President Cheney, Politics News
Yvonne R. Davis

"Miss!" A large man with a crew cut pointed at me and exclaimed, "You have a bomb in your shoe!" This dude was talking to me. I was shocked.

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The Face of Power in the UAE is a Woman and Her Name is Sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi.

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 04.08.2009 | World

Read More: Dubai Ports, Syracuse 8, Dubai, Middle East Women, Minister of Foreign, Women Empowerment, Women and Politics, Syracuse University, Abu Dhabi, Nancy Cantor, UAE Embassy, Women's Month, World News, United Arab Emirates, Women in Power, Uae, Sheikha Lubna Minister of Foreign Trade, Middle East Politics, Middle East, Arab Women, United Arab Emirates Embassy, Arab-World, Sheikha Lubna, Chancellor Nancy Cantor, Sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi, Mena, Umm Al Qaiwain, Ras Al-Khaimah, Princess of Sharjah, Sharjah, Fujairah, Ajman, World News
Yvonne R. Davis

Sheikha Lubna represents the 21st Century woman. She is cutting through veils of discrimination with serious substance, style and a smile.

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The Stimulus Package Must Include a Commitment to Green Energy

Mitchell Bard | Posted 02.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Meet the Press, Toyota, Stimulus Package, Obama Inauguration, Electric Cars, George W. Bush, Abu Dhabi, David Bonior, Economist Stimulus Package, Green Energy, Toyota Electric Car, Energy Policy, Barack Obama, Bush Presidency, Abu Dhabi Green Energy, Green News
Mitchell Bard

The stimulus package needs to do more than just jump-start the economy; it needs to make sure that as the 21st century energy world order takes shape, this time, the U.S. is at the forefront.

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