Abu Dhabi Supplies $10 Billion To Dubai To Cover Debt
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...
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...
Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 11.28.2009 | Home
Senior official says capital of UAE will aid conglomerate on "case by case basis"....
Reuters | Posted 11.28.2009 | Business
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...
High Gear Media | High Gear Media | Posted 11.18.2009 | Home
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 ...
Curbed | Curbed | Posted 11.17.2009 | Home
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...
High Gear Media | High Gear Media | Posted 10.31.2009 | Home
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...
Al Jazeera English | Posted 10.29.2009 | World
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...
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 10.15.2009 | World
The UAE's efforts to promote national identity are being compromised by our distribution of national identity documents that blatantly discriminate between citizens.
MSNBC | MSNBC | Posted 10.09.2009 | Home
Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, Mubadala CEO/managing director discusses his investment in AMD and discusses a possible NBC Universal sale, with CNBC's E...
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 09.19.2009 | World
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.
Derek Flood | Posted 09.07.2009 | World
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...
AP | OMAR SINAN | Posted 08.31.2009 | World
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...
The National | Posted 08.19.2009 | New York
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...
Editor & Publisher | Posted 08.06.2009 | Media
DUBAI The United Arab Emirates' most popular newspaper suspended publication Monday for 20 days in compliance with a court ruling after being sued fo...
Lily Riahi | Posted 07.19.2009 | Green
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.
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 07.17.2009 | World
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.
Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 07.14.2009 | World
The Gulf emirate of Dubai is on a PR kick aimed at polishing its image and repairing damage from negative reports.
The Independent | John Lichfield | Posted 06.26.2009 | World
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...
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics
The UAE stands the best chance of providing the next secretary-general of the Arab League and reviving this cement corpse.
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 05.22.2009 | World
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.
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 04.25.2009 | World
What if there were a small city whose entire purpose for existing was to promote education for an entire country?
Diane Tucker | Posted 04.17.2009 | World
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.
Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics
"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.
Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 04.08.2009 | World
Sheikha Lubna represents the 21st Century woman. She is cutting through veils of discrimination with serious substance, style and a smile.
Mitchell Bard | Posted 02.14.2009 | Green
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.
AP | STEFANIA BIANCHI | Posted 12.14.2009 | World