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UAE Official: Dubai World's Debt Is Its Own

AP | BARBARA SURK and TAREK EL-TABLAWY | Posted 12.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Dubai World, Debt, Dub Stock Exchange, Dubai Debt Crisis, Dubai Real Estate, Dubai, Uae, United Arab Emirates, DP World, Business News

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — If global investors were looking for reassurances from Dubai that it would stand behind its massive, debt-swamped ...

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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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Dubai Debt Crisis: Will It Cause Another Financial Panic?

AP | STEVENSON JACOBS | Posted 11.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Dubai World, Debt Markets, U.K., Emmerging Markets, Dubai Debt Crisis, Dubai Credit, Dubai Real Estate, United Arab Emirates, Uae, Dubai, Business News

NEW YORK — Dubai's debt crisis rattled world financial markets Friday, raising concerns that some banks could further tighten lending and stall ...

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The Challenge of Arab Unemployment -- An Issue We Must Not Ignore!

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 11.16.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, Syria, Senior Citizen Hegemons, Qatif Saudi Arabia, Saeed Al Khabaz, Education for Employment, News, Arab Employment, United Nations, Employment, Sheikh Hamad Bin-Khalifa-Al-Thani, Simmons College, Lebanon, World, Arab Youth Supercomputer 2010, United Arab Emirates, Arab Youth, Arab Unemployment, Investigation and Prosecution Commission, Arabs, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Google, Violence, Ilo, Jobs, Arab Youths, Manpower, Palestine, Yemen, Crime, United States, MENA Region, Prince Sultan University, Morrocco, Cisco, Qatif Youth Achievement Award, Uae, Prince Salman Education for Employment Initiative, Arab, Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned, Gallup, Al Hadi Medical Clinic, International Labor Organization, Us Unemployment, Mena, Ron Bruder, Terrorism, Sheikha Mozah, Google Economy, Ipc, Efe, Silatech, Qatif, Riyad, World News
Yvonne R. Davis

While the problem of unemployment in the Arab world seems insurmountable, there are a number of initiatives being implemented and proffered in the region to begin to put a dent in the problem.

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He Was our Washington and our Lincoln, Rolled Into One

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

Read More: National Identity, Bu Khalifa, Sheikh Zayed, United Arab Emirates, Uae, World News
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

Many non-Emiratis will not understand what goes through Emirati hearts, minds and veins when Sheikh Zayed's name is mentioned. He has become a revered figure.

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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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Rumours of Expulsion of Lebanese Shia From the UAE

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 10.06.2009 | World

Read More: Rumors, Lebanese Shia, Uae, Dubai-United Arab Emirates, Dubai Metro, Dubai, World News
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

The UAE is not and should not be in the business of perpetually denying rumors and speculation. Last week, I sent a friend a typical negative story about the UAE published in Arabic. His one word reply: "Noise."

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Dying To Work: Human Trafficking and the Construction Industry

Cameron Sinclair | Posted 11.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Skyscraper, Uae, Dubai, Zero Carbon, Ethics, Design, Building, Architecture, Human Trafficking, Business News
Cameron Sinclair

What good is building a zero energy, carbon neutral complex if unethical labor practices are jeopardizing the lives of those who build this architectural wonder?

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A Canadian Model for the Gulf

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 10.17.2009 | World

Read More: Education, Intolerance, Education Reform, Gulf States, Canada, Uae, Arabs From Canada Returning to Middle East, Canada Arab Migrants, Canadian Arabs, Canada Non-Interference in Middle East, United Arab Emirates Returnees, World News
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

Here are educated young Arab men and women with Western upbringings. They look like us and speak like us but are charged with ambition and hope for the future: They are Arabs 2.0.

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The Complement Between Islam and Science

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 10.16.2009 | World

Read More: Science, Islam, Uae, Johns Hopkins, Algeria, World News
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

Every Ramadan, Sheikh Mohammed gathers intellectuals from across the Arab world to personally listen to their success stories and to benefit from their wisdom.

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UAE Seizes N Korea Arms Cargo Headed For Iran

BBC NEWS | Posted 09.28.2009 | World

Read More: North Korea Iran, Iran-North-Korea, Iran, North-Korea-Iran-Working-Together, Iran Weapons, North Korea Weapons, Iran North Korea Weapons, Illegal Weapons, North Korea Arms, Uae, North Korea, United Arab Emirates, World News

The United Arab Emirates has seized a ship illegally carrying North Korean weapons bound for Iran, diplomatic sources at the UN have said....

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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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Dubai building collapse documented via Twitter

GroundReport.com | GroundReport.com | Posted 09.16.2009 | Home

Read More: Dubai-United Arab Emirates, United Arab Emirates, UAE, Home News

A high-rise building under construction collapsed in Dubai on Sunday afternoon, though there were no immediate reports of casualties, per the Emirates...

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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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Sex Trafficking Plagues UAE (VIDEO)

Al Jazeera | Al Jazeera | Posted 08.30.2009 | Home

Read More: Uae, Human Trafficking, Sex Trafficking, Ukrainian Uae, Sex, Uae Human Trafficking, Uae Sex Trafficking, Dubai, Home News

More than one million people, the majority of them women and children, are smuggled across international borders to work in near slavery every year, t...

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Hillary Clinton's Nuclear Defense Umbrella for the Oil Price Gougers -- Who Pays?

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 08.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Energy, Iran, Politics, Bush Administration, Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Opec, Saudi Arabia, Arab Allies, U.a.E., Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Oil, Obama Administration, Green Energy, Kuwait, World News, Nuclear Defense Umbrella, William F. Clinton Presidential Library, Commodity Futures Trading Commision, Bush Presidential Libraries, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

Clinton, in her recent tour to Southeast Asia suggested clearly that the United States might well extend a "defense umbrella" protecting its Arab allies should Iran develop a nuclear weapons capability.

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The Gulf States Already Have Links with Israel

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 08.24.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Persian Gulf, Turkey, Saudi King Abdullah, Bahrain, Tzipi Livni, King Abdullah, Iran, Qatar, Der Spiegel, Middle East Peace, United Arab Emirates, Shimon Perez, Middle East, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Israel, Kuwait, Uae, World News
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

Should the Gulf countries maintain contacts with Israel if this would make life easier for Palestinians? Could having such ties propel the Middle East peace process forward?

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Sarah Palin: Energy Maven

Abe Silk | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Uae, Cap and Trade, Opec, Crude Oil, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Oil, Oil Prices, Washington Post, China, Green Energy, Energy Policy, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Abe Silk

Palin's intentions have never been particularly easy to grasp, but now they're even more ambiguous. She's stepped down as governor of Alaska to ... rail against President Obama's energy plan?

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A Jealous Wife's Revenge Makes for Bad Law

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 08.13.2009 | World

Read More: South Africa, Regulation, Adultery, Sharia Law, Sharia, Uae, Citicorp, Discrimination, Ubs, United Arab Emirates, Dubai, World News
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

What should be clear to everyone in the UAE is that sex outside marriage is against the law. This is not France. What isn't clear is whether the implementation of this law is even-handed.

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I Don't Want to Cause a Diplomatic Incident, But...

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 08.06.2009 | World

Read More: Drugs, Diplomacy, Dubai-United Arab Emirates, Cites, Dubai, Diplomats, Uae, World News
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

Allowing red passport-holders to walk freely through UAE baggage controls must stop, and there must be more scrutiny. My diplomatic peers don't mind having their bags checked through a scanner, neither do I, and nor should anyone with nothing to hide.

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Developing Economies Showing Improved Energy Efficiency

WSJ | Spencer Swartz | Posted 07.31.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Uae, Energy Efficiency, Gas, Developing Countries, Economy, Economies, Crude Oil, China, Oecd, Green News

A few developments Monday suggest some of the world's most inefficient energy users are starting to tighten up how they use their energy resources, wi...

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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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It's About Time For the Gulf to Have its Own Special Envoy

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 07.16.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia, President Obama, Palestinians, Obama Cairo, Barack Obama, Uae, Obama Mideast Trip, World News
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

In order for the Gulf states to move forward from paying lip service to the Palestinian cause, the first step is to meet Mr. Obama half way.

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A High-Cultured "American Idol" Thrills The Arab World

John Lundberg | Posted 07.15.2009 | Living

Read More: American Idol, Uae, The Poetic Life, Tv, Low Brow, Poetry, Dubai, Prince, Living News
John Lundberg

It boasts the same live audience, the same glitzy stage, the same young hopefuls bearing their souls before a panel of celebrity judges (only this tim...

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