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Soccer-Iran held to draw by United Arab Emirates (Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News)
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:25:00 GMT
Iran captain Karim Bagheri scored with nine minutes remaining to salvage a 1-1 draw against the United Arab Emirates in an Asian World Cup qualifier in Dubai on Wednesday.

Egyptian president arrives in United Arab Emirates (EARTHtimes.org)
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:24:37 GMT
Abu Dhabi - The Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday for a two-day visit. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan, President of the UAE, welcomed Mubarak at the airport and accompanied him to Mushrif Palace, Em...

UAE police uncovers people smuggling ring - WAM (Sunday Observer)
Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:55:30 GMT
DUBAI, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi police have uncovered an international organised crime ring that smuggles people from Asia to Europe through airports in the United Arab Emirates federation, the official WAM news agency said.

UAE growth rate to slip (The Economic Times)
Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:11:25 GMT
Economic growth rate in the United Arab Emirates will slip to four percent from last year's 7.4 as a result of the global financial crunch, the country's central bank has said.

Lily Allen - Allen Gets Strip-searched In Dubai (ContactMusic)
Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:10:06 GMT
British pop star LILY ALLEN was reportedly subjected to a humiliating strip search after landing in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday (20Nov08) for the launch of an ...

Egyptian system integrator Minimax signs partnership agreement with Sunrise Software (AME Info)
Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:42:31 GMT
The Egyptian systems integrator Minimax has been granted exclusive rights by the Austrian company Sunrise Software to resell its CRM solutions in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen.

The Big 5 construction trade show opens today (AME Info)
Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:28:34 GMT
The top five owners, contractors, managers, financiers and architects involved in $800bn of construction projects in the United Arab Emirates have been revealed by the organisers of The Big 5, the biggest trade fair for the construction industry in the Arabian Gulf, which opens today (Sunday 23 November 2008).

Daman speculator remains steady in October with growth of 1.85% despite market conditions (Zawya)
Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:59:41 GMT
DUBAI: United Arab Emirates: Daman Investments PSC, a leading UAE-based fund manager, today announced the performance results for the month of October 2008 for three of its funds; the Daman Speculator Fund, the Daman Second Emirates Fund, the Daman Islamic Fund.

Pirates release tanker and crew (Channel 4)
Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:19:11 GMT
Pirates have released a Greek-owned chemical tanker which was hijacked in September and the crew is safe. Greece's Merchant Marine Ministry spokesman Constantine Gialelis said the MV Genius was on its way to the United Arab Emirates and was about 500 miles off Somalia.

UAE growth rate to drop to 4% due to global financial crisis (People's Daily)
Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:13:22 GMT
The economic growth rate of the oil-rich United Arab Emirates (UAE) is forecast to drop to four percent in 2008 from last year's 7.4 percent due to the impact of the global financial crisis, local newspaper The National reported on Saturday. The prediction was made by Sultan Nasser Al Suwaidi, Governor of the UAE Central Bank, according to the report. The UAE recorded a growth rate of 7.4 ...

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