DUBAI AFP — Politically contentious free-trade talks between the United States and the oil-rich United Arab Emirates are on hold and no date has been set for their resumption, a US official said on Sunday. "Right now there is a pause," US Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade, Franklin...
DUBAI AFP — The death of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahayan, president of the oil-rich United Arab Emirates UAE, is not expected to have a major impact on already climbing world crude prices, experts said. The death of the ailing Sheikh Zayed "had been expected and will not take...
ABU DHABI AFP — The oil-rich United Arab Emirates announced on Tuesday it has established diplomatic ties with North Korea at the level of ambassadors. Abu Dhabi and Pyongyang "signed a joint statement on the establishment of diplomatic relations at ambassador level" during a ceremony at the UAE's mission...
DUBAI AFP — The world's tallest building just got taller -- the Burj Dubai tower in the booming Gulf emirate of Dubai has now reached a height of 688 metres (2,257 feet) and is still growing, developers Emaar said on Tuesday. It now boasts 160 storeys, the highest skyscraper...
ABU DHABI AFP — The oil-rich United Arab Emirates was set to start work on Sunday on construction of the world's first zero carbon emissions city, a spokesman for the project said. "Construction on Masdar City begins today," the spokesman told AFP, adding that the 6.5-square-kilometre (2.5-square-mile) development will...
DUBAI, AFP — The government of oil-rich United Arab Emirates has approved a 2008 state budget of 34.9 billion dirhams (9.5 billion dollars), a rise of almost 20 percent over the previous year, the official WAM news agency reported on Tuesday. The budget was approved during a UAE cabinet...
ABU DHABI AFP — The oil-rich United Arab Emirates on Sunday waived Iraq's debt of nearly seven billion dollars and named an envoy to Baghdad, in a twin boost timed with a visit by Iraq's prime minister. President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan told Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki the...
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