A Visit to Oxford Islamic Centre Khaleej Times Recently, I was taken on a tour of the sprawling future home of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies now under construction on the grounds of Magdalen College. | Senior fellow Dr. Hasan Abedin illustrated how the centre is sourcing the best materials from the Muslim world: fine craftsmen wood from ...
Media summit in Abu Dhabi highlights efforts by Dubai's oil-rich neighbor to boost its clout Hartford Courant ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — With an economy based on pumping oil and landmarks that include one of the Mideast's grandest mosques, buttoned-down Abu Dhabi has little obvious in common with freewheeling media magnets like Hollywood or midtown Manhattan. | This week, the Arab emirate ...
Google CEO: Development in China dispute 'soon' Philadelphia Daily News | ADAM SCHRECK | The Associated Press | ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Google Inc.'s CEO said Wednesday the Internet search company is in active negotiations with the Chinese government and expects some resolution in its dispute with Beijing soon....
Google CEO: Development in China Dispute 'Soon' ABC News By ADAM SCHRECK AP Business Writer | ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates March 10, 2010 (AP) The Associated Press | Google Inc.'s CEO said Wednesday the Internet search company is in active negotiations with the Chinese government and expects some resolu...
Huge fire breaks out in Sharjah industrial area Gulf News | Sharjah: A huge fire broke out on Wednesday in Sharjah's industrial area, destroying two warehouses and affecting 24 others. | Colonel Waheed Al Serkal, Director General of Sharjah Civil Defence, told Gulf News that the fire broke out at 11am in In...
Gang of Luxury Car Thieves Busted The Siasat Daily | Sharjah, March 10: Sharjah Police have arrested an international gang believed to be behind the theft of more than 400 luxury cars and bringing them into the UAE for re-export to other countries. | Brigadier Yousef Musa Al Naqbi, head of Sharjah CI...
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Ahmadinejad: Capitalist greed behind global crisis The Siasat Daily | Tehran, March 03: Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad asserts that the lingering global financial crisis has exposed the dark side of the capitalist economic system in the West....
Saudi Arabia assures PM of oil supplies DNA India | Riyadh: Saudi Arabia has assured its "desire and readiness" to provide India with its "present and future" oil needs, a move that will help the country meet t...
South Korean business delegation visits Abu Dhabi The Siasat Daily | Abu Dhabi, March 10: Representatives of over 60 top South Korean companies have arrived here in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to explore business opportunities, WAM news agency reported. | The Higher Corporation for Specialised Economic Zones (Zon...
Full Foreign Ownership Law Seen by Year-end Khaleej Times DUBAI ' The final draft of the long-awaited law allowing 100 per cent foreign ownership of companies will be ready within a month and will be sent for the Cabinet approval, UAE Minister of Economy Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri said on Tuesday. | 'The ...
Murdoch urges more transparency in Arab media The Star | ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch urged Arab governments on Tuesday to reject media censorship and open their markets to foreign competition as he opened a high-profile conference aimed at furthering oil-rich Abu Dhabi's ambitions as a cultural ...
Worker's Body Found Burnt Khaleej Times SHARJAH ' Sharjah Police is investigating the death of a 35-year-old Bangladeshi man who whose body was found burnt in his room in a labour camp in Sharjah Industrial Area No 10. | A police source said Mohammed Hassan who was working with Al Hajri co...
Emirates to hire 2,000 cabin crew this year Gulf News | Dubai: Emirates on Tuesday said it will hire 2,000 more cabin crew to support its growth and operations this year. | The Dubai-based international airline has added 14 aircraft to its fleet since March last year, raising the number from 131 to 145,. | Emirates will showcase its success at the International Travel Bourse (ITB) that begins tod...
Nasri wonder goal caps a European night to savour The Independent | Arsene Wenger had asked his team for a result last night that was against the odds. They gave him a performance from the gods. | Nicklas Bendtner scored a hat-trick and he was not even the best Arsenal player on the pitch - it was that kind of night. The kind of night when all those grandiose promises that Wenger has made about this young team of...
