UAE Supreme Council elects Khalifa as president
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The Supreme Council of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Wednesday evening unanimously elected Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan as the new president of the UAE, the official Emirates news agency WAM reported Wednesday.
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Ethiopian-backed warlord Abdullahi  Yusuf was elected Somali president by lawmakers on Sunday,  officials said, in the 14th attempt in a decade to restore  government to the lawless African country.
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Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei was nominated by acting President Rawhi Fattouh as chief of the national security council on Sunday.
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ABU DHABI: Arab and Muslim leaders joined thousands of grieving Emiratis on Wednesday to pay their last respects to Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al-Nahayan, president and founding father of the oil-rich United Arab Emirates.
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BEIRUT: Libyan Ayman al-Atar was crowned the winner of the Arab version of the second Superstar song contest on Sunday after 13 weeks of competition produced by Future Television.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Mahmoud Abbas declared that  he had won a Palestinian presidential election on Sunday and  dedicated his victory to Yasser Arafat, the late iconic leader  he is replacing.
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The decision appears to formalize the growing dominance of secular leaders among the Shiite political leadership.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank, Nov. 25 -- The Revolutionary Council of the dominant Palestinian political faction, Fatah, approved former prime minister Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday as its candidate to succeed Yasser Arafat in a presidential election set for Jan. 9.
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Palestinian voters appeared to have overwhelmingly elected Mahmoud Abbas as their leader Sunday in balloting many Palestinians and international officials considered a milestone in efforts to bring democracy to the Arab world and a potential opening for reviving peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians.
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The United Arab Emirates appointed Sheik Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan as its president Wednesday, hours after burying his father in a funeral that attracted thousands of mourners and nine heads of state to this desert nation on the Arabian Peninsula.
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The death of United Arab Emirates President HH Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi looks likely to increase Dubai&#39;s influence in the Gulf region.
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DUBAI (United Arab Emirates): New United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan on Saturday received a &quot;pledge of loyalty&quot; from a younger brother bypassed in succession arrangements, a move which seemingly refutes claims about
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The death Tuesday of the president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Sheik Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, leaves a vacuum in Arab leadership that will not be replaced quickly or easily.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- There&#39;s been a death of a leader in the Arab world. State-run media say the president of the United Arab Emirates has died.
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NABLUS, West Bank -- The main Palestinian movement Fatah won a test of strength against Islamic militants in a key West Bank student election yesterday, boosting Mahmoud Abbas in his campaign to succeed Yasser Arafat as president.
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ABU DHABI - His Highness Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, president and the founding father of the United Arab Emirates, died yesterday.
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The Fatah central committee on Sunday named former Palestinian prime minister Mahmoud Abbas as its candidate for chairman of the Palestinian Authority, to replace the late Yasser Arafat.