UAE leader chosen after ruler&#39;s death
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The eldest son of the late leader of the United Arab Emirates has been elected successor to his father, official sources told CNN.
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United Arab Emirates President and ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheik Zayed bin Sultan al-Nayhan died Tuesday, official television reports. He was 86.
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King Hamad of Bahrain appoints his son, the crown prince, as deputy commander-in-chief of the army.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The United Arab Emirates president has died in Dubai after a long illness. He was 86. Sheik Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan had been the absolute ruler of the country, which is the
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KUWAIT (Agencies): HH the Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah sent on Tuesday a cable of condolences to Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Khalifah bin Zayed Nahayan on the demise of the President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al
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BEIRUT  - Pro-Syrian Lebanese President Emile Lahoud named former premier Omar Karameh to succeed Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, who resigned a day earlier amid international criticism of the influence Damascus wields over its tiny neighbour.
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ABU DHABI  - The emir of Abu Dhabi was elected Wednesday as president of the United Arab Emirates, succeeding his father, who died a day earlier, the official WAM news agency reported.
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President of Bangladesh Iajuddin Ahmed Thursday condoled the demise of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat. In a message to Rawhi Fattouh, acting president of the Palestinian
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News of the US elections competed only with the death of the UAE&#39;s president for space on the front pages of Arab newspapers Wednesday.
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Following the death on Monday of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al Nahyan, president of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid al Maktoum will serve as interim leader of the country that has become an international innovator
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RAMALLAH, West Bank: Palestinians were planning Sunday for a smooth transfer of power in the event of Yasser Arafat&#39;s death at a series of high-level political and security meetings while the veteran leader battled for life in a French hospital.
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SHEIKH Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates since its inception in 1971, began his adult life as a poor Beduin tribal leader and became one of the richest men in the world.
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Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, plans to stand the Kentucky Derby winner at stallion when his racing career is over.
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Sheik Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahayan, a Bedouin tribesman who became president of the federation known as the United Arab Emirates and one of the Arab world&#39;s leading statesmen, died yesterday.
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By the News-Register. Clearly, the Palestinian people need to select a new leader, replacing Yasser Arafat. In doing so they have an opportunity to achieve something that Arafat himself has blocked for many years - peace with Israel.
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The crown prince of Abu Dhabi, who is favored to succeed his father as ruler of the United Arab Emirates, is viewed as a competent administrator.
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The president of the United Arab Emirates, who helped forge a federation from seven Persian Gulf states and ruled it since its creation, has died, Abu Dhabi TV said.