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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The United Arab Emirates began 40 days of mourning yesterday following the death of the wealthy Gulf state&#39;s founding president, who helped transform seven backwater Gulf states into the world&#39;s ninth-largest oil producer and a high-tech commercial
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President Hamid Karzai was formally announced the winner of the Oct. 9 presidential election by Afghanistan&#39;s electoral board this afternoon after an international
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The sporting community in Abu Dhabi yesterday mourned the death of the President, His Highness Shaikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, a pioneer in promoting and setting up
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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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Abu Dhabi: United Arab Emirates President and founding father Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahayan died on Tuesday, his office announced.
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RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - Fatah, the dominant Palestinian faction, has chosen Mahmoud Abbas as its candidate for president to replace Yasser Arafat.
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ABU DHABI : President General Pervez Musharraf, Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri and Muslim leaders converged here on Wednesday to join the people of the United Arab Emirates in funeral prayer of Shaikh Zayed bin Sultan Al- Nahayan, president and
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Millions mourned on Wednesday the death of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahayan, the ruler who transformed the United Arab Emirates from a desert country into one of the few development successes in the Arab world.
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Hand-picked voters cast their ballots in the United Arab Emirates on Monday in the second phase of elections for an advisory council, the first in the Gulf Arab state.
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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 several heads of state to this
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ISLAMABAD: President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz expressed shock and condoled the demise of the president and founding father of United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan al-Nahayan.
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Palestinian mainstream Fatahmovement&#39;s armed wing announced Sunday its commitment to the movement&#39;s decision in choosing Mahmoud Abbas, chairman of thePalestine Liberation Organization
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Arab leaders and other dignitaries prayed Wednesday over the body of United Arab Emirates President Sheik Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, paying final respects
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DUBAI  - 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.
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Former Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani was picked Tuesday to head a key clerical body empowered with choosing or dismissing the country's supreme leader &#151; a vote seen as a victory for Iran's moderate conservatives, state media reported.
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The most important decision about who will run for president of the Palestinian Authority was made Monday by the Fatah movement's 15-member Central Committee, which nominated former prime minister Mahmoud Abbas as the group's presidential candidate for the Jan. 9 election.