Sheikh Zayed: wise old man of turbulent region who turned the ...
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ABU DHABI, Nov 2  - Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahayan, who died Tuesday after ruling the United Arab Emirates (UAE) since the birth of the federation more than three decades ago, enjoyed the role of elder statesman in a conflict-torn region.
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New Delhi: India condoled the death of UAE President Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahayan describing him as an &quot;outstanding&quot; leader of Islamic world and recalling his contribution to cementing Indo-Emirates ties.
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SANAA, Yemen, Sept. 19 -- When Faisal bin Shamlan was approached several months ago by a coalition of opposition groups to run in this week's presidential election, he turned down the offer. The 72-year-old economist, who had resigned as oil minister to protest corruption, was enjoying his days...
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The rise of a powerful cleric exposes economic and political failures in a government-administered area. Part 1 of three.
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Yasser Arafat was a terrorist and a peacemaker, an imperfect visionary who served as father to an unborn nation. An impish man with a perpetual stubble and a protruding lower lip, he was
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To Palestinians, Yasser Arafat was &quot;Mr Palestine&quot;, a historical figure who embodied the Palestinian nationalist movement.
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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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A couple of years ago Sheikh Zayed ibn Sultan Al-Nahyan, the emir of Abu Dhabi and president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) patronized the translation and publication of an old Islamic text about the âideal princeâ.
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BEIRUT -- Rafik Hariri, a self-made billionaire construction tycoon who amassed his fortune in Saudi Arabia, led the rebuilding of a shattered Lebanon as its prime minister in the years following the tiny country's protracted civil war.
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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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Yasser Arafat, long-time leader of the Palestinian people, died in Paris on November 11 at the age of 75. He had been taken to France for medical treatment after falling gravely ill at the Palestine Authority
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CAIRO - Shiekh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan, the president of the United Arab Emirates since the nation&#39;s independence from Britain in 1971, died Tuesday, Dubai-based Al-Arabiya satellite television reported.
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Shujaat Hussain has felicitated Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan for taking the charge of UAE President and said the bilateral relations between the two countries would further strengthen in future.
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Sheikh Zayed's eldest son replaces him as president of the United Arab Emirates on the day of the funeral.
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With civil wars looming over the Middle East, Saudi Arabia has taken on a more aggressive role in reshaping the regionâs conflicts.
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- When university professor Khalid al-Dakhil was growing up, clergymen had a say in everything.
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GHARA TEPE SHEIKH, Iran  - American Louise Firouz made Iran her home half a century ago. Now 75, she runs a stud farm in the remote northeast and has watched the turbulent transformation of her adopted country from U.S.-ally to arch foe.