Sheikh Zayed&#39;s impressive legacy
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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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French President Jacques Chirac, confirming Yasser Arafat&#39;s death, has hailed the Palestinian leader as a man of courage and conviction who embodied the Palestinian struggle for a state.
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The flag-draped body of President Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahayan was carried Wednesday into a capital mosque, where dignitaries and relatives gathered for funeral prayers for the ruler who transformed his desert
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ABU DHABI - The National US-Arab Chamber of Commerce has expressed its deepest condolences to the UAE government and people on the recent passing of Shaikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan.
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Tears and gunshots, praise and condemnation marked the death of Yasser Arafat, whose fight for the Palestinian cause made him a towering and controversial figure on the world stage.
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Throughout last week, the name of Yasser Arafat dominated the news of the world. Arafat was the 75-year-old Palestinian leader who had ruled 40 years.
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ABU DHABI, November 3 (IslamOnline.net &amp; News Agencies) - Arab and Muslim leaders converged on Abu Dhabi Wednesday, November 3, and joined the people of the United Arab Emirates in burying Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al-Nahayan, president and founding father
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From the Vatican to the Palestinian refugee camps of Jordan, tributes poured in today for Yasir Arafat, a man regarded as an international leader by many and a terrorist by others.
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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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NAJAF, Iraq  For centuries, the world&#39;s 120 million Shiite Muslims have revered the gold-domed mosque of Imam Ali bin Abi Talib named after the slain cousin and son-in-law of Islam&#39;s prophet Muhammad as a place of pilgrimage.
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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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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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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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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian negotiations minister Saeb Erakat paid tribute to outgoing US Secretary of State Colin Powell Tuesday as a man who commanded respect but said his successor had to show more balance in the Middle East conflict.
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ABU DHABI  - Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahayan, the president and founding father of the United Arab Emirates, one of the richest countries in the world, died.
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President of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheik Zayed bin Sultan al-Nayahan -- who united seven feuding sheikhdoms and used oil revenues to
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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.