UAE begins 40 days of mourning for dead president
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The United Arab Emirates began 40 days of mourning today following the death of its founding president, a visionary who helped transform seven tiny states into a high-tech crossroad of gleaming skyscrapers.
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Saddam Hussein's daughter Raghd and several Yemeni political groups held a ceremony in the Yemeni capital to honor the former Iraqi leader on Wednesday, 40 days after his execution, in line with Islamic tradition.
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Ramallah, West Bank -- In the West Bank, preparations began Tuesday for Yasser Arafat&#39;s funeral, even though Palestinian Foreign Minister Nabil Shaath told a Paris press conference that the Palestinian leader was &quot;very much alive&quot; and discussion of his
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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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Sheikh Zayed's eldest son replaces him as president of the United Arab Emirates on the day of the funeral.
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There will be many tributes that focus on the accomplishments of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who died Wednesday, but he is responsible for the deaths of thousands
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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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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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MUSCAT - His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a cable of greetings to His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan on his election as president of the United Arab Emirates.
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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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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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Palestinians at home and abroad wept, waved flags and burned tires Thursday in an eruption of grief at the death of Yasser Arafat, the man they consider the father of their nation. The quick appointment of successors did little to dispel the huge question marks now hanging over Mideast peace efforts.
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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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Ceremonies are held to mark the end of the 40-day period of mourning for assassinated former PM Benazir Bhutto.
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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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A SOLEMN DAY: Sheik Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahayan&#39;s coffin is carried into the Sultan Bin Zayed mosque for prayers in Abu Dhabi yesterday.
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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.