United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
Al-Imarat al-'Arabiyah al-Muttahidah
CAPITAL: Abu Dhabi (Abu Zaby)
FLAG: The flag consists of a red vertical stripe at the hoist and three equal horizo...
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United Arab Emirates
Located in the Arabian Gulf, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has an area of 82,880 square kilometers (31,877 square miles) and, as of 2004, a population of 2,513,915. Abu Dhabi is ...
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United Arab Emirates
POPULATION 2,445,989SUNNI MUSLIM 80 percentSHIITE MUSLIM 16 percentOTHER 4 percent
Country Overview
Introduction
The United Arab Emirates, founded in 1971, is a federation of...
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Area: 83,600 sq km (32,280 sq mi)Population (2006 est.): 4,214,000, of whom about 850,000 are citizensCapital:
Abu Dhabi
Chief of state:
President Sheikh Khalifah ibn Zayid
Al Nahyan
Head of go...
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Hand-picked voters chose members of a government advisory panel Saturday in this tiny oil-rich country's first election, the Arab world's latest tentative step toward democracy.Saturday was the fir...
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Dubai (dpa) - The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates is
unlikely to announce an end to its currency's peg to the US dollar or
revalue during the ongoing summit of the ...
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday addressed members
of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force supporting the U.S.-led
antiterrorism operations at a port in Abu Dha...
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Prince Charles suggested Tuesday on a visit to the United Arab Emirates that banning McDonald's fast food was crucial for improving people's diets, a British news agency reported.Charles made the c...
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Guggenheim Museum officials haven't addressed concerns about the treatment of workers who will build a branch in the United Arab Emirates, which has had a surge of labor unrest in recent weeks, a h...
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