MIDDLE EAST: Israel threatens regional peace too, says UAE paperAtt.Editors: The following item is from the Emirates News Agency (WAM)ABU DHABI, Mar. 15 (WAM) - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) hopes the standoff between Iran and the West over Tehran's nuclear programme will be resolved diplomatically, without the need to resort to additional sanctions against the Islamic republic or, worse, military action, commented a UAE paper. more...
UAE: Cloning pioneer to present future of camel cloning at Vet Middle EastAtt.Editors: The following item is from the Emirates News Agency (WAM)DUBAI, Mar. 15 (WAM) - United Arab Emirates (UAE) scientists who took part in the creation of the world's first cloned camel will be among those taking part in the Middle East's premier veterinary event later this month. more...
UAE: Volunteers scale Mount Kilimanjaro to raise funds for anti-malaria campaignAtt.Editors: The following item is from the Emirates News Agency (WAM)SHARJAH, Mar. 15 (WAM) - A group of volunteers from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) led by Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah Al-Thani scaled the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain and the tallest free-standing mountain in the world, in support of an international campaign to fight malaria and other contagious diseases. more...
CULTURE-UAE: ADFC announces names of four emerging filmmakersAtt.Editors: The following item is from the Emirates News Agency (WAM)ABU DHABI, Mar. 15 (WAM) - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Abu Dhabi Film Commission (ADFC), an initiative by Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture '&' Heritage, today announced the names of the four emerging filmmakers who made it to the final stage of the New Voices documentary programme. more...
UAE-UK: Business meeting opens in Abu DhabiAtt.Editors: The following item is from the Emirates News Agency (WAM)ABU DHABI, Mar. 13 (WAM) - United Arab Emirates (UAE) Foreign Trade Minister Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi and British Minister of State for Trade, Investment and Small Business Lord Davies inaugurated the UAE-British businesspersons' meeting organised by the Ministry of Foreign Trade (MoFT) in Abu Dhabi. more...
UAE-INDIA: Local daily comments on strengthened bilateral relationsAtt.Editors: The following item is from the Emirates News Agency (WAM)ABU DHABI, Mar. 13 (WAM) - United Arab Emirates (UAE)-India relations have in recent times received an additional boost due to efforts of their respective leadership. more...
UAE: Seeking dynamic role in knowledge-based economyAtt.Editors: The following item is from the Emirates News Agency (WAM)NEW DELHI, Mar. 13 (WAM) - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is not only an oil state but is also seeking to play an active and influential role in the knowledge-based economy which determines potentials for progress of nations and their economic prosperity, Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority and Chief Executive of the Emirates Airlines group, said here yesterday. more...
UAE: Respect for law and human rights team visits foreign embassiesAtt.Editors: The following item is from the Emirates News Agency (WAM)ABU DHABI, Mar. 13 (WAM) - A joint team from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) administrations of the culture of respect for the law and human rights at the Secretariat General of the Office of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior has embarked on a programme of visits to Arab and foreign diplomatic missions of sisterly and friendly labour-sending countries. more...
MIDDLE EAST-U.S.: Mere words won't change situation, says UAE press editorialAtt.Editors: The following item is from the Emirates News Agency (WAM)ABU DHABI, Mar. 12 (WAM) - "We've had enough of rhetoric. It's time for President Obama to show with action that the U.S. indeed believes in what it says," said a United Arab Emirates (UAE) daily in its editorial today. more...
UAE: Emirates World Humanitarian medical team performs rare open heart surgery in BosniaAtt.Editors: The following item is from the Emirates News Agency (WAM)ABU DHABI, Mar. 12 (WAM) - The medical team of Emirates World Humanitarian Mobile Hospital in Bosnia-Herzegovina carried out a rare surgery to remove a tumor from the heart of a patient in her sixties. more...
