To the untrained eye they may look like rubble. But the ruins of a monastery and church discovered in Abu Dhabi tell a fascinating tale about a little-known period in the region’s history.
Stock markets in the energy-rich Gulf started their week lower as Riyadh slashed the repo rate by one percent a day after the Saudi bourse — the region’s largest — sank more than nine percent.
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Officials in Greece say Somali pirates have released a hijacked Greek-owned tanker with all 19 crew safe and the oil cargo intact after payment of a ransom.
ABU DHABI: President Asif Zardari held today a oneonone meeting with UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Executive President of the Dubai School of Government Nabil Ali Alyousuf says the the United Arab Emirates has great economic prosperity and the stats to prove it.
U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet says Hong Kong flagged cargo ship hijacked in Gulf of Aden.
A spokesman from Greece’s Merchant Marine Ministry says pirates have released a Greek-owned chemical tanker that was hijacked in September and that the crew is safe.
Spokesman Constantine Gialelis has told The Associated Press the MV Genius is on its way to the United Arab Emirates and is about 500 miles (800 kilometers) off Somalia.
Gialelis says the ship was released Friday and that ‘Its cargo is intact and the crew are safe.’
Somali pirates seized the vessel in late September in the Gulf of Aden near the Horn of Africa. Gialelis says the crew of 19 is comprised of Georgian, Sri Lankan and Syrian citizens.
Caption: Lily Allen seen leaving her home wearing the same clothes as the night before.
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