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Diamonds, Pearls Festoon Abu Dhabi's $11 Million Christmas Tree

Money doesn't grow on trees, but that didn't stop a hotel in the United Arab Emirates from decking out a Christmas tree with $11 million in decorations. In an over-the-top display of holiday opulence already acknowledged as an "overload" by the hotel management, staff at the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi covered a...

Beauty Pageant Decides Persian Gulf's Cutest and 'Milkiest' Camel

(Dec. 16) -- The question remains, who gets to kiss the winner? A camel called Deri'a has been declared the Persian Gulf's "milkiest" dromedary, defeating hundreds of competitors in a traditional contest held in the United Arab Emirates. According to a Gulf News report, local favorite Deri'a gave up 11.7 kilograms of...

Al-Qaida Group Takes Responsibility for Mail Bombs

WASHINGTON (Nov. 5) -- A Yemen-based al-Qaida group is claiming responsibility for the international mail bomb plot uncovered late last week as well as the crash of a United Parcel Service cargo plane in September. A week after authorities intercepted packages in Dubai and England that were bound for the U.S., Al-Qaida in...

Swim Champ's Body to Be Transferred to US Authorities

(Oct. 25) -- The body of an American swimmer who mysteriously died in a weekend race near Dubai is being transferred to U.S. authorities today, as officials investigate what might have caused an otherwise healthy 26-year-old athlete to drop dead during competition. Water temperatures in the upper 80s may have been partly...

UPDATE: RIM Backing Down in BlackBerry Privacy Settings Showdown?

(Aug. 3) -- Well, on second thought, maybe the security and privacy of business communications is a tad overrated. Facing a veritable ban of its product across India and much of the Middle East, Ontario-based Research in Motion, maker of the popular BlackBerry smart phone, has agreed to open its vaunted security code to...

Background on uae

The United Arab Emirates (, '), sometimes simply called the Emirates or the UAE, is a country situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman to the east and Saudi Arabia to the south, as well as sharing sea borders with Qatar to the west and Iran to the north.

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