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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Stricter smoking ban expected soon as anti-tobacco fervor sweeps Middle East
Babylon & BeyondThe United Arab Emirates may breathe easier under a strict ban on smoking, the details of which are still being hammered out five months after the actual bill was signed by President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Abu Dhabi-based...... -
One of the world's largest concentrated solar power plants is set for Abu Dhabi
GreenspaceSomething major is about to arrive in Abu Dhabi, and itâs not the ladies from "Sex and the City 2." A massive concentrating solar power plant â featuring 768 parabolic mirrors spread across 741 acres of desert in nearby Madinat...... -
DUBAI: Alleged victim of gang rape sentenced to one year in prison
Babylon & BeyondThe Criminal Court of Abu Dhabi, in the capital of the United Arab Emirates, ruled this week that an 18-year-old Emirati woman who accused six men of gang-raping her will herself serve a one-year sentence for consensual sex. It's one...... -
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Authorities step up crackdown on companies linked to Iran
Babylon & BeyondIs it a public relations offensive meant to ease pressure on it from the United States, or is the United Arab Emirates finally cracking down on illicit trade with Iran? The Dubai-based Gulf News reported Monday that the government has...... -
Abu Dhabi's fortune favors the bold
Architecture CriticThe longstanding sibling rivalry between the two biggest members of the United Arab Emirates, always complex, has taken a remarkable turn in recent months. For years, as its neighbor on the Persian Gulf, Dubai, engaged in a frenzy of construction and...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Japan, Science and Technology, Abusive Behavior, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Bush criticizes Iran in pro-democracy speech
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterPresident Bush on Sunday called Iran "the world's leading state sponsor of terror" and sought to shore up opposition to the government in Tehran throughout the Middle East. But even as he criticized Iranian leaders, saying they were seeking to repress...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Department of State, Nuclear Policy, Pakistan, Defense
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Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Festival approaching
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWith branches of the Louvre and Guggenheim museums, a performing-arts center designed by Zaha Hadid and the Maritime Museum by Tadao Ando opening on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi in the next decade, the Persian Gulf capital of the United Arab Emirates...Tags: Willem-Alexander
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Frank Gehry considers an accomplished past and uncertain future
Architecture CriticFrank Gehry, who turned 80 on Saturday, is the most famous architect in the world by a healthy margin. He is also, arguably, the most significant talent in American architecture since Frank Lloyd Wright. His firm, Gehry Partners, has streamlined a process...Tags: Guggenheim Museum, Walt Disney, Family, Career and Workplace, Culture
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Developing an artistic flair in the United Arab Emirates
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIT'S A quiet Sunday morning in this city of cacophonous ambition. Construction has yet to hit a deafening pitch, and traffic is still moving. But, as the temperature rises, all sorts of art activity bubbles up in the historic Bastakiya district, a low-...Tags: Arts, United Arab Emirates, Hotels and Accommodations, Rivers, Islam
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Abu Dhabi: The richest city on Earth
Chicago Tribune ReporterIf Dubai and Abu Dhabi were '50s film idols, Dubai would be Marilyn Monroe. Abu Dhabi would be Grace Kelly. Dubai is the sizzle. Abu Dhabi is the steak. Dubai is the commercial hub of the United Arab Emirates that gets all the attention. Some 60 miles...Tags: Travel, Marilyn Monroe, United Arab Emirates, Hotels and Accommodations, Islam
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Help Iran go nuclear
Should the United States sell advanced civilian nuclear reactors to a Middle East country that doesn't seem to need them? A country that can keep pumping oil for the next 100 years, that has a pipeline to a vast natural gas field next door and enough...Tags: Nuclear Weapons, Japan, Nuclear Policy, Natural Resources, Defense
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Dubai rallies to 4-year high
Khaleej TimesDubai's benchmark stock index rose to its highest close since October 2009, propelled by property and banking sectors to underscore the resounding resurgence in investor optimism. The DFM General Index advanced 2.5 per cent to 2,352.21 points on...Tags: United Arab Emirates, Environmental Issues, Real Estate Buyers, Petroleum Industry, Property
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