WAM DUBAI, Oct. 25th, 2009: H.H Hazza' Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, National Security Advisor, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Sports Council was chosen by the Mohammed Bin Rashid Creative Sports Award as the Local Sports Personality of the Year in recognition of his contributions and efforts to the promotion of sports in the United Arab Emirates.Sheikh Hazza' chairman of the Abu Dhabi Sports Council, honorary chairman...
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Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan was re-elected president of the United Arab Emirates for a second five-year term on Tuesday, the official news agency WAM announced.The Supreme Federal Council, made up of the rulers of the seven emirates in the UAE, selected Sheikh Khalifa, 61.He first rose to the presidency as oil-rich Abu Dhabi's ruler in 2004 on the death of his father, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan...
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DUBAI:Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum has consolidated his hold onthe debt-laden emirate, downgrading powerful figures behind thecity-state’s boom that turned to a bust.Sheikh Mohammed onNovember 20 sacked the governor of the Dubai International Financial Centre(DIFC), Omar Bin Sulaiman, who had led efforts to transform Dubai into a MiddleEast finance hub. A day earlier, he dropped...
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ADJD runs "Role of judiciary in supporting women" workshop at "Women in Leadership" forumWAM Abu Dhabi, Oct 27th, 2009 (WAM): A workshop on the 'Role of Judiciary in Supporting Women', which was organised by the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD) has received overwhelming response from the participants.The workshop was organized by ADJD as part of the activities of the "Women In Leadership" forum...
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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks along with four other co-plotters will be tried in a New York court, a top Obama [US Attorney General Eric Holder on Friday said prosecutors would seek death penalty against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other suspects who are held at Guantanamo Bay but will be moved to a New York prison ahead of their trial."I am announcing that...
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pledges fair trial for alleged 11 September plotter Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his five co-accusedBarack Obama has pledged that the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks will receive a fair trial ahead of an announcement that theObama, who is in Japan as part of an Asian tour, confirmed that the US attorney general would be making an announcement regarding the trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other...
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detailed portrait of the life and worldview of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, most senior leader of the al-Qaeda held to account for the September 11 attacks, has emerged since his capture in 2003.Not long after he was rousted from bed and seized in a pre-dawn raid in Pakistan in March 2003, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed gave his captors two demands: He wanted a lawyer, and he wanted to be taken to New York.After...
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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed reportedly confessed to being the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks after being waterboarded.-- Five Guantanamo Bay detainees with alleged ties to the 9/11 conspiracy, including accused mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, will be transferred to New York to go on trial in civilian court, Attorney General Eric Holder announced Friday., Walid bin Attash, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali and Mustafa...
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visitDUBAI -- The head of Dubai's financial district was unexpectedly replaced Friday as Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum moved to radically shake up the management of his emirate's corporate empire.Ahmed Humaid Al-Tayer was appointed as the new governor of the Dubai International Financial Centre, or DIFC, replacing Omar bin Sulaiman, according to a royal decree. Bin Sulaiman didn't answer calls...
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