150,000 people have iftar at UAE mosque
August 5th, 2012 - 12:42 am ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Aug 4 (IANS/WAM) Around 150,000 people had iftar at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, the largest mosque in the UAE, in the second week of the holy month ... Read more...
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UAE launches ‘Aviation Encyclopedia’
February 26th, 2012 - 1:16 am ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Feb 25 (IANS/WAM) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has launched an avivation encyclopedia to enhance and strengthen the knowledge and professional awareness in most aviation aspects.AviPedia, or the ... Read more...
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Prayers for rain performed across UAE
December 31st, 2011 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Dec 31 (IANS/WAM) Thousands of citizens of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as well as the rulers of the various emirates have offered prayers for rain.In Sharjah, crown ... Read more...
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Pakistan leave for UAE to play against Sri Lanka
October 15th, 2011 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, Oct 15 (IANS) The Pakistani cricket team departed for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Saturday to play a bilateral series against Sri Lanka, starting with the first Test Tuesday.The ... Read more...
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Pakistani plane makes emergency landing
May 13th, 2011 - 6:13 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 13 (IANS) A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight with 51 people on board made an emergency landing in Punjab province Friday after one of its engines caught fire. ... Read more...
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Indian-born UK economist wins Zayed International Prize for environment
March 5th, 2011 - 4:00 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Mar.5 (ANI-Business Wire India): Sir Partha Dasgupta, the Indian-born Frank Ramsey Professor of Economics at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom and one of the most outstanding environmental economists of his ... Read more...
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Egypt completes canal project to turn desert into farmland
August 17th, 2010 - 12:12 am ICT by IANS
Alexandria (Egypt), Aug 16 (IANS/WAM) An ambitious $100 million canal project to bring water from the Nile river to the Toshka desert in Egypt to convert arid regions into farmland and boost ... Read more...
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Book on UAE founder published in Malayalam
September 13th, 2009 - 10:17 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Sep 13 (IANS) The Indian community in United Arab Emirates has paid a tribute to the founder of the nation, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, by publishing a book ... Read more...
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UAE gives $44 mn in aid to Palestine
August 1st, 2009 - 11:52 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Aug 1 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has provided 165 million dirhams (about $44 million) to Palestine to undertake developmental works, WAM news agency reported Saturday.
The money from ... Read more...
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UAE calls for concerted efforts for Afghan rebuilding
November 20th, 2008 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Nov 20 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has called on global powers to redouble their efforts to rebuild war-ravaged Afghanistan where the humanitarian situation some seven years after the Taliban ... Read more...
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AMU professor nominated for UAE award
August 4th, 2008 - 6:04 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 4 (IANS) Aligarh Muslim University professor Hamid Ali has been nominated for the prestigious Sheikh Zayed Energy Future Prize (ZEFP) of the United Arab Emirates, varsity officials said Monday. Ali, ... Read more...
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UAE launches international humanitarian award
April 6th, 2008 - 7:49 pm ICT by admin
Abu Dhabi, April 6 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has launched an international humanitarian award to acknowledge the outstanding philanthropic work of individuals and organisations that contribute to easing the plight ... Read more...
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UAE university in Afghanistan opens
March 23rd, 2008 - 4:51 pm ICT by admin
Khost (Afghanistan), March 23 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has opened a university in eastern Afghan city of Khost to help Afghan students pursue higher studies, WAM news agency reported. Some ... Read more...
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UAE completes first phase of Jerusalem housing project
February 25th, 2008 - 6:26 pm ICT by admin
Abu Dhabi, Feb 25 (IANS) The Red Crescent Authority (RCA), the channel through which the United Arab Emirates (UAE) gives humanitarian aid to the distressed, has completed the first phase of the ... Read more...
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