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NEWS ABOUT: United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates stories: 38 news summaries

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 Dubai's New Metro 
 a Surprise Social Leveler 

Rigid stratification breaks down underground, to delight of some

Oct 20, 09 11:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - It may or may not alleviate massive traffic jams of Mercedes and Hummers, but Dubai's new metro system is definitely loosening up the Emirate's rigidly stratified society. “No velvet rope or electrified security gate to keep out the masses,” Tom Hundley writes. “Privileged Emiratis suddenly find themselves... More »

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subway • Dubai • United Arab Emirates • metro • civil society • mass transit • egalitarian • stratification

 Dubai Unveils 
 Gulf's First Metro 

Sheikhdom aims to get drivers onto public transport despite rock-bottom fuel prices

Sep 10, 09 1:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dubai yesterday opened its gleaming new $7.6 billion metro rail system, the first on the Arabian peninsula, AP reports. The sheikhdom's leaders hope the system will help clear Dubai's chronically traffic-clogged streets and provide some good press for the downturn-battered emirate.  Each 5-car train on the driverless system... More »

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subway • Dubai • United Arab Emirates • metro • New York City Subway • London Underground • UAE • public transit • mass transit

 UAE Seizes Ship Bringing 
 N. Korean Arms to Iran 

Shipment violates UN ban on weapons exports from Pyongyang

Aug 28, 09 9:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Authorities in the United Arab Emirates today seized a ship carrying weapons from North Korea to Iran, the Financial Times reports—a violation of United Nations resolutions barring Pyongyang from exporting arms. The shipment was headed for a company linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, which has previously been banned... More »

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Iran • North Korea • ship • Pyongyang • embargo • United Arab Emirates • UN resolution • arms embargo

 America's Cup 
 Sails to Persian Gulf 

Defending champions choose UAE site for 'perfect weather'

Aug 5, 09 10:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - February’s America’s Cup will be held in the United Arab Emirates for the first time, the defending champs, who get to choose, announced yesterday. The decision marks the Middle East’s continued growth as an international sports mecca, the Wall Street Journal notes. Ras al-Khaimah in the southern... More »

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Persian Gulf • America's Cup • sailing • Alinghi • United Arab Emirates • BMW Oracle

Young Brit Jailed in UAE for Alleged Fling With Boss

Dive instructor sentenced to 3 months for 'sex crime' in Sharjah

Jun 10, 09 4:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - A young British dive instructor accused of having sex with her boss has been jailed for three months in the United Arab Emirates, the Telegraph reports. Authorities in Sharjah, the conservative emirate north of Dubai, arrested the 22-year-old woman after a raid on the dive shop where she worked. She... More »

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Dubai • United Arab Emirates • Sharjah

Dubai Woman Rattles Arab World With Sex Advice Book

Book of frank erotic advice rooted in religion shocks Arab world

Jun 6, 09 10:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Dubai marriage counselor is making waves in the Arab world with a frank book on sexuality, the New York Times reports. Wedad Lootah, a former Islamic scholar, grounds her book of erotic advice in the teachings of the Koran. She discusses taboo subjects such as homosexuality and urges readers... More »

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Islam • sex education • sexuality • United Arab Emirates • Koran • Arab

UK Woman Faces Jail for Adultery in UAE

Angry hubby reports illegal affair; wife
might get up to a year

May 26, 09 11:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - A British woman's cheating heart might land her in the Dubai clink after her husband told on her, the Times of London reports. Adultery is illegal in the United Arab Emirates, where Sally Antia, 43, and her husband have lived for a decade. Antia confessed in a Dubai court and... More »

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Dubai • jail • United Arab Emirates • adultery • cheating • Sally Antia

 'Torture Sheik' Detained 


May 10, 09 6:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Abu Dhabi prince captured on videotape torturing a grain merchant has been detained by authorities, CNN reports. Sheik Issa bin Zayed al-Nahyan is under house arrest pending an investigation, officials of the United Arab Emirates have told the US State Department. The videotape shows the prince beating, burning and... More »

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torture • State Department • house arrest • Abu Dhabi • United Arab Emirates • Arab • detention • UAE • Sheikh Issa bin Zayed al-Nahyan

Arab Prince
Linked to
Taped Beatings
of 25 Others

New blow to UAE's relationship with US

May 3, 09 7:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - The United Arab Emirates prince whose torture video has shaken relations with the US has been accused of 25 other attacks on people that have been videotaped, the Guardian reports. The American who smuggled out the first tape has more than two hours of video footage showing attacks involving Sheikh... More »

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torture • nuclear program • United Arab Emirates • tape • taped beating • prince • Sheikh Issa bin Zayed al-Nahyan

(Newser) - Video of a member of the UAE’s royal family brutally torturing an Afghan salesman threatens to sink a nuclear trade deal between the UAE and the US, the Times of London reports. Sheikh Issa bin Zayed al-Nahyan, a brother of the UAE president, is shown beating the trader... More »

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torture • nuclear power • Abu Dhabi • United Arab Emirates • videotape • videotaped beating • UAE • Obama administration • trade deal

 Arab Royal Filmed 
 Torturing Man 

Smuggled tape shows sheikh beating, whipping man before running him over

Apr 23, 09 3:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - A tape smuggled out of the United Arab Emirates and obtained by ABC News shows a member of the country's royal family viciously torturing a man. Uniformed police assist as the sheikh—the brother of the country's crown prince—tortures the man with whips and cattle prods, pours salt in... More »

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torture • United Arab Emirates • sheik • UAE

ANALYSIS

 Downturn Lays Bare 
 Dubai's Dark Side 

Boomtown's shaky foundations becoming apparent as hard times hit

Apr 9, 09 9:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dubai's "Disneyland for grownups" is becoming a more sinister ride as the emirate's boom times end. Countless grand building projects lie half-finished in the sand while indentured building workers from abroad unable to leave languish in work camps, Johann Hari writes in the Independent. He sees Dubai as... More »

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Dubai • United Arab Emirates • credit crisis • financial crisis

US Puts UAE on Fast Track
to Nuclear Power

Abu Dhabi could have electricity program by 2017

Apr 2, 09 6:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Arab state may be on the fast track to developing nuclear power—with the help of the US, the Wall Street Journal reports. American experts have been jetting to Abu Dhabi in recent few months to support the UAE’s nuclear aspirations, which could be speedily realized by 2017... More »

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Congress • nuclear power • nuclear weapons • Abu Dhabi • United Arab Emirates • treaty • nuclear facilities • George W. Bush • President Obama • nuclear energy

Under Tight Security, Israeli Makes Dubai Tennis Debut

UAE accepts player after barring his fellow citizen from competition

Feb 26, 09 9:23 AM CST
(Newser) - A week after denying a visa to one Israeli tennis player, Dubai ushered in another yesterday amid tight security—and his match went smoothly, the Guardian reports. After fines and criticism for its decision to reject female player Shahar Peer’s bid to play, the United Arab Emirates made Andy... More »

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Israel • tennis • Dubai • United Arab Emirates • Shahar Peer • Arab Israeli conflict • Israelis • Andy Ram

 UAE Denies Israeli 
 Tennis Player Visa 

Peer would have been first Israeli to compete in country

Feb 15, 09 1:05 PM CST
(Newser) - The United Arab Emirates denied an Israeli tennis player a visa to compete in a tour in Dubai, preventing her from becoming the first Israeli athlete to play professionally in the country, CNN reports. Dubai could lose its World Tennis Association membership over the incident, which violates WTA policy guaranteeing... More »

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tennis • Dubai • visa • United Arab Emirates • Shahar Peer

 Oil-Rich Abu Dhabi 
 Plans Nuke Plants 

Emirates expected to sign nuclear co-operation deal with US today

Jan 15, 09 7:48 AM CST
(Newser) - Abu Dhabi is planning a shift away from fossil fuels despite being one of the world's major oil producers, BusinessWeek reports. The UAE territory, faced with surging demand for electricity and dwindling natural gas reserves, aims to build nuclear plants to supply a quarter of its power. A cooperation deal... More »

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nuclear power • Abu Dhabi • United Arab Emirates • oil production • nuclear power plant • UAE • nuclear energy

Gulf Oil Powers Pump Green Into Clean Technology

States invest billions to keep atop energy-economy heap

Jan 13, 09 8:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Though the per-capita carbon footprint of the United Arab Emirates dwarfs that of most anywhere else, it and fellow Persian Gulf oil giants like Qatar and Saudi Arabia are becoming the unlikely cradle of green technology, the New York Times reports. Wary of the world’s dependence on crude and... More »

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Saudi Arabia • Persian Gulf • Qatar • Abu Dhabi • United Arab Emirates • energy dependence • carbon emissions • energy independence • oil consumption

No PDA, Cheating in Muslim Nations, UK Warns Travelers

Booze, drugs are also no-nos, Foreign Office reminds would-be vacationers

Dec 26, 08 3:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Extra-marital sex and public displays of affection might be OK in France or Spain, but it’s a big no-no in Dubai and other Muslim nations, the British government is reminding citizens. The Foreign Office has released a list of do’s and don’ts for Britons planning a trip... More »

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Mexico • United Kingdom • Europe • Islamic Sharia law • United Arab Emirates • holiday travel

Oil Prices
Reverse Monthlong Decline

Crude reaches nearly $37 after UAE's cuts

Dec 26, 08 7:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Oil prices rose today—after dropping more than 30% this month alone—as the United Arab Emirates joined Saudi Arabia in curbing crude supplies, reports Reuters. Crude oil rose as much as $1.55 a barrel, or 4.4%, to $36.90 in New York this morning. The UAE cut... More »

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oil • OPEC • United Arab Emirates • oil price • oil production • UAE

US to Sign Nuclear Pact With UAE

Some fear move
could help fuel Iran's nuclear ambitions

Dec 12, 08 6:42 AM CST
(Newser) - The White House is set to sign a nuclear cooperation agreement with the United Arab Emirates—a move some fear could put nuclear materials in the hands of Iran, the UAE’s top trading partner. The Bush administration’s first such pact with a Middle Eastern country would mean sharing... More »

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Iran • Bush administration • nuclear proliferation • United Arab Emirates • nuclear fuel • agreement • nuclear energy

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