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Hashemi Rafsanjani: Iran Seeks To Quiet Critical Former President

The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — When Iran holds state-run ceremonies this week for an important Islamic feast day, there will be one very noticeable change: former President Hashemi Rafsanjani will not be leading the prayers. The removal of Rafsanjani from the high-profile role is the latest slap by the ruling establishment against the single figure they may fear most – a powerful combination...

Iran seeks to quiet critic inside ruling system

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- When Iran holds state-run ceremonies this week for an important Islamic feast day, there will be one very noticeable change: former President Hashemi Rafsanjani will not be leading the prayers.

Traffic Jam: Gender, Labor, Migration and Trafficking in Dubai

The New Security Beat (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009

“All trafficking is not sex trafficking,” argued Woodrow Wilson Center Fellow Pardis Mahdavi, at a recent Middle East Program event. Drawing on her ethnographic research in the United Arab Emirates, Mahdavi analyzed the policy implications of the latest Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime . The TIP report offers information on modern day slavery--human...

Iran media plans stir talk of elite force at helm

Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The portfolio of Iran's Revolutionary Guard keeps on growing. Its troops watch over nuclear facilities, its rocket scientists enlarge Iran's missile arsenal and its engineers have taken on a rail line as their latest big-ticket project. Could media mogul be next?

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Laid off for implicating Emirates Airlines

UAE community blog (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

Dubai Media Observer links to a Reporters Without Borders article titled "Laid off for implicating Emirates Airlines" "The exclusive account of Courtney C. Radsch, a US journalist who recently lost her job at the Al Arabiya news website (www.alarabiya.net) in the United Arab Emirates for posting information about safety violations by the national air carrier, Emirates Airlines. “...

Dubai's hidden victims of recession

Financial Times (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

Stranded without regular jobs and with no legal identification documents, tens of thousands of illegal workers who make up the United Arab Emirates' grey economy have been badly hurt in the downturn

Dubai delays debut of tallest tower to early 2010

Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Visitors will have to wait until early next year for the opening of the world's tallest building in Dubai. The media office of the city-state's...

UAE to appoint first female muftis next year

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009

Dubai - The United Arab Emirates will appoint the world's first female muftis next year, according to media reports Tuesday. The Gulf state's Grand Mufti Ahmed al-Haddad said that six Emirati women are being considered for the training programme, whi...

Dubai takes first steps toward Olympic bid in 2020

Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - This Gulf boomtown has set its sights on becoming the first Arab city to host the Olympics with a committee meeting Monday to consider a possible...

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Daily Khabor @ Khabor.Com (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009

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Daily Khabor @ Khabor.Com (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009

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Wait goes on for Dubai's £10bn bond

Financial Times (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009

Bankers and executives wonder when the emirate will bite the bullet and ask the United Arab Emirates central bank for the second tranche of a $20bn bail-out

Kenyan exporters look for new flower markets

African Agriculture (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009

by John Oyuke Kenyan horticultural exporters are eyeing the Middle East in a bid to diversify from the traditional European market hit hard by global financial crisis. The traders have already sought help in finding new markets in places like the Gulf Cooperation Council countries. "Some of our own customers are already in talks with outlets like Spinneys among others," an official of SkyCargo,...

Islamic investment fund launched by Khazanah Nasional Berhad | Malaysia in Focus

crompt | 10/23/2009

The Malaysian sovereign investment fund Khazanah Nasional Berhad together with the Brunei Investment Agency and the United Arab Emirates’ Abu Dhabi Investment Council, has launched a $600 million Islamic investment firm. Called Fajr Capital it will invest in the financial services industry in Muslim markets . “We’re looking to make investments in financial services in the shareholders’

Six-member Sudanese crew killed in UAE air crash: report

Reuters (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009

DUBAI (Reuters) - Six Sudanese crew members were killed in the crash of their cargo aircraft near Sharjah airport in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday, Al Arabiya television reported.

Islamic investment fund launched by Khazanah Nasional Berhad | Malaysia in Focus

crompt | 10/23/2009

The Malaysian sovereign investment fund Khazanah Nasional Berhad together with the Brunei Investment Agency and the United Arab Emirates’ Abu Dhabi Investment Council, has launched a $600 million Islamic investment firm. Called Fajr Capital it will invest in the financial services industry in Muslim markets . “We’re looking to make investments in financial services in the shareholders’ regional markets...