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Organised b http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005196576&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958&rendermode=preview-admin-1135099398363 http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005196413&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958&rendermode=preview-admin-1135099398363 WAM ABU DHABI: The first meeting of the UAE-Montenegro Joint Economic Committee, which has been concluded in Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro, focused on laying the foundations for a new start of economic relations between the two countries, in trade, http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005196413&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958&rendermode=preview-admin-1135099398363 http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005194651&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958&rendermode=preview-admin-1135099398363 WAM Swat, Pakistan, June 15th, 2013 - The UAE Pakistan Assistance Program (PAP) is distributing 30,000 school bags to poor, needy and orphan students in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province as part of its second phase of school bag initiative, being implemented und http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005194651&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958&rendermode=preview-admin-1135099398363 http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005193981&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958&rendermode=preview-admin-1135099398363 WAM Geneva, June 15th, 2013 - Access to quality education has a significant role in preventing racism, xenophobia and other forms of discrimination, a United Nations independent expert said. 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Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE Foreign Minister, and Michael Spindelegger, Austrian Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister for European '&' International Affairs, met here today to discuss ways of strength http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005126603&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958&rendermode=preview-admin-1135099398363 http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005128248&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958&rendermode=preview-admin-1135099398363 DUBAI: Microsoft, in collaboration with MAKE Business Hub, has hosted a panel of experts to discuss how technology innovations can support Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) in the UAE. 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