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The meeting was held at the invitation http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004683227&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004682132&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 WAM ABU DHABI, May 13th, 2013 (WAM)--Bi-partisan Congressional delegation from the US House of Representatives, today visited the Federal National Council (FNC), where they were briefed on the UAE parliamentary experience. During the meeting with Dr Amal A http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004682132&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004678955&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 WAM Fujairah, May 13th, 2013 (WAM) -- H. H. Sheikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Fujairah, received today in his Palace at Rumela Dr. Hamdan Musallam Al Mazrouei, Chairman of the General Authority of Islamic Affairs and http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004678955&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004678814&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 WAM ABU DHABI, May 13t h, 2013 (WAM) -- African media is showing great interest in the UAE as a number of African newspapers across the continent tackle issues pertaining to the UAE. Articles were prepared by journalists who visited the UAE last month with http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004678814&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004677983&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 WAM Abu Dhabi, May 13th, 2013 (WAM)-- Dr. Anwar bin Mohammed Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, has led the UAE delegation to the first ministerial meeting of the Mali Contact Group in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The meeting is being held at the inv http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004677983&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004654099&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 WAM Doha, May 12th, 2013 (WAM)-- President of Cote d'Ivoire Alassane Dramane Ouattara started today an official visit to Qatar. According to Qatar News Agency (QNA), President Ouattara's visit to Qatar will last for a number of days. 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Yousef Al Otaiba, UAE's Ambassador to the United Sates, welcomed d http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004598429&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004595899&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 WAM NEW YORK: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has rejoined the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) after 26 years of having left the entity, it was announced today. "The UAE play a central role not only in the development of tourism in the reg http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004595899&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004595759&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 WAM ABU DHABI: The Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany has been awarded to the Cultural Advisor at the UAE Presidential Affairs Ministry, Zaki Nusseibeh, by the President of Germany Joachim Gauck, in recognition of hi http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004595759&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004595329&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 WAM LONDON: Somalia made significant progress and security in Horn of African country is improving, as Somali and AMISOM ( African Union Mission in Somalia) forces, and their Ethiopian allies, recover towns and routes from Al Shabaab, according to final co http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004595329&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004594779&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 LONDON: The UAE has pledged AED183 million (US$50 million) in aid for Somalia. 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Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras al-Khaimah received today at Al Dhait Palace Julia Marton- Lefevre, Director-General, International Union for Conservation of Nature in http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004531098&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004526985&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 WAM Abu Dhabi, May 04th, 2013 (WAM) -- Suhail bin Mohammed Faraj Faris Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy will lead tomorrow the UAE delegation to Eretria. The UAE delegation includes a number of officials and businesspersons. During the visit, the minister w http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004526985&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004524712&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 Abu Dhabi, May 04th, 2013 (WAM) -- Director General of the Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation, Ahmed Shabib Al Dhaheri has met at the foundation's headquarters, with Rashad Badeaaldin, Sri Lankan Minister of Trade and Ind http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004524712&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004497100&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 LONDON 1st May 2013 (WAM): UAE and British Ministers met here today to review opportunities for strengthening co-operation in international development efforts and in humanitarian relief. The UAE Minister for International Co-operation and Development, http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004497100&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004496958&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 Abu Dhabi, 1 May 2013 (WAM) - His Highness General Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces met this evening at the Emirates Palace with the Prime Minister of Japan H.E. Shinzo A http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004496958&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004495836&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 LONDON, 1st May 2013 (WAM): President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan concluded his two-day state visit to the United Kingdom this afternoon with a visit to Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, the heir to the British throne, at his residen http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004495836&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004495509&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 LONDON, 1st May 2013 (WAM) - President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan today held talks with the British Prime Minister David Cameron at 10 Downing Street. The meeting is part of the activities during the state visit of the UAE Presiden http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004495509&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004495473&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 Abu Dhabi, 1 May 2013 (WAM) - His Highness General Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces hosted this evening at the Emirates Palace a reception in honour of the Prime Minister http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004495473&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004495309&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 LONDON, 1st May 2013 (WAM): President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan this afternoon laid a wreath at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey in central London. 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Thomasen and Seele gave a presentation on their companies' experience in oil industry and viewed http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004492969&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004490870&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 WAM LONDON, 1st May 2013 (WAM) H. H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Centre for Documentation and Research, visited today the British Nati http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004490870&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004491449&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 WAM DUBAI: Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has ordered the organisation of the Africa Global Business Forum as an annual event in Dubai, as from next year 2014. The decision stems from http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004491449&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004491458&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 WAM LONDON, 1st May 2013 (WAM): Dh 11.6 million (?2 million) of joint funding to help Somalia tackle the issue of sexual violence in conflict is to be announced today by United Arab Emirates' Foreign Minister His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahya http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004491458&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004491488&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 WAM ABU DHABI: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has arrived in the UAE starting a two-day official visit. The Japanese Prime Minister and his delegation were received upon arrival at the Presidential Flight airport in Abu Dhabi by H.H. Sheikh Hazza bin Z http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004491488&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004485596&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 WAM ABU DHABI: Today, Masdar and the UK Green Investment Bank plc (GIB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore project investment opportunities in the UK's clean energy sector. The MoU was signed on the occasion of a state visit to the UK by http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004485596&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004487609&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 WAM LONDON, 1st May, 2013 (WAM)--The Governments of the United Arab Emirates and of the United Kingdom today signed two memoranda of understanding on the creation of a Dialogue of Values and Qualification of Frameworks. H. H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al N http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004487609&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004482515&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 WAM Abu Dhabi, May 1st, 2013 (WAM)-- Lt. General Saif Abdullah Al Shafar, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior, today met with the Malaysian Ambassador to UAE, Ahmed Anwar Bin Adnan. At the meeting, they reviewed a number of issues of common interest http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004482515&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004482340&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 WAM Dubai, May 1st, 2013 (WAM) -- H.H. Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai today received the Prime Minister of Uganda, Amama Mbabazi at Madinat Jumeriah, who is participating in The Africa Global Business Forum 2013 (A http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004482340&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004481949&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 WAM London, May 1st, 2013 (WAM) -- Dr Anwar Mohammed Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, today underlined the importance of the historic visit of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan to the United Kingdom at the invitation http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004481949&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004480695&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 WAM London, May 1st, 2013 (WAM) -- Dh 11.6 million (£2 million) of joint funding to help Somalia tackle the issue of sexual violence in conflict is to be announced today by United Arab Emirates' Foreign Minister H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004480695&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004478616&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 WAM ISLAMABAD, 1st May, 2013 (WAM) - A mild intensity earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale hit parts of north India and Pakistan on Wednesday, meteorological officials said. There are no reports of an casualty so far. The earthquake was 40 miles d http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004478616&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004471309&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 Dubai, 30 April 2013 (WAM) - Energy Minister Suhail bin Mohamed Al Mazrouei attended today part of the annual investment forum, organised by the ministry of economy, and toured the career fair being held as part of the forum. Al Mazrouei met Tatarstan http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004471309&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004462802&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 WAM Abu Dhabi, Apr 30th, 2013 (WAM) -- Abdullah Sulaiman Al Hamadi, Director of African Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, today in his office at the ministry, received Alamin Nafie Yousef, Charge d'Affaires at the Eritrean embassy in the UAE. At http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004462802&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004462691&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 WAM Abu Dhabi, Apr 30th, 2013 (WAM) -- President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a congratulatory cable to His Majesty King Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands, on the occasion of his country's National Day. 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The relationship http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004434409&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004431100&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 Abu Dhabi, 28 April 2013 (WAM) - The Sheikh Zayed Book Award Ceremony, celebrated as the most important cultural event in the Arab region, took place at the Abu Dhabi Exhibition Centre in the presence of dignitaries, prominent public figures, and membe http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004431100&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004429352&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 WAM Abu Dhabi, 28 April 2013 (WAM) - The United Arab Emirates was disappointed by the US State Department s 2012 Report on Human Rights Practices in the UAE, published on 19 April 2013. 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Sheikh Saud welcomed the Czech senior offi http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004425032&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290004424477&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Collection&parentid=1135099399958 WAM AL AIN: The United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) and the University of Castilla-La Mancha signed a mutual agreement for scientific research and cultural, social and economic development. 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