WAM - Top Stories http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=Query&cid=1135099399852&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout Recent News stories Etihad Airways to launch double daily flights from Abu Dhabi to Malaysia http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005253199&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852 WAM ABU DHABI, June 19th, 2013 (WAM)Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, will add a new daily flight between Abu Dhabi and Kuala Lumpur to offer a double daily service from July 15th. The new schedule will add 1400 new seats pe http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005253199&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852 Sharjah International Book Fair impresses in Seoul http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005253083&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852 WAM SHARJAH, June 19th, 2013 (WAM) -- A delegation from the Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) is participating in the Seoul International Book Fair, taking place at COEX in Seoul from the 19th to the 23rd of June which was inaugurated by Park Geun-hye http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005253083&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852 President's Initiatives Follow-up Committee approves two projects worth AED 120 million http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005252959&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852 WAM ABU DHABI, June 11th, 2013 (WAM) -- Acting upon the instructions of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan to provide dignified life and social stability for all Emiratis, the President's Initiatives Follow-up Committee has approved http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005252959&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852 UN Secretary-General Hails Signing of Mali Peace Agreement http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005252824&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852 WAM NEW YORK, June 19th, 2013 (WAM) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the signing of an agreement between the Government of Mali and Tuareg rebels. "The agreement provides for an immediate ceasefire, paves the way for the holding of presiden http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005252824&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852 Graduate exhibition of innovative projects at Abu Dhabi Women's College http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005252805&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852 WAM ABU DHABI, June 19th, 2013 (WAM) -- The Department of Applied Communication Systems in Abu Dhabi Women's College have organised an exhibition of innovative projects for fifteen students of the final year bachelor's programme. 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The move was recently launched and overseen http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005251062&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852 UAE's oil and gas industry strengthens national economy. 1st ADD http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005251053&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852 WAM XXXXX demand. The Director General of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), Abdulla Nasser Al Suwaidi, stressed on the importance of providing secure and stable oil and gas supplies with reasonable yet good prices for the company. Al Suwaidi, in rema http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005251053&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852 Qatar signs Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005251044&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852 WAM New York, June 19, 2013 -- Qatar signed last night the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products at the United Nations Headquarters here in New York. The protocol was signed by the Permanent Representative of Qatar to the UN Sheikh Mishaa http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005251044&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852 Datamatix announces the hosting of the GCC Nationals' Pension and Retirement Strategy in Private Sector Conference http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005250728&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852 WAM DUBAI, June 19th, 2013 (WAM) -- Datamatix announces the hosting of "GCC Nationals' Pension and Retirement Strategy in the Private Sector Conference", on 2nd and 3rd of July at the Dusit Thani Hotel in Dubai, UAE. The event aims to highlight the latest http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005250728&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852 ADMA-OPCO signs EPC Contract for Umm Lulu Field Project with NPCC http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005250703&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852 WAM ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA-OPCO) has signed a AED 2.8 billion ($765.94 million) Engineering, Procurement '&' Construction (EPC) contract for Umm Lulu (UL) Full Field Development Project Package-1 with the National Petroleum Con http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005250703&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852 UAE's oil and gas industry strengthens national economy http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005250694&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852 WAM ABU DHABI, June 19th, 2013 (WAM): The UAE planned to increase its crude oil production capacity to 3.5 million barrels per day (bpd) by 2017 to contribute to the stability of global markets and to ensure long-term obligations with consumers, as world o http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005250694&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852 UAE's efforts to preserve environment exemplary, UAE Paper http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005250621&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852 WAM ABU DHABI, June 19th, 2013 (WAM) -- Authorities in charge of tackling environmental issues in the UAE have not been resting on their laurels since receiving an acknowledgment from the World Wildlife Fund in 2010, of being number one in the world in ter http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005250621&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852 UAE's oil and gas industry strengthens national economy. http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005250136&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852 WAM ABU DHABI, June 19th, 2013 (WAM): The UAE planned to increase its crude oil production capacity to 3.5 million barrels per day (bpd) by 2017 to contribute to the stability of global markets and to ensure long-term obligations with consumers, as world o http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005250136&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852 OPEC daily basket price stood at US$103.10 a barrel Tue. June 18 http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005250037&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852 WAM VIENNA: The price of OPEC basket of twelve crudes stood at US$103.10 a barrel on Tuesday, June 18th 2013, compared with US$103.85 the previous day, the calculations of the OPEC Secretariat, the executive organ of the Organization of the Petroleum Expor http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005250037&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852 Children's City celebrates 'Hag Al Lailah' http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005249976&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852 WAM DUBAI, June 19th, 2013 (WAM) -- Children's City of Dubai Municipality completes the third week of its Summer Activities 2013 celebrating the Mid-Sha'aban activity 'Hag Al Lailah' at 4.00 pm to 7.00 pm on Sunday. Nayla Al Mansoori, Head of Children's Ci http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005249976&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852 Etihad Airways and Taleris implement new technology to predict Aircraft Maintenance Faults http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005249392&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852 WAM Le Bourget, FRANCE, June 19th, 2013 (WAM)-- Etihad Airways, the national carrier of the United Arab Emirates, has entered into an agreement with global technology company Taleris to launch groundbreaking new technology which can help predict potential http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005249392&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852 45.2 million displaced people worldwide, UNHCR report says global forced displacement at 18-year high http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005249233&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852 WAM ABU DHABI: A report released today by UNHCR, the UN's refugee agency, says that more people are refugees or internally displaced than at any time since 1994, with the crisis in Syria having emerged as a major new factor in global displacement. UNHCR's http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005249233&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852 Muslim Brotherhood will not change the Emirati attitude towards Egypt and its people, says paper http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005249169&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852 WAM ABU DHABI: "What do the new Egypt rulers want by singling out the UAE as the reason for their failure to rise up to the challenges of the post-January 25 Revolution facing the largest Arab country?," a local UAE paper on Wednesday asked. Describing the http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005249169&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852 In UAE, tangible and far-reaching benefits from development, guided by smart growth principles. http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005249128&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852 WAM ABU DHABI: The authorities in charge of tackling environmental issues in the UAE have not been listless despite receiving an acknowledgment from the World Wildlife Fund in 2010, of being number one in the world in terms of having the biggest ecological http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005249128&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852 Foreign ministry's undersecretary meets Indian FM http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005247762&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852 New Delhi, 18 June 2013 (WAM) - The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Abdullah bin Mohamed bin Butti Al Hamed met here today with the Indian Minister of External Affairs Salman Khurshid on the sidelines of the 1st joint consular commiss http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005247762&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852 Mohammed bin Rashid crowned winner of St James's Palace Stakes http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005246472&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852 London, 18 June 2013 (WAM) - Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum was crowned winner of the mile G1 St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot, Britain today. Trained by Jim Bolger, Kevin Man http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005246472&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852 NCEMA, Australian Government sign MoU http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005244588&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852 WAM ABU DHABI, June 18th, 2013 (WAM) --National Emergency and Crisis Management Authority (NCEMA), today signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Australia Director of Public Prosecution, Roger Wilkins. The move comes in line with the efforts to a http://www.wam.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1290005244588&pagename=WAM%2FWAM_E_Layout&parent=Query&parentid=1135099399852