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Abu Dhabi Gives Dubai $10 Billion to Help Pay Debt

Dec. 14, 2009
Dubai said on Monday it had received $10 billion from fellow U.A.E. member Abu Dhabi to help it repay an Islamic bond maturing on Monday.
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commemorated in Washington
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A U.S. Air Force B-52 flies over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during commemoration of 50th anniversary of the war on May 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama is at the base of the wall left center. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. The B-52 bomber was used extensively during the Vietnam War. UPI/Pat Benic