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Reaching for a Higher Profile, Abu Dhabi Opens a Hub for Western Media

Oct. 12, 2008
CNN, The Financial Times and other media companies are setting up shop in Abu Dhabi, an island city that is the capital of the United Arab Emirates.
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Abu Dhabi forms film company

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Abu Dhabi Media Company announced it has formed a film company that will develop, finance and produce content for both the global and Arabic-language markets.

Abu Dhabi boosts oil infrastructure

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Abu Dhabi's International Petroleum Investment Co. will team up with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. on infrastructure development, officials said.

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OTTAWA, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- The Abu Dhabi Airports Co. has contracted Searidge Technologies and its partner Bayanat Airports Engineering & Supplies for airport surface surveillance.

UAE deploys face-recognition technology

TUCKAHOE, N.Y., Aug. 18 (UPI) -- United Arab Emirates security authorities have contracted CryptoMetrics Inc. to support a wanted person detection technology at Abu Dhabi International Airport.

$1B Kazakh, Abu Dhabi energy deal inked

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, July 21 (UPI) -- The governments of Abu Dhabi and Kazakhstan announced a $1 billion investment venture to develop oil and gas projects in Kazakhstan, officials said.

UAE seeks Hormuz alternative for oil

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, July 8 (UPI) -- Abu Dhabi expects construction on an interstate oil pipeline bypassing the Strait of Hormuz to be completed ahead of schedule, industry officials said.

Germany, Abu Dhabi ink energy deal

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, June 26 (UPI) -- The German energy firm Wintershall signed a memorandum of understanding with an Abu Dhabi oil investment firm to develop regional natural resources.

Amec contends for UAE nuclear sites

LONDON, June 23 (UPI) -- Britain-based Amec may soon be operating a power station in the United Arab Emirates.

British in U.A.E. warned of attacks

LONDON, June 16 (UPI) -- The British Foreign Office is warning British nationals in the United Arab Emirates that terrorists might be targeting countries patronized by expatriates.

Singapore, Abu Dhabi agree to new policy

WASHINGTON, March 21 (UPI) -- The governments of Singapore and Abu Dhabi agreed not to mix business in the United States with geopolitical interests.

Kaymer captures title at Abu Dhabi

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Twenty-three-year-old Martin Kaymer of Germany won the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship in the United Arab Emirates Sunday -- his first European Tour Title.

Kaymer holds 6-shot lead at Abu Dhabi

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Martin Kaymer of Germany carded a 4-under-part 68 Saturday to keep his six-shot lead in the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship in the United Arab Emirates.
French military base in Abu Dhabi by 2009

French military base in Abu Dhabi by 2009

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy said his country will open a military base in Abu Dhabi, increasing the Western presence in the Persian Gulf region.

Abu Dhabi promotes natural gas-run cars

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. is planning to open additional natural gas filling stations next year.

Japan plans to loan billions to UAE

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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler