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POPSTwo American Children Released From Taliban Madrassa Two American Children Escorted from Taliban Madrassa by American Consulate in Karachi for Flight to NYC "Karachi Kids" Documentary Spurs Action Two American children were escorted by the American consulate officers in Karachi, Pakistan Tuesday night Pakistan time and boarded a flight to Dubai, UAE and then boarded a direct flight to NYC, Noor Elahi Khan and Mahboob Elahi Khan are expected to arrive in Atlanta on a Delta flight this afternoon at 4:30 PM.
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POPSIraq Suggest US Timetable Two questions: 1. Would Bush leave even if Iraq kicked him out? 2. On the off-chance that he would, what the hell would John McCain run on?
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POPSUS House Votes To Sue Opec May 21.2008 UAE Opec, however, has long argued that high oil prices have been driven by a weak US dollar and speculators on exchanges in the US and Europe, not by a shortage of supply. Opec insists that it does not set prices, but regulates supply to meet demand. Abdullah al Badri, the Opec secretary general, said the move was misguided. “It’s their policy and I’m not going to challenge it,” he said. “But I think this is not the way to handle any problem – problems should be solved with dialogue. You cannot go and just blame Opec or try to abolish Opec.” Also yesterday, an industry consultant told Reuters that he estimated Opec would increase production by 700,000 barrels per day in May on the back of increases by Nigeria and Saudi Arabia. The 13 members of Opec were expected to pump 32.4 million barrels per day this month, compared to 31.7 million in April, said Conrad Gerber of Petrologistics.
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POPSUnited Arab Emirates Antisemitic Cartoon Antisemitic Cartoon In UAE Paper: Jew Hoists Baby On Nazi Pike For "60th Anniversary Of Nakba" MEMRI hat tip rut This kind of blood libel and outrage is perfectly acceptable, encouraged even, but insult the Prophet Moe and that is punishable by death.
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POPSIs a zero-carbon city on the horizon? As part of their Masdar Initiative (masdar meaning "the source" in Arabic), an effort to further the research and implementation of sustainable construction, the Abu Dhabi government will build this city on a nearby 2.3 square-mile site (six square kilometers), adjacent to its international airport at an estimated cost of $22 billion. It projected the city will eventually be able to sustain 50,000 residents and more than 1,000 businesses. It broke ground in construction of the city and hopes to complete the project by 2016.
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POPSShips in Custody Bail Out?! O.K - That's the weirdest story I've ever heard. Ships in custody? Bail? "The release of its ship"?! Is it me, or does it sound like an April Fool Day prank executed too late?
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POPSDubai architecture info Dubai has set an example which other gulf states are now trying to emulate, but will never even catch up. Its success lies in what a single benevolent leadership can achieve with vision and single-minded dedication. You never know what this country will bid for next!
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POPSAbu Dhabi: East Leans West
To make itself the region’s true cultural hub, the emirate has forged surprising partnerships, and is negotiating others, with some of the world’s leading cultural and academic institutions, several based in New York. In 2006, for instance, Abu Dhabi commissioned the Guggenheim Museum to construct a vast, 450,000-square-foot branch in the emirate. This past November came the announcement for New York University–Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), which will be the first comprehensive liberal arts campus that any major American research university establishes abroad. The emirate has also recruited the Sorbonne to create a French-language university and inked a whopping $1.3 billion deal with the Louvre to use its name, build a classical art museum, and share and jointly acquire art. Further, Abu Dhabi is talking with the New York Public Library and several other great libraries about opening branches, and it has approached New York’s Metropolitan Opera and Lincoln Center about a partnership.
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POPSUS, Abu Dhabi, Singapore Agree Sovereign Wealth Fund The agreements governing sovereign wealth funds were released by the Treasury after Paulson met Singapore's finance minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, government of Abu Dhabi executive council member Hamad Al Hurr Al Suwaidi and other officials at the Treasury. The International Monetary Fund and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development were seeking standards for sovereign wealth funds, whose value is expected to swell to 10 trillion dollars in five years.
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POPSThat's my mum!! My mum's (was) in the paper! I'm so proud! She even mentioned me!!! Happy Mother's Day!!!!
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