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The United Arab Emirates, in the eastern part of the Arabian Peninsula, extends along part of the Gulf of Oman and the southern coast of the Persian Gulf. The nation is the size of Maine. Its neighbors are Saudi Arabia to the west and south, Qatar to the north, and Oman to the east. Most of the land is barren and sandy.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Agility, recently signed an agreement to acquire the Kenyan logistics company, Starfreight Logistics Limited, based in Nairobi. A customs clearance and freight forwarding specialist, Starfreight Logistics concentrates particularly on the procurement and clearing of goods and machinery into Africa. Its services ... include warehousing and project forwarding, haulage, cross-border documentation and transport, air freight and customs examination.
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The Arab League was founded in Cairo in 1945 by Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Transjordan (Jordan, as of 1950), and Yemen. Countries that later joined are: Algeria (1962), Bahrain (1971), Comoros (1993), Djibouti (1977), Kuwait (1961), Libya (1953), Mauritania (1973), Morocco (1958), Oman (1971), Qatar (1971), Somalia (1974), Southern Yemen (1967), Sudan (1956), Tunisia (1958), and the United Arab Emirates (1971). The Palestine Liberation Organization was admitted in 1976. Egypt's membership was suspended in 1979 after it signed a peace treaty with Israel; the league's headquarters was moved from Cairo, Egypt, to Tunis, Tunisia. In 1987 Arab leaders decided to renew diplomatic ties with Egypt. Egypt was readmitted to the league in 1989 and the league's headquarters was moved back to Cairo.
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SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS, Brazil, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Falcon Aviation Services (FAS) of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), ordered eight Embraer Executive Jets: four Phenom 300s, three Legacy 600s and one Lineage 1000 aircraft. The total value of the deal, at list price, is US$ 145.78 million. This order is already included in Embraer's backlog.
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DUBAI, U.A.E., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) have signed a direct commercial sale contract for 10 S-70A BLACK HAWK helicopters to upgrade the fleet used by U.A.E. Armed Forces. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) .
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Fujairah Oil Technology is 50% owned by SulphCo and 50% owned by the Government of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates. The company will be capitalized initially with one million Dirhams (Dhs. 1,000,000, $1 US = 3.6725 Dhs.), divided equally between the two partners. Fujairah Oil Technology will own the full upgrade value of the oil after processing through the SulphCo Sonocracking(TM) technology, with the profits of any sales agreements shared 50% by the government-owned company and 50% by SulphCo. Fujairah Oil Technology will be granted the use of nine million barrels of oil storage capacity, land for facilities and utilities by the government.
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