March, 2016

• 17 March

  Microcredit meet announces declaration on social inclusion

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM The 18th Microcredit Summit Campaign concluded in the capital under the patronage of HH Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council. Organised jointly by Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development, the Arab Gulf Programme for Development (AGFUND), and the Microcredit Summit Campaign, the summit gathered 1,000 global policy makers, central ...

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• 17 March

  UAE, Tajikistan vow to fight terror

  

  Dubai / WAM Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, on Thursday received Tajikistan President, Emomali Rahmon, at Zabeel Palace in Dubai. HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, HH Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, ...

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• 17 March

  Mohammed pays respects to nation’s martyrs

  

  Dubai / WAM Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has offered his condolences on the death of the UAE serviceman, First Lieutenant Mohammad Obaid Al Hammoudi, martyred in Yemen while carrying out his national duties as part of Operation Restoring Hope. Sheikh Mohammed, accompanied by H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin ...

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• 17 March

  MoI signs pact with Afghanistan to combat drugs

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Interior (MoI) recently signed a collaboration agreement with the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Afghanistan in the fight against drugs, on the sidelines of the International Exhibition for National Security and Resilience, ISNR Abu Dhabi 2016, at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Centre. The agreement was signed by Lt. General Saif Abdullah Al ...

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• 17 March

  Pink Caravan conducts free breast cancer screenings

  

  Sharjah / WAM The Higher Steering Committee of the 6th Pink Caravan Ride has announced that a total of 4,691 people, including 4,089 women and 602 men, were screened in nine days of the ride that started on March 7, and passed through all seven emirates spreading the message of the importance of early detection of breast cancer. Out of ...

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• 17 March

  Abu Dhabi Ports signs SMA with Shuba Group

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Ports has signed a Standard Musataha Agreement (SMA) with the Sobha Group, one of the largest real estate development companies in India and the Middle East, to launch a multi-use modern furniture factory in Khalifa Industrial City. The Chief Executive of Khalifa Industrial City, Mohammed Saeed Al Mulla, said that Sobha represents the latest ...

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• 17 March

  Emirates Airline showcases Chinese gateways to travel industry

  Dubai / WAM Emirates Airline and the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Tourism Administration on Thursday held a route launch presentation, focused on educating key travel trade partners in the UAE and Middle East region about Yinchuan, one of Emirates Airline’s upcoming two gateways into Mainland China. The presentation comes just six weeks ahead of the launch of direct air services to ...

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• 17 March

  Syria peace talks muddied as Kurds declare federal region

  

  Geneva / AFP Talks to end Syria’s brutal five-year conflict were rattled on Thursday by uncertainty surrounding the arrival of a second opposition group and the declaration by Syria’s Kurds of an autonomous region. UN mediator Staffan de Mistura met for the first time late Wednesday with an umbrella delegation including the so-called Moscow Group, which is demanding an equal ...

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• 17 March

  Israel ends standoff with Brazil over ‘settler’ ambassador

  Jerusalem / AFP Israel on Thursday ended an eight-month standoff with Brazil over its bid to appoint a controversial former settlement leader as its ambassador to the country. In a dispute that soured relations, Brazil refused to accept the nomination of Danny Dayan, made by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last August. Israel’s government initially dug in its heels, refusing to ...

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• 17 March

  UN retracts that Canada to fund Palestinian agency

  United Nations / AP The United Nations has retracted a statement saying Canada will resume contributing funds to the UN relief agency that aids and protects Palestinian refugees. UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said that the UN statement on the meeting of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau welcoming the restart of funding for UNRWA was an early draft ...

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