May, 2017

• 7 May

  Nigeria frees 82 Chibok girls in exchange with Boko Haram

    Bloomberg Nigeria said 82 more girls were freed by the Boko Haram militant group out of the hundreds abducted from a school dormitory more than three years ago in exchange for some of its jailed leaders. “After lengthy negotiations, our security agencies have taken back these girls in exchange for some Boko Haram suspects held by the authorities,” Garba ...

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• 7 May

  Merkel’s party defeats Social Democrats in state election

    Bloomberg Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party won a state election in northern Germany, according to projections based on exit polls, handing her Social Democratic challengers their second straight defeat at the polls before the nation votes in September. The German leader’s Christian Democratic Union took 33 percent of the vote on Sunday to 26 percent for the Social Democratic Party, ...

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• 7 May

  Afghanistan rejects Pakistan claim of killing 50 Afghan forces

    Bloomberg Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry denied a report by Pakistan that 50 Afghan forces were killed in a skirmish last week, a spokesman said on Sunday. The border fight erupted in the past few days in Kandahar province and ended with both sides announcing a cease-fire, Najib Danish, a spokesman to the Interior Ministry, said by phone. Pakistan’s army had ...

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• 7 May

  UAE’s non-oil trade hits AED1.56 trillion

  

    ABU DHABI / WAM In yet another sign of the country’s resilient economic growth policy, the UAE’s non-oil foreign trade in 2016 hit AED1.564 trillion, a 1 percent growth over 2015, according to UAE Federal Customs Authority (FCA). Despite besetting economic pressures, the volume of UAE’s non-oil foreign trade, including direct trade and free zones’, increased to AED1.564 trillion in ...

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• 7 May

  Abu Dhabi okays development projects worth AED204 million

  

    ABU DHABI / WAM The Executive Committee at the Executive Council of Abu Dhabi, headed by Jassem Bu Ataba Al Zaabi, Chairman of the Executive Committee, has approved several development projects valued at AED204 million and made a number of decisions on key issues and projects. The committee approved development works for the Saad-iyat Power Station with an overall ...

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• 7 May

  GCC nations to review business integrity issues in Riyadh

    RIDADH / WAM Anti-corruption and protection of business integrity will be the main topics of discussion at a meeting grouping anti- corruption and business integrity executives in the GCC states on Monday in Riyadh. The meeting will review a draft law for protecting public funds in the GCC states and guiding principles for enhancing efficiency and optimising performance at ...

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• 7 May

  UAE-Turkey forum to focus on investments, joint projects

  

    ABU DHABI / WAM Business leaders and professionals from the UAE and Turkey will participate in the two day UAE-Turkey Business Forum on the May 8 and 9 in Dubai in efforts to further develop bilateral relations and increase investments and joint projects in the avenues of tourism, transport, finance and trade services between the two countries. The Turkish ...

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• 7 May

  Aldar awards AED1.7bn contract for Yas Acres

    Abu Dhabi / WAM Aldar Properties, Abu Dhabi’s leading listed property development, investment and management company, has appointed Trojan General Contracting as the main contractor for the first three precincts of its flagship development on Yas Island, Yas Acres. Trojan will mobilise on site immediately as it works on the infrastructure, 652 villas and townhouses, the golf course, golf club ...

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• 7 May

  Barakah N-plant gets continued support of country’s leadership

    ABU DHABI / WAM The Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant, the UAE’s first nuclear energy plant currently being developed in the Al Dhafra region in Abu Dhabi, has received considerable attention and support by the wise leadership of the UAE. This support is reflected in the various site visits by UAE leaders and officials since the launch of the project. ...

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• 7 May

  Emaar Malls net profit jumps 19% to reach AED539 million

  Dubai / Emirates Business Emaar Malls, the shopping malls and retail business majority-owned by Emaar Properties PJSC, recorded a net profit of AED 539 million ($ 47 million) in Q1 (January to March) of 2017, higher by 19 percent over Q4 (September to December) 2016 net profit of AED 452 million ($123 million) and similar to net profit of AED ...

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