Media summit in Abu Dhabi highlights efforts by Dubai's oil-rich neighbor to boost its clout Hartford Courant ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — With an economy based on pumping oil and landmarks that include one of the Mideast's grandest mosques, buttoned-down Abu Dhabi has little obvious in common with freewheeling media magnets like Hollywood or midtown Manhattan. | This week, the Arab emirate ...
Deal could be struck to protect bluefin tuna and African elephant The Times | Two of the world's most iconic endangered species, the bluefin tuna and African elephant, could be protected under a backroom deal being negotiated between Europe and Africa. | New rules restricting international trade in endangered species will be debated at a meeting of 175 countries beginning n...
EDITORIAL: Atlantic tuna trade ban Asahi News | The Atlantic bluefin tuna, which makes up half of the bluefin supply to Japan for high-grade sashimi and sushi, may stop coming. | To preserve the species, a proposal to ban international trade of Atlantic bluefin tuna will be tabled at the meeting...
Abu Dhabi pumps oil riches into media projects Newsvine | ABU DHABI — With an economy based on pumping oil and landmarks that include one of the Mideast's grandest mosques, buttoned-down Abu Dhabi has little obvious in common with freewheeling media magnets like Hollywood or midtown Manhattan. | Thi...
Abu Dhabi aims for more star power in media foray The Boston Globe | ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates-With an economy based on pumping oil and landmarks that include one of the Mideast's grandest mosques, buttoned-down Abu Dhabi has little obvious in common with freewheeling media magnets like Hollywood or midtown Ma...
Abu Dhabi pumps oil riches into media projects The Press Democrat | This week, the Arab emirate is hoping the world takes another look. The city-state, best known of late for bailing out its flashier neighbor Dubai, is bringing together some of the industry's biggest names for a summit that will temporarily shift m...
42 million date palms planted in UAE Khaleej Times His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahayan, there are continual efforts to increase UAE date palm productivity in order to make better use of the date palm industry and to pr...
Qatar Airways to develop bio-jet fuel The Hindu | A Correspondent | Alternative fuel enjoys the support of Airbus | IATA is supporting an airliner | emission | reduction programme | Nedumbassery: In an effort to reduce carbon fo...
Hotel, apartment use in Lebanon at record 2m nights Daily Star Lebanon | By The Daily Star | Thursday, February 25, 2010 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: Figures compiled by the Tourism Ministry show that a total of 769,551 persons used hotels and furnished a...
Deal could be struck to protect bluefin tuna and African elephant The Times | Two of the world's most iconic endangered species, the bluefin tuna and African elephant, could be protected under a backroom deal being negotiated between Europe and Africa. | New rules restricting international trade in endangered species will be...
New Study Reveals Little Economic Benefit of Polar Bear Trophy Hunting in Canada redOrbit Posted on: Friday, 5 March 2010, 10:00 CST | Hunts are of economic importance only to a handful of individuals | WASHINGTON, March 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new study, The Economics of Polar Bear Trophy Hunting in Canada, jointly released today ...
Qatar Air sees bumpy ride till mid-2011 DNA India | Hyderabad: Even as the best of the aviation industry sounded completely optimistic about the revival in the sector following a nosedive in 2008-09, the top executive of Qatar Airways, one of major airlines in the world, feels that there would be a difficult and bumpy future at least till mid-2011. | “I think people should not get carried aw...
