The New York Observer » United Arab Emirates http://www.observer.com Just another WordPress site Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:01:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Blackberry Restrictions in Dubai: Blame the Spies The United States and Israel are to blame for upcoming restrictions on Blackberry use in the United Arab Emirates, says Dubai's police chief, Dhahi Khalfan Tamim. Addressing questions about an impending October suspension of Blackberry services by the UAE, Tamim told the daily al-Khaleej that the U.S. "is the primary beneficiary of having Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2010/daily-transom/blackberry-restrictions-dubai-blame-spies Oil-Rich UAE Buys Distressed East 46th Street Site The United Arab Emirates has dropped a princely sum on a stalled development site in midtown east.

In an odd denouement to a development story that began in 2007,  the Middle Eastern nation has paid $44.7 million to take the property at 313-317 East 46th Street, between First and Second avenues, off the hands of seller and real Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/real-estate/oil-rich-united-arab-emirates-acquires-control-distressed-east-46th-street-developm Will Abu Dhabi Construction Workers Whistle at Pam Anderson? Former Baywatch babe Pamela Anderson is the latest celeb to attach her name to an eco-friendly hotel in the capital of the United Arab Emirates. In June, Ms. Anderson visited Abu Dhabi with the Make a Wish Foundation and reportedly "fell in love" with the emirate, prompting her to partner with the royal family Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/real-estate/former-baywatch-babe-follows-brad-gulf The Abu Dhabi Experiment ABU DHABI—By 8 a.m. on a September morning in Abu Dhabi, the sun is already so strong that if you forget to put on your sunglasses before you step outside, your eyes start to tear up and you sneeze from the sheer burnt whiteness of the light. By midday, the flat landscape is bright beyond Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/abu-dhabi-experiment Bush Puts Port Safety In Some Dubious Hands When Washington politicians protest the purchase of American port facilities by an Arab company, it is natural to suspect prejudice or protectionism or both. When normally supine Republicans such as Bill Frist and Peter King defy the Bush administration to join Democrats like Hillary Rodham Clinton and Charles Schumer, the smell of election-year opportunism is Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2006/02/bush-puts-port-safety-in-some-dubious-hands/ Myrick to Bush: Hell No A reader writes in to point out a letter sent to President Bush today by republican congresswoman Sue Myrick of North Carolina. Myrick writes, "In regards to selling American ports to the United Arab Emirates, not just NO—but HELL NO!" —Nicole Brydson

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