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Libyan Rebels Reboot Cellphone Service After Gadhafi's Shutdown
By Lauren Frayer - AOL NewsLibyan rebels who'd resorted to waving flags to communicate after Moammar Gadhafi cut off the Internet have now rebooted a local cellphone network for their own use. The new network, rigged up with help from U.S.-trained Arab engineers, is giving many Libyans their first chance in a month to contact loved ones and see if they're dead or alive. The Libyan dictator shut down all Internet service and mobile phone links to the rebel-held east more than a month ago. And as chaos and fighting spread, outages have hit huge swaths of the whole country as well. Chris Hondros, Getty ...
Report: Female Detainees in Egypt Forced to Take 'Virginity Tests'
By Lauren Frayer - AOL NewsWeeks after Egypt's vibrant, youth-led revolution, disturbing details are emerging about the treatment of some young female protesters briefly detained by Egyptian soldiers. Some of the women say they were strip-searched, photographed naked, beaten and forced to undergo "virginity tests" on threat of prostitution charges. At least 18 women were captured and held in military detention after army officers violently cleared Cairo's Tahrir Square on March 9, nearly a month after pro-democracy protesters ousted President Hosni Mubarak from power. After their release days later, several of them ...
Flight Bound for Heathrow From Abu Dhabi Diverted
By not in system - AOL NewsLONDON -- British authorities say a Heathrow Airport-bound flight from Abu Dhabi was diverted and given a fighter escort after a passenger aboard began making threats. Britain's military says two Royal Air Force jets were scrambled to accompany the Etihad flight as it was diverted to Stansted airport, north of London. Police say a 37-year-old British man was arrested Monday but gave no further details. The nature of the threats allegedly made by the passenger was not disclosed. The aircraft landed safely and no one was injured. ...
Secret Scientists Claim to Create Rain in Arab Desert
By Matthew Hall - AOL NewsA secret scientific program to control the weather has seen artificially created storms rain down on the Middle Eastern desert. Recent reports say Swiss scientists working for the ruler of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi last year successfully created 52 rainstorms in a usually arid region of the United Arab Emirates, using secret technology. Most of the storms were created in Al Ain, near Abu Dhabi, during July and August -- the height of summer when conditions are usually parched. Arnd Hemmersbach, Getty Images Two teams navigate through the Rub Al Kali Desert during the Abu Dhabi ...
Diamonds, Pearls Festoon Abu Dhabi's $11 Million Christmas Tree
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsMoney doesn't grow on trees, but that didn't stop a hotel in the United Arab Emirates from decking out a Christmas tree with $11 million in decorations. In an over-the-top display of holiday opulence already acknowledged as an "overload" by the hotel management, staff at the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi covered a 43-foot-tall fake evergreen with jewelry, pearls, emeralds, sapphires and more than 180 diamonds. Called the "most expensive Christmas tree ever" by hotel general manager Hans Olbertz when it was put up last week, the arbor was supposed to make headlines by besting a $10.8 million ...
Abu Dhabi Hotel Regrets $11M Christmas 'Overload'
By not in system - AOL NewsABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates -- An Abu Dhabi luxury hotel that boasted an $11 million Christmas tree decorated with gold and gems admitted Sunday it may have taken the holiday spirit a bit too far. A statement from the Emirates Palace hotel said it regretted "attempts to overload" the Christmas tree tradition by adorning it with premium bling including gold, rubies, diamonds and other precious stones from a hotel jeweler. Hussein Malla, AP The Emirates Palace luxury hotel said it regretted its 43-foot faux fir, which is covered in gold, rubies, diamonds and other precious ...
Beauty Pageant Decides Persian Gulf's Cutest and 'Milkiest' Camel
By Matthew Hall - AOL News(Dec. 16) -- The question remains, who gets to kiss the winner? A camel called Deri'a has been declared the Persian Gulf's "milkiest" dromedary, defeating hundreds of competitors in a traditional contest held in the United Arab Emirates. According to a Gulf News report, local favorite Deri'a gave up 11.7 kilograms of milk to defeat rival camels from Oman, Saudi Arabia and Yemen in the Abu Dhabi showdown. courtesy ADACH The second season of the Hallab competition for milky camel will be held on December 11-13 as part of the fourth season of Al Dhafra Festival in Madinat Zayed Al ...
WikiLeaks' Key Revelations Focus on Iran Threats
By Theunis Bates - AOL News
(Nov. 29) -- U.S. officials have angrily condemned the release by WikiLeaks of hundreds of confidential diplomatic messages, with the White House calling the whistle-blowing site's online disclosure of leaked government cables "reckless and dangerous" actions that "put at risk our diplomats, intelligence professionals and people around the world who come to the United States for assistance in promoting democracy and open government." Republican Rep. Peter King, the ranking GOP member on the House Homeland Security Committee, urged the State Department to designate WikiLeaks a "foreign ...
What the Arab World Makes of the Ground Zero Mosque Plans
By Paul Wachter - AOL News(Aug. 17) --- As the controversy over the "Ground Zero Mosque" ratchets up, it might be worth taking a look to see just what opinions about the building are actually percolating throughout the Arab world, or at least the Arab press. My old boss, Jamil Mroue, publisher of The Daily Star of Beirut, Lebanon, and a Shiite Muslim, just wrote an editorial praising Barack Obama's stance, but also arguing that Park51 should be less mosque, more cultural center: Islam has been grievously misunderstood, and we envision Park51 as a place of education about the religion -- and yes, at such a site ...
Pacquiao's Adviser Working on 'Multi-Million Dollar Deal' vs. Antonio Margarito
By Lem Satterfield - AOL NewsMichael Koncz, the adviser to seven-division champion and current WBO welterweight (147 pounds) king Manny Pacquiao, will stay in Abu Dhabi until Saturday in an attempt to work out what Koncz called a "multi-million dollar deal" for the United Arab Emirates to play host to Pacquiao's Nov. 13 clash with ex-titlist Antonio Margarito, Top Rank Promotions CEO Bob Arum, told FanHouse on Thursday. Arum told FanHouse on Wednesday that he had not heard from Koncz since his arrival in Abu Dhabi on Monday, but has since spoken to Koncz, who updated him on the negotiations' status. "Michael is still ...
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