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NATO: F-16 Fighter Jet Crash-Lands at Italian Airbase
By not in system - AOL NewsBRUSSELS -- An F-16 fighter-bomber from the United Arab Emirates crashed on landing Wednesday at an air base in southern Italy after completing a transfer flight from another base, officials said. He said the pilot ejected safely after landing on the outbound runway at the air base at Sigonella in western Sicily at 11:35 am. The official, who could not be named in line with standing regulations, said the warplane had just arrived from an air base in Sardinia. Sigonella is located about 360 miles (600 kilometers) north of Libya's capital, Tripoli. It has been used extensively by aircraft ...
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 ...
As Western Allies Strike Libya, Where is the Arab League?
By Dana Kennedy - AOL NewsDespite the so-called "Arab Spring" and the 22-state Arab League's backing of the U.N.-authorized no-fly zone over Libya, no Arab nation participated in Saturday's military intervention and none are publicly supporting it. In fact, the head of the Arab League criticized the international strikes today, saying they caused civilian deaths. Libya said 48 people were killed in the strikes but there was no other official confirmation. The U.N. authorized a no-fly zone and also "all necessary measures" to protect civilians. "What is happening in Libya differs from the aim of imposing a no-fly ...
Gadhafi Forces Barrage Rebels in East and West
By not in system - AOL NewsTRIPOLI, Libya -- After dramatic successes over the past weeks, Libya's rebel movement appears to have hit a wall of overwhelming power from loyalists of Moammar Gadhafi. Pro-regime forces halted their drive on Tripoli with a heavy barrage of rockets in the east and threatened Tuesday to recapture the closest rebel-held city to the capital in the west. If Zawiya, on Tripoli's doorstep, is ultimately retaken, the contours of a stalemate would emerge - with Libya divided between a largely loyalist west and a rebel east as the world wrestles with the thorny question of how deeply to ...
Bahrain Opposition Plots Strategy Before Talks
By not in system - AOL NewsMANAMA, Bahrain -- Bahrain's opposition leaders gathered Sunday to examine offers for talks by Bahrain's rulers after nearly a week of protests and deadly clashes that have sharply divided the strategic Gulf nation. The streets in the tiny island kingdom were calmer as efforts shifted toward possible political haggling over demands for the monarchy to give up its near-absolute control over key policies and positions. But bitterness and tensions still run deep after seesaw battles that included riot police opening fire on protesters trying to reclaim a landmark square and then pulling back to ...
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 ...
President Obama Speaks About Airline Terror Scare [LIVE STREAM]
By Dana Chivvis - AOL News(Oct. 29) -- President Obama will speak to the press at 4:15 p.m. EDT about the ongoing investigations on airplanes in New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia and Maine. Officials in England found what they thought was an explosive device on a cargo plane bound for the Chicago from Yemen on Thursday night. The package tested negative for explosives. Canadian and U.S. fighter jets escorted an Emirates passenger jet en route from the United Arab Emirates to New York's J.F.K. airport this afternoon, where it is currently being swept by authorities. The live stream of the President's statements will ...
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