Under Sheikh Saqr's rule, the emirate was the last and most reluctant to join the United. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
The emirate is a center for investment and a major source of capital for Western markets. From Wordnik.com. Reference
If the debt standstill by the emirate were the only sign of rising risk in global markets it could be overlooked. From Wordnik.com. Reference
But to term our emirate "Dubai Inc.," as some do, suggests that commerce, more than anything else, is our leitmotif. From Wordnik.com. [Our Ambitions for the Middle East] Reference
A decade ago, the emirate was a backwater, dwarfed by the ambitions of its neighbours - Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
Attention will now focus on neighbouring Abu Dhabi, the oil-rich emirate, which is under pressure to mount a bailout. From Wordnik.com. [Latest financial, market & economic news and analysis | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Al-Qa'ida uses the historical term "emirate" to mean clerical rule across the Islamic world. From Wordnik.com. [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
How would you evaluate Hamas 'fortunes as semi-sovereign rulers of an Islamic "emirate" on the Mediterranean coast right now?. From Wordnik.com. [Americans for Peace Now] Reference
The clashes were sparked when Hamas police stormed a Gaza mosque where radicals had declared an Islamist "emirate," emergency services say. From Wordnik.com. [NEWS.com.au | Top Stories] Reference
"emirate" to mean clerical rule across the Islamic world. From Wordnik.com. [Reuters: Top News] Reference
Government type: constitutional hereditary emirate. From Wordnik.com. [The 2007 CIA World Factbook] Reference
It is to be funded by an undisclosed sum from the emirate. From Wordnik.com. [The Trouble with Going Global] Reference
There are roughly half a million BlackBerry users in the emirate. From Wordnik.com. [UAE BlackBerry ban set to spread throughout Gulf states] Reference
Terror attacks spread soon after Mr. Umarov declared his emirate. From Wordnik.com. [Chechen Rebel Digs In, Suggesting Rift in Insurgency] Reference
The (UNINTELLIGIBLE), gateway to the Islamic emirate of Afghanistan. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 22, 2001] Reference
The militants say they seek an Islamic emirate across the North Caucasus. From Wordnik.com. [Russian Police Kill 14] Reference
We are ranking (UNINTELLIGIBLE) around the Islamic emirate of Afghanistan. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 10, 2001] Reference
The name Cordoba is a nod to the Moorish emirate known its for religious tolerance. From Wordnik.com. [Feisal Rauf: Ground Zero's lightning rod] Reference
Instead, he took a job in the gleaming emirate of Abu Dhabi as a senior planning advisor. From Wordnik.com. [Shadowland: Hizzoner the Mayor] Reference
But also at the table, the leaders of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the Gulf emirate of Bahrain. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 3, 2003] Reference
Dubai is not the only gulf emirate inspired by the Singapore model, but it is the most successful. From Wordnik.com. [NOT JUST VEGAS] Reference
All this over reports of financial trouble at a government investment firm in a small gulf emirate. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 27, 2009] Reference
The militia's goal is "to take over the whole country and rule it as an Islamic emirate," Mahmoud said. From Wordnik.com. [Network of spies threatens Somalia] Reference
Not only tiny, the emirate is also homogenous -- only 150,000 of its 800,000-odd residents are citizens. From Wordnik.com. [Will Tiny Emirates Pave The Way?] Reference
Texas A&M is coming to Qatar, and the Gulf emirate is welcoming the university with a Texas-size barbecue. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary Clinton, Stand Back] Reference
His latest innovation, Internet City, is designed to make the emirate the cyberspace capital of the Middle East. From Wordnik.com. [Letter From Dubai] Reference
What's different about the building boom in this tiny emirate is that behind it lies a common-sense master plan. From Wordnik.com. [Oil’s Paintings] Reference
SAIRA SHAH, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The Kaoiper (ph) Pass, gateway to the Islamic emirate of Afghanistan. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 19, 2001] Reference
Dubai's boom has long been fueled by the notion that the region's oil economy would one day betray the tiny emirate. From Wordnik.com. [Doubts About Dubai] Reference
After the emirate announced the creation of Dubai Internet City in October 1999, no expense was spared to make it happen. From Wordnik.com. [Nibbling At The Net] Reference
The fact that it can draw on the surrounding wealth of an oilrich world will probably insulate the emirate from the worst. From Wordnik.com. [Too Big to Fail] Reference
This would ensure economic autonomy to the emirate of Mount-Lebanon, thanks to its commercial exchanges with Tuscany and Modena. From Wordnik.com. [Magda Abu-Fadil: "Gold and Silk" Revive Past Splendors at Lebanon Museum] Reference
Now, keeping track of Dubai's debt crisis, an economic adviser to President Obama says the emirate needs to show greater transparency. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 2, 2009] Reference
His emirate, along with Abu Dhabi and Qatar, is building multibillion-dollar science and technology parks to jump-start research efforts. From Wordnik.com. [Build It And They Will Learn] Reference
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