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ATHENS, March 1 (Reuters) – Greece said on Monday it approved Abu Dhabi MAR’s (ADM) offer for ThyssenKrupp-owned (TKAG.DE) Hellenic Shipyards (HSY), the press ministry said.
“The new joint scheme will be led by ADM which will hold 75.1 percent of the share capital of Skaramanga shipyard, with ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems participating with 24.9 percent. [...]

LONDON–(Business Wire)–
Global Insulation Logistics (GIL) Ltd together with insulated panel
manufacturer, Eurobond, today signed an exclusive 10 year partnership agreement
with TechXact, the leading consultancy and developer of data centres in the
Middle East and North Africa. This marks a major development in GIL`s presence
in the region and together they will jointly market and sell their products and
services [...]

KEC International | KEC International wins six new projects worth Rs 550 Crore
KEC International, a global leader in the power transmission EPC business has won major orders in Algeria and Abu Dhabi worth Rs 474 crore and Rs 76 crore respectively.
In Algeria, for CEEG Spa, KEC will undertake five turnkey projects of 400 KV, 200 [...]

Lahore, Sep.19 (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has rebutted reports regarding the formation of a four member organizing committee to look projects related to the proposed series against New Zealand scheduled to be held at Abu [...]

Lahore, Sep.16 (ANI): To avoid any further problems, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) would be sending tainted fast bowler Mohammad Asif to South Africa for the ICC Champions Trophy via London instead of Dubai.

While the rest of the team will travel to South Africa via Dubai, Asif would take the route via London to [...]

Karachi, Sep.16 (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has expressed hope that the drought of international tournaments for the national squad would soon be over with several foreign tours and multi nation events scheduled for the next few months.

“The dry spell is finally over and that’s a good sign for our cricket,” PCB’s Chief Operating [...]

Lahore, Sep 14 (ANI): Pakistan Cricket Board chief Ijaz Butt has said that he has had constructive talks with Emirates Cricket Board officials about holding a proposed ODI series against New Zealand there later this year.

Butt, who is in London, said that he would officially announce the venues for the four One-day Internationals and two [...]

Beijing, Sep 13 (ANI): A Chinese military expert Dai Xu has accused India of “spying” on Chinese military, saying that India violated diplomatic rights by inspecting a China-bound cargo plane of UAE’s Air Force, which was detained by the Indian Security agencies in Kolkata after it was found carrying huge cache of arms and ammunition [...]

Kolkata, Sep 10 (ANI): The China-bound cargo plane of United Arab Emirate’s (UAE) Air Force which was carrying arms and ammunition, finally took off from the Netaji Subhas Chnadra Bose International Air port on Thursday morning.

The UAE aircraft was detained by the Indian Security agencies after it found carrying huge cache of arms and [...]

Kolkata, Sep 7 (ANI): A United Arab Emirates Air Force plane was detained at the airport here on Sunday after a large cache of arms and ammunition was discovered. Nine crew members have been detained for questioning.

The plane, bound for Hanyang in China from Abu Dhabi, landed at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International [...]

Lahore, Sep. 4 (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is still undecided regarding the venue of the ‘home’ one-day international series against New Zealand scheduled to be held in November.

While it was being speculated that the series would be held either in the UAE or Malaysia, Pakistan Cricket [...]

Lahore, Sep. 2 (ANI): Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf has invited ‘Nazims’ (elected officials of local governments) to meet him in Abu Dhabi in order to gain his support against government’s move to scrap the existing local government system.

Nazims already have support of the PML-Q and the MQM.

“Former president after concluding his visit to Saudi [...]

Lahore, Aug.25 (ANI): The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has emerged as the first choice venue for the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to host the One-day International series against New Zealand scheduled to be held in November-December.

Sources said the PCB is likely to host the series in [...]

Lahore, July 3 (ANI): Pakistan would host New Zealand for three Tests and five one-day internationals on a neutral venue, after all efforts by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to relocate the ‘home’ series against Kiwis to New Zealand failed.

Sources said the PCB proposed hosting the series in New Zealand itself , but issues regarding [...]

Nicosia, July 1 (ANI): Abu Dhabi has been selected to house the headquarters of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).

The announcement was made at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, after other candidate cities, like Bonn and Vienna withdrew their candidacies.

Although IRENA was established last January, it saw its membership grow quickly from 75 member countries to 130. [...]

Michael Vaughan – Michael Vaughan to Retire from Test Cricket – Vaughan – Vaughan to announce retirement from Test cricket
London, June 28 (IANS) England’s most successful Test cricket captain Michael Vaughan will announce his retirement from Test and first-class cricket this week.
Vaughan, 34, is understood to have made his decision because his right knee makes [...]

Abu Dhabi, May 26 (ANI): French President Nicolas Sarkozy could visit Pakistan later this year to ink a nuclear cooperation deal between the two countries.

According to sources, France and Pakistan are negotiating a nuclear partnership and talks in this regard, are at an advanced stage.

“We’re [...]

Paris – French President Nicolas Sarkozy is to open a new French military base in the Gulf state of Abu Dhabi, the Elysee Palace announced Sunday.
Sarkozy, on a two-day trip to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is to mark on Monday the official opening of the base, at which – according to French media [...]

Mubadala Development Co, the investment arm of the Abu Dhabi government, will invest about $1.8bn in a property development project in Malaysia, a local newspaper reported on Saturday.
The project involves the construction of hotels and villas on a 1,200-hectare site in Terengganu state on the east coast of the Southeast Asian country, the Edge Weekly [...]

Sydney, May 19 (ANI): Australian captain Ricky Ponting says he wouldn’t be surprised if Andrew Symonds is named in the Ashes squad tomorrow.

Ponting said he expected a 16-man touring party to be named for the Ashes with the first Test starting on July 8 in Cardiff.

“I wouldn’t be surprised, he has had his share [...]