UAE- Ras Al Khaimah expects one million visitors in 2012 (29 Apr 2012)
(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) Ras Al Khaimah is confident to welcome one million visitors this year as the government accords top priority to promote the emirate as leisure destination, a top official of ...
Speeding motorist saves a cat, causes death of 4 workers (15 May 2012)
RAS AL KHAIMAH Four Asian workers were killed and 21 others injured when the bus they were travelling in flipped and rolled several times after a four-wheel drive vehicle collided with it as its driver was trying to avoid a cat here on Tuesday.
Real Madrid plan pushes RAK debt to six-month low (16 May 2012)
Yield on emirate's sukuks plummets after football club announced resort plans
UAE- RAK airport's passenger traffic jumps 58.8% in Q1 (14 May 2012)
(MENAFN) Ras Al Khaimah International Airport's Director, Andrew Gower, stated that passenger traffic during the first quarter surged by 58.8 percent from 2011's same period, reported Khaleej ...
Amnesty calls on UAE to release Islamists if held for views (10 May 2012)
ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Amnesty International has said that two Emirati Islamists detained in an undisclosed location in the United Arab Emirates could be at risk of "torture or other ill-treatment", and called for their immediate release if they are only held for their views. Saleh al-Dhufairi was arrested last week in the northern emirate of Ras al-Khaimah by men who identified themselves as ...
UAE tightens grip on Islamist group on the far margins of Arab Spring (07 May 2012)
RAS AL-KHAIMAH, United Arab Emirates (AP) Morning prayers had just ended. Worshippers streamed out, squinting into the rising sun and paying no attention to the knot of men wearing the traditional white robes of the Gulf standing nearby.
Wary UAE tightens screws on Islamists (20 Apr 2012)
ABU DHABI/RAS AL-KHAIMAH, United Arab Emirates (Reuters) - Wary of the Muslim Brotherhood's growing influence in the Arab world, the United Arab Emirates is clamping down on Islamists, anxious they could be emboldened to challenge a government that has weathered "Arab Spring" uprisings unscathed. Long confined to the margins of the political scene or thrown in prison to ensure they stayed that ...
DNO International Signs Amended Concession Agreement for the Saleh Area, Offshore Ras Al Khaimah (19 Apr 2012)
Oslo, 20 April 2012 -- DNO International ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas company, announced today that it has signed an amended concession agreement with the Government of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, ...
Rights groups urge release of 9 UAE Islamists (29 Apr 2012)
Two rights groups on Monday urged the UAE to release nine activists, including a member of the ruling family of the emirate of Ras al-Khaimah, one of seven Emirati states.
State security men detain Islamist activist in UAE emirate: son (29 Apr 2012)
DUBAI (Reuters) - State security men on Sunday detained an Islamist activist who had criticized the United Arab Emirates' security apparatus, his son said, amid a crackdown on Islamists in the Gulf Arab country. Ten plain-clothes men, who identified themselves as security officials, arrived at a mosque in the northern emirate of Ras al-Khaimah after dawn prayers and took Saleh al-Dhufairi, the ...
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