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UAE, Saudi considering to move reserves out of dollar

dub_omer — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 01:39:27 +0000

WASHINGTON — A number of Middle Eastern central banks said on Tuesday they would seek to switch reserves from the US greenback to euros.

The United Arab Emirates said it was considering moving one-tenth of its dollar reserves to the euro, while the governor of the Saudi Arabian central bank condemned the decision by the United States to force Dubai Ports World to transfer its ownership to a ‘US entity,’ the UK Independent reported.

Read the full story here.

FOR ALL YOUR FURNITURE NEEDS

dub_omer — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 02:07:13 +0000

Talk about representing and catering to a specific type of clientele….I love the name of this shop!

HAZY SHADE OF WINTER

dub_omer — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 21:20:16 +0000

6:22 AM

Rain Town

dub_omer — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 02:31:28 +0000

I never saw clouds like this in Dubai before. I just had to take a picture – happened to be at the right place and right time. I absolutely love this weather! I for one, cannot get enough of it. Enjoy the rain lads, it won’t last for long.

WHERE IN THE EMIRATES – PART II

dub_omer — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 02:55:30 +0000

So, can anyone guess? To break the monotony of everything posh that is usually photographed in the Emirates.

UAE CHOSEN FOR SUB-ORBITAL TOURISM

dub_omer — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 13:56:16 +0000

The space travel agency, Space Adventures, has announced that Ras Al-Khaimah would be the location of the first, of several spaceports to take tourists on sub-orbital flights. So get your gear ready and line up, if you want to orbit the earth for your next holiday. I can just imagine the promo tag line, “Enter Ras Al-Khaimah, to exit the planet”… Exciting times we live in, don’t you agree?

Here’s the full story.

This is a big achievement for UAE and for Ras Al-Khaimah. Bravo!

WHERE IN THE EMIRATES

dub_omer — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 01:14:37 +0000

I think everyone can guess where this is. I spend most of my evenings looking at this view… not bad, huh? :)

Morning has broken

dub_omer — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 23:50:22 +0000

You know the best thing about getting up at dawn, is getting a chance to see a sky like this. I was so chuffed by it!
Doesn’t happen very often.

TAJ MAHAL – PART II

dub_omer — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 00:51:14 +0000

There is a replica of the Taj Mahal at the Global Village. Apparently, it is 75% scale of the original size. If they had only pushed for the remaining 25%, I could go ahead and cancel my trip to India. Or alternatively, I can scale my self down by 25% and visit this one TM at global village and it would be as big the original. hmm?

BTW, anyone been inside the TM at global village? I didn’t bother going in…

Is it me or is it global warming?

dub_omer — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 20:16:40 +0000

What has happened to the weather?! It feels like (in the morning) that the summer is already here. What a jib! It is not even the end of the Feb. I hope there is a last morsel of winter still left before global warming (or whatever the heck this warm spell is) swallows the chill in the air and burps out the beginning the warm summer months. Sounds revolting doesn’t it?…. I think so.