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Th Feb 24 -

LEVANTINE BRIEFS -

UAE Cranks Ratchet Up:

*Last Friday, EMAAR said it had decided to form a new company - EMAAR Palestine - in the Palestinian Authority area, a move taken under the directives of Dubai Crown Prince and strongman Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashed al-Maktoum, who is also UAE defense minister...

According to a senior Emirati source in Abu Dhabi, quoted Tuesday by Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, "in pushing contacts with Israeli officials, he [Abbar] went beyond the bounds of authorization set by the Emirati authorities.*

-- From a report by Taieb Mahjoub, AFP --
:: The Daily Star


:: And Issandr El Amrani :: reports that imprisoned Ayman Nour has been hospitalized after he became ill during interrogation.

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