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Char marks are seen after an apartment fire in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, April 16, 2023. A fire swept through an apartment building in an older neighborhood of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, killing multiple people and injuring another several, authorities said Sunday. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

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Fire in Dubai kills 16, injures 9 in apartment building
By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press
Sat,04/15/23-8:51PM , 222 Reads
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A fire swept through an apartment building in an older neighborhood of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, killing at least 16 people and injuring another nine, authorities said Sunday.
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Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia takes his seat ahead of a working lunch at the G20 Summit, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022, in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia. In the years since Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman catapulted to power, it has been hard to find a controversy in the Middle East that doesn't somehow involve the 37-year-old heir to the throne. Now he's pivoting to his next audacious plan: Giving peace a chance. (Leon Neal/Pool Photo via AP, File)

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Analysis: Saudi prince pivots to peace after years of war
By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press
Mon,04/03/23-1:40AM , 392 Reads
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — In the years since Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman catapulted to power, it has been hard to find a controversy in the Middle East that doesn't somehow involve the 37-year-old heir to the throne. Now he's pivoting to his next audacious plan: Giving peace a chance.
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This photo captured by a drone shows ruins on Siniyah Island in Umm al-Quwain, United Arab Emirates, Monday, March 20, 2023. Archaeologists said Monday that they have found the oldest pearling town in the Persian Gulf on an island off one of its northern sheikhdoms of the United Arab Emirates, further expanding this young nation's understanding of its pre-Islamic history. (via AP)

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Their world was the oyster: Oldest pearl town found in UAE
By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press
Mon,03/20/23-2:04AM , 237 Reads
SINIYAH ISLAND, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Archaeologists said Monday they have found the oldest pearling town in the Persian Gulf on an island off one of the northern sheikhdoms of the United Arab Emirates.
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Iran says 22,000 arrested in protests pardoned by top leader
By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press
Mon,03/13/23-4:52AM , 523 Reads
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran announced Monday that the country's supreme leader has pardoned more than 22,000 people arrested in the recent anti-government protests that swept the Islamic Republic. There was no immediate independent confirmation of the mass release.
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