“United Arab Emirates” on The Daily Caller

The latest bombing attempt in Times Square sheds light on the fact President Obama has been failing in his foreign policy endeavors. Leave aside the fact we are nowhere closer to Middle East peace talks and our allies feel abandoned. However, our president has failed to even mention Afghanistan lately where roughly 70,000 troops are stationed fighting bravely. (more)

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Ten years after its gymnastics team won an Olympic bronze medal in Sydney, China was ordered to give it back for using an underage girl, allowing the United States to claim it instead. (more)

Last week we reported that Americans are now paying 80 cents more per gallon for gasoline—an increase of 39 percent compared to this time last year. We also discussed how one major cost element—federal and state taxes—inflates your cost at the pump. Noting the overall retail price at the pump is too high, we promised to delve into other factors and cost components in this edition. (more)

The pair, an Indian flight attendant and her cabin services supervisor, were convicted of “coercion to commit sin” over the messages and initially sentenced to six months in jail, The National newspaper said on its website, citing court documents. (more)

The pair, a British man living in Dubai and a female friend, were arrested in November on accusations of kissing and touching each other intimately in public and consuming alcohol, their lawyer said. They were ordered jailed for a month. (more)

Speaking on Valentine’s Day before the U.S.-Islamic World Forum in Doha, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton emphasized the importance of bringing new harmony to the to the wearying ballad of Arab-Israeli peace efforts. (more)

For Dubai World’s creditors, indignity piles upon indignity. News that the troubled state-controlled conglomerate plans to repay its lenders a meager 60 cents for every U.S. dollar they are owed is yet another blow for lenders who until four months ago assumed Dubai World’s debts came with an implicit sovereign guarantee. (more)

DUBAI -Dubai announced Thursday the discovery of a new offshore oil field in the Persian Gulf that could boost its economy at a time when the United Arab Emirates’ second-largest sheikhdom is struggling with a multibillion-dollar debt pile. (more)

Russia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are the first countries to win preliminary approval for Internet addresses written entirely in their native scripts. (more)

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Sergio Garcia thinks it won’t be long before Tiger Woods returns to tournament play. (more)

Thank goodness President Barack Obama told the world last June that the United States could be seen as “one of the largest Muslim countries in the world.” If it weren’t for that declaration there wouldn’t be one Muslim country helping out in Haiti. (more)

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel for the first time has sent a Cabinet minister for meetings in the United Arab Emirates, a Persian Gulf country that has no diplomatic ties with the Jewish state. (more)

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel will for the first time send a Cabinet minister to Abu Dhabi, an Arab nation that does not have diplomatic ties with the Jewish state. (more)

HONOLULU (AP) — Ernie Els came all the way from Florida to a small island in the Pacific Ocean to start his PGA Tour season in the Sony Open. Even for a globe-trotter like Els, it seems like a long way to go for one tournament. (more)

SHANGHAI (AP) — China’s lavish bank lending spurred a recovery but also pumped up markets as speculators scooped up stocks and property and even dabbled in garlic, dried chilli pepper and luxury Pu’er tea. (more)

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Facing hard-line forces on the streets, Iran’s anti-government demonstrators have taken their protests to a new venue: writing “Death to the Dictator” and other opposition slogans on bank notes, while officials scramble to yank the bills from circulation. (more)

The US has called on the United Arab Emirates to review a court ruling which acquitted a member of its ruling family of torture charges. (more)

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Qatar Airways and other state companies in the tiny energy-rich Gulf nation say they are targeting the development of alternative jet fuel. (more)

AL AIN, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A member of the United Arab Emirates ruling family being tried in connection with the videotaped beating of an Afghan man has been cleared of all charges. (more)

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Shares of a leading Dubai construction company that helped build the world’s tallest tower fell after an Abu Dhabi state-run investment firm agreed to buy a controlling stake. (more)