| 1761 | 1761 - The Trucial States had an area of approximately 83000 kmē, of which Abu Dhabi alone covered 67000 kmē.The town of Abu Dhabi (which is on an offshore island) was declared as capital in 1761. More than simply the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE ...Abu Dhabi was formerly known as the largest of the seven emirates that constituted the Trucial States on the so-called "Pirate Coast" of eastern Arabia between Oman and Qatar. The Trucial States had an area of approximately 83000 kmē, of which Abu Dhabi alone covered 67000 kmē.The town of Abu Dhabi (which is on an offshore island) was declared as capital in 1761. More than simply the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Abu Dhabi is swathed in traditional ...  Show more  Show lesswww.bayt.com/en/city-guides/abu-dhabi/history/
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| 1971 | Dec 3, 1971 - It also that it would join the Arab League and the United Nations, The members of the Union are Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharja, Ajman, Fujaira, and Umm at Quaiwain. Sheik Zayd ben Sultan of Abu Dhabi, the richest of the emirates, is the Union's first IPresident. Sheik Rashid ben Saeed, ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F1081FF63D591A7493C1A91789D95F458785F9
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| 1991 | Sep 10, 1991 - By STEVE LOHR. The Government of Abu Dhabi completed a roundup of former executives of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International yesterday, bringing the number of people detained in the two-day sweep to more than 30, according to advisers to the emirate. The Abu Dhabi sweep brought ... www.nytimes.com/1991/09/10/business/abu-dhabi-is-said-to-seize-30-former-bcci-officials.html
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| 2002 | Dec 22, 2002 - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CNN) -- Two men were taken into custody by onboard security officers Sunday when they announced they had a bomb on a Royal Jordanian Airlines flight heading to Abu Dhabi from Amman, airline and airport officials told CNN. A subsequent search of the two men ... edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/meast/12/21/jordan.plane.bomb/index.html
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| 2003 | Apr 19, 2003 - By Ted Anthony and Rawya Rageh. Abu Dhabi Television aired pictures yesterday of what it said was Saddam Hussein in the streets of Baghdad last week being greeted by a cheering crowd of Iraqis. A speech by the deposed dictator apparently made on the same day was also broadcast. ... www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/abu-dhabi-tv-shows-saddam-in-baghdad-594960.html
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| 2004 | Jul 21, 2004 - By Philip Aldrick. Etihad Airways, Abu Dhabi's eight-month-old national carrier, yesterday announced a $7bn (Ģ3.8bn) order for 36 long-haul Airbus aircraft. The size of the order eclipses any previously announced by a fledgling carrier. However, Etihad - inaugurated last November - is ... www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2890627/Abu-Dhabi-buys-Airbus-jets-for-3.8bn.html
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| 2006 | Jul 9, 2006 - By CAROL VOGEL. The government of Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, announced yesterday that it had signed a memorandum of understanding with the Guggenheim Foundation to build a 300000-square-foot museum in Abu Dhabi to be designed by Frank Gehry. ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0F16F93B540C7A8CDDAE0894DE404482
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| 2007 | Nov 28, 2007 - By HEATHER TIMMONS and JULIA WERDIGIER. A falling dollar, a growing pile of oil revenue and an interest in not being overshadowed by neighboring Dubai's increasingly high profile spurred Abu Dhabi to break with its low-key investing tradition to purchase a big $7.5 billion stake in ... www.nytimes.com/2007/11/28/business/worldbusiness/28invest.html?ref=worldbusiness&pagewanted=all
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| 2008 | Sep 5, 2008 - The mercury may have been nudging 40C yesterday, but on the beaches of Abu Dhabi the shrieks of youngsters, playing in Arsenal shirts bearing ... But this week the game changed dramatically when the richest city-state in the world, Abu Dhabi, bought into the richest league in the world ... www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/unitedarabemirates/2689185/Football-and-films-fuel-Abu -Dhabis-brand-building-dream.html
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| 2009 | May 26, 2009 - By CAROL VOGEL. The public on Tuesday got its first peek at some of the art that will fill the Louvre Abu Dhabi, the 260000-square-foot museum designed by the French architect Jean Nouvel and expected to open in the capital city of the United Arab Emirates by 2013. ... www.nytimes.com/2009/05/27/arts/design/27louv.html
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