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Brotherhood may not be in sight between Arabs and Israelis, Indians and Pakistanis. But at least a troubled world can take comfort from the fact that Abu Dhabi and Dubai are getting together...
...names together have a wonderfully soothing, almost hypnotic rhythm, are part of the seven tiny Trucial* States perched on the Persian Gulf. They make up for their smallness by king-size feuds over their indefinite boundaries. There has been no end of dagger duels between the inhabitants of Abu Dhabi and Dubai, but last week delegations from both met in a cluster of mud huts on their mutual borders. After countless cups of tea, Sheik Zaid bin Sultan of Abu Dhabi and Sheik Rashid bin Said Al-Maktoum of Dubai signed a pact of federation that will give their joint...
...JOURNAL (shown on Mondays). "Farewell Arabia" tells of an Arabian sheikdom, Abu Dhabi, which became an air-conditioned boom town when oil was discovered...
Strength Without Strains. More commonly, continued surpluses reflect national economies that are gaining strength without strains. Copper-rich Zambia's regular surpluses have enabled the government to improve roads, education and health facilities. The oil-producing Arab states of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar amassed hefty surpluses as usual in 1967, despite some losses from the Mideast war. Instead of squandering the money on palaces, limousines and concubines, the rulers of the four Persian Gulf states today split the oil-based riches between imported consumer goods (food, clothing, shelter) for their populace, new facilities such as water...
...under his bed in his threadbare mud-walled palace. When his bedsprings began bulging, he transferred his fortune to gasoline cans in the palace dungeon. Not until the cans rotted from the humidity and rats began nibbling at his millions did Shakhbout finally switch his hoard to two Abu Dhabi banks...