device for short term earthquake predictions. Based on general knowledge of earthquakes and the tectonic environments scientists can make accounts of reasonable forecasts of where and how large an earthquake might be. In GCC: In the United Arab Emirates over the years a few minor earthquakes have taken place‚ as assumed earlier this is no longer safe from this natural disaster. Especially with neighboring countries having major
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is a permanent‚ intergovernmental Organization‚ created at the Baghdad Conference on September 14 th‚ 1960‚ Saudi Arabia‚ Iran‚ Iraq‚ Venezuela and Kuwait. OPEC has since expanded to include other members: Qatar in 1961‚ Libya in 1962‚ the United Arab Emirates in 1967‚ Algeria in 1969‚ Nigeria in 1971‚ Ecuador in 1973‚ and recently Angola in 2007 making a total membership of 12. For the first five years‚ OPEC’s headquarters was set in Geneva‚ Switzerland. It was moved to Vienna‚ Austria‚ on September
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Carrefour Introduction Carrefour one of the biggest retailers in Europe‚ which is working with the shopping area and discounters in the world. The company is headquartered in Paris‚ France.) The company started in France in 1959 and opened its first supermarket in 1960. The first major changes and expansions‚ which that it went through‚ were between the 70s and the 80s‚ a period that saw the stocks of the company being floated in 1970 in the Paris bourse. In 1970 the company presented in stock
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Abu Dhabi is the capital of the United Arab Emirates (figure 1) that occupied most of the UAE land of 67‚340 km2 (Brook‚ M.C. et al‚ 2005). Its climate is arid‚ low annual rainfall rate of about 100mm/year‚ high evaporation rate‚ no reliable surface water resources such as rivers and low groundwater recharge rate. The main source of ground water found in Abu Dhabi is from high elevated Oman Mountains that provide the water to the wades. According to (Brook‚ M.C. et al‚ 2005)‚
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Food security in the United Arab Emirates: Classifying the country’s main food suppliers Abstract Between global climate change‚ natural disasters and geopolitical conflicts‚ the arid countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council have concerns over food security. Within the GCC‚ the United Arab Emirates (UAE) produces an extremely limited amount of its necessary foodstuffs and depends almost entirely on imports. A primary UAE staple food import‚ e.g.‚ rice‚ primarily comes from India‚ Pakistan‚ and
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Background Etisalat was founded in 1976 as a joint-stock company between International Aeradio Limited‚ a British Company‚ and local partners. In 1983 the ownership structure changed - United Arab Emirates government held a 60% share in the company and the remaining 40% were publicly traded. The legal name is Emirates Telecommunication Corporation – Etisalat is the brand name. With a huge list of services being offered which caters to Voice and Data include Land lines‚ Mobile services ‚ Internet to
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global hub of the Arab World‚ but it is also one with many controversies and hypocrisies. The link between all these different ideas is Guy Debord’s “The Spectacle”. Briefly explained‚ the Spectacle is the representation of society in the form of a commodity‚ where people end up being spectators rather than active participants in society. Donald P. Cole’s “Where Have the Bedouin Gone?” provides insight on how the Bedouin whom were the natives in the Gulf and many other Arab countries are now
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supplier of sporting apparel‚ footwear‚ and accessories. The company‚ “distributes its products in more than 120 countries‚ employs more than 10‚000 people worldwide‚ and is headquartered in Herzogenaurach/Germany” (PUMA‚ 2013‚ p. 1). The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is second only to Saudi Arabia in Germany’s export business with reported sales worth 9.77 billion euros in 2012 (Federal Foreign Office‚ 2014‚ p. 1). In December of 2011‚ UAE celebrates its fortieth anniversary as an independent nation
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daylight hours in the summer heat. Around 1800 the Arabian oryx was thought to have occurred over most of the Arabian Peninsula (which includes modern Israel‚ Jordan‚ Syria‚ Iraq‚ portions of Egypt (Sinai Peninsula)‚ Saudi Arabia‚ Oman‚ Yemen‚ United Arab Emirates‚ Bahrain‚ Kuwait and Qatar). By 1970 it was found only in the southeastern regions of the Rub’ al Khali desert on the Arabian Peninsula. The last one in the wild was shot in 1972. Animals raised in captive populations were re-introduced into
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Doing Business in Qatar Country Analysis of Qatar Brief Introduction of Qatar: Qatar‚ also known as the State of Qatar‚ is an Arab country in the Middle East. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south; on the other hand‚ the Persian Gulf surrounds the state. A strait of the Persian Gulf separates Qatar from the nearby island nation of Bahrain. Qatar is a nation of abundant oil and gas. It has the third largest gas reserves and the second highest GDP per capita in the world. An absolute monarchy
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