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May 15 - The New York Times reports that private military company Xe Services LLC (previously Blackwater Worldwide) is putting together an army of mercenaries in the United Arab Emirates. May 22 - The embassy of the United Arab Emirates is attacked in Sana'a , Yemen as it holds a meeting of Arab and Western mediators leading to an evacuation by ...
2011 Arab Athletics Championships: Abu Dhabi: Judo: 2011 Asian Judo Championships: Dubai: Rugby union: 2011 Emirates Cup of Nations: Abu Dhabi: Brazilian jiu-jitsu: World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Cup 2011: 2012 Dubai Sharjah: Cricket: 2012 ACC Trophy Elite: Fujairah Ras Al Khaimah: Football: 2012 AFC U-19 Championship: Dubai: Rugby union: 2011 ...
In February 2011, King Abdullah II dismisses Prime Minister Rifai and his cabinet [130] In April 2011, King Abdullah creates the Royal Committee to Review the Constitution with directions to review the Constitution in accordance with calls for reform. On 30 September 2011, Abdullah approves changes to all 42 articles of the Constitution [131]
Parliamentary elections were held in the United Arab Emirates on 24 September 2011 to elect the half of the members of Federal National Council. [1] The elections were held using electoral colleges, which were expanded from around 6,689 members in the 2006 elections to 129,274. [2] However, only 35,877 voters voted, with a voter turnout of 27. ...
The 2011 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the 2011 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was a 500 Series event on the 2011 ATP World Tour and a Premier 5 event on the 2011 WTA Tour. Both of the events took place at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The women's tournament took place ...
The 2011 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (formally the 2011 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix) was the eighteenth and penultimate round of the 2011 Formula One season. It was held on 13 November 2011 at the Yas Marina Circuit on Yas Island, a man-made island on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates . [ 2 ]
The 2011 Dubai International Jazz Festival was held between the 16th and 24 February 2011 at Dubai Media City and featured the following performers: [2] February 16, 2011 Mica Paris, Alison Moyet, Jools Holland. February 17, 2011 Mindi Abair & Peter White, Macy Gray, Lifehouse. February 18, 2011 Jessy J, Joshua Radin, Train
Disasters Efforts continue to cool the reactors at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant following recent accidents with signs that the treatment efforts are working. (Kyodo News) (Bloomberg) The death toll for the Japanese earthquake and tsunami reaches 8,450, with 12,931 people missing. (BBC) 2011 Pointe-Noire Trans Air Congo An-12 crash At least twenty-three people die after a cargo plane ...