OMAN: KING ABDULLAH II LEAVES SULTANATE.

From: IPR Strategic Business Information Database | Date: December 17, 2006 | Copyright information

According to Oman News: King Abdullah II Ibin al Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, left here at noon today winding up his three-day private visit to the Sultanate. Sultan Qaboos bin Said led the farewell party for the King at the Royal Air Port. He was also seen off by Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud al Said, Deputy Prime Minister for the Council of Ministers, Sayyid Haitham bin Tariq al Said, Minister of Heritage and Culture, Sayyid Ali bin Hamoud al Busaidi, Minister of the Diw...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research

Here comes Gen "Y" the hell should I?(The Rant)
Contracting Business ; Get ready. Here they come. Gen Y is entering the labor force. Maybe Gen Why is a better term, as in Gen Why-The-Hell-Should-I? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The generation of people born between 1978 and 2000 is fundamentally different than the Baby Boomers or Gen X. The attitudes are different. The
Gen. Sani Abacha Dies; Nigerian Ruler Since '93
The Washington Post ; Gen. Sani Abacha, 54, the reclusive Nigerian who drew worldwide condemnation for his authoritarian rule over Africa's most populous nation, died June 8, reportedly of a heart attack. For a man who spent years on the world political stage, Gen. Abacha died a remarkable unknown, even in his own
Gen. Ridgway: Mission Impossible
The Washington Post ; The Post's excellent obituary of Gen. Matthew Ridgway {July 27} omitted mention of a daring operation that was ordered during World War II but never carried out. British Gen. Harold Alexander, commander of 15th Army Group, had secretly negotiated an armistice with Marshal Pietro Badoglio's
Your LIFE: My grandad's ghost saved me; SPIRIT & FATE SHE FEARED SHE WAS SECONDS FROM FALLING VICTIM TO A RAPIST WHEN GEN FELT A PRESENCE AT HER SIDE...(Features)
The Mirror (London, England) ; Byline: BY MONICA CAFFERKY THE light from the street lamps glistened in the puddles as she walked home from work. Gen Woodford knew it was a risk, walking alone, but she couldn't afford a car. I lived in a rough area and if there were people about they were youths huddled on corners, says Gen, 35.
RFID market remains under construction: EPCglobal's Gen 2 standard seems a shoo-in for acceptance, but global agreement on RFID standards is a ways off.(Security/Wireless)
Manufacturing Business Technology ; Ratification of RFID standards group EPCglobal's Class 1 Generation 2 UHF Air Interface Protocol--Gen 2, for short--has not yet brought RFID vendors and their customers under a single umbrella where interoperability is a given and adoption is simple. RFID technology vendors that have introduced
Gen. Duong Van Minh, 86; Briefly Led South Vietnam
The Washington Post ; Gen. Duong Van "Big" Minh, 86, who was president of South Vietnam for just a few days before the country fell to communist invaders in 1975, died Aug. 6 at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, Calif. Gen. Minh, who used a wheelchair, had fallen at his home a day earlier, his daughter Mai Duong
Gen. Petraeus: Fragile Progress in Iraq Demands Patience
Army ; In April, Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of Multi-National Force-Iraq, testified before the House and Senate that significant progress has been made in Iraq since last spring, but it is "fragile and reversible." He called for a suspension of troop withdrawals when the last surge brigade combat
LT. GEN. JAMES A. GAVIN, 82, DECORATED WORLD WAR II OFFICER
The Boston Globe ; Lt. Gen. James A. Gavin, who led daring airborne attacks in Europe during World War II and later became head of the world-renowned Arthur D. Little Inc. consulting firm in Cambridge, died Friday in a Baltimore nursing home. He was 82. Gen. Gavin, a highly decorated officer who served twice as
Like Churchill and Ike; Untie hands of Gen. Petraeus in Iraq.(OPED)(OWLS AND EAGLES)
The Washington Times ; Byline: Harlan Ullman, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Gen. David H. Petraeus is certainly no Clark Kent, the mild mannered and meek character of yesteryear's comic books. But is the general Superman? Because, to turn the chaos in Iraq into a semblance of order, it will take someone possessing superpowers.
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway Dies; Commander in WWII, Korea
The Washington Post ; Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, 98, one of this nation's foremost military figures who led elite airborne troops in furious battle in Europe during World War II, commanded an entire Army in the Korean conflict and ended his career as Army chief of staff, died of heart ailments July 26 at his home in Fox