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Marathon effort lauded

General Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, yesterday received members of the Zayed International Marathon Organising Committee at Al Buteen Palace.

  • WAM
  • Published: 00:37 March 5, 2008
  • Gulf News

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  • General Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Tuesday received members of the Zayed International Marathon Organising Committee at Al Buteen Palace.

Abu Dhabi: General Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, yesterday received members of the Zayed International Marathon Organising Committee at Al Buteen Palace.

The Zayed International Marathon, with prize money of $2 million for the winners, took place last Thursday at the Abu Dhabi Corniche under the patronage of Shaikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Presidential Affairs.

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