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Jordan's King Abdullah will today inaugurate the sixth annual conference of the Emirates Centre for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR). The conference, entitled "Leadership and Management in the Information Age", will run until November 7. King Abdullah will deliver the keynote address.

The Federal National Council (FNC) has called on Iran to end its occupation of three UAE islands peacefully.

A step by step move up the ladder is the aim of any ambitious career-minded person – and nobody knows this better than Raafat G.H. Al Hashimi, Director General of the Armed Forces Officers Club.

King Abdullah of Jordan yesterday opened the sixth annual conference of the Emirates Centre for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR) under the theme "Leadership and Management in the Information Age".

A Federal Environment Agency committee has issued its recommended amendments to the third and final stage of its far-reaching national strategy and action plan which will shape the UAE's environment for years to come.

Talent Brokers and The Club will host a one-night performance on November 21 featuring superstar Bryan Adams. It will be held one day after Adams gives a similar performance in Dubai.

The Federal National Council (FNC) starts a busy session of debates on several international agreements tomorrow, including aviation accords with Cyprus and Yemen.

A dream came true for a national girl when rock idol Bryan Adams invited her up on stage to join him in singing one of his hit numbers. Adams was enthralling the crowd at The Club in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday night when he plucked the girl out of the audience and asked her to join him on stage.

Members of the Federal National Council (FNC) refused to debate ministerial letters or any previously published agreements yesterday during their opening session because no ministers were present to answer their questions.

Five nationals made the ultimate patriotic statement yesterday by fixing and flying a 200-metre UAE flag along Airport Road.

Bishop Kuriakkose Mar Juliyos is on a visit to the capital from St Mary's Syrian Orthodox Church in Syria. Speaking to Gulf News yesterday, he expressed the hope that the Palestinian issue would be resolved, the world would find perfect peace, that developed countries would aid under-developed countries and the rich would help the poor next year.

Fear of a science exam prompted a 15-year-old student to write a poem which may win him $10,000. Fareed Ahmed Raja wrote a poem entitled "A night before....", which was chosen by the website Poetry.com as a semi-finalist in its Internet-based International Open Poetry Contest, which carries a $10,000 prize.