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<strong>UAE</strong><br />

Undertaken with support and assistance of the N<strong>at</strong>ional Media Council.<br />

This book forms part of a multimedia publishing programme involving public<strong>at</strong>ion of the <strong>UAE</strong> Yearbook in<br />

English, French and Arabic printed and electronic editions; management of <strong>UAE</strong> <strong>Interact</strong> (www.uaeinteract.com),<br />

which contains news upd<strong>at</strong>es linked to pages of the Yearbook; public<strong>at</strong>ion of <strong>UAE</strong> <strong>at</strong> a <strong>Glance</strong>, which<br />

summarises main d<strong>at</strong>a on the <strong>UAE</strong>; and production of a DVD containing films and e-books on the <strong>UAE</strong>.<br />

The publishers wish to acknowledge and thank the N<strong>at</strong>ional Media Council for their valuable encouragement<br />

and support for this multifaceted project.<br />

Editors<br />

Ibrahim Al Abed<br />

Paula Vine<br />

Peter Hellyer<br />

Peter Vine<br />

Text copyright ©2008: Trident Press Ltd<br />

All rights reserved. No part of this public<strong>at</strong>ion may be reproduced in any m<strong>at</strong>erial form without the written<br />

permission of the copyright holder. Applic<strong>at</strong>ions should be addressed to the publisher.<br />

Photographs ©: Trident Press Ltd, Getty Images, Gulf Images, Gulf News, Emir<strong>at</strong>es News Agency (WAM), Corbis,<br />

Digital Vision, H. & J. Eriksen, R. Codrai, P. Vine, R. Newman, BP Photographic Archive, Pitt Rivers, EAD, HCT, TDIC,<br />

Plan Abu Dhabi 2030<br />

English edition design and typesetting: James Kelly<br />

Layout copyright ©2008: Trident Press Ltd<br />

This book contains inform<strong>at</strong>ion available <strong>at</strong> the time of printing. Whilst every effort has been taken to achieve accuracy,<br />

the publishers cannot accept any liability for consequences arising from the use of inform<strong>at</strong>ion contained in this book.<br />

St<strong>at</strong>istics are based on available sources and are not necessarily official or endorsed by the <strong>UAE</strong> Government.<br />

Published by Trident Press Ltd<br />

175 Piccadilly, Mayfair, London WIJ 9TB<br />

Tel: 020 7491 8770<br />

Fax: 020 7491 8664<br />

E-mail: admin@tridentpress.com<br />

Website: www.tridentpress.com<br />

British Library C<strong>at</strong>aloguing in Public<strong>at</strong>ion D<strong>at</strong>a:<br />

A CIP c<strong>at</strong>alogue record for this book is available from the British Library.<br />

ISBN: 978-1-905486-38-0<br />

For further inform<strong>at</strong>ion please contact:<br />

N<strong>at</strong>ional Media Council,<br />

PO Box 3790,<br />

Abu Dhabi<br />

United Arab Emir<strong>at</strong>es<br />

Tel: 009712 4452922<br />

Fax: 009712 4450458<br />

E-mail: admin@extinfo.gov.ae

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