http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Abu_DhabiFind stories, videos, and photos about Abu Dhabi from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:28:16 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/WORLD/meast/10/02/yas.architecture/tztop.guggenheim.cnn.jpg.jpghttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Abu_Dhabi14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Abu Dhabi from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/02/yas.architecture/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/02/yas.architecture/index.html#cnnSTCTextWith all the pomp and money befitting its status as the world's richest city, Abu Dhabi will soon unveil its new Formula One track on Yas Island, a spectacular entertainment destination emerging from the turquoise waters off the coast of the Emirati capital.Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:30:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/02/abu.dhabi.bureau.launch/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/02/abu.dhabi.bureau.launch/index.html#cnnSTCTextCNN Abu Dhabi, the latest newsgathering expansion from the global news brand, opens its doors today, it was announced by Tony Maddox, MD and EVP CNN International.Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:46:00 ESThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/racing/more/11/01/formula.one.abu.dhabi.ap/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/racing/more/11/01/formula.one.abu.dhabi.ap/index.htmlABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Sebastian Vettel won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday, and Mark Webber hung on for second to give Red Bull a one-two finish in the final Formula One race of the season.Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:29:00 ESThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/racing/more/10/31/formula.one.abu.dhabi.pole.ap/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/racing/more/10/31/formula.one.abu.dhabi.pole.ap/index.htmlABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton put in a stunning final lap in qualifying Saturday to claim the pole position for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:17:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/30/yas.marina.abu.dhabi/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/30/yas.marina.abu.dhabi/index.html#cnnSTCTextYas Marina, Abu Dhabi's new state-of-the-art Formula One track, has many new features never seen on the F1 circuit.Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:27:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/10/29/news/companies/abu_dhabi_media.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/10/29/news/companies/abu_dhabi_media.fortune/index.htmThis weekend, Abu Dhabi plays host to its first Formula 1 Grand Prix, and in typical fashion, the capital of the United Arab Emirates is pulling out all the stops, with a brand new racecourse estimated to have cost $1 billion and festivities including performances from Beyoncé and Aerosmith.Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:29:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/28/synopsis.november/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/28/synopsis.november/index.html#cnnSTCTextThis month on Inside the Middle East -- Brent Sadler Hosts from Beirut, Lebanon.Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/01/synopsis.october/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/01/synopsis.october/index.html#cnnSTCTextTHIS MONTH ON IME -- Stan Grant hosts this month's edition of Inside the Middle East from Abu Dhabi where he highlights some of the city's most prominent landmarks.Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/29/show.synopsis.july31/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/29/show.synopsis.july31/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn focus: Abu Dhabi's space ambitionsFri, 31 Jul 2009 11:55:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/27/france.uae/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/27/france.uae/index.html#cnnSTCTextFrance established Tuesday its first strategic foothold in the Gulf, when President Nicolas Sarkozy opened a French military base in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates.Wed, 27 May 2009 14:35:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/09/uae.torture/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/09/uae.torture/index.html#cnnSTCTextA member of the royal family of Abu Dhabi who was captured on videotape torturing an Afghan grain dealer has reportedly been detained, a senior U.S. State Department official told CNN Saturday.Sun, 10 May 2009 07:45:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/03/23/markets/markets_newyork/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/03/23/markets/markets_newyork/index.htmStocks surged Monday, recharging the rally, after Treasury's plan to buy up billions in bad bank assets and a better-than-expected existing home sales report raised hopes that the economy is stabilizing.Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:49:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/11/11/news/international/dubai_bailout.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/11/11/news/international/dubai_bailout.fortune/index.htmAs soaring oil prices enriched the Persian Gulf region in recent years, the United Arab Emirate of Dubai became the embodiment of global exuberance. Now even this boomtown has fallen prey to the credit crisis.Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:47:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1838077,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1838077,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe takeover of Manchester City by an Abu Dhabi group is further evidence that soccer clubs have become a hot buy Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:00:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/07/09/news/international/chrysler_building/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/07/09/news/international/chrysler_building/index.htmA 75% stake in the famed Chrysler Building once owned by a German fund has been sold to an Abu Dhabi group, Prudential Financial, Inc. confirmed Wednesday.Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:08:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/05/29/grimsson.doha/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/05/29/grimsson.doha/index.html#cnnSTCTextIcelandic President Olafur Grimsson opened the Doha debate by naming energy as the most fundamental question of the 21st Century.Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:44:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/03/05/news/international/gunther_masdar.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/03/05/news/international/gunther_masdar.fortune/index.htmHalfway around the world, a zero-carbon, zero-waste, automobile-free city known as Masdar is rising from a 2.3-square mile plot of desert in Abu Dhabi.Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:04:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/21/abudhabi.fest/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/21/abudhabi.fest/index.html#cnnSTCTextAlthough the Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Festival is in its fifth year, a first-time liaison with New York-based IMG Artists has fast-tracked it onto a new plane of potential. Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:10:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/04/uae.plates/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/04/uae.plates/index.html#cnnSTCTextYou expect a motorist to shell out a little extra cash for a vanity license plate.Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:32:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/01/23/magazines/fortune/sloan_banks.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/01/23/magazines/fortune/sloan_banks.fortune/index.htmThe one thing Wall Street knows how to do is raise money. The proof: Even with financial markets threatening to melt down worldwide, four of the Street's biggest firms have attracted a total of $50 billion of investor cash to help cover losses on subprime-mortgage-related carnage past and on carnage yet to come.Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:16:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1705616,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1705616,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAbu Dhabi has lots of oil and an enormous carbon footprint, but the capital of the United Arab Emirates is putting huge resources into alternative energy. Why?Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:00:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/11/28/magazines/fortune/sovereignwealth_1129.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/11/28/magazines/fortune/sovereignwealth_1129.fortune/index.htmSo you're lousy with petrocash or other export-driven windfalls, and itching to put your depreciating dollars to work. Where to start? Here's Fortune's handy tip sheet:Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:49:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/11/28/markets/stockswatch_ny/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/11/28/markets/stockswatch_ny/index.htmU.S. stocks may continue their rebound Wednesday, although investors will have to weigh new details about the mortgage meltdown and related housing slump.Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/11/28/markets/stockswatch/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/11/28/markets/stockswatch/index.htmU.S. stocks appeared set for a tough open Wednesday as investors struggled to maintain their poise in the face of ongoing credit problems and a heavy economic calendar.Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:48:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/11/27/markets/sovereign_funds/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/11/27/markets/sovereign_funds/index.htmCitigroup's newfound $7.5 billion cash infusion from Abu Dhabi's state investment fund may not cure all that ails the embattled bank, but it heralds the growing influence of sovereign wealth funds.Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:26:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/29/dubai.strike/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/29/dubai.strike/index.html#cnnSTCTextA strike by construction workers in one of the world's fastest-growing financial centers stretched into a third day Monday, with workers in the United Arab Emirates demanding better pay and working conditions, police said.Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:18:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/09/20/news/international/bc.apfn.carlyle.m.a.ap/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/09/20/news/international/bc.apfn.carlyle.m.a.ap/index.htmPrivate-equity firm the Carlyle Group said Thursday it sold a 7.5 percent stake in its general partnership operations for $1.35 billion to an investment arm of the government of Abu Dhabi.Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:58:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2007/08/01/100138819/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2007/08/01/100138819/index.htmIt may seem strange that the emirate of Abu Dhabi, one of the planet's largest suppliers of oil, is planning to build the world's first carbon-neutral city.Mon, 06 Aug 2007 04:18:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/07/28/bhutto.musharraf/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/07/28/bhutto.musharraf/index.html#cnnSTCTextPakistan's embattled president sat down with a major exiled opposition leader in Abu Dhabi, an encounter designed to shore up his power, sources tell CNN.Sat, 28 Jul 2007 10:14:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/07/06/markets/apollo_dubai/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/07/06/markets/apollo_dubai/index.htmApollo Management could be the next private equity firm to head to the public markets.Fri, 06 Jul 2007 08:12:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/03/19/8402357/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/03/19/8402357/index.htmKhaldoon Khalifa al Mubarak is a man in a hurry. The 31-year-old, American-educated developer steps on the gas of his silver Audi and zooms past a hole in the ground crawling with construction work... Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:59:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/alan_shipnuck/01/23/hot.not/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/alan_shipnuck/01/23/hot.not/index.html1. Mullets Charley Hoffman's birdie-eagle-birdie finish to win the Hope was pretty sporty, but his mangy hairdo was clearly the star of the show. Somewhere Billy Ray Cyrus is smiling.Tue, 23 Jan 2007 15:17:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/03/uae.new.president/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/03/uae.new.president/index.htmlThe eldest son of the late leader of the United Arab Emirates has been elected successor to his father, official sources have told CNN.Thu, 04 Nov 2004 03:19:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/03/uae.president/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/03/uae.president/index.htmlThe eldest son of the late leader of the United Arab Emirates has been elected successor to his father, official sources told CNN.Wed, 03 Nov 2004 18:37:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/11/02/UAE.death/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/11/02/UAE.death/index.htmlAfter ailing for many years, United Arab Emirates president and founder Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan has died Tuesday, according to his office. He was about 90.Tue, 02 Nov 2004 23:49:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/02/uae.president/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/02/uae.president/index.htmlSheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan, president and founder of the United Arab Emirates, has died after many years of poor health, according to his office. He was about 90.Tue, 02 Nov 2004 17:07:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/02/24/biz.trav.health.risk/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/02/24/biz.trav.health.risk/index.htmlMost business travelers would agree that the single greatest impediment to a successful trip is falling sick.Tue, 24 Feb 2004 11:20:00 EST