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United Arab Emirates - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The United Arab Emirates (also called the UAE) is a Middle Eastern country situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia on the Persian Gulf, comprising seven emirates: Abu Dhabi, Ajmān, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm al-Qaiwain. Before 1971, they were known as the Trucial States or Trucial Oman, in reference of a nineteenth-century truce between the British and some Arab Sheikhs. It borders Oman and Saudi Arabia. The country is rich in oil. ..." |
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Freedom House Ratings, Freedom in the World 2003
2003: Political Rights: 6, Civil Liberties: 5, Status: Not Free, Economy: Capitalist-statist |
Level of Economic Freedom, Economic Freedom of the World: 2003 Annual Report
2001: 7.5 (out of 10) |
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Level of Economic Freedom, Economic Freedom of the World: 2004 Annual Report
2002: 7.5 (out of 10) |
Level of Economic Freedom, Economic Freedom of the World
2005: 7.7 (out of 10) |
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Ports and Political Hypocrisy, by Xon Hostetter, 25 Feb 2006
Related Topic: Dubai
"The United Arab Emirates is not a totalitarian European country from the 1930s, nor is it a socialistic western European democracy like we see today. It is a country that is governed by extraordinarily wealthy businessmen. ... UAE is a bastion of unregulated free market activity, tax-free paychecks, and (surprise surprise!) economic expansion." |
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