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November 3, 2004
Death of Sheik Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
TD: This photograph fascinates me: the smile, headdress, gold and silver ornamentation... it's something out of Arabian Nights.
United Arab Emirates Supreme Council President Sheik Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan in 2001. (AP Photo)
Since then, the emirates, fuelled by oil money, have been transformed from quiet desert provinces into a banking and trade centre.
In just 40 years, the city of Abu Dhabi has gone from a collection of huts to a modern high-rise city of more than a million people.
The city of Dubai was nothing but desert three decades ago. It's now a major trade centre.
CBC News: Founder of United Arab Emirates dies
Posted by thdyck on November 3, 2004
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