The US-UAE Business Council, created in 2007, demonstrates how business-to-business initiatives drive the expanding commercial relationship between the UAE and the United States. The Council is a collaboration of leading companies based in the United States and United Arab Emirates, committed to expanding bi-lateral commercial opportunities between the two countries.
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HE Yousef Al Otaiba, United Arab Emirates Ambassador in Washington, DC, presented his credentials to President George W. Bush at the White House on July 28, 2008.
A study in the UAE shows that 60 percent of women over the age of 50 may develop breast cancer. The number of deaths caused by breast cancer has been rising dramatically, with doctors saying that diagnostic techniques have not improved significantly and that many women are too shy or uneducated to seek medical care.