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Johnson's crew chief: No new contract yet...Switzerland has told a New York appeals court that it has the right to face American challenger BMW Oracle Racing in the Persian Gulf port of Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. Alinghi asked the New York Supreme Court's Appellate... In this article: Jimmie Johnson, Jeremy Mayfield, Nascar, ESPN, Radhames Liz, Hendrick Motorsports, Rafael Nadal, Jamie Moyer, and Baltimore Orioles |
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Stuff | 1 day ago
Swiss back in court battling over America's Cup venue
...champion Alinghi of Switzerland has told a New York court that it has the right to face American challenger BMW Oracle Racing in Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. The Swiss asked the New York Supreme Court's Appellate Division to...
In this article: America's Cup, Valencia, BMW Oracle Racing, Larry Ellison, and Ernesto Bertarelli
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Sportingnews | 1 day ago
Swiss want America's Cup races in Persian Gulf
...told a New York court Wednesday that it has the right to face American challenger BMW Oracle Racing in the Persian Gulf port of Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. The Swiss asked the New York Supreme Court's Appellate Division to...
In this article: America's Cup, Valencia, Persian Gulf, BMW Oracle Racing, Larry Ellison, and Ernesto Bertarelli
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Centre Daily Times | 1 day ago
First Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Management Agreement Signed in Saudi Arabia
...reinforces additional Doubletree by Hilton hotel openings already scheduled for Dar Es Salaam and Zanzibar, Tanzania in Q4 2009 and Ras Al Khaimah, UAE in mid-2010. "The Eastern Province is the industrial heart of the Kingdom's oil and...
In this article: Doubletree, Saudi Arabia, Hilton Grand Vacations, Al Khobar, Hilton Hotels, and Eastern Province
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washingtonpost.com | 1 day ago
America's Cup venue for 33rd race again in question
...the race would be held in Valencia, Spain in February after a court in New York disqualified the champion's preferred venue of Ras al-Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates. But in the latest chapter in a more than two-year legal battle over...
In this article: Valencia, America's Cup, NEW YORK, United Arab Emirates, Ernesto Bertarelli, Oracle Corp, and Larry Ellison
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Detroit Free Press | 1 day ago
America's Cup defending champ Alinghi can't get courts to see things its way
...now that it s nearly certain they will race in the Mediterranean, where winter winds can be brisk, and not in the soft breezes of Ras al Khaimah on the Persian Gulf, as the Swiss wanted. The crucial ruling from Justice Kornreich last week...
In this article: America's Cup, BMW, Valencia, and Lake St. Clair
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Times of India | 4 days ago
In Dubai, thriving Indian clubs with a dark side?
The Indian embassy in UAE says about a million Indians live in Dubai and the northern Emirates, ie Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain and Ras Al Khaimah. An estimated two-thirds of this million are lone men because UAE allows workers the luxury...
In this article: Dubai, Recession, and Small business
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San Jose Mercury News | 7 days ago
Sports digest: Landon Donovan lands first MLS MVP award
...in Valencia, Spain, in February. The Swiss had raised concerns that the weather in the Mediterranean port would be unpredictable. The Swiss have appealed a court order that eliminated their first choice, Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates.
In this article: Landon Donovan, McLaren, Mikkel Kessler, Big 12, Formula One, World Cup, WBA, Stanford, Fernando Alonso, and Zac Robinson
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San Diego Union-Tribune | 7 days ago
America's Cup challenger pleased with ruling
...the Swiss say they are preparing to hold the racing in Valencia, they've appealed a court order that eliminated their first choice, Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. The Swiss say in their court papers that they will sail the races...
In this article: Valencia, America's Cup, BMW Oracle Racing, New York, Switzerland, Spain, and United Arab Emirates
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | 7 days ago
US court backs America's Cup in Valencia
...it was still uncertain whether the event can go ahead there as planned, or instead take place in the Gulf emirate of Ras al-Khaimah. Ras al-Khaimah was Alinghi's original choice for the event, but the New York court declared the venue...
In this article: Oracle, America's Cup, Valencia, New York, US, Ernesto Bertarelli, Supreme Court, and Larry Ellison
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Reuters | November 17, 2009
UPDATE 1-DNO shares jump on RAK Petroleum interest
...from UAE-based RAK Petroleum PLC to buy DNO's treasury shares at a premium to the stock market price. RAK, based in the northern emirate of Ras al-Khaimah in the UAE, said it held 45.25 million shares in DNO, or 5 percent of the total,...
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Ras al-Khaimah (Arabic: رأس الخيمة, , literally "The Top of the Tent") is one of the emirates of the United Arab Emirates. It covers an area of 656 square miles (1700 km²). Ras Al Khaimah is in the southern part of the Persian Gulf.
The emirate is ruled by Sheikh Saqr bin Mohammad al-Qassimi. It is in the northern part of the UAE bordering Oman. The emirate has a population of about 300,000 inhabitants.
The city has a population of 263,217 as of 2008. It is served by the Ras Al Khaimah International Airport in Al Jazirah Al Hamra.
The city has two main sections, Old Ras Al Khaimah and Nakheel, on either side of the creek which flows through Ras Al Khaimah.
Ras al-Khaimah is slated to host the 33rd America's Cup in February 2010 as Switzerland's Alinghi 5 defends against the Challenger of Record, Golden Gate Yacht Club's BMW Oracle Racing. ==History==
The city was historically known as Julfar. Sources say that Julfar was inhabited by the Azd (They were a branch of the Kahlan tribe, which was one of the two branches of Qahtan (the aboriginal Arabs), the other being Himyar.) during the eighth and ninth centuries AD, and that the houses of the Azd were built of wood.
In the early 18th century the Qawasim clan (Huwayla tribe) established itself in Ras al-Khaimah.
After British occupation (18 December 1819 - July 1821), Sheikh Sultan bin Saqr al-Qasimi signed in 1822 the General Maritime Treaty with Britain, accepting a protectorate to keep the Ottoman Turks out.
Like Ajman, Dubai, Umm al-Qaiwain and Sharjah, its position on the route to India made it important enough to be recognized as a salute state (though of the lowest class: only 3 guns).
On 11 February 1972, Sheikh Saqr bin Muhammad al-Qasimi joined the United Arab Emirates.
- Name:
- Ras al-Khaimah
- Local Name:
- إمارة رأس الخيمة
- Type:
- emirate
- Government type:
- Absolute monarchy
- Total Area (sq. mi):
- 650
- Total Area (km):
- 1,683
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