The size of the principality is about 6 of that of modern Burma Myanmar.

Dubai's Black Feline says the Emirate is being invaded by aliens.

It is the wish of the Principality to pursue its undertaking with the support of the international community on those crucial matters.

The Mediterranean is an ecoregion with which the Principality has, historically, been closely involved.

Securing of explosives convoys during transport within the United Arab Emirates, whether between one Emirate and another or within an individual Emirate.

The flight of the Genoese and of the baron Philip of Montfort, ruler of the Christian principality of Syria, concluded the first phase of the punitive expedition.

In that context, the Principality has stressed the promotion of that concept in the resolution on the Rights of the Child, adopted last year by the General Assembly, and it has reaffirmed its position during the session of the Human Rights Commission held last April in Geneva.

Idris as king of Libya kept the flag of the emirate as his personal Royal Standard, with the addition of a white crown in the upper hoist.

At first, the principality included only the territory of the former Pashaluk of Belgrade, but in 1831 33 it expanded to the east, south, and west.

The idea, I guess, was that the emirate s government would stand behind every loan, no matter how risky.

I would like to underscore that the Principality is ready to participate, to the best of its abilities and within its financial means, in initiatives in the areas of health care and training.

Seabee from Dubai, UAE, is furious the Emirate was closed down for a day during the visit of US president George W Bush.

After the fall of Sassanids and the Arab conquest, new Kurdish kingdoms such as Hasanwayhids were established around 10th century in the same region.

The Principality has, for many years, accorded special attention to microcredit, as part of our financing for development programme, in particular through its cooperation with UNDP.

Following the clashes between the Ottoman army and Serbs in Belgrade in 1862, and under pressure from the Great Powers, by 1867 the last Turkish soldiers left the Principality.

The Casino de Monte Carlo is owned and operated by the Société des bains de mer de Monaco, a public company in which the Monaco government and the ruling family have a majority interest.

Not only would Egypt, threatened by this time by the Fatimids in the east, be spared the cost of maintaining a large army in these distant lands, but the Hamdanid emirate would also fulfil the useful role of a buffer state against incursions both from Iraq and also from Byzantium.

Likewise, the Principality actively participated, along with the European Council, in the triennial programme of action for the period 2005 2007 entitled Childhood and violence , whose conclusions, like that of the global study on violence against children, will enable us to make specific recommendations to States.

The idea, I guess, was that the emirate s government would stand behind every loan, no matter how risky. And if the oil poor Dubai government didn t have the money, then somehow its oil rich sister state Abu Dhabi would cough up the cash.