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Shell wins key gas deal in Abu Dhabi

Royal Dutch Shell PLC says it has won a 30-year deal to develop and produce natural gas from the Bab fields in Abu Dhabi. Full story

Abu Dhabi plans financial free zone, may resemble Dubai

ABU DHABI (Reuters) - The oil-rich emirate of Abu Dhabi is putting finishing touches to plans to establish a financial free zone that could resemble, and therefore compete with, the Dubai International Financial Centre, sources familiar with the matter said. Full story

Louvre Abu Dhabi gives peek at collection

Abu Dhabi's new branch of the Louvre considers no artistic subject to be off limits but will not "shock for the sake of shocking", a top overseer said Tuesday. She spoke as the museum prepared to open a sample of its growing collection to public view, shedding light on the choices the city makes as Full story

Abu Dhabi's Etihad needs to revise Jet Airways deal: chairman

ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Etihad Airways needs to revise its deal to buy a stake in India's Jet Airways <JET.NS> and it is too soon to say when a final agreement will be struck, the Abu Dhabi airline's chairman told Reuters on Sunday. Full story

UAE shuts down office of U.S. research institute RAND

ABU DHABI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates has shut down the Abu Dhabi office of the RAND Corporation, the American policy research institute, in the latest of several closures of foreign research institutions and think tanks in the Gulf Arab state this year. Full story

Private equity group eyes Abu Dhabi healthcare IPO in 2013

DUBAI (Reuters) - The private equity consortium which owns half of Abu Dhabi healthcare provider Al Noor Medical is reviving plans to sell its stake through a stock market listing in 2013, four sources aware of the matter said. Full story

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Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan meets with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during his arrival to Abu Dhabi

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