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			<description><![CDATA[Economic downturn is forcing some expats to turn elsewhere to prolong their stay in the Gulf.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[More of the country's sovereign wealth should be pumped into the economy.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Delta Hacking Security Team successfully hacks into the official UAE Federal National Council website]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Constitution change by Federal National Council legalises already existing situation.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Following DIFC's dollar peg call, officials meet to debate options on curbing soaring costs.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Moscow backs UAE's claim to three islands controlled by Iran, Emirati official says.]]></description>
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			<title>Lawmakers formally call for expat residency cap</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Emirates plans to to establish higher Sharia Council to supervise industry, replacing 1985 federal law.]]></description>
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