Josh Silverman, the Chief Executive of the United Arab Emirates has expressed disappointment over UAE's move to block its services in the country which is turning as a hub of global business and commercial activities.

Diabetes has been becoming a common health disorder among UAE nationals as the country finds place in the list of 10 countries where the disease has been spreading at very fast pace.

Residents of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are very prone to the disease. A population of 51.7 million may suffer from diabetes by 2023 according to experts speaking at the two days long 1st International Abu Dhabi Diabetes Congress.

Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has invited UAE President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan to attend the 22nd Arab Summit conference which is scheduled to be held in Libya on March 27.

A latter in this regard has been received by Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, General Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan from Gaddafi's special envoy Ahmad Qaddaf Al Dam.

A Thai newspaper has reported that an official request to the UAE, for the return of exiled former leader Thaksin Shinawtra, was recently made by Thai authorities.

It was explained by the newspaper yesterday that a plea to UAE ambassador Mohammed Ali Ahmed Omran Al Shamri was made yesterday by Thailand's foreign minister Kasit Piromya.

Last year, Thaksin, who did a major corruption in Thailand, had run away to Dubai.

As per the survey by MasterCard Worldwide, the highest average online shopping spend in the Asia, Middle East and Africa regions was in the UAE, with residents spending an average of $1,048 in the last quarter of 2009.

Yesterday, the director-general of the Finance Ministry told any shock could be absorbed by the banks in the Banks in the UAE as they are in healthy condition to even deal with the impact of Dubai World's debt rebuilding.

Younis Al Khouri said, "The committee, which is headed by our minister, made sure that UAE banks have enough capital to absorb any shock that might come."

The UAE will also not see a federal bond issue in 2010.

The GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) Ministerial Council once again extended its support to the sovereign right of the UAE over its three Islands occupied by Iran and UAE's rights over the territorial waters, airspace, continental shelf and exclusive economic zone of these three islands.