Google 'saved' Australian hostage
Everyone should Google themselves at least once, and see what turns.
I Google myself all the time, and get fuckall coming up. No matter what I try, I never find my old-skool website or my new one online.

This dude was Googled by his Iraqi captors to establish whether he was indeed an Australian journalist, or a capitalist pig-dog imperial Zionist spy.

United Arab Emirates : The Question of Succession
Some of you may have heard the rumours flying around about Sheikh Zayed's illness and possible death. Here's an interesting article about the succession (and possible power struggle) that may ensue after his death.

ENOC's closing stations
ENOC (and its subisidiary EPPCO), who between them own 51% of the gas stations in the UAE, are set to start closing their gas stations. In the UAE, our fuel prices are set by the federal government and AED 4.00 (US$1.1) for 95-octane, and AED 4.75 (UUS$1.3) for 98-octane.
However, with current oil prices at $54 a barrel, ENOC is buying fuel at AED 6.75 a gallon, and is then forced to sell it on at a loss. They're currently losing AED 1.4 million a day.

While ENOC and EPPCO are asking for higher oil prices, I think we'll see the government start to subsidise their fuel prices. After all, the UAE does produce 20% of the world's oil.