also of possible bearing upon the question & generally corroborative of the earlier reply with apologies for any unintended misdirection or overkill http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=aAOihfi_EGug&refer=europe http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2006/January/ theuae_January188.xml§ion=theuae&col= http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2005/July/ theuae_July4.xml§ion=theuae&col= http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoundaryPoint/message/18041 http://www.nicolette.dk/diverse/aeqasa.jpg http://english.aljazeera.net/news/archive/archive?ArchiveId=20453 http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2005/June/ theuae_June570.xml§ion=theuae http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/050615/2005061521.html & tenth item of http://www.ain-al-yaqeen.com/issues/20050408/feat10en.htm & finally tho of only possible relevance or value & only if you are up for its idiosyncrasy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoundaryPoint/message/8209 all the best