Where do I sign up to take his place?
WoW!
I didn't do it.
UAE Prime Minister dies on Gold Coast
A senior Middle Eastern leader has died on Queensland's Gold Coast.
Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum was the prime minister and vice-president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and also the emir of Dubai.
It is believed he died at a luxury hotel this afternoon.
Jim Carden from the Brisbane Airport Corporation says a special Emirates jumbo jet is on stand-by to fly the sheikh's body home.
"The plane belonging to his highness and the royal party is currently being refuelled in preparation for the transportation of his highnesses body back to Dubai in order to observe the customary burial," he said.
Dubai is actually quite a nice sub-Country. While not a Democracy, it's very capitalist and has a secular and open society.
I wish them well.
:O)
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I wonder if some Islamofascist nut is going to take this place over like the nitwit in Iran.
It's a start, I suppose.
Oh well, there go our hopes of holding him hostage...
Sheikh Mohammed takes over as ruler of Dubai
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashed al-Maktoum, the defence minister of the United Arab Emirates, took over as ruler of Dubai following the death of Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashed al-Maktoum on Wednesday, officials said.
Sheikh Maktoum died in Australia at the age of 62 and the accession process, with the handover to Dubai's crown prince, Sheikh Mohammed, was automatic, officials said.
several years ago National Geographic had a profile on this guy. He was apparently a HUGE camera nut... He owned several models of EVERY camera produced since 1925. Nikon and Canon actually sent him several hundred test models because he bought so often.
Believe that he was in Australia buying horses.