In 2014, Alkhair Capital was the first Saudi investment firm to set up operations at the DIFC and it has been managing Islamic bonds listed on the Nasdaq Dubai.
Illinois State Police, which had warned earlier in the week that any pedestrian entering the expressway would face arrest, said early Saturday that an agreement had been reached for protesters to march on a portion of the roadway. Officers and vehicles lined up, forming a barrier to keep protesters in two northbound lanes, allowing some traffic to pass in other northbound lanes.
In 1993, Yang left her village, which falls within the administrative purview of Tongren-until recently a rural town-to work further south in a factory that made plastic flowers in the city of Shenzhen, Guangdong province. She returned to Tongren six years ago and set up a company that artificially breeds fish.
In 1996, he was transferred from the position of the academy's president to the head of its science and technology committee, and continued playing a leading role in the planning and design work for advanced air and missile defense systems.
In 1999, he led a committee of Jewish groups and Swiss banks to resolve questions over unclaimed bank accounts of Holocaust victims, eventually brokering a .25 billion agreement.
In 1647, three years after Manchu forces overtook the Ming court to rule China, the country was still in turbulence as advocates of the old regime battled the new. Xia Wanchun was one of them. The 16-year-old was captured but he refused to surrender, instead choosing to die for his cause.
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In 2002, a tanker shipped 2,300 metric tons of fresh water from Fuzhou, Fujian, to Matsu to alleviate the drought.
Imagine that you live in a place where the average elevation is more than 4,570 meters above sea level and the oxygen content in the air is just half that in most cities in the world. Moreover, you have been living there and doing the same thing almost every day for more than 20 years.
In 2012, a statue of Deng was erected by the Miyun district government to commemorate her sacrifices and contributions to the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931-45).
In 2012, he decided to set up a lock museum, but his plan was put on hold when he was diagnosed with cancer. Facing death, Xiong said his lock collection gave him the strength to fight the disease: "I told myself to hold on because more people need to see my locks."