Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan is UAE's new president
Dubai(AP): Rulers in the United Arab Emirates announced on Saturday that they appointed Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan as the president of this hereditarily ruled nation on the Arabian Peninsula.
The state-run WAM news agency said the rulers of the country's seven sheikhdoms made the decision at a meeting held in Al Mushrif Palace in Abu Dhabi.
It comes after the late President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan died on Friday.
The transition of power marks only the third time this US-allied nation of seven sheikhdoms has selected a president since becoming an independent nation in 1971.
WAM described the vote as unanimous among the rulers of the country's sheikhdoms, which also includes the skyscraper-studded city of Dubai.
We congratulate him, and we pledge allegiance to him, and our people pledge allegiance to him," Dubai's ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, said on Twitter after the vote.
The whole country is led by him to take it on the paths of glory and honour, God willing.
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Animal slaughter, meat sales prohibited in Bengaluru on Buddha Purnima
Bengaluru, May 10 (PTI): Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has banned the slaughter of animals and sale of meat in the city on May 12 in view of Buddha Purnima, officials said on Saturday.
The order was issued by the Joint Director of Animal Husbandry in Bengaluru on May 9.
Buddha Purnima marks the birthday of Gautam Buddha.
