Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter List: Reporters and Editors ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates is defending its closure of a U.S.-funded pro-democracy group and other foreign institutions and says that licensing issues forced the move. The state news agency WAM quotes an official as saying some groups violated the terms of their license and others did not have licenses. Thursday's terse statement by Abdul Rahim al-Awadhi, assistant UAE Foreign Minister for legal affairs, gave no other details. In the past two weeks, the UAE closed branches of the German pro-democracy group Konrad...
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MADRID (AP) — Rising concerns over Spain's economy and its ability to handle its debts sent its cost of borrowing higher Thursday, sparking fears that Europe's debt crisis is flaring up again after a brief respite. Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter List: Reporters and Editors Spain has become the focus of investors concerns with many worried about the ability of the government to push through a big austerity program at a time when its economy is heading for a return to recession and unemployment stands at around 23 percent. A disappointing set of Spanish bond auctions on Wednesday — where it managed to raise...
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UAE Defends Its Ouster of Foreign Groups
05.04.2012 19:08 
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