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UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al-Nahayan has taken over responsibility for border issues, including the difficult frontier dispute with a hitherto intransigent Saudi Arabia.

The accession of Dubai’s new ruler to the federal premiership has produced one of the most important government reshuffles in 35 years. It is a clear declaration of intent, a pointer to the evolution of national development strategy but also a completion of the leadership change effectively inaugurated with the November 2004 death of iconic founding president Sheikh Zayed.  

Sheikh Abdelaziz Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, the elusive elder brother of Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, has re-emerged in the US tabloid press, buying a luxury three bedroom apartment in New York’s Trump Park Avenue development for $6.2m.

Sheikh Khalifa Bin Hamad Al-Thani, who officially returned to Qatar in early October for the funeral of his wife Sheikha Mozah Bint Ali Bin Saud Bin Abdelaziz Al-Thani, is settling in. One sign that he is here to stay is that the former emir’s palaces in Doha, which have been empty since his exile in 1995, are being renovated.

Sharjah has a new deputy ruler as a result of a decree issued last month. He is Sheikh Ahmed bin Sultan al Qasimi, the son of the ruler, Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed

Sharjah's ruler has removed his brother from his posts of crown prince, deputy ruler and deputy chairman of Sharjah's supreme council. 

The reinstatement of Shaikh Sultan bin Muhammad al Qasimi to the rulership of the emirate of Sharjah, within days of his deposition by his elder brother, Shaikh Abdelziz, may give some heart to the handful of convinced federalists in the United Arab Emirates.