Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan: A life in pictures
Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan: A life in pictures
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Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah welcomes UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed before the opening of the GCC consultative summit in Riyadh May 6, 2006. (AFP)
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Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed attends the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit in Manama. (AFP)
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King Mohammed VI of Morocco (L) is received by Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed in Abu Dhabi on Dec. 27, 1999. (AFP)
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Sheikh Khalifa ibn Zayed al-Nahayan (R) receives Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Henry Shelton, Sept. 2, 1998. (AFP)
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US Vice President Al Gore (R) shakes hands withSheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan (L) of the UAE during a press conference 12 May, 1998. (AFP)
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Sheikh Khalifa chatting with French President Jacques Chirac 26 May, 1998. (AFP)
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Sheikh Khalifa chatting with French President Jacques Chirac 26 May, 1998. (AFP)
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Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan (R), escorted by Egyptian Prime Minister Kamal Ganzuri, upon his arrival at Cairo airport for an official visit to Egypt in 1997. (AFP)
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Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed waves from his vehicle as he leaves 10 Downing Street in Central London. (AFP)
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Sheikh Nasir bin Hamad al-Khalifa (C), son of Bahrain's King Hamad, standing at his wedding ceremony next to his new father-in-law Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum (L) and UAE President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed in Dubai. (AFP)
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Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed inspects the Pakistani Military Honor Guard during a ceremony upon his arrival in Islamabad, 27 December 2005. (AFP)
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (L) meets UAE Crown Prince Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed in Abu Dhabi 09 August 2000. (AFP)
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Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat offers a stone engraving of Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock to Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed in Abu Dhabi 7 August 2000. (AFP)
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Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed with Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, praying over the casket of late Syrian President Hafez Assad in Damascus 13 June 2000. (AFP)
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Sheikh Khalifa presents his condolences to Syrian heir apparent Bashar Assad on the sidelines of the funeral of President Hafez Assad's in Damascus 13 June 2000. (AFP)
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Sheikh Khalifa (R) and Jordanian King Abdullah leave their meeting in Abu Dhabi 16 May 2000. (AFP)
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Sheikh Khalifa walks with Lebanese President Emile Lahoud (L) upon his arrival at Abu Dhabi airport 17 April 2000. (AFP)
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Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed meets with Omani leader Sultan Qaboos (R) in Muscat 26 February, 2000. (AFP)
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Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed (R), Sheikh Khalifa meets with British Defense Secretary Geoffrey Hoon in February 2000 in Abu Dhabi. (AFP)