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FILE - Peter Hellyer, visits an ancient Christian monastery on Siniyah Island in Umm al-Quwain, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022. Peter Hellyer, a British born writer with wide-ranging interests who spent nearly five decades chronicling the history, natural beauty and modern transformation of the United Arab Emirates, has died at the age of 75, local media reported Monday, July 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

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This undated photo released by Emirates News Agency, WAM, shows Ibrahim al-Abed, the founder of the state-run news agency. Ibrahim al-Abed, a pioneering media figure as the oil-rich nation grew into a regional power, has died. He was 78. (WAM via AP)

Founder of UAE state-run WAM news agency dies at 78

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