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Atari Games Corp. v. Oman

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg sitting on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit reversed the decision of the trial court and held that Breakout was a copyrightable work.


2011 Omani protests

On 26 February, nearly 500 protesters gathered around a shopping mall in the industrial city of Sohar, 230 kilometres from the capital Muscat.

Ahmad Al Harthy

In 2011 Al Harthy returned to the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain Championship but prior to the start of the season he made headlines and history on the streets of his home city of Muscat by conducting passenger rides in a Porsche 911 GT3 race car.

Ahmad bin Said al-Busaidi

Ahmad bin Sa'id bin Muhammad bin Khalaf bin Sa’id Al-Busaidi Al-Azdi Al-Ammani Al-Ibadhi was born in Adam, Oman in 1710, the son of Sa’id bin Muhammad Al-Busaidi.

Annamalai University

Other overseas centres include the Al Mihad Institute, Dubai and the Al Hilal Education Centre, Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates as well as the Al Noor Education Centre in Muscat, Oman.

ASELSAN

After exportation of such a system to Oman in 2008 for the Qurayyat-Sur motorway, Aselsan won in 2010 a tender worth 5.4 million to develop an electronic toll collection system and implement at 51 toll booths in Poland.

Atari Games Corp. v. Nintendo of America Inc.

, 975 F.2d 832 (Fed. Cir. 1992), is a United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit case, in which the court held that Atari Games engaged in copyright infringement by copying Nintendo's lock-out system, the 10NES.

Beden

Its shipyards predominantly lie in the northeastern Hafun region of Somalia (notably Bayla), as well as Muscat.

Blue City, Oman

"This is why we came into creating this urban economy, to create jobs. We thought about things that the country needs, so we went into hotels, shopping, entertainment, amusement parks and theatres. Furthermore, we will have one of the top universities from the United States, not an affiliation, but a real university," Mr. Issa was quoted in the December 15, 2005 edition of Our World, a USA Today insert.

The project will be financed by the U.S. financial group Oppenheimer.

Charles P. Oman

He works for the OECD Development Centre in Paris, where he has been doing research work since 1978.

Crypto AG

The company has about 230 employees, has offices in Abidjan, Abu Dhabi, Buenos Aires, Kuala Lumpur, Muscat, Selsdon and Steinhausen, and does business throughout the world.

Deira City Centre

Deira City Centre is owned by the Majid Al Futtaim group, and is one of six City Centre malls — the others are located in Ajman, Alexandria, Cairo, Muscat and Sharjah.

Denton Wilde Sapte

Denton Wilde Sapte was one of the largest law firms in the Middle East, the biggest international firm in Central Asia, and one of very few international law firms in Cairo, Istanbul, Kuwait and Muscat.

Indian Ocean trade

They were supported in this endeavor by the chiefs of several local principalities and port towns such as Muscat, Gwadar, and Pasni.

Indians in Oman

There are nearly four temporary gurudwaras (2 in Muscat, 1 in Salalah and Sohar each), which have been built in the labour camps.

Muhammed Ghiya'as ud-din

Upon receiving the letter, the Sultan and Faashanaa Kilegefaan sent their troops and brought to Malé all Maldivians and men from Muscat who were with Ghiyaasuddin.

Museum of Omani Heritage

The Museum of Omani Heritage is a heritage museum, located near the Ministry of Information on Al Alam Street, Muscat, Oman.

MV Pacific Pearl

Ocean Village sailed on her final farewell voyage on October 21, a 23 day cruise stopping at Cairo-Egypt (from Port Said), visiting the Suez Canal, Safaga, Egypt, Muscat, Oman, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Cochin, India, Langkawi, Malyasia, Kuala Lumpur (from Port Kelang, Malaysia) and finally stopping at Singapore where she entered dry dock to become Pacific Pearl, also marking the end of Ocean Village Cruise Line.

MyAnna Buring

She attended secondary school at the American British Academy in Muscat, Oman, with her childhood friend Stegath Dorr, who is a character actor and a prolific horror filmmaker.

Persian Gulf campaign of 1809

In February 1806, the young Sultan of Oman, Sa'id II ibn Sultan, signed a treaty at Bandar Abbas promising to bring an end to piracy originating from his territory, but by 1807 the French had installed consulates in Tehran and Muscat and piracy continued unabated with their encouragement.

The expeditionary force, led by Captain John Wainwright in the Navy frigate HMS Chiffone, was despatched to the region, following an escalation in pirate attacks on British shipping in the Persian Gulf after the French established diplomatic missions in Muscat and Tehran in 1807, and encouraged pirate activity.

Qais bin Ahmad

To avoid family disputes, at a meeting in Barka he confirmed his brother Said as Imam in Rustaq, and he ceded control of Sohar to Qais bin Ahmad.

Rambha Urvasi Menaka

In February 2013, the lead cast of the film flew out to Muscat, Oman and then to Dubai, UAE to film schedules.

Royal Oman Police

On 28 February 2011, in Sohar, 250 kilometres north of Oman's capital Muscat, the ROP was reported to have opened fire using live bullets on protesters.

Shatti Al-Qurum School

The Shatti Al-Qurum Secondary School (SQS), located in Shatti Al Qurum Muscat, Oman, is one of the most famous public high schools in the Sultanate.

Sultan bin Ahmad

To avoid family disputes, at a meeting in Barka he confirmed his brother Said as Imam in Rustaq, and he ceded control of Sohar to his brother Qais bin Ahmad.

Tanam

:for the village in Oman see Tanam, Oman

Tent pegging at the 2010 Asian Beach Games

Tent pegging at the 2010 Asian Beach Games was held from 9 December to 13 December 2010 in Barkah Equestrian Grounds, Muscat, Oman.

Theweek

Free copies of Theweek, published every Wednesday, are available from outlets spread across the main urban areas in Oman, including Muscat, Sohar, Sur, Nizwa and Salalah.

Wadi Dhaiqah

As many as 120 other wadis lead to this valley, which contains a natural park extending from Wilayat Dima W'attayyeen in the Sharqiyah region to the Wilayat of Qurayyat in the Governorate of Muscat.


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