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A round-up of the week's best tweets

Paris Hilton, Jared Leto, Deepak Chopra, MC Hammer, Heidi Montag and more share their thoughts.

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MC Hammer is in love with his new iPhone; Paris Hilton is enjoying her Parisian trip and Jared Leto ponders why twins seem to cross his path so often. All this and much more in this week's collection of celebrity tweets.

  • "Man this updated user interface and the UE on the 4S is bananas !!!! I love it ! #Salute to the genius of #SteveJobs (RIP)". MC Hammer, October 15
  • "#CosmicConsciousness In every moment choice determines what the world delivers to us". Deepak Chopra, October 16
  • "I've known a lot of twins in my life...I don't know why". Jared Leto, October 17
  • "Just watched Green Lantern, so much better then I thought! #greatsurprise". Heidi Montag, October 17
  • "I told my 4 year old niece that even though her mummy was dead she was still watching her from heaven. Wrong? Yes because she hadn't died." Ricky Gervais, October 18
  • "The light of love flows out of our soul, but often it goes nowhere because it's blocked by fear". Paulo Coelho, October 18
  • "The architecture in Paris is absolutely stunning! Such a beautiful city! Love it here! :)" Paris Hilton, October 18
  • "second week of being RAW vegan, feels amazing. go on, try and not eat pasta and pizza for a week...and all the rest!" Bryan Adams, October 18

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Treaty of Friendship between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United Arab Emirates

The United kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United Arab Emirates; Considering that the United Arab Emirates has assumed full responsibility as a sovereign and independent State; Determined that the long-standing and traditional relations of close friendship and cooperation between their peoples shall continue; Desiring to give expression to this intention in the form of a Treaty Friendship; Have agreed as follows:

ARTICLE 1 The relations between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United Arab Emirates shall be governed by a spirit of close friendship. In recognition of this, the Contracting Parties, conscious of their common interest in the peace and stability of the region, shall: (a) consult together on matters of mutual concern in time of need; (b) settle all their disputes by peaceful means in conformity with the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations.

ARTICLE 2 The Contracting Parties shall encourage education, scientific and cultural cooperation between the two States in accordance with arrangements to be agreed. Such arrangements shall cover among other things: (a) the promotion of mutual understanding of their respective cultures, civilisations and languages, the promotion of contacts among professional bodies, universities and cultural institutions; (c) the encouragement of technical, scientific and cultural exchanges.

ARTICLE 3 The Contracting Parties shall maintain the close relationship already existing between them in the field of trade and commerce. Representatives of the Contracting Parties shall meet from time to time to consider means by which such relations can be further developed and strengthened, including the possibility of concluding treaties or agreements on matters of mutual concern.

ARTICLE 4 This Treaty shall enter into force on today’s date and shall remain in force for a period of ten years. Unless twelve months before the expiry of the said period of ten years either Contracting Party shall have given notice to the other of its intention to terminate the Treaty, this Treaty shall remain in force thereafter until the expiry of twelve months from the date on which notice of such intention is given.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned have signed this Treaty.

DONE in duplicate at Dubai the second day of December 1971AD, corresponding to the fifteenth day of Shawwal 1391H, in the English and Arabic languages, both texts being equally authoritative.

Signed

Geoffrey Arthur  Sheikh Zayed

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