Ironic that Etihad means United in Arabic while Liam Gabard added: Etihad in Arabic means United. So that means Manchester City! Are playing in the United Stadium... Good one.. (Y) Speaking at the Manchester City press conference, James Hogan, of Etihad Airways, said the correct translation of Etihad from Arabic was 'Union'.
Amin seized power in a coup. Former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin has died of multiple organ failure in hospital in Saudi Arabia. Amin, who was variously described as 78 or 80 years old, had been in a coma at King Faisal Specialist Hospital in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah since 18 July. He was forced from power in Uganda in 1979 by Tanzanian troops and Ugandan exiles, after one of the bloodiest rules in African history.
Ex-Ugandan Dictator Idi Amin Dies. Associate Press. Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. Faiza Saleh Ambah. JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Aug. 16) - Idi Amin, who called himself ``a pure son of Africa,'' but whose bizarre and murderous eight years as president of Uganda typified the continent's worst dictatorships, died Saturday.