Saturday 19th May, 2012
Getting more for less without soil
" This is open hydroponics inside a greenhouse, an agriculture system without soil. It gives at least 30 per cent more productivity and saves up to 40 per cent of water [used for irrigation], ...
Court upholds engineer's jail term
Dubai: An aviation engineer failed to be acquitted for indecently gesturing in public at two plainclothes policemen. The Dubai Court of Appeal upheld a six-month suspended jail term against the ...
Treacherous bend at Al Quoz
Ever since I moved to a new office at Al Quoz, Dubai, I frequently travel in this area and have noticed that one of its roads requires maintenance. This road is located near the Al Quoz bus stand. ...
Missions brace for visa rush
Gulf NewsPeople queue early morning at the Joint Visa Centre on Al Mina Road, Dubai. Holidaymakers who don't do their homework may find themselves making repeated visits to embassies and consulates to ...
Qualified tutors in short supply
Gulf NewsDubai: The struggle to secure enough qualified teachers to deliver quality technical education is the biggest challenge vocational institutions in the UAE are currently facing, experts said last ...
Studying nature's balancing act
Gulf NewsAl Ain: Experts at UAE University (UAEU) are now studying an endangered seabird species endemic to the Arabian Gulf and Omani coast. Declining population trends of Socotra cormorants have prompted ...
Emirates NBD unveils loan education campaign
AME InfoEmirates NBD has launched a unique new personal loan education campaign to advise UAE residents to borrow responsibly and within their repayment capacity. This new initiative is in line with the ...
Emirates Business Women Council holds 2nd meet
WAMWAM ABU DHAI: The Emirates Business Women Council has formed its executive office and named chairs of affiliate committees at the second meeting of its third session 2012-2014 of its new board. ...
Dubai dinner raises Dh3m for Palestinian students
The NationalDUBAI // A charity dinner raised about Dh3 million that will go to help Palestinian students in Lebanon. The donations were given either in the form of cash or as scholarships awarded by individual ...
Conor Purcell takes a tongue-in-cheek look at Dubai
The NationalIt begins with a daring description of Abu Dhabi, as a " rather sedate capital city that used to be even more sedate before it began attracting sports and musical events". And it ends ...
Dubai mulls more alternative clinics
The NationalDubai Healthcare City aims to boost the number of licences for integrative and alternative-medicine clinics, although experts warn that the sector faces a number of emerging business challenges. ...
Exclusive Uefa Euro packages target UAE customers
Business 247Workers continue construction process at a new soccer stadium, which has not been officially named, in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv. The stadium is one of the venues for the Euro 2012 soccer ...
UAE issue travel warning for Lebanon
Business 247Lebanese soldiers take position in Tripoli's Sunni neighbourhood of Bab al-Tabbaneh. Fresh sectarian clashes erupted between pro- and anti-Syrian districts in the north Lebanon port city of ...
Impressive Sharapova to face Li in Rome final
Business 247Defending champion Maria Sharapova will take on Li Na of China in the Italian Open final after a confident 6-3 6-4 victory over Germany's Angelique Kerber on Saturday. The Russian world number ...
RTA awards Dh38m contracts for Al Qusais, Al Quoz roads
Business 247The Board of Directors of the Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) has endorsed in a meeting chaired by Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of the RTA, the awarding of two ...
Dubai Trade’s forum for freight forwarders
Business 247Dubai Trade FZE, the leading trade facilitator under Dubai World, has organised the Freight Forwarders Forum as part of the "Facilitating Trade through Dubai" initiative in collaboration ...
Brave employees foil pre-dawn robbery attempt at Dubai petrol pump
Business 247A brave petrol station salesman and his colleague over- powered a gang of thieves who tried to rob an Eppco petrol station in the Al Qusais area of Dubai on Friday morning. The Dubai Police have ...
Man Utd’s Sir Alex rushed to hospital bleeding
Business 247Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson was reportedly rushed to hospital with a suspected heavy nose bleed last night. The British press reported that Sir Alex was to speak at a celebratory ...
16 dead in India pilgrim bus crash
Business 247At least 16 are dead after a bus carrying 60 pilgrims struck a stationary truck in Uttar Pradesh in the early hours of Saturday morning. Survivors claim only a third of the passengers survived ...
Bomb blast near Italy school kills student
Business 247A bomb went off in front of a school in the southern Italian city of Brindisi on Saturday, killing one student and injuring six as they were going into class, a local emergency official said. ...
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