Saturday 4th September, 2010
2 dead in cargo plane crash near Dubai
Smoke rises from the scene of a plane crash in Dubai September 3, 2010. A 747-400 Boeing cargo plane operated by United Parcel Service Inc crashed shortly after takeoff into a military compound near D...
Dubai Police Chief Calls BlackBerry a Spy Tool
(AP) Worries about spying by the U.S. and Israel spurred plans to sharply limit BlackBerry services in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai's police chief said in comments that suggest a tough line in talk...
UPS cargo plane crashes in Dubai, two killed
Smoke rises from the scene of a plane crash in Dubai September 3, 2010. A 747-400 Boeing cargo plane operated by United Parcel Service Inc crashed shortly after takeoff into a military compound near D...
Dubai news agency reports two dead in UPS crash
WHP CBS 21(Inergize Digital Media) DUBAI (AP) — The state news agency in Dubai reports that the bodies of "two pilots" have been found at the scene of today's crash of a UPS cargo plane.The plane ...
Cargo plane crashes in Dubai
The HinduDUBAI: A cargo plane crashed landed in an uninhabited area in Dubai on Friday, the official news agency WAM reported. Eye-witnesses say that a Boeing plane belonging to the cargo firm UPS crashed clo...
BlackBerry is 'spy tool': Dubai police
The China PostDUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Worries about spying by the U.S. and Israel spurred plans to sharply limit BlackBerry services in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai's police chief said in comments that su...
FACTBOX - Details of cargo plane which crashed in Dubai
The StarThe Boeing 747 is a backbone of the world's freight industry, transporting about half the cargo carried in dedicated freight planes (as opposed to being loaded in the belly of passenger jets), accordi...
Timeline: Plane crashes in the UAE
Gulf NewsOctober 21, 2009 A Sudanese registered plane, a Boeing 707 aircraft, carrying general cargo, bound for Khartoum, crashed two minutes after take-off from Sharjah Airport. Six people were killed.
Eid is a wonderful time for fashion
Gulf NewsDubai: The clock is ticking and Eid is just around the corner. It's a time when all women in the region are looking for unique fashion in order to look their best for the occasion. Gulf News brings ...
Children learn science lessons the fun way
Gulf NewsAbu Dhabi: An estimated 6,000 children have participated in an educational show in the nation's capital which aims to teach young learners about science and astronomy with the help of popular Sesame S...
United in adventure on 45-day road trip
Gulf NewsAbu Dhabi: A Turkish farmer handed the man driving the car a large watermelon, when he asked the route to the nearest town. He and his family, also in the car, tried telling him they didn't want to b...
GEMS pupils surpass UK counterparts
Gulf News"The most significant achievement is that the average for those IGCSE / GCSE students at GEMS International Schools achieving 5A*-C, including mathematics and English, has risen from 75 per cent in 20...
'Slow reading movement' defies our constant hurry
Gulf NewsAs per a recent news report from the guardian.co.uk, a growing concern in academic circles has produced a ‘slow reading movement' to help preserve the increasingly unpopular concept of conventional ...
Plane crashes near Dubai airport
Al JazeeraA cargo plane belonging to United Parcel Service (UPS), the US-based delivery company, has crashed near the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai in an unpopulated desert area of a UAE military base, lea...
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