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Yemeni president commends ties with UAE
Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi has praised his country's relations with the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The president said it in a statement on the occasion of the swearing-in of Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Yemen to the UAE. He said that the position holds particular importance due to the unique and important relationship between his ...
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UAE Algeria discuss relations
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Algeria have held talks to explore new ways of enhancing bilateral cooperation in areas like industry, investment and small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The discussions were held Sunday between UAE's economy minister Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri and the visiting Algerian Minister for Industry, SMEs and Investment Promotion, Cherif Rahmani. Both sides also ...
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Sharjah high-rise fire impact three cars damaged
A fire that broke out in a residential building near Jamal Abdul Naser Street in Sharjah in the early hours of Sunday has also damaged three cars. According to eye-witness accounts, the blaze that erupted on the seventh floor of the building, which was occupied by an Asian and two African women, was douzed before it proved fatal. However, three cars were severely damaged as burnt debrsi fell ...
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Emirati student in US dies in horrific motorbike crash
A 20-year old Emirati identified as Mohammed Rahma Al Blouky has died in a motorbike accident in Messa city, Arizona, USA, on Thursday, May 16, Arabic daily Emarat Al Youm has ...
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Uae Gdp Up 4.4 In 2012
Strong oil prices allied with expansion in non-hydrocarbon sectors due to high public spending boosted the UAE’s real GDP by 4.4 per cent in 2012, official data showed. From around Dh982.7 billion in 2011, GDP expanded to Dh1,025 billion in 2012, showed the figures by the national statistics bureau. In current prices, GDP swelled by about 10.1 per cent from Dh1,280 billion to Dh1,409 ...
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Oman’s spending up 13 in Q1
Oman boosted actual spending by nearly 13 per cent in the first quarter of 2013 as the Gulf country appears to be buoyed by strong oil prices and higher ...
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Kristen Stewart in tears Robert Pattinson party with friends
The Twilight couple Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are following the footsteps of much younger couple Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez as far as their love affair is concerned. A new report claims that Rob and Kristen have decided to split up for the time being, though there is a good chance that they could reconcile soon. They have been together as their fame exploded and weathered a ...
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Man to live on ocean rock for 60 days
Scottish citizen Nick Hancock plans to live on this rock, known by the name 'Rockall' in the Central North Atlantic Ocean for a period of 60 ...
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Taylor Swift wins 8 trophies at Billboard Music Awards Justin Bieber Miguel Minaj perform
FILE - In this April 2, 2013 file picture Canadian singer Justin Bieber performs at O2 World in Hamburg, Germany. German officials say Justin Bieber will have to pay the bill for his monkey’s two month stay at a Munich animal shelter. A spokesman for Munich’s customs office says the cost of care, food and vet visits for Mally is several thousand euros (dollars). That’s, of ...
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Emirates SkyCargo Wins Best Air Cargo Carrier Middle East Award
Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, one of the fastest growing international airlines, has cemented its position as a leading global player in air cargo industry by winning the 'Best Air Cargo Carrier Middle East' award for the 18th consecutive year at the annual Asian Freight & Supply Chain Awards ...
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RPT-Dubai labourers stage rare strike for more pay
Mon May 20, 2013 12:24am EDT (Repeats story originally issued on Sunday with no changes to text) * Arabtec is UAE's largest publicly listed building firm * Labour strikes rare in Gulf, especially among migrant contractors * Strike began on Saturday, spread on Sunday By Praveen Menon DUBAI, May 19 (Reuters) - Thousands of workers employed by Dubai's largest construction firm, Arabtec, ...
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Businesswoman gets death sentence for underground bank operation
A businesswoman in southern China has been sentenced to death in the government's latest crackdown on underground lending that is widely used by entrepreneurs. The Intermediate People's Court of Wenzhou, a center for private sector business, says Lin Haiyan was convicted of "illegal fundraising" for collecting 640 million yuan ($101 million) from individual investors by ...
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Vidya Balan gets a Cannes do with Nicole Kidman
Vidya Balan poses on the red carpet as she arrives for the screening of the film "Inside Llewyn Davis" in competition during the 66th Cannes Film Festival. (REUTERS) Vidya Balan (C) poses with unidentified guests on the red carpet as she arrives for the screening of the film "Inside Llewyn Davis" in competition during the 66th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes. (REUTERS) ...
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Bombay Talkies at Cannes Aishwarya Rai goes black... again
Aishwarya Rai poses as she arrives at the evening's gala of the film "Bombay Talkies" celebrating a hundred years of Indian cinema, during the 66th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes. (REUTERS) Directors of the film "Bombay Talkies" Dibakar Banerjee, Anurag Kashyap, Zoya Akhtar and Karan Johar (L-R) pose upon arrival at the evening's gala of the film "Bombay ...
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N Korea missile launch worrisome UNs Ban
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon voiced concern on Sunday over North Korea's launch of short-range missiles, urging Pyonyang to refrain from further launches and return to stalled nuclear talks with world powers. Ban, who spoke to Russian state news agency RIA Novosti during a visit to Moscow, called North Korea's launch of three short-range missiles from its east coast on Saturday a ...
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Alaska crushes Ginebra for 3rd straight win for PBA championship
It was a glorious victory for Alaska Milk Sunday night, as they crushed Barangay Ginebera, 104-80, in Game 3 of their best-of-five Finals in PBA Commissioner’s Cup at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, in Cubao Quezon City. "We were a bit lucky," Alaska head coach Luigi Trillo said, as quoted by the PBA, or Philippine Basketball Association. "They have injuries over there and ...
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Dream come true 5-year old with Thalassemia is Abu Dhabi Police captain
Lt General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, with Amir Muhammad Al Falahi, who suffers from Thalassemia. Amir wanted to become a Captain in the police force and perform the work and duties of an officer. ...
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Tornado damages trailer park near Oklahoma
Vehicles are seen amongst storm debris, which is what is left of a mobile home park destroyed by a tornado, west of Shawnee, Oklahoma May 19, 2013. A tornado half a mile wide struck near Oklahoma City on Sunday, part of a massive storm front that hammered the central United States. News reports said at least one person had died. ...
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Stars still shining on Cannes red carpet
Benicio Del Toro, Jennifer Lawrence, Steven Spielberg, and many other celebrities walk the red carpet in the pouring rain at Cannes ...
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Dubai students score 100 in ICSE exams
Dubai: - Dubai students did better than their Indian counterparts in both Class 10 and Class 12 exams of the Council of Indian Certificate for Secondary Education ...
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Worlds smallest monkey seen on video eating noodle
Macaroni is not just for children anymore as a cute little monkey was seen on video feasting on the noddle, according to video uploaded to the internet. The lovely video posted online has shown one of the world's smallest monkeys eating macaroni. The 39-second video shows the creature getting into the piece of dough, which looks larger than usual in its small hands. The monkey is a pygmy ...
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Baby goat found to give milk
A goat started to produce milk just five days after it was born in Saudi Arabia and its owner said he had never seen such a case before. Mohammed Saud Al Okaili said he was checking the baby goat when he noticed little breasts on its belly, adding that he first thought them tumors. "When I examined them, I was surprised to find that they are real breasts and are full of milk. I ...
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7 officers kidnapped in Egypt
The father of an Egyptian border policeman who was kidnapped cries near the gates at the main Egyptian crossing point into the Gaza Strip, which has been closed for the third day, in Rafah city, about 350 km (217 miles) northeast of Cairo, May 19, 2013. Egyptian police enraged by the kidnapping of seven of their colleagues by Islamist gunmen in the Sinai Peninsula blocked a commercial border ...
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Woman fined Dh4400 for untidy garden
In many countries, people are fined for littering in public places. In the UK, authorities go further by punishing those who are not tidy at their own homes. A woman from North Wales was ordered to pay 762 pounds (Dh4,420) by a local court for failing to heed Town warnings and tidy up her overgrown back garden. Hospital Worker Carole Pennel could have ended up paying 51,100 pounds ...
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Kuwait to give each jobless housewife aged 55 years Dh7250 per month
Kuwait has decided to lavish KD559 (Dh7,250) a month to each unemployed housewife aged at least 55 years even if her husband is rich within a new social security law that also includes a massive increase in aid for divorced women. About 7,000 women in the oil-rich Gulf emirate have already applied to benefit from the windfall and only 10 per cent of the applications were rejected as they are ...
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Olympics may be Dubai's next goal
Dubai is famous for being ambitious, sometimes to its detriment, but mostly to its advantage. It was ambition that made it the city the way it is now. For some, the recent announcement of a possible Olympic bid may seem overly optimistic, but what are Dubai’s chances realistically?
Dubai does nothing half-heartedly. Fifteen years ago, Dubai was just another city in the Gulf, there was nothing particularly special about it, apart from the fact that, for western workers, it was an attractive location because of the lack of income tax, but this it had in common with many other GCC cities. Read more
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