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Dubai car rentals to be linked to RTA systems
The Roads and Transport Authority has held its Customers Council at the RTA’s headquarters. The event, held, was presided over by Ahmad Bahrozian, the agency’s CEO and Chairperson of the Customers Council. Attendants also included Sultan Al-Kutbi, Director of Commercial Transport Activities Department, Ahmad Mahboob, Director of the Customer Service and Sheikha Al-Jarman, Director ...
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Two arrested for porn on phones
Colombo two youths who were having pornographic pictures saved in their mobile phones, were arrested by the Kurunegala Police on charges of possessing pornographic material. They were arrested at the Kurunegala Central Bus Stand, and were produced before the Kurunegala Chief Magistrate, Kavindya Nanayakkara, who imposed a fine of SLR1,500 on each youth. Police Sergeant M.U. Tennakoon of the ...
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Aishwarya Rais Cannes curtain call Fashion fans left black and blue
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan went from black to pastels back to black and finally a shimmering blue satin gown. Ash’s Cannes Red Carpet appearances and photo calls ended up having a polarising effect on her substantial fan-base, readers of this site and fashion watchers in general. Ash has become a regular fixture on the French Riviera and this visit marks the 12th consecutive year for the ...
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3-day UAE weekend Time to plan a quick getaway
With the three-day weekend – beginning June 5 – just two weeks away, now is a good time to plan out your travel plans. Whether it’s staying back in the UAE, to explore some of its majestic terrains, or flying out to exotic locations, there’s something for everyone. Here’re some of our top destinations for this ...
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16 kids die in Pakistan school bus fire
Men stand around a burnt-out school bus, after a gas cylinder on it exploded, killing seventeen children, on the outskirts of Gujrat, 170 km southeast of Islamabad on Saturday May 25. The seventeen children, who were on their way to school, burnt to death on the bus. ...
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NBAD Issues $465 Million Convertible Bonds
WAM ABU DHABI, May 25th, 2013 (WAM) -- The National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) has issued US$465 million senior unsecured convertible bonds, convertible into ordinary shares of NBAD. The offering, due in 2018, was increased from an initial amount of US$350 million following strong demand from investors during the book-building process. It may be increased by a further amount of up to US$35 ...
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Dubai Maritime City to be represented at UAE-Korea Economic Partnership Forum
WAM DUBAI, May 25th, 2013 (WAM) -- Dubai Maritime City (DMC announced today that a high-level team led by Khamis Juma Buamim, Chairman of Drydocks World and Maritime World will participate in the UAE-Korea Economic Partnership Forum 2013. The event will be held under the patronage of the UAE Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al ...
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Saif bin Zayed receives Director General of Dubai Customs HCT Chancellor
WAM ABU DHABI, May 25th, 2013 (WAM) -- H. H Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior has received in his office Ahmed bin Butti Al Muhairi, Director General of Dubai Customs and CEO of the Ports, Maritime and Free Zone Authority. Al Muhairi extended thanks and appreciation to Sheikh Saif for attending and participating at the WCO IT ...
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Lubna on Worlds 100 Powerful Women list
Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid Al Qasimi, UAE Minister of Development and International Co-operation, has been ranked 67the among the world's powerful women in 2013, according to the annual report released by the Forbes. She was also ranked the first at the Arab level, next to the Saudi businessperson Lubna Al-Elian. Forbes is an American business magazine owned by Forbes, Inc. Published ...
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DTC signs contract to rent ad space on 3500 vehicles
Dubai Taxi Corporation (DTC) has signed a contract with Mobil’ Affiche Company to invest in and rent the advertising spaces on 3,500 vehicles for three renewable years starting April 2013 through May 2016. The signing ceremony was attended by Ahmad Mohammad Al Hammadi, acting chief executive officer of (DTC), and Mohammad Hanif Merchant, chairman of Mobil’ Affiche. "Dubai ...
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Uma Thurman Zhang Ziyi dazzle on Cannes Red Carpet
Hollywood glamour reigned supreme at the Cannes Film Festival this week as A-list actor and Tarantino muse Uma Thurman stepped on to the red carpet at the "2013 Pierre Angenieux Excellens in Cinematography" event wearing a stunning diamond set worth $2.3million by ...
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Saudi banks’ assets gain SR38bn in Q1
The combined assets of Saudi Arabia’s banks swelled by nearly SR38 billion (Dh37.7 billion) in the first quarter of 2013 to maintain their position as having the second largest financial base in the Middle East after UAE ...
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Distraught Ai-Ai considering filing for divorce
A distraught Ai-Ai de las Alas is considering filing for divorce from estranged husband Jed Salang, whom she accused of physically, emotionally and mentally abusing her while they were ...
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Bollywood pads up to bat out IPL 6 spot-fixing links
Bollywood actor Vindu Dara Singh is escorted by police officials into a car before being produced at a court in Mumbai May 24, 2013. India's Supreme Court dismissed a petition on Tuesday seeking to scrap the remaining matches of the country's lucrative Twenty20 cricket competition amid growing concerns about corruption in the sport. ...
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Damac launches sale of apartments in Bay’s Edge project in Burj area
Damac Properties has launched sales of apartments in its latest project in the Burj area of Dubai. Bay’s Edge will be a 22-storey tower with 220 units are made up of studios, one, two and three bedroom apartments. The Dh400 million project is set for completion by the end of 2016. "We have seen overwhelming interest in luxury serviced living in the Burj Area of Dubai and that ...
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Prince Al Waleed says he started from zero
Saudi billionaire Prince Al Waleed bin Talal, a nephew of King Abdullah, says he started his business in 1980 in a little shabby wood and steel chalet before it turned into one of the biggest business groups in the world. Rated as the richest man in the Arab world and one of the world’s wealthiest persons, the Prince published a picture of the tiny structure, which he photographed at ...
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Two Indian youth drown off Jumeirah Open Beach in Dubai
Two Indian expatriate youths are believed to have drowned while bathing in the sea near the Jumeirah Open Beach on Friday evening. While the dead body of one of them has been found, the search for the body of the second person by the Coast Guard was continuing on Friday night. According to sources in the Al Riyami Group, where the two missing employees were working, a group of five ...
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Where did Pinoy poll budget go asks Senator
With only 15 per cent of the 737,759 registered Filipino voters abroad having cast their ballots in the recently concluded midterm elections, how did the ruling administration spend the 148.4 million pesos (Dh13.1 million) allotted for overseas absentee voting? This is what Senator Franklin Drilon, chair of the Senate committee on finance, would want to know, saying on Thursday he will file ...
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Filipino boxing champion fights sex slavery
Filipino boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao is facing what could be his toughest fight yet that goes beyond 12 rounds, as he declared war on sex slavery in the Philippines. Pacquiao, who is a congressman in the southern Philippine province of Sarangani, promoted on Friday the encore airing of ‘The Fighters’, a CNN full-length documentary featuring a woman’s fight against sex ...
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4 researchers exposed to radiation at lab
Four researchers were exposed to radiation in an accident at a Japanese nuclear physics laboratory this week, officials said on Saturday. The accident occurred on Thursday at a laboratory in Tokaimura, 120km northeast of Tokyo, the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) said. The researchers were carrying out an experiment to generate particles by firing a proton beam at gold when the accident ...
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Emirates set to refurbish its 35 airport lounges
It is the first of the airline's worldwide network of lounges to be refurbished in the new interior design, originally unveiled within Emirates' Concourse A Lounges in Dubai earlier this ...
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Sharjah eyes more Korean Asian tourists and investments ahead of Seoul summit
WAM SHARJAH, May 25, 2013 (WAM)--The Third UAE-Korea Economic Partnership Forum that opens tomorrow will help provide a direct impetus to the travel and tourism industry in Sharjah and the UAE by way of more Korean and Asian tourists and investments in the promising tourism and hospitality sector, said Mohamed Ali Al Noman, Chairman, Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority. This ...
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Dubai builder Arabtec wins $108 mln hospital contract in Saudi
RIYADH, May 25 (Reuters) - A subsidiary of Dubai-based contractor Arabtec Holding has won a 404-million Saudi riyals ($107.7 million) contract to build ...
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Chidambaram to visit Dubai tomorrow to woo investments
Dubai tomorrow to sell India's growth story to sovereign wealth funds. The Minister is scheduled to meet his counterpart in Dubai and also hold bilateral consultations with the SWFs (Sovereign Wealth Funds) in his day-long visit to the Gulf nation, an official source said. The visit is part of Chidambaram's global tour to attract foreign investments. He has held similar investor meets ...
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Emirates NBD launches Bank on Wheels initiative
Emirates NBD said it is now operating a fully secure vehicle equipped to offer cash and cheque deposit services and driven by a dedicated customer service ...
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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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