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Employer offers to fly home body of Dubai fitness trainer
DUBAI // The employer of a fitness trainer who died after falling from a balcony has offered to pay to repatriate his body to Britain. Elwood McIlwraith, 29, from Hull, fell from a building at Jumeirah Lakes Towers on May 4. His family had set up a Facebook page to help raise money to bring him home, until his employer stepped in. Alison Ramsay, a manager at Smart Fitness, said the ...
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100 Dubai Municipality workers leave for Umrah
Dubai: A group of 100 municipality workers on Sunday left for the holy city of Makkah to perform Umrah, under the patronage of Shaikha Hind Bint Maktoum Bin Juma Al Maktoum, wife of His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice-President and Prime Minister and Ruler of ...
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Arsenal Grab Champions League Spot Ahead of Spurs
(Reuters) - Arsenal claimed the final Champions League spot at the expense of their arch rivals Tottenham Hotspur on the last day of the Premier League season on Sunday with a 1-0 win at Newcastle United. Defender Laurent Koscielny put visitors Arsenal ahead in the 52nd minute to secure fourth place with 73 points, one point ahead of fifth-placed Spurs who mustered a late goal from ...
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IPL6 SRH v KKR live cricket score Dhawan out Hyderabad need 39 off 46 balls
Narine bowls a tight over conceding just three runs. SRH 77-0 in 10 overs. Sunrisers are cruising along merrily in pursuit of victory and book their berth in the play-offs. Dhawan is on fire cracking a couple of boundaries off Ahmed. SRH 74-0 in 9 overs. Dhawan hits an amazing uppercut over extra cover for a six off Kallis followed by a boundary. SRH 62-0 in 8 overs. Ahmed bowls a ...
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Former Dubai lecturer arrested for defamation
Police said the lecturer, who taught here and who finished his term at a private university in Academic City in Dubai a year ago, has his contract terminated without reason. Dubai courts acted in his favour and he received his end-of-service- ...
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Rents in Downtown Dubai fall faster than expected
during the coming summer months. A week later, the grim reality proves us wrong. Rents in Downtown Dubai are falling faster than expected due to freshly released tremendous supply of new spacious units in tall and well equipped centrally located ...
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15 rise in weekly flights planned at Abu Dhabi airport
Abu Dhabi Airports Company (Adac) today announced that airlines from around the globe will be increasing their weekly number of flight departures and arrivals at Abu Dhabi International Airport during the coming months. This summer, Abu Dhabi International Airport expects to receive 1,065 flights a week, a 15 per cent increase compared to the 956 weekly flights during the summer months of ...
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Mice gerbils perish in Russia space flight
A number of mice and eight gerbils sent into space in a Russian capsule destined to find out how well organisms can withstand extended flights perished during their journey, scientists said Sunday as the month-long mission touched back down on Earth. Most of the 45 mice sent into orbit -- along with the gerbils and 15 newts -- died on the mission, which nevertheless returned with data that ...
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Seven people on trial for smuggling forged ‘eye scan pass’ seals into UAE
Seven Uzbeks, including a woman, allegedly smuggled 60 forged eye scan seals into the UAE through Abu Dhabi and Sharjah airports and used them, the Dubai Criminal Court heard. Captain Walid Ahmad testified that following a tip off about ‘JK’ possessing forged eye scan pass seals, he arranged with the informer to arrest the suspect red handed. "The informer arranged with JK ...
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Dewa launches new substation
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa ) has just launched a new 132/11 kV substation with a capacity of 150 megavolt amperes in Dubai Marina at a total cost of Dh105 million. Of the total cost, Dh100 million is set aside for the station and the rest for laying cables linking it to the main network. This is another example of Dewa's continuous efforts to enhance its electricity ...
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Jafza-DP World’s $30m infrastructure project on track
The $30 million Jafza-DP World joint project to build a new Gate 4 and restructure Roundabout 6 is moving on track. The initiative, launched in September 2012, is scheduled to finish and become fully functional in the first quarter of 2014. On completion, the project is expected to make the traffic flow and the connectivity to and from the Free Zone smooth and seamless. The new Gate 4 will put ...
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Mohammed briefed on DHAs strategy
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum is briefed about the Dubai Health Authority's strategy for promoting the emirate as a favourite destination for health tourism ...
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On-the-spot Dh500 fine for barbecuing on Sharjah beaches lagoon and parks
Visitors to Mamzar Beach in Sharjah are urging the municipality not to fine them for barbecuing in prohibited areas of the beach without prior warning, according the ‘Al Ittihad’ newspaper. Sharjah Municipality recently launched a campaign against barbecuing in prohibited areas by fining violators Dh500 which beachgoers say is high. However, some residents of the area urged the ...
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Dubai Chamber spearheads Give Gain Day Dubai
WAM DUBAI, 18th May, 2013 (WAM) -- The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry's "ENGAGE Dubai" initiative, managed by its Centre for Responsible Business, spearheaded the Give '&' Gain Day Dubai on May 16th. The largest and most prestigious employee volunteering programme in Dubai joined thousands of global employees to lend a helping hand in promoting youth, ...
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Ajman Ruler offers AED 3m to Ajman Club for winning Etisalat Cup
WAM AJMAN, 19th May, 2013 (WAM) -- H.H. Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, Supreme Council member and Ruler of Ajman, has offered a bonus of AED 3 million to Ajman Culture and Sports Club for winning the Etisalat Emirates Cup 2012 - 2013. Sheikh Humaid today welcomed the Chairman and members of the club's board, its technical and administrative bodies and the first team to congratulate ...
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Rising Dubai land values boost worth of Kuwaits IFA
Rising Dubai land values helped the Kuwaiti resort developer IFA Hotels & Resorts almost double the value of its investment portfolio during the first quarter of the year. The company, which owns the recently opened Fairmont on the trunk of the Palm and the under- construction Kingdom of Sheba hotel on the crescent, said the value of the resorts it owns increased from 30.5 million Kuwaiti ...
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Emirates Road in Dubai partially closed after lorry catches fire
DUBAI // Emirates Road was partially closed today after a six-wheel lorry caught fire. Dubai Police said that the road, previously known as the Dubai-bypass road, towards Abu Dhabi, was closed at around 1pm, shortly after the lorry caught fire near to Al Qudra interchange. A police spokesman said the fire was due to an "electrical failure" in the vehicle, but would not elaborate ...
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American University in Dubai to offer scholarships worth Dh30 million
DUBAI // American University in Dubai will be dolling out scholarships to the tune of Dh30 million this year, its governing board has announced. At the bi-annual meeting to discuss future plans and expansions of the university, the board said it was their aim to reward excellence by enrolling top high school students from around the world. Students have been invited to apply for the Sheikh ...
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Las Vegas Dubais brash cousin in the American desert
Las Vegas and Dubai. From the Bellagio fountain, bright lights and top-notch hotels, Vegas is a top destination for not only pleasure, but business as well, playing host to some of the biggest conferences and conventions in the world. As well as having thematic parallels, the cities overlap economically. The Nevada city's economy was hit hard by the recession and it lost out to cheaper ...
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Man on trial for kidnapping and blackmailing
A 50-year-old jobless Bangladeshi allegedly kidnapped and confined a compatriot, identified as SH, in a building under construction and robbed his mobile phone, the Dubai Criminal Court heard. JKL, along with others who have already been convicted and some others who are still at large, is also accused of blackmailing another man identified as RAM and threatening the victim’s brother ...
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Commercial Bank of Dubai to complete live deployment of Misys’Trade Finance system
Commercial Bank of Dubai (CBD), one of the leading banks in the UAE, has become the first bank in the Middle East and North Africa region to implement Misys’ trade finance system on Software as a Service (SaaS) model. Notably, CBD’s initiative will be the first deployment of a trade finance solution on the SaaS model for a major bank in the region. CBD plans to extend its ...
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GCC interior spending to grow 28 to $9.2bn
GCC projects spent $7.2bn on interiors and fit-outs in 2012 and expects spends to increase by more than a quarter (28 per cent) to $9.2bn in 2013, said Index International Design Exhibition and The Office Exhibition, the Middle East and North Africa’s largest and longest running interior design and fit out exhibition. The report included an analysis on the four pillars of the real estate ...
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1 in 3 UAE women at risk of bone disease
One in three women in the UAE over the age of 50 is prone to fractures incurred through osteoporosis and could experience osteoporotic fractures, doctors said. "Affecting more than 200 million women across the world each year, the only cure for osteoporosis is prevention. Key step towards the prevention of osteoporosis is to take regular bone scans. This painless ultrasound assessment ...
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Abu Dhabi Excellence Award adopts new categories
The General Secretariat of the Executive Council of the award on Sunday called on all government entities to benefit from the criteria being adopted as the new structure considers Abu Dhabi government’s trends, meeting the best international standards to spread the concept of excellent ...
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Loan suppression leads to problems
I took a Top Loan from HSBC in January of 2007, which gave me 72 months to repay it. The last payment date should have been January 1, 2013, but I took a three-month loan suppression, which is why my tenure was extended for an additional three months. My last payment was made on March 9, but the bank has taken more than my monthly payment of Dh2,746. Instead they took Dh7,150.88. I had visited ...
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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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