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Royal gallery at Royal Ascot
Queen Elizabeth II, with Prince Charles, background right, and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, on the first day of the Royal Ascot horse race meeting in Ascot, England. (AP) Queen Elizabeth II gestures as she watches the horses for the first race in the parade ring, on the first day of the Royal Ascot horse race. (AP) Queen Elizabeth II & Camilla, Duchess Of Cornwall attends day one ...
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Indias monsoon mayhem Death toll 120 in floods
A man ferries his boat after retrieving floating watermelons from the flooded waters of river Yamuna in New Delhi June 18, 2013. The rains are at least twice as heavy as usual in northwest and central India as the June-September monsoon spreads north, covering the whole country a month faster than normal. ...
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NBA Finals live And the champions are...
Tim Duncan (C) of the San Antonio comes under pressure from Mike Miller (L) and LeBron James of the Miami Heat during the third quarter of Game 6 of the NBA Finals at the American Airlines Arena June 19, 2013 in Miami, Florida. ...
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Dubai sports ambassador wins Chinese legal battle
Argentinean football legend Diego Maradona, Dubai's Honorary Ambassador of Sports since September 2012, will be awarded 3 million yuan ($326,129) as compensation from three Chinese companies for using his name in an online game without his ...
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Visa service fees at Dubai firm anger travellers
VFS Global operates outsourced visa application centres in Dubai and Abu Dhabi on behalf of the UK government, Schengen countries such as Germany, Italy and France and ...
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Mile-high tower Prince Alwaleed invites Burj Khalifas Emaar to set new record
Emaar to help develop an even higher building - a mile high - in one of the world's largest cities. Prince Al Waleed bin Talal, one of the world's richest men, has invited the Emaar chairman Mohammed Alabbar to team up with his property development company Kingdom Holding to develop the tower, according to reports. The prince said he was looking at various locations. "I am now ...
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3 men used python pit-bulls to keep disabled mom child as slaves
A mentally disabled woman charged with shoplifting a candy bar asked to be jailed because three people "had been mean to her" - then went on to tell authorities about her time spent in unfathomably cruel servitude, along with her young daughter, at the hands of three people, authorities said ...
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Aishwarya Rai - Bollywood royalty at the Royal Ascot horse race
Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who has been a regular at the Royal Ascot horse race meet since 2009, was also present at the first day of the race this year too. Aishwarya, who has lost oodles of weight was picture perfect in her dress but plumped for low key black and white combo. (AP) The 39-year-old Indian actress was in the presence of such royalty as Queen Elizabeth II, ...
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All at sea in Dubai dont fish for trouble New marine drivers license required
The Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA) has started implementing Resolution No. 2 of 2013 for Marine Craft Driving License as part of the efforts to regulate local maritime sector. The application of the new resolution requires licensing for crew on personal, business, sports, tourism and recreational marine craft, including small and large-sized leisure craft, commercial marine vessels and ...
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Etisalat defence to protect businesses from cyber attacks
The security solutions being offered as part of the service include a cloud based security service (whereby DDoS attack identification and mitigation occurs proactively within Etisalat’s IP backbone before it reaches the customer’s network), and the hybrid DDoS protection approach, which combines the advantages of cloud based and network perimeter base solutions for the ...
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Two new bridges to ease traffic jams in Sharjah
Two bridges with five lanes each will be constructed at the Khalid Lagoon entrance, apart from Sharjah and Al Khaledeya bridges, said Yousef Al Suwaiji, Director-General, Directorate of Public Works (DPW), ...
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Only the best fly from the UAE Emirates Etihad win Worlds Best Airline awards for 2013
Emirates and Etihad dominated the Skytrax World Airline Awards awards for 2013, given away in Paris on Tuesday, June 19, at the Paris Air Show. The two airlines flying out of the UAE dominated the show by winning the most coveted titles at the award ...
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Video Worlds fastest supercomputer power on
The world's fastest supercomputer will be put into use in big projects later this year, its Chinese designer has said. The supercomputer Tianhe-2, or Milky Way, which is capable of operating as fast as 33.86 petaflops per second, was ranked on Monday as the world's fastest computing system by TOP500, a project ranking the 500 most powerful computer systems in the world. It ...
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Russell Brand divorced Katy Perry on New Years eve via text message
(FILES): This August 28, 2011 file photo shows Katy Perry and Russell Brand arriving for the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) at the Noika Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, California. ...
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Indebted Indian jewellery store owner missing after claims of being looted twice in UAQ
An Indian jeweller, who had heavily borrowed to open a new store has disappeared. His shop is closed and his mobile phone is switched off and his house remains locked. "We do not even know if there is jewellery in his store or he has managed to take it all away," says Faisal, one of his neighbours. SU, who is in his 50s, was one of the first few to open a jewellery store in Umm ...
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Kim Kardashians beautiful baby is worlds youngest reality TV star
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian allowed her mother, Kris Jenner, to film the birth of their daughter with a home video camera but claim it will not be shown on her reality TV show. The reality TV star's boyfriend refused to allow cameras for her series, 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians,' to record any footage in the hospital on Saturday (15.06.13), but gave her mother and manager, ...
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New Bluewaters Island under construction on Dubais JBR coastline
A new island is being reclaimed off the Jumeirah Beach Residence (JBR) coastline in Dubai, Emirates 24|7 can reveal. The reclamation work has been on for over a month now with industry sources referring to it as Meraas Holding’s Dh6 billion 'Bluewaters Island'. The master developer has not yet responded to questions sent by Emirates 24|7. Bluewaters Island, a mixed-use ...
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Top Stories on Dubai Chronicle on June 19th
With record number of exhibitors showcasing Indian Properties worth billions of rupees, Indian Property Show’s June 2013 edition is poised to be the biggest ever. ...
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France looks to boost great hamster population
Dozens of great hamsters are being reintroduced into France's Alsace region, in an effort to boost population numbers of the species, which is endangered and unique to the area around ...
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Dubai on call for Dh9.8m 40-ft gold-plated home… on wheels
In the land of the super-, ultra-, mega-, high-end, luxury cars, the concept of the mobile home or camper-caravan has not quite caught on. So while avid desert and beach-side campers might have their interest piqued by this latest vehicle to hit Dubai’s roads, even the average car owner (which by UAE standards could be the Range Rover Sport), will do a double take. A 40-foot mobile ...
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Indian jeweller in UAQ allegedly flees
An Indian jeweller, who had heavily borrowed to open a new store has disappeared. His shop is closed and his mobile phone is switched off and his house remains locked. "We do not even know if there is jewellery in his store or he has managed to take it all away," says Faisal, one of his neighbours. SU, who is in his 50s, was one of the first few to open a jewellery store in Umm ...
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BlackBerry to open first Middle East BlackBerry Store in Dubai Mall
BlackBerry fans in the Middle East can celebrate as the first BlackBerry Retail Concept Store in the Middle East will be unveiled for customers on Thursday, June 20, 2013 at 5pm. Located on level two of the Dubai Mall, conveniently close to the Dubai Metro Link, the BlackBerry store will provide UAE residents and visitors a chance to experience the latest models through live demos, as well as ...
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Khalifa Foundation to launch fourth iftar initiative
Abu Dhabi:The Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation (KBZF) is set to launch its fourth annual Ramadan iftar Initiative, which was announced at a press conference today in the Dusit Thani Hotel in Abu ...
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England South Africa hope to ride their luck
Alastair Cook of England bats during the ICC Champions Trophy Group A match against Sri Lanka at The Oval on June 13, 2013 in London, England. ...
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Australia Iran and South Korea head for Brazil
Mehrdad Oladi, Masoud Shojaei, Mohammad Noori and Gholam Raza Rezaei of Iran celebrate qualifying for the 2014 Fifa World Cup following the World Cup Qualifier against South Korea at Munsu World Cup Stadium on June 18, 2013 in Ulsan, South Korea. ...
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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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