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Assad insists he will not quit
Syria's President Bashar Al Assad gestures during an interview from Argentina in Damascus in this handout photograph distributed by Syria's national news agency SANA on May 18, 2013. ...
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Philippines Volcanoes stun UAE in Manila
UAE lost the relegation battle to the Philippines who maintained their coveted spot in the HSBC Asian 5 Nations (HSBC A5N) Top 5 competition with a 24-8 win in Manila on Saturday. The Volcanoes outscored the UAE by four tries to one to become one of the few teams to maintain their spot in a higher grade after being promoted as last season’s Division I champions. The UAE will be ...
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Lotto fever strikes US as jackpot swells to $600m
Americans by the droves plunked down their cash Saturday for a chance at fulfilling a feverish dream: winning an estimated $600 million Powerball lottery jackpot. The winning numbers -- 10, 13, 14, 22, 52 and a Powerball of 11 - were drawn just before 11:00 pm eastern time (0300 GMT Sunday) but contest organizers did not immediately declare if there had been a winner. If there is no ...
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Bollywoods hottest Ranbir and Deepika
Indian Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone attends a promotional event for the forthcoming Hindi film "Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani" in Mumbai on May 17, 2013. ...
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Manila eyes S Korea Malaysia for expats in Taiwan
South Korea and Malaysia are two of the countries being eyed by the Philippines for its skilled overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Taiwan should the ongoing spat between Manila and Chinese Taipei escalate further. Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte revealed this as the Philippine government prepared a contingency plan for about 87,000 OFWs in Taiwan, some of whom are being ...
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Eva Longoria suffers humiliating wardrobe malfunction
Actress Eva Longoria attends the 'Jimmy P. (Psychotherapy Of A Plains Indian)' Premiere during the 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival at the Palais des Festivals on May 18, 2013 in Cannes, ...
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Emirates trade surplus to pass $90 billion
The UAE economy growth is expected to lower to 3.9 percent in 2012 after a solid 2011, when the GDP expanded 5.2 percent led by high oil prices and a 10.2 percent increase in oil production, according to a review of the UAE economy by Global Investment House. Even as growth in oil sector is expected to slow down in 2012, the nonoil sector has continued its resurgence witnessing a 3.5 percent ...
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Emirates Tim Clark tops inaugural Brits List
Clark has played a major role in the development of Emirates, joining the airline in the year it was formed, 1985. Earlier this month, Emirates posted a 52 percent increase in profits, ...
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Justin Bieber monkeyed around before Dubai and now owes huge fine for his pet Mally
The 'Beauty and the Beat' hitmaker's pet Mally was seized at German customs in March and has since been held at an animal shelter in Munich - but it is set for a permanent move to either a zoo or ...
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GCC is 13th largest world economy
Gulf hydrocarbon producers emerged as the 13th most powerful economy in the world in 2011 while strong oil prices allowed them to become the fifth largest exporter with the highest trade surplus, according to a Bahraini minister. Hassan Fakhru, minister of trade and industry, estimated the combined GDP of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) at around $1.4 trillion in 2011, the 13th ...
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Goodbye footballs greatest... brand David Beckham
Paris Saint-Germain's David Beckham raises the French Championship trophy at the end of their team's French Ligue 1 soccer match against Brest at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris May 18, 2013. ...
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Tech-savvy pet bloggers convene at social media conference
Social media...for pets. That's the idea behind BlogPaws, an online community of pet lovers and bloggers that gathers at an annual conference to get their 'paws' on the latest pet-friendly ...
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HIV vaccine is doable says co-discoverer of AIDS virus
Dr. Robert Gallo, co-discoverer of the AIDS virus, ahead of the 30th anniversary on Monday of the identification of what is now known as ...
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Gunmen kill Pakistan woman politician from Imran Khans party
The body of Zahra Shahid Hussain, a senior female politician from cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan's Tehreek-e-Insaf party, is carried at a hospital in Karachi, in this still image taken from video footage, May 18, 2013. Hussain was shot and killed by unidentified assailants on Saturday, according to police. ...
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Emirates to delay wing crack modifications because of late A380s delivery
Emirates Airline to push back by two months work to fix potential wing cracks on its existing fleet of superjumbos. Wing modification work on Emirates' fleet of A380s should have started in March, but has only begun this month because of late arrival of new aircraft, according to Tim Clark, the president and chief executive of Emirates. "We need to receive the new aircraft to backfill ...
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Video Cannes is the star in this real-life blockbuster
Luxury jewellery house Chopard says that jewellery stolen from a local hotel in a pre-dawn heist on Friday was not destined for stars at the Cannes film festival, and its value below figures quoted. Earlier reports said the value of the heist was more than $1 ...
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Win iPad Mini for FREE now
The lucky winners of our second-round iPad Mini draw today are Nitish Reddy C and Gavin Walker. Reddy is a 21-year-old Indian student from Sharjah. He was overjoyed and said: "I am so happy to get an iPad Mini. I have an iPhone 4S, but I always wanted an iPad." Walker is from South Africa and is a Managing Director for a Dubai-based consulting firm. He was ecstatic and said: "I ...
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Prague plans subway Love Train for singles
Prague underground commuters looking for love will soon be able to try their luck at romance in designated dating cars, a transport spokesman ...
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Salman Khan helps Sonakshi Sinha paint Lootera red
Bollywood's mentor-in-chief, Salman Khan, is known for guiding and directing the careers of many newcomers in the Hindi film industry. Now, he has taken a step further and sharing his passion for painting with one of his youngest co-stars - Sonakshi Sinha, who made her debut with the 2010 blockbuster 'Dabangg' with Salman himself. It is a well known fact that Salman dabbles ...
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Emirati dies in RAK car crash
A 32-year old Emirati, identified as SMA, was killed early on Saturday morning, when his vehicle crashed on a road in Wadi Ghalila, north of Ras Al ...
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Dewa hiring Over 100 vacancies open up
, the average salary for Dewa jobs is $36,000, which is about Dh132,231."This salary was calculated using the average salary for all jobs with the term ‘DEWA’ anywhere in the job listing," mentions the job portal. Dewa also runs scholarship programmes for nationals. "The company is keen to put into implementation, the approach of the state in employing and developing ...
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Gunmen kill Pakistans politician ahead of voting
The body of Zahra Shahid Hussain, a senior female politician from cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan's Tehreek-e-Insaf party, is carried at a hospital in Karachi, in this still image taken from video footage, May 18, 2013. Hussain was shot and killed by unidentified assailants on Saturday, according to police. ...
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Ranbir Deepika sizzling chemistry will make Katrina go green
Indian Bollywood actors Deepika Padukone (R) and Ranbir Kapoor pose during a promotional event for the forthcoming Hindi film "Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani" in Mumbai on May 17, 2013. ...
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Abu Dhabi cops end cable guys’ Liwa power trip
Explaining the gang’s modus operandi, Colonel Ali Al Junaibi, Director of the Western Region Police Directorate in Abu Dhabi Police GHQ, said, "The gang stole electric power cables of around 600 metres from government installations in Liwa. Of this 550m were high-voltage cables located in the vicinity of a farmhouse, and the remaining 50m were low-voltage cables stolen from another ...
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Du broadband may face slow speeds today
Du, Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company, today announced that a maintenance activity will be performed by the two submarine telecommunications cable system ...
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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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