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Dubai reinforcing its position as popular cruise destination
Dubai is reinforcing its position as a destination of choice for cruise tourism by welcoming newly renovated luxury liner, Mariner of the Seas on its maiden call to the emirate. The liner, a member of Royal Caribbean International's cruise line fleet, arrived at Port Rashid on Tuesday to a traditional welcome ceremony, organised by Dubai Cruise Tourism, a department of the Department of ...
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Vitamin D deficiency linked to infertility
One in six couples in UAE face fertility issues; lack of vitamin D main cause among women, while smoking and obesity is main cause of problems among ...
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Special report Interpol acts to stem ivory trade
Dubai: Interpol sent a strong signal on Wednesday to organised crime that it is stepping up efforts to stem illegal ivory trade shipments -- such as the consignment of 259 elephant tusks intercepted earlier this week at Jebel Ali Port by Dubai ...
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London terrorist attack Man hacked to death with meat cleavers possibly beheaded
England A man believed to be a soldier has been hacked to death and possibly beheaded in a suspected terrorist attack in south-east London.Eyewitnesses say two men used a car to run the victim over in broad daylight on a street about 200 metres from the Royal Artillery Baracks in Woolwich.They then slayed the man to death with meat cleavers while shouting chants of "Allahu Akhbar" ...
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Sunfeast investors threaten suicide
';I’ve taken a huge loan from a money-lender. They will kill me if I don’t pay back so I would rather take my own life,'; a distraught Indian man told XPRESS outside Sunfeast’s 12th-floor office at Mai Tower, where angry investors were involved in an eight-hour sit-in on ...
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Abu Dhabi Police clamp down on witchcraft
The police have launched an awareness campaign called Amman, encouraging people to come forward and report anyone practicing witchcraft or ...
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Oklahoma tornado victims astounded at how they survived
1 of 21. An American flag flutters in the wind amid the debris of a neighbourhood destroyed by a tornado, near the Plaza Towers elementary school in Moore, Oklahoma May 22, ...
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Tourism leaders from Dubai and Seychelles meet
Helal Saeed Almarri, the Director General of Dubai's Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM), the principal authority responsible for strengthening Dubai's positioning as a world-leading tourism destination and commercial hub, met Minister Alain St.Ange, the Seychelles Minister responsible for Tourism and Culture, when the Minister was in Dubai on a working visit a week and ...
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Tenants in DIFC zone seek uniform rent law
Dubai: Thousands of Dubai residents facing unjust rent demands may still find respite at the Dubai Land Department’s Real Estate Regulatory Agency (Rera) but there is no such thing for tenants at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). What’s worse, different rules seem to apply to different people living in the ultra-posh financial free zone that centres around the iconic ...
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Dutch honeymooners use WhatsApp to trace BB owner
Dubai: A Dutch couple who came to Dubai on their honeymoon, left with great memories, a treasure trove of goodies and possibly friends for life after tracking the owners of a lost mobile using a smart phone ...
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Jobless Karachi man finds fame in Dubai
Naseem Khan, "a twenty-something simpleton" from a suburb of Karachi came to Dubai in April, but got lost in search of a job, identity and a means to "send back more" for a sister on ...
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School shocker Dh1000 for a set of uniforms
Dubai A school is demanding Dh1,000 for school uniforms and has threatened parents that if they don’t pay up within a fortnight their children will not be considered for the next academic ...
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So what happened to Timmy MacColl
dubai On May 27 it will be one year since British Royal Navy sailor Timmy MacColl, 27, went missing in Dubai. Since then, scores of leads have been chased but none has panned out. Investigators have questioned dozens of witnesses, examined hours of CCTV footage and even scoured the seabed, yet Timmy’s fate remains ...
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Car thieves in the dock
Dubai A three-member gang of car thieves allegely involved in robberies between 2009 and 2010 faced charges on Wednesday. The suspected ringleader, 38-year-old T.K., is a jobless Pakistani who faced five counts of car theft along with two other suspects who remain at ...
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Dubai contractor Arabtec says workers end strike
Dubai contractor Arabtec said on Wednesday a four-day strike by foreign workers seeking higher pay was over and the emirate's police chief said 200 of them would be ...
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Task force appointed to protect environment
Abu Dhabi: A task force has been appointed to deliberate on key issues to achieve sustainable development in the UAE, the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research announced on ...
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Carved ivory curios illegal expert says
If the piece is made of ivory, you may be in for more than you bargained given that not only is shipping raw ivory illegal, buying and possessing newly worked ivory works is also against the law in countries such as the UAE, says Dr Elsayed Ahmad Mohammad, Director, Middle East and North Africa for the International Fund for Animal ...
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UAE stargazers to miss lunar eclipse
Al Ain: UAE stargazers will miss out on seeing the year’s second lunar eclipse on Saturday as this penumbral eclipse will only be visible from American and African ...
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Inside a pagoda in Dubai
DUBAI: An old pagoda house is one of Dubai’s curious landmarks. Neighbours in the Al Sikka district refer to it as the ';Chinese house'; while some use it as a point of reference when giving ...
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Inside a pagoda in Dubai
DUBAI: An old pagoda house is one of Dubai’s curious landmarks. Neighbours in the Al Sikka district refer to it as the ';Chinese house'; while some use it as a point of reference when giving ...
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Motorists say they were fined wrongly in Abu Dhabi
Another resident who gave his name as L.K. said he got two parking fines although he has a permit. ';This is the second time I am being fined in the last three months. I have taken a yearly parking permit from Mawaqif. Either there is some technical error or the gadgets carried by the inspectors are faulty,'; said L.K, who lives in the Airport Road ...
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9 per cent of pupils smoke in Dubai
Dubai: More than nine per cent of schoolchildren and 20 per cent of university students smoke, with the numbers increasing per year, a municipal official said ...
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India passport holders face no problems in Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi: Indian expatriates holding passports with new security features have not faced any problems for visa processing or related officials formalities in the UAE, a top Indian diplomat ...
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Private school growth in Sharjah
More than Dh1 billion has been invested in private education in Sharjah. Khalid bin Butti, an assistant director general at Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said this week that there were 140 private schools worth Dh1.26bn. Mr bin Butti urged all investors in the private education sector to turn to innovative ideas that would further improve the standard of education in the emirate. ...
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Five things to do today register for an aquathlon in Dubai
today to take part in the second series of aquathlons with a swim in the sea followed by a run on the beach. There are separate categories based on age and fitness level, plus a non-competitive fun run. June 14, The Shack, Kite Surfers Beach, Umm Suqeim, Dubai, register before June 12 ...
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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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