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Visa-free travel for Emiratis to Schengen countries
Abu Dhabi: Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Foreign Minister, told the Federal National Council yesterday that the next 12 months will see "positive results" regarding the proposal to exempt UAE citizens from Schengen countries and ...
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Police arrest pregnant Dubai housemaid
Police said the Filipina maid was arrested two months after arriving in the country. According to police the maid had been working for her sponsor for two months before being taken for a medical check-up. Certain categories of employees, such as maids and nannies, have to undergo a pregnancy test before they can obtain their ...
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Etisalat launches first major CSR report covering global footprint
WAM ABU DHABI, May 21st, 2013 -- Etisalat Group today launched its first major global Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability report in a bid to highlight and coordinate philanthropic and community-based activities across its 15 operating countries. The document, "Etisalat CSR '&' Sustainability Report 2012", was released at the Institute for International ...
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Sharjah to launch new health insurance
SHARJAH // More than 25,000 government employees and their families will be covered by a health insurance scheme to be launched by Sharjah Health Authority next month. Abdulla Al Mahyan, chairman of the authority, said 25,514 UAE nationals, residents and their families would benefit. "The directives of Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Ruler of Sharjah, are straightforward and clear, ...
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Dubai Appreciation Award to honour unheralded heroes
DUBAI // The chief of Dubai Police yesterday launched the Dubai Appreciation Award for community service. The award followed a decree from Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, to honour people, private companies or institutions that demonstrate commitment to social responsibility. Its winners will come from those who offer a valuable service to the Dubai community in ...
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Cyclists put their lives in danger
The continued use of bicycles for activities such as the delivery of goods or services, remains by far the cheapest and fastest means of transportation over medium and small distances. It has several social and economic benefits, too. With near superhuman ability, these cyclists, seemingly relaxed, move about the roads in Deira, Dubai, going about their daily business with alarming volumes of ...
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Fujairah Ruler receives Al Hashemi
Fujairah; His Highness Shaikh Hamad Bin Mohammad Al Sharqi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Fujairah, yesterday received Ali Al Hashemi, Judicial and Religious Affairs Adviser at the Ministry of Presidential ...
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Two little known infertility causes highlighted
The decline of ovarian function in young women, a common infertility issue, is linked to vitamin D deficiency, and in Arab women specifically, the decline is the result of being daughters from consanguine parents or parents who are related. The two contributing factors have been overlooked until recently, said the specialists during an event organised by pharmaceutical company ...
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Ministry of Education honours teachers schools
Dubai: The Ministry of Education yesterday honoured teachers, schools and educational districts who contributed to developing education in the UAE at the first cycle of the Emirates Award for Educational Excellence ceremony ...
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Youngsters nominate heroes for Abu Dhabi Award 2013
Children as young as six as well as university students have been heading to nomination stands and going online to put forward people they feel have really made a difference to Abu ...
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Canadian University of Dubai runs Apprentice-style course for entrepreneurs
Students pitch ideas at the Canadian University of Dubai, where enrolment in its entrepreneurship course was expanded to 80. Lee Hoagland / The ...
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IMF official urges caution amid resurgence in Dubai property
New projects needed to be carefully managed to avoid Dubai government-related firms getting into fresh financial troubles, the IMF said. Sarah Dea / The ...
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15 years in jail for woman who smuggled cocaine into Dubai
DUBAI // A woman who smuggled more than three kilograms of cocaine into Dubai has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. NF, 24, from South Africa, was also fined Dh200,000 and will be deported after serving her jail term. She was arrested at Dubai International Airport at 2am on January 24 this year by the Emirati policewoman AO, 34, who said she noticed the woman walking strangely. "She ...
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Doha Bank earmarks Dh5.5bn for SMEs in UAE
Doha Bank, one of the leading GCC-based banks, said on Tuesday that it had earmarked $1.5 billion (Dh5.5 billion) for small and medium enterprises in the UAE. The bank will support through its licensed branches in Abu Dhabi and Dubai to companies involved in the infrastructure development and construction sectors. Doha Bank Group CEO Dr. R. Seetharaman said the bank is seeking to participate ...
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IMF Dubai Needs to Regulate its Real Estate Market
Dubai was urged to regulate the speed with which its real estate market grows by IMF's senior official Masood Ahmed. The director of IMF's Middle East department warned that if the emirate does not take measures today, this may again result in a "boom-bust cycle." Despite that, however, he expressed his confidence in Dubai's ability to pay out its ...
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Al Tayer honours Minister of Environment Water and Chief of Dubai Police
HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has honoured HE Dr. Rashid Ahmed Bin Fahad, Minister of Environment and Water, and HE Lieutenant General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim, Chief of Dubai Police, for their efforts and contributions in promoting conservation and protecting the ...
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Work begins on $1.6bn Bluewaters island in Dubai
. The man-made project is located 500m off the coast at the opposite end of Dubai Marina from the Palm Jumeirah. Of the total $1.6bn cost of the project, an estimated $270m will go into the creation of the main attraction - a 210m-tall ferris wheel dubbed the Dubai Eye, inspired by the 135m-tall London Eye in the UK. It will best the latter to become the world's tallest ferris wheel. ...
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Huawei’s latest 4G phone is cheaper by Dh1000 than its rivals
Huawei, which launched its Ascend Mate, the massive 6.1-inch Phablet, and the world’s fastest 4G phone -- the Ascend P2 --has another significant advantage over its riva l -- affordability. The phones are priced between Dh1,500 to Dh1,600 and are almost Dh1,000 cheaper compared to its other Android competitors, including the Samsung S4, HTC One and Sony Xperia Z. Ashraf Fawakherji, Vice ...
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Mohammed issues decree setting up Dubai Appreciation Award for Community Service
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the UAE Vice President and Prime Minister, in his capacity as the Ruler of the Emirate of Dubai, has issued a decree establishing the "Dubai Appreciation Award for Community Service". Sheikh Mohammed also issued another resolution to form the Board of Trustees of the Award, chaired by Lieutenant General Dahi Khalfan Tamim, ...
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Five Yemeni criminals executed in Saudi
Saudi authorities on Tuesday executed for Yemenis, including three brothers, and crucified their bodies for 24 hours after they were convicted of murdering a Saudi man and robbing many places in the Gulf Kingdom, the official Saudi press agency (SPA) reported. The convicts were executed in the southern province of Jazan close the border with Yemen after the court sentence was ratified by King ...
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Dragon Mart extension design contract awarded
Dubai’s Nakheel has awarded contracts worth Dh50 million for work at Dragon Mart Phase 2 and the neighbouring International City master community. The master developer has awarded a contract for Dh36.5 million to ADC Energy Systems for the design and construction of the cooling plant at its Dragon Mart extension project. The 7,500 tonne capacity cooling plant will serve the new mall, ...
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Mariner of the Seas in maiden call on Dubai
, a member of Royal Caribbean International’s (RCI) cruise line fleet, made its maiden call to Dubai on Tuesday, boosting the emirate’s position as a destination of choice for cruise ...
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Jail for Dubai lifeguard whose negligence failed to prevent death of hotel guest
DUBAI // A lifeguard who left a hotel pool unattended for 15 minutes and returned to find a guest drowning at the bottom of the pool has been sentenced to one month in prison and fined Dh2,000. RP, 31, a Filipino, said he left the pool at the Country Club Hotel to get more towels, but when he returned two children informed him a swimmer was lying motionless on the bottom of the pool. He dived ...
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Sharjahs new breast cancer centre sees men and women in first week
SHARJAH // Two men and 68 women were seen by doctors during a breast cancer centre's first week of operation. The centre at Sharjah University Hospital was launched in co-operation with the Institut Gustave Roussy, a leading cancer research facility in France, on May 12. Dr Toufik Tabbara, an associate professor of surgery at the university and the centre's director, said most of the ...
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Hundreds of elephant ivory seized in Dubai
The Ministry of Environment and Water, in cooperation with Dubai Customs, has seized a shipment of 259 pieces of raw ivory coming from an African country through the port of Jebel Ali, ...
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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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