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Emirates SkyCargo Wins Best Air Cargo Carrier Middle East Award
Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, one of the fastest growing international airlines, has cemented its position as a leading global player in air cargo industry by winning the 'Best Air Cargo Carrier Middle East' award for the 18th consecutive year at the annual Asian Freight & Supply Chain Awards ...
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RPT-Dubai labourers stage rare strike for more pay
Mon May 20, 2013 12:24am EDT (Repeats story originally issued on Sunday with no changes to text) * Arabtec is UAE's largest publicly listed building firm * Labour strikes rare in Gulf, especially among migrant contractors * Strike began on Saturday, spread on Sunday By Praveen Menon DUBAI, May 19 (Reuters) - Thousands of workers employed by Dubai's largest construction firm, Arabtec, ...
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Businesswoman gets death sentence for underground bank operation
A businesswoman in southern China has been sentenced to death in the government's latest crackdown on underground lending that is widely used by entrepreneurs. The Intermediate People's Court of Wenzhou, a center for private sector business, says Lin Haiyan was convicted of "illegal fundraising" for collecting 640 million yuan ($101 million) from individual investors by ...
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Vidya Balan gets a Cannes do with Nicole Kidman
Vidya Balan poses on the red carpet as she arrives for the screening of the film "Inside Llewyn Davis" in competition during the 66th Cannes Film Festival. (REUTERS) Vidya Balan (C) poses with unidentified guests on the red carpet as she arrives for the screening of the film "Inside Llewyn Davis" in competition during the 66th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes. (REUTERS) ...
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Bombay Talkies at Cannes Aishwarya Rai goes black... again
Aishwarya Rai poses as she arrives at the evening's gala of the film "Bombay Talkies" celebrating a hundred years of Indian cinema, during the 66th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes. (REUTERS) Directors of the film "Bombay Talkies" Dibakar Banerjee, Anurag Kashyap, Zoya Akhtar and Karan Johar (L-R) pose upon arrival at the evening's gala of the film "Bombay ...
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N Korea missile launch worrisome UNs Ban
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon voiced concern on Sunday over North Korea's launch of short-range missiles, urging Pyonyang to refrain from further launches and return to stalled nuclear talks with world powers. Ban, who spoke to Russian state news agency RIA Novosti during a visit to Moscow, called North Korea's launch of three short-range missiles from its east coast on Saturday a ...
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Alaska crushes Ginebra for 3rd straight win for PBA championship
It was a glorious victory for Alaska Milk Sunday night, as they crushed Barangay Ginebera, 104-80, in Game 3 of their best-of-five Finals in PBA Commissioner’s Cup at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, in Cubao Quezon City. "We were a bit lucky," Alaska head coach Luigi Trillo said, as quoted by the PBA, or Philippine Basketball Association. "They have injuries over there and ...
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Dream come true 5-year old with Thalassemia is Abu Dhabi Police captain
Lt General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, with Amir Muhammad Al Falahi, who suffers from Thalassemia. Amir wanted to become a Captain in the police force and perform the work and duties of an officer. ...
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Tornado damages trailer park near Oklahoma
Vehicles are seen amongst storm debris, which is what is left of a mobile home park destroyed by a tornado, west of Shawnee, Oklahoma May 19, 2013. A tornado half a mile wide struck near Oklahoma City on Sunday, part of a massive storm front that hammered the central United States. News reports said at least one person had died. ...
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Stars still shining on Cannes red carpet
Benicio Del Toro, Jennifer Lawrence, Steven Spielberg, and many other celebrities walk the red carpet in the pouring rain at Cannes ...
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Dubai students score 100 in ICSE exams
Dubai: - Dubai students did better than their Indian counterparts in both Class 10 and Class 12 exams of the Council of Indian Certificate for Secondary Education ...
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Worlds smallest monkey seen on video eating noodle
Macaroni is not just for children anymore as a cute little monkey was seen on video feasting on the noddle, according to video uploaded to the internet. The lovely video posted online has shown one of the world's smallest monkeys eating macaroni. The 39-second video shows the creature getting into the piece of dough, which looks larger than usual in its small hands. The monkey is a pygmy ...
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Baby goat found to give milk
A goat started to produce milk just five days after it was born in Saudi Arabia and its owner said he had never seen such a case before. Mohammed Saud Al Okaili said he was checking the baby goat when he noticed little breasts on its belly, adding that he first thought them tumors. "When I examined them, I was surprised to find that they are real breasts and are full of milk. I ...
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7 officers kidnapped in Egypt
The father of an Egyptian border policeman who was kidnapped cries near the gates at the main Egyptian crossing point into the Gaza Strip, which has been closed for the third day, in Rafah city, about 350 km (217 miles) northeast of Cairo, May 19, 2013. Egyptian police enraged by the kidnapping of seven of their colleagues by Islamist gunmen in the Sinai Peninsula blocked a commercial border ...
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Woman fined Dh4400 for untidy garden
In many countries, people are fined for littering in public places. In the UK, authorities go further by punishing those who are not tidy at their own homes. A woman from North Wales was ordered to pay 762 pounds (Dh4,420) by a local court for failing to heed Town warnings and tidy up her overgrown back garden. Hospital Worker Carole Pennel could have ended up paying 51,100 pounds ...
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Kuwait to give each jobless housewife aged 55 years Dh7250 per month
Kuwait has decided to lavish KD559 (Dh7,250) a month to each unemployed housewife aged at least 55 years even if her husband is rich within a new social security law that also includes a massive increase in aid for divorced women. About 7,000 women in the oil-rich Gulf emirate have already applied to benefit from the windfall and only 10 per cent of the applications were rejected as they are ...
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170 violators of residency law nabbed in Sharjah
In its latest campaign, the Sharjah Interior Ministry has nabbed 170 people for violating residency law. They included 100 illegal street vendors; 53 people who violated the law of entry and residence of foreigners and 17 others charged with being employed illegally. The ministry campaign was conducted in cooperation with Sharjah Police, the Municipality and the Bureau of Labour and Eonomic ...
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Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai seeks Indian military aid amid Pakistan row
Kabul: Afghan President Hamid Karzai will seek increased military aid from India during a three-day visit starting Monday and will discuss recent cross-border clashes with Pakistan, India's archrival, an aide said.The comments follow a weekend report that said Afghanistan's ambassador to India had said the country needs India's help with "equipment and weapons to fight." ...
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Vin Diesel at Meydan Dubai revs up to get ‘Fast and Furious’ this weekend
Get set for the drift as hot-rod cars will burn up the track at Meydan on May 24 to coincide with the release of one of the biggest Hollywood film franchises; the next installment set for a Mideast ...
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UAE residents could enjoy a 3-day weekend
It’s time now to plan a short break for a three-day weekend falling next month. The UAE residents will have a longer three-day weekend in June as Islamic holiday falls just a day ahead of weekend. According to Hijri (Islamic) calendar, Israa & Mairaj holiday is expected to fall on Thursday, June 6, 2013, just before the start of the weekend – Friday and Saturday. It means ...
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Escrow accounts in Dubai cannot be attached Land Department
In the first of its meeting in years, the Dubai Land Department (DLD) answered queries of developers to even assuring them that "escrow accounts cannot be attached by any ...
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Yahoo to buy blog-maker Tumblr for $1.1 billion report
New York: The board of Yahoo! has agreed to a deal to purchase the popular blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.Yahoo! did not immediately return AFP's calls for confirmation, but CEO Marissa Mayer has scheduled a news conference in New York Monday at which the company said it will unveil "something special."Reports last week said ...
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Mohammad Bin Zayed attends lunch banquet in Al Ain
Al Ain: General Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, yesterday attended a lunch banquet hosted in his honour by Mudafar Mohammad Khmousha Al Amiri at his residence in Al ...
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Ferguson bows out as United share 10-goal epic
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is applauded by players after his 1,500th and final match in charge of the club following the Barclays Premier League match against West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns on May 19, 2013 in West Bromwich, England. ...
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Nadal thumps Federer to win Italian Open
Rafael Nadal of Spain bites his winner's trophy after his straight sets victory against Roger Federer of Switzerland in the final of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia 2013 at the Foro Italico Tennis Centre on May 19, 2013 in Rome, Italy. ...
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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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