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Dubai bling culture reaches 24-carat iPads
Those who want to take the gold iPad home with them will be able to buy them from the hotel's boutique Burj Al Arab has introduced 24-carat gold iPads for its in-house guests, complete with interactive software that provides them with faster access to hotel services and information.The 24-carat gold iPads, designed specifically for the hotel and engraved with its logo, will be offered to ...
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Top Stories on Dubai Chronicle on May 23rd
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Mena power projects threatened by poor funding
Power generation projects in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) are facing obstacles because of poor funding resources given the huge costs of such ventures, according to an Arab government group. Total investments in power generation, distribution and transmission projects in the Arab world and other Mena countries, including Iran, are estimated at $283 billion during 2014-2018, far ...
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Argentinian honey production in danger
Many Argentinian apiculturists decide to leave the Pampas in a bid to maintain the production and the quality of their honey. In fact, the single-crop farming of soya, a pillar of Argentina's economy, has taken over the Pampas and kills the bees by thousands. Argentina is the world's second exporter of honey but soya is worth a lot more: up to 25 billion dollars in ...
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Indian babys swollen head reconstructed
Indian doctors said Wednesday they have successfully carried out a first round of reconstructive surgery on the skull of a baby suffering from a rare disorder that caused her head to nearly double in ...
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Aishwarya Rai Freida Pinto to join Beyonce Madonna in London
Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan attends 'Inside Llewyn Davis' Premiere during the 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 19, 2013 in Cannes, France. ...
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Iconic Saudi Metro station designs revealed
• Gerber Architekten from Germany for Olaya Metro Station • Snohetta from Norway for Downtown Metro Station (Qasr Al Hokm) • Zaha Hadid from the United Kingdom for King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station In a media statement, the authority said that the winning designs were selected for their outstanding conceptual thinking and powerful design. "Each of the stations ...
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5 silly mistakes that’ll make your colleagues hate you
As a team member, one is required to provide balanced feedback and pass on the right facts when decisions are taken. Hiding facts or disclosing information that may not show the true picture will put a candidate as serving one’s own purpose and trying to influence the decision-making process that will further an individual’s goal. "Many group or team tasks require ...
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Dh24m Le Reve unit sale tops costliest Q1 apartments deals in Dubai
reveals that a bespoke apartment in the tower was sold for Dh24 million with the buyer paying Dh3,811 per square feet. Two apartments were also sold for Dh20 million and Dh19 million, respectively, in the same tower, taking the second and third slot on the top 10 ...
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Madhuri Karan Johar shoot for Jhalak Dikhla Jaa season 6
The sixth season of the immensely popular Indian television reality show, 'Jhalak Dikhla Jaa', went on floor on Wednesday. The show is slated to go on air from June 1 on Colors channel. The shooting commenced in Mumbai with a mixed bag of contestants - actors, models, playback singers and stand-up comedians. The 12 contestants are ready to set the dance floor on fire along with their ...
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Damac to sell units in new tower in Burj area today prices start from Dh720000
Damac Properties is launching sales on its latest serviced living project in the Burj Area of Dubai. Bay’s Edge is a 22-storey tower, offering waterfront views across to the world’s tallest tower. The 220 units are made up of studios, one, two and three bedroom apartments, al managed by the hospitality management company of Damac Properties. The project is set for completion by the ...
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‘Putting your obese child on diet is abuse’
It is unfair and unhealthy to drastically limit your child’s intake to lose weight. It would not only delay or impair the child’s growth and development, but it could lead to lowered self-esteem and depression and put a lot of mental stress on obese children, she ...
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England Eye Series Win Before Attention Turns to Ashes
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Nine new schools to open in Abu Dhabi next year
Seat crunch: Al Noor Indian Islamic school in Abu Dhabi. Indian curriculum schools have witnessed a staggering demand for seats in recent years, especially in Kindergarten and Grade 1Gulf News ...
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Woman fined Dh100 for disturbing neighbours in Dubai
Her 41-year-old Russian neighbour, M.A., complained to the building's management and Dubai Police that she could not sleep because of the loud music coming from her 27-year-old Algerian neighbour's, F.Q., ...
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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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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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