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Up to 60 injured after car drives into Virginia parade
Hiker "Quinoa" talks about being given credit for saving the lives of Carson Balckburn, Dalton Thomason, and Faith Ritchie after he ran them and others off the road with a water gun during a festival parade in Damascus, Va., on Saturday. Just as the children ran off the street, a car came down the road and struck several ...
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Dubai designers to open close Philippine fashion week
RONALDO Arnaldo A large package from Dubai, delivered by air freight, and an application to join Philippine Fashion Week (PFW) piqued the curiosity of producer-director Joey Espino several years ago. They came from designer Michael Cinco who had read about PFW online and went through the trouble of sending a sample of his exquisitely crafted gown. "Who would spend so much for a ...
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Al Ahli blank Ajman to punch Asian Champions League ticket
Al Ahli's Abdulaziz Sanqour, right, tackles Founeke Sy of Ajman in Dubai on Saturday night. Al Ahli's 3-0 win sealed second place in the league table. Al ...
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Thieves net 4.5kg of gold in Sharjah robbery
In the first case, police are probing details of a daring robbery of Diplomat gold workshop in Sharjah on Wednesday around 8pm when a salesman was attacked in the premises and 4.5kg of gold was ...
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Wife beat husband with high heels Dubai court told
DUBAI // A woman beat her husband over the head with her high heels after he stopped her assaulting their maid, a court heard. The maid had stayed late on June 5 last year at their house in Al Barsha at the husband's request but this annoyed his wife, T M, 44, an Emirati, who started beating the woman. When the husband intervened, the wife assaulted him with her high heels and her ...
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Couple jailed for sex outside marriage in Dubai
The hotel manager and his partner pleaded not guilty when they appeared before the Dubai Misdemeanour Court. They said they got married in Ukraine on August 1, 2012 and provided the judge with a copy of their marriage ...
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Can’t conceive Don’t just blame it on women
Dubai: When it comes to a couple's inability to conceive, society almost automatically points to the woman as the one who has the problem and who should go for a medical check-up right ...
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IPL6 Bangalore win to keep alive their play-off hopes
Royal Challengers Bangalore won a rain reduced 8 overs-a-side match against Chennai Super Kings by 24 runs at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday night to keep alive their hopes of qualifying for the play-offs. Bangalore jumped to fourth spot having a better net run rate than Sunriser Hyderabad who also have 18 points. But their fate depends on the Hyderabad's match against ...
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Man arrested in Ajman on drug charges
Ajman: Ajman Police have nabbed a drug dealer who is alleged by police to have been planning to traffick a large quantity of illicit drugs among residents, Colonel Saeed Humaid Nasser, director of the Anti-Narcotics Department of Ajman Police, said ...
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Abu Dhabi population tops 2.5m in 2013
Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi city's population is increasing by one person every two minutes and 48 seconds, according to figures released recently by the Abu Dhabi Statistics Centre ...
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Dubai designer becomes first Saudi woman to conquer Everest
DUBAI // A 25-year-old graphic designer in Dubai yesterday became the first Saudi woman to climb Mount Everest. Raha Moharrak, originally from Jeddah, began the climb in early April in a fund-raising campaign for education in Nepal. She reached the 8,850-metre summit yesterday morning. She is part of the Arabs with Altitude group that includes Sheikh Mohammed Al Thani, a member of the Qatar ...
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IPL6 RCB v CSK live cricket score Zaheer strikes again Raina out Chennai 15-2 chasing target of 107
Vijay manages to get a boundary to spoil a good over from Unadkat. CSK 19-2 in 3 overs. Unadkat into the attack in the third over. Zaheer bowls an excellent first over claiming two wickets for three runs. CSK 11-2 in 2 overs. Bravo denies Zaheer a hat-trick and survives a run out attempt. Double strike by Zaheer with Raina going for a first-ball duck failing to clear Vinay at long off. ...
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Abu Dhabi forum to tackle energy-law relationship
Under the patronage of Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Youth and Community Development and Chancellor of UAEU, the conference will tackle issues on the best known ways to ethically and efficiently use ...
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Two men suspected of stealing 600m of electic cables
Abu Dhabi: Two Asian men suspected of stealing electric cables in the Western Region in a bid to sell them in industrial areas have been caught by police. A 31 year-old illegal immigrant, M.A., and a 35 year-old loading truck driver, S.H., are accused of stealing the cables from their plastic containers and stripping them of their brass wires to sell them as ...
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Dewa’s Al Tayer praised for efforts
Shaikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Minister of Finance and President of the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), honoured Saeed Mohammad Al Tayer, managing director and CEO of Dewa, for his contributions and pivotal role in developing the UAE engineering sector. The appreciation ceremony was held on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of the Society of ...
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Abu Dhabi Sleeping pods now available at airport
Abu Dhabi: Exhausted travellers who are stuck in transit between flights at Abu Dhabi International Airport can now recharge their batteries courtesy of the airport's newly-launched sleeping ...
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Dubais child labor complicity
To ensure that gold businesses in Dubai respect and protect rights, due diligence procedures should be made mandatory and include measures to check for child ...
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World Customs Organization concludes 3-day 2013 WCO IT in Dubai
WAM DUBAI: The 2013 WCO IT Conference and Exhibition, held under the patronage of Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has concluded its activities for this year with the announcement of a number of findings and recommendations that were deliberated upon or proposed during the three day event. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed ...
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Dubais Business Confidence Index stood at 113 points in Q1 2013
WAM DUBAI: Businesses in Dubai are confident of growth trends continuing to the second quarter of 2013, according to the quarterly business confidence survey conducted by Dubai's Department of Economic Development (DED). While optimism runs across the whole economy, it is particularly high among small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and exporting firms as reflected in the composite ...
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Halal mark a must for all food products in UAE
A couple shopping at the Union Cooperative Society in Dubai. The Emirates Standardisation and Metrology Authority will introduce new halal labelling rules next ...
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Businesses in Dubai foresee rising demand and higher profits in Q2 2013
Businesses in Dubai are confident of growth trends continuing to the second quarter of 2013, shows the quarterly business confidence survey conducted by the Department of Economic Development (DED). While optimism runs across the whole economy, it is particularly high among small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and exporting firms as reflected in the composite Business Confidence Index (BCI), ...
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Landing gear problem forces plane to make belly landing at Newark International Airport
NEWARK, N.J. - An airline official says a US Airways flight with 34 people aboard was forced to make a belly landing at Newark International Airport after experiencing landing gear trouble. No injuries were reported. US Airways spokesman Davien Anderson tells The Associated Press that a turboprop plane that left Philadelphia shortly before 11 p.m. Friday landed safely at Newark with its landing ...
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Sharjah dry dock project in final stages
A project to build a dry dock facility on Sharjah's eastern seaboard, away from the Strait of Hormuz, will be complete early next year, officials have said. Authorities at Sharjah's Department of Seaports and Customs also revealed plans to redevelop the emirate's seaports and customs service at a Sharjah Consultative Council session on Thursday. The development of a dry dock in ...
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Petrochemicals sector given lively reception at hotels in Fujairah
The number of hotel rooms in Fujairah is expected to double to 1,600 this year. Above, the Hotel JAL Fujairah Resort and Spa. Randi Sokoloff / The ...
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UAE not affected by new Iran quake
The UAE was not affected by the earthquake of 5.5 magnitude on the Richter scale, which hit southern Iran, 207 km northeast of Ras Al Khaimah, this afternoon, the National Centre of Meteorology and Seismology (NCMS) has reported. Measuring 3 on the Mercalli intensity scale, the quake occurred at 2.03pm at a depth of 29km, it ...
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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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