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Abu Dhabi Excellence Award adopts new categories
The General Secretariat of the Executive Council of the award on Sunday called on all government entities to benefit from the criteria being adopted as the new structure considers Abu Dhabi government’s trends, meeting the best international standards to spread the concept of excellent ...
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Sultan restructures Sharjah Charity Board
Sharjah: His Highness Dr. Shaikh Sultan Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, yesterday issued a resolution restructuring the board of Sharjah Charity ...
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Loan suppression leads to problems
I took a Top Loan from HSBC in January of 2007, which gave me 72 months to repay it. The last payment date should have been January 1, 2013, but I took a three-month loan suppression, which is why my tenure was extended for an additional three months. My last payment was made on March 9, but the bank has taken more than my monthly payment of Dh2,746. Instead they took Dh7,150.88. I had visited ...
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Boom time for Abu Dhabi and Dubai stock exchanges
UAE markets continued their strong performance in April with Abu Dhabi 8 per cent higher and Dubai up 17 per cent. According to World Equity Index Rankings by Bloomberg, as of the end of last month, Dubai - 32 per cent higher - is ranked second and Abu Dhabi - 24 per cent higher - is ranked fifth among primary world indexes by United States dollar adjusted year-to-date performance. Average ...
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First prize in entrepreneurs contest is four months in Dubai
Why would the world's third- largest port operator set up a seed accelerator programme to encourage entrepreneurship around the world? Because last month, Dubai's DP World did just that. There are two reasons for the creation of the Turn8 programme, according to Yousif Al Mutawa, DP World's chief information officer. First, while the ports business hasn't really evolved ...
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Dubai Metro carried 33.3m commuters in Q1 2013
During the first quarter of 2013, Dubai Metro achieved a significant increase in the number of commuters carried compared to the same period last year, as the use of both Red and Green lines has increased with over 33 million passengers from January to March 2013. Adnan Al Hammadi, Chief Executive Officer of the Rail Agency, Road and Transport Authority, stated that this year has seen growth ...
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170 arrested in Sharjah for illegal activities
The UAE Interior Ministry has arrested 170 people in Sharjah for violating the country’s residency rules. 100 people were held for hawking on the street, 53 for entering the country illegally and 17 for working for employers other than their sponsors. Brigadier Dr Abdullah Ali bin Sahoo, Director of Residency and Foreigners Affairs in Sharjah, said the arrests were made during a ...
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Mangroves integral to UAE’s sustainable ecosystem Masdar Institute
Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, an independent research-driven graduate-level university focused on advanced energy and sustainable technologies, has announced that the mangroves of Abu Dhabi are crucial to the very concept of sustainable development and commended the efforts of various organizations towards preserving one of the rare natural resources of the UAE. As part of its ...
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Parking chaos frustrates motorists
For all of these businesses and homes there is an open area at the rear of the centre for parking. However, the daily chaos in the area makes it extremely difficult to drive here and thus accidents are very common. I also work in this building and experience a great deal of frustration when trying to park, as no traffic rules are followed; only the ‘might is right’ rule seems to ...
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Dubai Metro Transports 33.3 Million People in Q1
During the first quarter of 2013, Dubai Metro managed to achieve a significant increase in the number of commuters carried compared to the same period last year, as the use of both Red and Green lines has increased with over 33 million passengers from January to March ...
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Mohammed bin Rashid briefed on Dubais Health Strategy
WAM DUBAI, 19th May 2013 (WAM) -- Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum today received insight into the four-pronged strategy of the Dubai Health Authority (DHA), which builds on Sheikh Mohammed's long-term sustainable development vision for promoting Dubai as a favourite destination for health tourism in the ...
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Students accused of devil worship acquitted
A Jordanian military tribunal acquitted five university students of incitement charges on Sunday levelled over accusations they had engaged in "devil worship" and desecrated the Holy Quran, a court official said. "The court declared the students innocent and ordered them freed for lack of evidence," the official told AFP, without elaborating. The students from Al ...
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Briton held in France over gruesome child murders
French police were on Sunday questioning a 48-year-old divorced Briton arrested on suspicion of slitting the throats of his two young children, judicial officials said. The bodies of the two children aged five and 10 were discovered on Saturday afternoon in his apartment in Saint-Priest, a southeastern suburb of the central city of Lyon. He was arrested and placed in custody in the ...
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Slim-trim Aishwarya Rai begins work at Cannes Aaradhya nowhere
Bollywood diva Aishwarya Rai Bachchan shot a promotional film at Cannes Film Festival on May 18 with Hollywood star Jane Fonda and two other L’Oreal brand ambassadors – Leila Bekhti and Paz Vega. She arrived at Cannes a day earlier with her 18-month-old toddler girl Aaradhya. But during the day time when mummy Aishwarya is busy working little Aaradhya is no where to be seen. ...
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Plane crashes at Turkish airshow pilot killed
ANKARA, Turkey: Turkey's state-run news agency says a jet has crashed during an airshow in southern Turkey, killing its pilot. The Anadolu Agency says there were no other casualties in Sunday's crash in the southern city of Adana. There was no immediate information on the plane's type. The agency says the airshow was part of public holiday festivities marking the 94th anniversary ...
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Man commits suicide in Sharjah
Sharjah: An Asian man has reportedly committed suicide at his accommodation in Sharjah, an official at the Sharjah Police told Gulf News ...
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AUD approves Dh30m in scholarships
Commenting on the new scholarship budget, Dr Stephen Franklin, chairman of the AUD Governing Board, stated: "As for providing Dh30 million in scholarships for this academic year, it is yet another testimony to AUD's commitment to cultivate and reward excellence by enrolling top high school students from around the ...
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Abu Dhabi third trimester exams from June 9
In public schools, the G6-G9 examinations will begin on June 9 and end on June 16, while G10 and G11 Art and Science stream students will sit for exams from June 9 to June 17, Adec ...
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Dubai Women Establishment sign Memorandum of Understanding with The Protocol School of Washington
WAM Dubai, 19 May 2013 (WAM): Dubai Women Establishment (DWE) and The Protocol School of Washington (PSOW) today signed a two-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with a view to establishing programs that support and develop the vocational skills of women leaders, helping them to hone their capabilities and achieve greater personal and professional development. In line with Dubai Women ...
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UAEs Etisalat to showcase MENAs CSR Projects at 10th CSR Summit in Dubai
WAM ABU DHABI: The heads of Corporate Social Responsibility from Etisalat's operations in Afghanistan, Benin, Gabon, Egypt, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Togo and the UAE are travelling to Dubai to present their projects and engage with stakeholders to form new partnerships at IIR Middle East's 10th annual CSR Summit to take place in Dubai, Etisalat (Emirates ...
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Sharjah ruler launches $100m-plus road schemes
Sharjah's ruler Dr Shaikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi has launched the second phase of the $108.9m (AED: 400m) Khor Fakkan - Shes - Dafta Road project. According ...
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Diesel Parker vow to visit Manila again
Two of Hollywood biggest stars have taken a liking to Manila and their adulating Filipino fans so much that they want to come back to the Philippines soon. Fast and Furious 6’ star Vin Diesel, whose twin brother Paul is married to a Filipina, even urged his fans in Manila on Thursday to lobby for the shooting in the Philippines for any of the future instalments of his blockbuster series ...
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Fire breaks out in Sharjah residential building
A fire broke out in a residential building in Sharjah on Sunday morning. An eye-witness informed that the incident occurred around 3.30am on the seventh floor of a building near Jamal Abdul Naser Street. "Flat on fire in front of my building, #Majaz 2 area #Sharjah," tweeted resident Mohamed Elweheshy. "#Sharjah police was very fast to response, and they saved many people and ...
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Dubais Jumeirah announces tie-up with Aston Martin
Dubai hotelier Jumeirah Group has announced that it will sponsor luxury sports car manufacturer Aston Martin at the upcoming 41 Nurburgring 24-hour ...
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170 violators of Sharjah law of accommodation seized
WAM ABU DHABI, May 19th, 2013 (WAM) -- The Interior Ministry in Sharjah has seized 170 violators contrary to the law of entry and residence of foreigners in Sharjah, including 100 illegal street vendors, 53 violators of the law of entry and residence of foreigners, and 17 charged with working illegally. All were transferred to the relevant authorities to take legal action against them. The ...
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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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