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16 houses attacked over inter-racial love affair
At least 16 houses, including 15 belonging to Tamils, were attacked and damaged in Tangalle in Sri Lanka’s Southern province over a love affair between a married Tamil woman and a Sinhalese man, the ‘Colombo Gazette’ reported on Wednesday. One of the attacked houses belonged to a Sinhalese. Eight people were arrested, police said. Police said the husband of the woman had ...
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Clashes at Cairo demonstration
Egyptian protesters march towards Egypt's landmark Tahrir square during a demonstration against President Mohammed Morsi on May 17, 2013 in Cairo. Hundreds of people marched on Cairo's Tahrir Square calling for Morsi to resign and demanding early elections, AFP correspondents and local media reported. ...
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Prosthetic hands for flesh-eating disease survivor
Aimee Copeland, 25, was fitted with a pair of hands with 24 programmable functions that will improve her dexterity, her father, Andy, told the Associated ...
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Yahoo on verge of closing biggest acquisition
Report: Yahoo board to meet Sunday to vote on proposed $1.1 billion acquisition of Tumblr.Yahoo may be on the verge of closing its biggest acquisition during the 10-month reign of CEO Marissa Mayer as she tries to attract more traffic and advertisers to the Internet company's website and mobile ...
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Hazy and partially cloudy weather for Saturday
The UAE’s National Centre for Meteorology and Seismology (NCMS) has predicted that the weather will be hazy and partially cloudy over most areas in the country on Saturday, accompanied by a fall in temperatures. The centre added that fresh northwesterly winds will continue, becoming strong over sea at times, causing blowing dust and sand over internal areas and reducing the horizontal ...
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China flights threatened with fake bomb threats
A Chinese aviation industry news website says a man has been arrested for allegedly making fake bomb threats against several domestic flights bound for ...
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Cricket-Australia to investigate Warners Twitter rant
Australia . "Cricket Australia is aware of comments made on David Warner's Twitter account overnight," Cricket Australia said in a statement on Saturday. "Cricket Australia is attempting to contact Warner and will continue to investigate the matter. "Cricket Australia will make further comment once it has conducted a thorough investigation." It was unclear ...
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Hong Kong launches first electric taxis
Hong Kong, May 18, 2013 (AFP) - Hong Kong saw its first electric taxis hit the streets on Saturday in a step towards reducing the city's high levels of roadside pollution. The 45 bright red cars were launched by Chinese electric vehicle producer BYD, which is partly backed by US investment titan Warren Buffett. Called the BYD e6, the five-door crossover sedans are powered by iron ...
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China will not accept carbon tax on EU flights report
BEIJING (AFP) - China will not pay for CO2 emissions by its airlines on flights within Europe, a top civil aviation official reportedly said after the European Commission warned eight Chinese firms face fines for nonpayment.The world's second largest economy "will not accept any unilateral and compulsory market measures", Yan Mingchi, deputy director-general of the legal and ...
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Yahoo Japan suspects 22 million IDs stolen
TOKYO (AFP) - Yahoo Japan Corp. has said it suspects up to 22 million user IDs may have been stolen during an unauthorised attempt to access the administrative system of its Yahoo! Japan portal."We don't know if the file (of 22 million user IDs) was leaked or not, but we can't deny the possibility given the volume of traffic between our server and external" terminals, the ...
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Reports of 60 injured in US train accident
NEW YORK: A rush-hour collision between two commuter trains in a suburb north of New York City Friday injured 60 passengers, five of them seriously.A spokesman for the Metro North commuter train line said the incident involved a train headed into the city and one traveling in the opposite direction toward New Haven, Connecticut."Sixty people have been taken to the hospital," ...
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Girls think its a plus point to have a lover while still at school
A survey conducted by Sri Lanka’s National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) has revealed that a vast majority of schoolgirls consider it is a ‘distinction’ to have a boyfriend while still in school. The number of girls, who did not consider it a plus point to have a boyfriend, was far less than those who did, NCPA Chairman, Attorney-at-Law Anoma Dissanayake, told Ceylon ...
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US heavy metal singer accused of murder
The lawyer for a California heavy metal singer accused of trying to hire someone to kill his estranged wife says the singer's mind has been ravaged by steroid ...
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120000 more Arabian nights Hotel rooms pipeline surges
Despite the ever-growing number of new hotel launches and additional hotel apartments mushrooming all across Dubai and the rest of the region in a blink, there remains room for expansion, or so believe the 492 hotels that will soon be adding more than 100,000 rooms to the region’s hospitality landscape. According to the latest STR Global Construction Pipeline Report, the Middle ...
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UAE’s Esma bans sale of water without Emirates Quality Mark
From September this year, the quality of bottled drinking water and ice products can be verified by checking whether the product has been approved by the Emirates Standardisation Metrology Authority (Esma), in which case it will contain the Emirates Quality Mark. Imported and locally produced bottled water and ice products will soon be required to be manufactured to conform with the unified ...
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Shaikh Khalifa and Mohammad congratulate Sharif
Islamabad: Eisa Abdullah Al Basha Al Nuaimi, UAE Ambassador to Pakistan has conveyed the greetings of President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai and General Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed ...
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Atletico stun Real to win their 10th Kings Cup
More than 1.5 million Syrians have fled their conflict-ravaged homeland, the UN's refugee agency said, warning that the real figure could be even higher as the tally only reflected those who register with aid ...
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UAE has come a long way applying e-Government
Abu Dhabi: Dr Engineer Ali Mohamad Al Khouri, Director General of Emirates Identity Authority stressed that the UAE has made important strides on the road to transform to the ';Electronic Government'; under its quest to establish its international competitive position, and to be one of the best governments across the world by the year ...
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Egypt Damac settle disputes
Egypt has said it had settled disputes with the Dubai-based developer Damac involving projects dating back to the Mubarak era, an agreement the government hopes will reassure prospective investors, Reuters has reported. The settlement, which covered two disputes involving housing projects near Cairo and the third involving a piece of land on the Red Sea, means that Damac would withdraw a suit ...
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Man killed in Sharjah motorcycle crash
An official at the Department of Traffic and Patrols at Sharjah Police said the incident was caused by speeding and reckless driving, and that the victim was killed on the spot due to the strong impact of the ...
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Sharjah Police hold six over containers theft
Sharjah: Police arrested a group of six people who are alleged to have specialised in stealing goods from containers placed in front of warehouses in Sharjah industrial ...
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Fujairah Ruler attends wedding
WAM FUJAIRAH, May 17th, 2013 (WAM) -- His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Supreme Council member and Ruler of Fujairah attended today a wedding ceremony, hosted by sons of the late Mohammed Salem Al Asum, on the occasion of the wedding of their brother. Sheikh Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sharqi, officials and dignitaries attended the ceremony. ...
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60 per cent of children have growth problems
Dr. Hassan Ali Mundi, Consultant Pediatric Endocrinologist in Dubai Hospital with examens Jassim Salem a young patients who are suffering from growth ...
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Shaikh Saif receives Al Darmaki
Abu Dhabi: Lieutenant General Shaikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior received Major Dr Hamad Ahmad Baghdad Al Darmaki on the occasion of his receiving his doctorate in the government administration of strategic change from the University of ...
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Six jailed over defrauding businessman of Dh30m
Dubai: A former Public Prosecution employee has been jailed for five years for posing as a chief prosecutor and defrauding a businessman of Dh30 million in business ...
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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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