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Woman gives birth while dead comes back to life
A pregnant teacher has given birth while dead before being brought back to life in the US. Erica Nigrelli's heart stopped after she collapsed in the hallway of Elkins High School in Missouri City, Texas. She was 36 weeks pregnant. The International Business Times reports Ms Nigrelli's colleagues performed CPR and used a defibrillator to jump-start her heart but her heart still ...
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Salman Khan’s Being Human caters to Dubai women
Its summer crying out loud in the Being Human ladies collection. From pastels to neon to white, women can go wild with their experimental streaks as Bollywood star Salman Khan's Being Human Ladies collection is launched here in Dubai. "After the magnificent response of the men’s collection launched last year, the ladies felt left out. Hence, we decided to get women’s to ...
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Heart attack that breaks her heart...
As 72-year-old Mimi Scott knows all too well, a troubled mind can literally break your heart. Last year, the TV host and actress was grieving the deaths of two of her four dogs when she learned her dear friend Mr. Food, a TV personality, died. Scott felt a severe pain in the center of her chest. The symptoms were just like a heart attack - but doctors said this was a completely different ...
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IPL6 Playoffs RR v MI live countdown Lucky Mumbai face tough Rajasthan
The Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals square off in Qualifier 2 of the IPL6 at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Friday to determine who faces the Chennai Super Kings in the final on May 26. Mumbai are lucky to get second chance after being blown away by Chennai in Qualifier 1 by virtue of finishing among the top two teams in the league. Rajasthan have battled adversity off the field to pull ...
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Ferdinand extends Man United contract
Rio Ferdinand has signed a one-year contract extension with Manchester United, the Premier League champions announced on Thursday. The 34-year-old centre-back, who signed from Leeds United in 2002, announced his retirement from international football last week and says he is eager to start work with new manager David Moyes. "I am delighted to have signed for another year and I am ...
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Exclusive Malaysia tycoon plans IPO of football club Cardiff City - sources
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian billionaire Vincent Tan is exploring an IPO of U.K football team Cardiff City as early as this year, people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, in a deal that would follow the team's recent promotion to ...
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Dubai term a `life sentence says wife
The wife of Australian businessman Matthew Joyce says the 10-year jail sentence and $25 million fine handed down by a Dubai court is effectively a life term. Joyce was on Monday jailed and fined by the Dubai court for fraud stemming from a collapsed land deal with Gold Coast developer Sunland.But the court cleared fellow Melbourne man Marcus Lee of wrongdoing, paving the way for him to return to ...
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IPL6 spot-fixing Pakistani umpire Rauf under the scanner
The IPL spot-fixing controversy took a dramatic twist with the International Cricket Council (ICC) withdrawing Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf from the Champions Trophy scheduled in England next month. The sacking of the ICC's elite panel umpire comes a day after Indian media reported Mumbai police sources as saying he was under the scanner for involvement in the IPL spot-fixing ...
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Three fined after fall paralyses worker in Dubai
DUBAI // Three people found negligent over a construction worker's fall from scaffolding that left him paralysed from the neck down have been fined Dh10,000 each. The worker NM, 54, from India, was eight-feet above the ground carrying out maintenance work on a villa in the Green Community when he lost balance and fell to the ground. He lost consciousness and was taken to Rashid Hospital, ...
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Football coach jailed over illegitimate child in Dubai
DUBAI // An Emirati football coach who had an illegitimate child with his Moldovan lover has been sentenced to a month in prison. The Misdemeanours Court sentenced his lover to two months, as she was also convicted of overstaying her visa. She will be deported after completing her jail term. As the father is Emirati, the child will remain with the father. The pair, who had been living together ...
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A look at weekend Thoroughbred racing
The Memorial Day weekend kicks off summer and, with no Triple Crown hopes to extend the spring, also kicks off a "second season" of racing. There are important turf races at Churchill Downs, Belmont Park, Hollywood Park and Arlington Park. Some of the nation's top steeds will be on display in the Grade I Met Mile at Belmont. Fillies and mares are in action from coast to coast and ...
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Sharjah police officer brutally attacked
Sharjah: Sharjah Police are hunting for a group of masked men after the group, using swords and sticks fitted with nails, attacked a police officer and his five ...
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Crows destroying Dubai’s native bird species
Dubai: A little bird being attacked in its nest while you are out enjoying the evening sun can be distressing to say the least but this is just one of several reports across Dubai of crows playing the villain. The incident mentioned here played out at the Walk in Jumeirah Beach Residence. The small bird was tucking into its nest in a tree just before sunset on Tuesday when, out of nowhere, a ...
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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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Al Ain officials probe IELTS TOEFL scam claim
Dubai: Authorities in Al Ain have launched an investigation into the alleged sale of IELTS and TOEFL certificates reflecting English language proficiency to a number of students of an educational institution by a member of ...
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Fighting Chance Dubai will feature athletes stepping into the ring for a good cause
Former New Zealand rugby player Carlos Spencer, left, will be one of 12 athletes who will step into the ring for Fighting Chance Dubai, a boxing fund-raiser to benefit a Dubai-based injured triathlete. Sandra Mu / Getty ...
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Exchange rates and inflation hit Asian expats in the Emirates
Currency appreciation back home is hitting Asian expatriates hard on their pockets. Above, a daily scene at a currency exchange in the UAE. Jeffrey E Biteng / The ...
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Fujairah police investigate engineer’s death
The crime came to light when the victim’s sponsor contacted police saying he had not turned up for work for two days, Brigadier Mohammad Ahmad Bin Ganem Al Kaabi, Commander-in-Chief of Fujairah Police, ...
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Mariner of the Seas Luxury sailing at its best
Dubai: For a city synonymous with luxury, you’d have thought people residing in Dubai would have seen it all and this perception probably would have remained had the luxury cruise ship Mariner of the Seas not docked in Dubai for a day on Tuesday. Oozing opulence way beyond imagination, the Royal Caribbean International liner managed to show even Dubaiites a thing or two about ...
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Emirates increases Flights to Colombo from June 30
WAM DUBAI, 23 May, 2013 -- Emirates, will increase capacity on its services to Colombo from next month with the addition of three more flights per week. The addition of three more services, which will operate between Dubai and Colombo on Mondays, Thursdays and Sundays, will increase the number of flights between the two cities to four each day on those days, and take the total number of ...
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Dubai-listed contractor Arabtec aiming to raise Dh2.3bn through rights issue
Dubai -listed contractor announced yesterday. The company, which is 21 per cent owned by the Abu Dhabi investment fund Aabar, invited shareholders to buy the additional shares in the company at 27 branches ...
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Food safety improving across Dubai
Shining example: Abdelrahim Gader, centre, a senior food inspector with Dubai Municipality's food control department, inspects a restaurant in Deira last year. He found no infringements. Antonie Robertson / The ...
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Sheikh Mohammed outlaws use of anabolic steroids in Dubai horse racing
Godolphin doping scandal, Sheikh Mohammed al-Maktoum, the country's ruler and the founder of Godolphin, said on Thursday.Describing the use of anabolic steroids on at least 22 horses at Godolphin's Moulton Paddocks as "the unfortunate recent event," Sheikh Mohammed said in a statement that he "had directed that a decree be issued making, with immediate effect, the ...
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High-priced necklace stolen in second Cannes theft jeweller
Thieves have made off with a high-priced necklace made by Switzerland's De Grisogono in the second jewellery theft at this year's Cannes Film Festival, the company said on ...
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Ecuador satellite collides with Russian space junk
A small Ecuadoran satellite collided in orbit with the remains of a Russian rocket, but it is too soon to know how much damage it might have sustained, Quito's space agency said ...
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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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