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Mohammed bin Rashid crowned winner of St Jamess Palace Stakes
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, was crowned winner of the mile G1 St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot, Britain, today. Trained by Jim Bolger, Kevin Manning led Godolphin’s Dawn Approach to win the 350 thousand-dramatic race by a short-head. The event was attended by Dubai Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan ...
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Huawei takes on Apple and Samsung launches worlds slimmest smartphone
Chinese telecoms giant Huawei on Tuesday launched what it said was the world's thinnest smartphone, which it hopes will take on high-end rivals like Apple and Samsung in the global market. Bidding to extend its market reach outside China, Huawei chose London to unveil its Ascend P6, which is just 6.18 millimetres thick -- the June 18 launch date reflecting the dimensions. "Our theme ...
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Istanbuls Standing Man adds momentum to Turkeys protest movement
ISTANBUL // After two weeks of running street battles, blaring police sirens and chanting demonstrators, a still and silent protester in Istanbul's Taksim Square has posed a new challenge to Turkey's government. The "Standing Man", as he has become known, appeared in the square late on Monday and stood motionless for eight hours, hands in his pockets, staring straight ahead, ...
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Blatter should stay on as FIFA president - Valcke
The Socceroos have secured their World Cup finals spot next year with the most nerve-jangling of 1-0 wins over Iraq at ANZ Stadium, thanks to substitute Josh Kennedy's header with seven minutes ...
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Skype launches free video messaging across all platforms
Skype has pushed its free video messaging across all platforms. Starting June 17, Skype introduced its free messaging service where a user can record audio and video messages to his relatives or friends, irrespective of their online status. The feature was available as a Beta version and later introduced on Windows. But now it is available across all platforms, including iOS, Android and ...
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Worlds slimmest smartphone weighing only 120 grammes launched
Chinese telecoms giant Huawei on Tuesday launched what it said was the world's thinnest smartphone, which it hopes will take on high-end rivals like Apple and Samsung in the global market. Bidding to extend its market reach outside China, Huawei chose London to unveil its Ascend P6, which is just 6.18 millimetres thick -- the June 18 launch date reflecting the dimensions. "Our theme ...
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12 million millionaires control $46.2 trillion wealth worldwide
The number of millionaires in the world jumped 9.2 per cent to 12 million last year, in part because of simultaneous strength in the stock, bond and real estate markets, according to a study of the high-net-worth population. The survey, released Tuesday by RBC Wealth Management and Capgemini Financial Services, tracked high-net-worth people, whom it defined as those with more than $1 million ...
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RCA delivers aid to Syrian refugees
Amman: The 6th RCA land convoy carrying relief goods for Syrian refugees has arrived in Jordan as part of the campaign to alleviate their suffering and improve humanitarian ...
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Afghan Taliban opens Qatar office in search of political solution
14/11/2012 18:17 CET The Afghan Taliban has announced its opened an office in Qatar to help restart talks on ending the 12-year-old war. Speaking at a news conference its representative Mohammed Naeem said the Islamist insurgency wanted a political solution that would bring a just government and end foreign occupation. It also wants good relations with Afghanistan’s neighbouring ...
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Mawarid Finance Redha Al Ansari Exchange sign deal to provide labour guarantees
Mawarid Finance Group and Redha Al Ansari Exchange have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide labour guarantees of the Ministry of Labour. The agreement was signed by Mohamed Al Nueimi, CEO, Mawarid Finance, and Ali Redha Al Ansari, CEO, Redha Al Ansari Exchange. The service offered has two major features namely, no processing charges from the customer and a fast-track process ...
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DHA to provide job opportunities to thalassemic patients in UAE
The Dubai Health Authority’s (DHA) Thalassemia Centre, which is the emirate’s only dedicated centre that provides internationally recognised levels of care in chronic disease management for thalassemic patients, and World Security signed today an MoU with an aim to provide job opportunities for thalassemics in the UAE. The MoU was signed by Abdulla Khayat, CEO of Latifa Hospital, ...
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Mentally challenged boy sodomised by fathers cousin
A mentally challenged 17-year-old Mongolian boy was allegedly sodomised by his father’s cousin, the Dubai Criminal Court heard. The victim’s mother saw her husband’s 48-year-old cousin AHJ was sodomising her son in the majlis. When she shouted and screamed, the accused ran away from the house. "When I saw my son and my husband’s cousin half naked and the accused ...
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Fan anger as Iran beat South Korea to reach World Cup
Hundreds of fans hurled bottles and debris on to the pitch Tuesday as Iran beat hosts South Korea 1-0 to reach the World Cup after an angry build-up involving taunts from both teams. Iran scored in the second half and against the run of play to qualify top of Group A and give South Korea some nervous moments before they also went through on goal difference following Uzbekistan's 5-1 win ...
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No toying with safety of children
Dubai: The civic body is cracking down on the sale of unsafe toys to ensure children are not exposed to health and safety hazards during the summer ...
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Man accused of molesting his nephew’s son
The Emirati boy’s mother was said to have discovered the 48-year-old uncle, A.J., who is from the Comoros Islands, molesting her son in the guest ...
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Cardinal Fernando Filoni Visits United Arab Emirates
Will Consecrate Eighth Catholic Church in the RegionBy StaffABU DHABI, June 13, 2013 (Zenit.org) - Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, visited the United Arab Emirates this week to consecrate a new church dedicated to the St. Anthony of Padua. The consecration of the new Church is seen as crucial given that it is only the eighth Catholic ...
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Eiffel tower evacuated after latest suicide bid
Eiffel Tower had to be evacuated for two hours Tuesday after a man threatened to throw himself off in the latest of a string of suicide bids to cause chaos for visitors to the Paris landmark. The man, who described himself as Polish and was said by police to have mental health issues, was talked down and arrested just before 3pm (1300 GMT), by which time thousands of would-be visitors had been ...
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Banks tempt Indian expats with personal loans as rupee makes fresh lows
Banks in the UAE are getting increasingly active in offering personal loans, especially to the country’s expat Indian community, claiming that the weakest-ever rupee offers a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." The Indian rupee made a fresh all-time record low of Rs16.026 against Dh1 (Rs58.86 vs. $1) at 7.40pm today, marginally below the previous record of Rs16.022 vs. Dh1 made ...
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Uzbekistan downs Qatar 5-1 just misses out on qualifying outright for 2014 WCup
Uzbekistan narrowly missed out on direct qualification for the 2014 World Cup despite routing Qatar 5-1 on Tuesday. Uzbekistan finished level on points with South Korea for second spot in Group A of Asian qualifying - which yielded automatic qualification for Brazil - but were one behind on goal difference. Uzbekistan will go into a sudden-death playoff against either Oman or Jordan, which ...
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Egypt Foreign Ministry statement on UAE relations
Cairo: Egypt’s Foreign Ministry expressed its deep regret over statements on the condition of Egyptian prisoners in the UAE, and emphasised its deep and historic brotherly relations with the ...
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Four Khalifa University students win competition
Abu Dhabi:Khalifa University announced yesterday that four of its senior Electrical and Electronic Engineering students won first place in the ';Senior Design Competition'; held during the recent 8th annual Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) UAE Student Day held at Sharjah ...
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Spaces of Light competition winners honoured
Abu Dhabi: The Shaikh Zayed Grand Mosque Centre awarded the winners of the third season of the Spaces of Light photography competition at a special ceremony held at the Emirates Palace under the patronage of Shaikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential ...
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Hot and hazy weather to continue in UAE
Over the past couple of days the mercury has been hovering between 45 and 48 degrees Celsius across the UAE. The forecasters warn that the 'unbearable' weather conditions to ...
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U.S. to hold Afghan peace talks with Taliban in Doha
Reuters © Members of the Taliban voluntarily hand over their weapons and join a peace reconciliation program in Jalalabad province January 6, 2013. ...
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Man who drowned off Dubais Jumeirah beach identified as Kenyan cafe worker
DUBAI // A man who drowned off the Jumeirah Open Beach last week has been identified as a Kenyan who worked at a Dubai cafe. Stanley Wekesa, 32, had been employed as a waiter at the Madeline Cafe and Boulangerie in Dubai Mall for the past eight months. He died at Rashid Hospital last Monday after being pulled from the water by police. "He had the day off and decided to relax at 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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