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Stars still shining on Cannes red carpet
Benicio Del Toro, Jennifer Lawrence, Steven Spielberg, and many other celebrities walk the red carpet in the pouring rain at Cannes ...
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Dubai students score 100 in ICSE exams
Dubai: - Dubai students did better than their Indian counterparts in both Class 10 and Class 12 exams of the Council of Indian Certificate for Secondary Education ...
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Worlds smallest monkey seen on video eating noodle
Macaroni is not just for children anymore as a cute little monkey was seen on video feasting on the noddle, according to video uploaded to the internet. The lovely video posted online has shown one of the world's smallest monkeys eating macaroni. The 39-second video shows the creature getting into the piece of dough, which looks larger than usual in its small hands. The monkey is a pygmy ...
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Baby goat found to give milk
A goat started to produce milk just five days after it was born in Saudi Arabia and its owner said he had never seen such a case before. Mohammed Saud Al Okaili said he was checking the baby goat when he noticed little breasts on its belly, adding that he first thought them tumors. "When I examined them, I was surprised to find that they are real breasts and are full of milk. I ...
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7 officers kidnapped in Egypt
The father of an Egyptian border policeman who was kidnapped cries near the gates at the main Egyptian crossing point into the Gaza Strip, which has been closed for the third day, in Rafah city, about 350 km (217 miles) northeast of Cairo, May 19, 2013. Egyptian police enraged by the kidnapping of seven of their colleagues by Islamist gunmen in the Sinai Peninsula blocked a commercial border ...
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Woman fined Dh4400 for untidy garden
In many countries, people are fined for littering in public places. In the UK, authorities go further by punishing those who are not tidy at their own homes. A woman from North Wales was ordered to pay 762 pounds (Dh4,420) by a local court for failing to heed Town warnings and tidy up her overgrown back garden. Hospital Worker Carole Pennel could have ended up paying 51,100 pounds ...
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Kuwait to give each jobless housewife aged 55 years Dh7250 per month
Kuwait has decided to lavish KD559 (Dh7,250) a month to each unemployed housewife aged at least 55 years even if her husband is rich within a new social security law that also includes a massive increase in aid for divorced women. About 7,000 women in the oil-rich Gulf emirate have already applied to benefit from the windfall and only 10 per cent of the applications were rejected as they are ...
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170 violators of residency law nabbed in Sharjah
In its latest campaign, the Sharjah Interior Ministry has nabbed 170 people for violating residency law. They included 100 illegal street vendors; 53 people who violated the law of entry and residence of foreigners and 17 others charged with being employed illegally. The ministry campaign was conducted in cooperation with Sharjah Police, the Municipality and the Bureau of Labour and Eonomic ...
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Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai seeks Indian military aid amid Pakistan row
Kabul: Afghan President Hamid Karzai will seek increased military aid from India during a three-day visit starting Monday and will discuss recent cross-border clashes with Pakistan, India's archrival, an aide said.The comments follow a weekend report that said Afghanistan's ambassador to India had said the country needs India's help with "equipment and weapons to fight." ...
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Vin Diesel at Meydan Dubai revs up to get ‘Fast and Furious’ this weekend
Get set for the drift as hot-rod cars will burn up the track at Meydan on May 24 to coincide with the release of one of the biggest Hollywood film franchises; the next installment set for a Mideast ...
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UAE residents could enjoy a 3-day weekend
It’s time now to plan a short break for a three-day weekend falling next month. The UAE residents will have a longer three-day weekend in June as Islamic holiday falls just a day ahead of weekend. According to Hijri (Islamic) calendar, Israa & Mairaj holiday is expected to fall on Thursday, June 6, 2013, just before the start of the weekend – Friday and Saturday. It means ...
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Escrow accounts in Dubai cannot be attached Land Department
In the first of its meeting in years, the Dubai Land Department (DLD) answered queries of developers to even assuring them that "escrow accounts cannot be attached by any ...
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Yahoo to buy blog-maker Tumblr for $1.1 billion report
New York: The board of Yahoo! has agreed to a deal to purchase the popular blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.Yahoo! did not immediately return AFP's calls for confirmation, but CEO Marissa Mayer has scheduled a news conference in New York Monday at which the company said it will unveil "something special."Reports last week said ...
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Mohammad Bin Zayed attends lunch banquet in Al Ain
Al Ain: General Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, yesterday attended a lunch banquet hosted in his honour by Mudafar Mohammad Khmousha Al Amiri at his residence in Al ...
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Ferguson bows out as United share 10-goal epic
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is applauded by players after his 1,500th and final match in charge of the club following the Barclays Premier League match against West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns on May 19, 2013 in West Bromwich, England. ...
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Nadal thumps Federer to win Italian Open
Rafael Nadal of Spain bites his winner's trophy after his straight sets victory against Roger Federer of Switzerland in the final of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia 2013 at the Foro Italico Tennis Centre on May 19, 2013 in Rome, Italy. ...
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Arabtec workers stage strike in Abu Dhabi Dubai
Dubai's largest construction firm, Arabtec has confirmed thousands of its workers have stayed away from work on Sunday demanding better wages, Reuters has reported. Two Arabtec employees who asked not to be identified told the news service several thousand workers engaged on various projects did not report for duty on Sunday and stayed in their accommodation. "We are working to resolve ...
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Mohammad briefed on Dubai Health Authority strategy
During a visit to the DHA headquarters, His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, was briefed on the Authority’s expansion projects, WAM reported yesterday.Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, and Shaikh Maktoum Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, were ...
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Sultan restructures Sharjah Charity Association
WAM SHARJAH, May 19th, 2013 (WAM) -- H. H. Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah has issued an administrative decision No. 5 of 2013 pertaining to the restructuring the Board of Directors of the Sharjah Charity Association. In accordance with the decision, the Board will be restructured under the chairmanship of Esam bin Saqr Al Qasimi and other ...
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Adam Hollioake is not short on confidence before Fighting Chance Dubai
England cricketer Adam Hollioake, shown here lifting weights in 2003, will make his return to the UAE this weekend for a good cause. Matt Dunham / ...
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Doctor wrongly blamed for baby death Dubai court told
DUBAI // A doctor was defamed by two colleagues who emailed 3,000 patients and claimed she caused a baby's death, a court was told yesterday. JK, 67, from Sweden, learnt from a patient that staff at her former workplace, a medical centre in Jumeirah, contacted people and blamed her for the death. It was claimed she caused the death by failing to prescribe a vital antibiotic to a pregnant ...
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Terrapins dumped on Dubais Sheikh Zayed Road get new home
DUBAI // Stories about abandoned dogs are all too common in the UAE, but the latest pets to be dumped on Sheikh Zayed Road were quite unusual. Four terrapins were left outside Dubai Garden Centre and made their way into an extension containing plants, where staff found them. "Sometimes people buy them when they're babies thinking they're going to be cute," said Bodhi ...
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Briton arrested in France over gruesome child murders
French police on Sunday questioned 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 eastern city of Lyon. He was arrested the same evening in the centre of Lyon and ...
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Aishwarya Rai Cannes Did she make up for Bollywood disasters
After a series of unimpressive red carpet turnouts by Indian actors at the Cannes Film Festival 2013, all hopes were pinned on Bollywood diva Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Aishwarya Rai arrived at the premiere of 'Inside Llewyn Davis' at the red carpet dolled up in a Elie Saab Haute Couture Spring 2013 ...
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IPL6 Hyderabad qualify to the play-offs in style
Unfancied Sunrisers Hyderabad stormed into the IPL6 play-offs with an emphatic five-wicket win against Kolkata Knight Riders in the final league match at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad on Sunday night. The Cameron White- led Sunrisers jumped to fourth above Royal Challenger Bangalore with 20 points with this win and knock out Virat Kohli's team from 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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