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Two little known infertility causes highlighted
The decline of ovarian function in young women, a common infertility issue, is linked to vitamin D deficiency, and in Arab women specifically, the decline is the result of being daughters from consanguine parents or parents who are related. The two contributing factors have been overlooked until recently, said the specialists during an event organised by pharmaceutical company ...
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Ministry of Education honours teachers schools
Dubai: The Ministry of Education yesterday honoured teachers, schools and educational districts who contributed to developing education in the UAE at the first cycle of the Emirates Award for Educational Excellence ceremony ...
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Youngsters nominate heroes for Abu Dhabi Award 2013
Children as young as six as well as university students have been heading to nomination stands and going online to put forward people they feel have really made a difference to Abu ...
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Canadian University of Dubai runs Apprentice-style course for entrepreneurs
Students pitch ideas at the Canadian University of Dubai, where enrolment in its entrepreneurship course was expanded to 80. Lee Hoagland / The ...
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IMF official urges caution amid resurgence in Dubai property
New projects needed to be carefully managed to avoid Dubai government-related firms getting into fresh financial troubles, the IMF said. Sarah Dea / The ...
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15 years in jail for woman who smuggled cocaine into Dubai
DUBAI // A woman who smuggled more than three kilograms of cocaine into Dubai has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. NF, 24, from South Africa, was also fined Dh200,000 and will be deported after serving her jail term. She was arrested at Dubai International Airport at 2am on January 24 this year by the Emirati policewoman AO, 34, who said she noticed the woman walking strangely. "She ...
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Turn8 turns on start-up roadshow
Seventeen teams attended the event at DP World headquarters in Jebel Ali as part of the Turn8 seed accelerator programme designed to encourage innovative entrepreneurship worldwide. The all-day "Innovathon" saw each team present to a panel of experts who selected five projects to take forward to the next stage with another four identified for further discussion and possible ...
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Monster Employment Index Middle East declines 26 on annual basis
The Monster Employment Index is a monthly gauge of online job posting activity in Middle-East based on a real-time review of tens of thousands of employer job opportunities culled from a large representative selection of career Web sites and online job ...
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Najd Rent-a-Car announces purchase of 50 new luxury cars to meet expected demand
Looking to meet the growing demand, Najd Rent-a-Car, one of the UAE's leading automotive rental providers and a member of the Al Basel Group of Companies, has announced its recent purchase of 50 new luxury vehicles, which includes 10 new Audi A6, A8 and Q7 models, while the remaining 40 new models include BMW 7 Series, Mercedes Benz S Class, the new Range Rover Sport and Porsche ...
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Atlas Group raises bar in luxury print for regions hospitality industry
Atlas Group, one of the region's leading print and publishing houses, is servicing the needs of the competitive five-star hospitality industry with its focus on high end, luxury print ...
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Rotork Middle East opens purpose-built factory
An Open Day at the end of April celebrated the opening of Rotork Middle East's purpose-built factory in Dubai. Situated in the Jebel Ali Free Zone, the new premises contain offices and workshops, with initially 15 sales and technical staff and plans for further ...
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Increased expat ownership of UAE companies remains open to debate says …
Stalled discussions about the revised companies law will resume next week, the UAE Minister of Economy Sultan Al Mansourisaid yesterday as the ministry aims to push through one of ';the most critical laws'; for the economy. But decisions about raising foreign ownership limits, a much-anticipated clause that ...
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UAE Weather Mercury poised to climb to 45 deg C
Summer is here in the UAE with a big bang. The maximum temperature will touch 45 deg C, according to National Center of Meterology and Seismology (NCMS). This is just the middle of May and the residents have more than three months of summer to go ...
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IMF Dubai Needs to Regulate its Real Estate Market
Dubai was urged to regulate the speed with which its real estate market grows by IMF's senior official Masood Ahmed. The director of IMF's Middle East department warned that if the emirate does not take measures today, this may again result in a "boom-bust cycle." Despite that, however, he expressed his confidence in Dubai's ability to pay out its ...
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Abdullah bin Zayed receives President of China News Agency
WAM ABU DHABI, May 21st, 2013 (WAM)-- H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Foreign Minister and Chairman of the National Media Council (NMC) received the President of the China News Agency (Xinhua), Li Congjun. During the meeting, Sheikh Abdullah and Congjun discussed media cooperation, mutual visits, and the exchange of news between Emirates News Agency (WAM) and Xinhua, especially in ...
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Work begins on $1.6bn Bluewaters island in Dubai
. The man-made project is located 500m off the coast at the opposite end of Dubai Marina from the Palm Jumeirah. Of the total $1.6bn cost of the project, an estimated $270m will go into the creation of the main attraction - a 210m-tall ferris wheel dubbed the Dubai Eye, inspired by the 135m-tall London Eye in the UK. It will best the latter to become the world's tallest ferris wheel. ...
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Mohammed issues decree setting up Dubai Appreciation Award for Community Service
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the UAE Vice President and Prime Minister, in his capacity as the Ruler of the Emirate of Dubai, has issued a decree establishing the "Dubai Appreciation Award for Community Service". Sheikh Mohammed also issued another resolution to form the Board of Trustees of the Award, chaired by Lieutenant General Dahi Khalfan Tamim, ...
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ISNR 2014 to feature expanded format and include dedicated pavilion for Physical Security for Critical Infrastructure Projects
Reed Exhibitions announced the upcoming International Security, Safety and National Resilience Exhibition and Conference (ISNR Abu Dhabi 2014) will feature an expanded format and include a dedicated pavilion for 'Physical Security for Critical Infrastructure ...
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Dubai Courts launches 3 programmes in collaboration with its strategic partners
Dubai Courts officially launched three innovative online service programmes. The three programmes provide facility for online case registration, access to archive of case files, and pro bono legal ...
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Tecom Investments announces new structure to capitalise on regions growth opportunity
- TECOM Development & Planning (Land, Infrastructure and Building Development) - TECOM Freezone Business Parks - Dubai Industrial City. Commenting on the changes, Dr Amina Al Rustamani, Group CEO of TECOM Investments, ...
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Stuttering oil prices send Abu Dhabi market lower
The ADX General Index fell 0.40% to 3,509.64 points Tuesday. Oil price of U. S. crude and North Sea Brent fell both by 0.43%. Abu Dhabi harbours 7% of the world's known oil reserves. Aldar Properties gained 1.04% as the most liquid share, while United Arab Bank posted the biggest drop (off ...
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Environment Agency Abu Dhabi keeps close watch on industrial and developmental projects to ensure compliance with environmental regulations
The Environment Agency Abu Dhabi (EAD), the mandated entity in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi for permitting and inspecting development and industrial projects to ensure their adherence to environmental regulations, has revealed that it has cited more than 1000 violations in the first three months of ...
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Mariner of the Seas in maiden call on Dubai
, a member of Royal Caribbean International’s (RCI) cruise line fleet, made its maiden call to Dubai on Tuesday, boosting the emirate’s position as a destination of choice for cruise ...
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Summerfest Abu Dhabi – An upgrade of annual summer promotion
Abu Dhabi - an upgrade of the emirate's annual summer promotion – has been expanded into a 52-day extravaganza spanning mid-summer, the Holy Month of Ramadan, Eid Al Fitr and the destination's traditional EidFest ...
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Etihad Airways welcomes airberlin pilots
WAM ABU DHABI, May 21st, 2013 (WAM) -- Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, is planning to recruit more than 50 pilots from one of its partner airlines, airberlin. The move comes as airberlin, Germany's second largest carrier, continues to work through its Turbine business turnaround programme, and as Etihad Airways prepares for significant international ...
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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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