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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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Majid Al Futtaim takes 100 of UAE Carrefour
(MENAFN) Majid Al Futtaim (MAF) Holding announced that it purchased the 25-percent stake owned by Carrefour in Majid Al Futtaim Hypermarkets LLC for USD684.1 million, reported Gulf News.MAF holding owns the regional license for the world's second largest retailer.On the other hand, the two companies have decided to expand their partnership until 2025.It's worth mentioning that MAF ...
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Abu Dhabis Etihad to hire 50 airberlin pilots
(MENAFN) Etihad Airways will hire over 50 pilots from airberlin, which is going through a restructuring plan, reported Arabian Business.6 Boeing 737-rated First Officers started the moving procedure in April, according to Etihad Airways.Etihad Airways has currently 1,400 pilots and planning to add 1,000 more by 2020.It's worth noting that the Abu Dhabi-based carrier has a 29-percent stake ...
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Flydubai begins Salalah flights
(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) Flydubai on Wednesday began flights to Salalah, in the Sultanate of Oman, bringing its operational network to 60 destinations.The airline also launched flights to the Sri Lankan city of Mattala. Flydubai flight FZ039 touched down at Salalah Airport just hours before the airline began scheduled operations to Mattala, its second point in Sri Lanka, following a special ...
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UAE- Engineer found dead
(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) The Fujairah Police are making all efforts to unveil the mystery behind the death of an Asian engineer, whose body was found in a pool of blood after he was purportedly attacked and struck with a sharp object in his bedroom inside a labour compound in Al Hala mountainous area in Fujairah on Tuesday.The body of the victim was taken to Dibba Fujairah hospital for ...
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UAE adds power to mobile broadband
(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) The UAE on Wednesday took a critical initiative to stay ahead in broadband connectivity race by unveiling its band plan for 700MHz and the launch of spectrum in the 800MHz band for mobile broadband services.The move by the UAE is quite decisive as the mobile broadband market in the Arab countries is set to increase by 255 per cent by 2017 to 142 million connections, with ...
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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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Abdullah bin Zayed receives his Czech counterpart
WAM Abu Dhabi, 23rd May 2013 (WAM) -- H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Foreign Minister, received today visiting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Karel Schwarzenberg. The meeting reviewed ways of enhancing bilateral cooperation in all fields, particularly in energy. The two ministers also exchanged views on a variety of issues of mutual concern and current ...
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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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UAE gives billions to help heal the world
ABU DHABI // Turmoil in the Arab world signalled a turning point in the amount spent on foreign aid by the UAE, whose efforts have been recognised worldwide. The country donated Dh7.2 billion in 2011- a jump from Dh2.8bn in 2010 - and provided assistance to more than 120 countries. Of that, Dh625.3 million was dedicated to humanitarian assistance in more than 30 countries, most of them Arab. ...
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Wheat flour could soon be produced in the UAE
Dr Mohamed Al Hammadi, research and development director at Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority, examines stalks of wheat as part of a study into 100 varieties of the cereal grain, which hopes to determine which are the most suitable to be cultivated in the UAE's climate. Sammy Dallal / The ...
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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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Friday sermon Feel Allah watching over you
Muslims who feel Allah watching over them will be more pious, today's sermon tells worshippers. Allah named Himself the observer and therefore Muslims should feel His observation in all their actions. "Allah's knowledge has circulated everything that goes inside the human self and thoughts," the sermon says. It quotes a verse from the Quran which says: "We verily ...
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Too few children hits UAE Indian expats hopes of adoption
DUBAI // Indian expatriates hoping to adopt from their home country face a long wait after being told there are not enough children. About 80 couples' dreams of starting a family were left up in the air after their government temporarily stopped overseas adoptions last year. The New Delhi-based Central Adoption Resource Authority (Cara), which monitors and regulates in-country and ...
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Dubais Damac starts sales of Bays Edge units
(MENAFN) Damac Properties stated that it will soon start sales of units at its Burj area project, reported Arabian Business.The Dubai-based company's 22-storey Bay's Edge tower consists of 220 units and is located across Burj Khalifa.The project costs USD108.8 million and will be ready in 2016, while each apartment will be sold for around USD195,974.The company took advantage of the ...
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UAE- No word from Vivendi on Maroc Telecom bid
(MENAFN - Khaleej Times)Etisalat has yet to hear back from Vivendi on its bid for the French firm's 53 per cent stake in Maroc Telecom, its top official said on Wednesday.Etisalat and regional rival Ooredoo both made binding bids for the stake in late April. But etisalat has yet to hear back from Vivendi, Etisalat Group's chief executive Ahmad Abdulkarim Julfar told reporters on the ...
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Emirates NBD Properties inks Dh122m agreement for retail space
(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) Emirates NBD Properties on Wednesday announced a Dh122 million agreement for retail space in Index Tower, located in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC).Emirates NBD's real estate arm formalised the deal through the signing of Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with Emirates Reit, the first GCC Shariah Compliant Real Estate Investment Trust.The signing ...
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UAE- Design experts discuss new trends at Index seminars
(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) The Index International Design Exhibition and The Office Exhibition, which close today, have provided the regional interior design and architecture community with an inspiring professional experience, organisers said.The latest editions of the region's leading trade shows for the residential and commercial interior design sector have hosted over 30 free-to-attend ...
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UAE- One held for shopping with forged credit cards
(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) An African man, 31, who went on a shopping spree with forged credit cards, has been arrested and referred to the Criminal Court by the Public Prosecution.The man, identified as M.K.I.N., is accused of forging 13 credit cards and using them to buy mobile phones. He was also charged with counterfeiting a copy of residence visa form of an Indian woman and using it while on ...
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Most Sharjah Transport users are Arabs
(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) The Sharjah Public Transport Corporation, which saw nine million passengers commute last year, has affirmed that most of the passengers who benefit from the corporation's public shuttle service across the emirate are Arab residents.According to a senior official, all the reports implying that the Arabs do not feel like using Sharjah Transport services are baseless, ...
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UAE- Driver cleared of molesting 7-year-old
(MENAFN - Khaleej Times)A 42-year-old driver has been cleared of molesting a seven-year-old boy while giving him a ride home from school.The Court of First Instance found the Pakistani defendant not guilty of touching the Emirati boy in an inappropriate way while the latter was sitting in the back of the defendant's car.The boy's father, a 53-year-old employee, called Al Qusais Police ...
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UAE- SUV backseat thief in police net
(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) The Sharjah Police have arrested an Iraqi man who specialised in stealing back seats out of SUVs.Colonel Abdul Razak Assad, Acting Director of the Sharjah Criminal Investigation Department, said the man identified as Mohammed H.M. was arrested from Sharjah Industrial Area 5, after the police received a series of reports of thefts of SUV back seats .The police set a trap ...
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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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