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Saif bin Zayed receives Director General of Dubai Customs HCT Chancellor
WAM ABU DHABI, May 25th, 2013 (WAM) -- H. H Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior has received in his office Ahmed bin Butti Al Muhairi, Director General of Dubai Customs and CEO of the Ports, Maritime and Free Zone Authority. Al Muhairi extended thanks and appreciation to Sheikh Saif for attending and participating at the WCO IT ...
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Rihannas Mawazine performance proves Abu Dhabi is in for a treat
UAE fans can expect a treat when Rihanna performs in Abu Dhabi on October 19. The 25-year-old RnB star opened Morocco's Mawazine Festival on Friday night. The show - played in the capital Rabat - marked the beginning of Rihanna's international leg of the Diamond World tour. It seems tardiness is the latest fad creeping into the pop world, and Rihanna joined Justin Bieber and Madonna ...
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Two Indian youth drown off Jumeirah Open Beach in Dubai
Two Indian expatriate youths are believed to have drowned while bathing in the sea near the Jumeirah Open Beach on Friday evening. While the dead body of one of them has been found, the search for the body of the second person by the Coast Guard was continuing on Friday night. According to sources in the Al Riyami Group, where the two missing employees were working, a group of five ...
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Work set to start on $47m Abu Dhabi bus depot
The Department of Transport (DoT) in Abu Dhabi has announced that work will start soon on building a new AED175m ($47.6m) bus depot project in the ...
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SecureLink and Safelight Security partner to enhance security awareness in Middle East
SecureLink, the pioneer in Information Security Services value-added-distribution in the Middle East, and Safelight Security, a leader in security education and training, announced a strategic distribution partnership designed to prepare customers in the Middle East to build effective and comprehensive security education programs that meet each organizations' unique ...
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NBAD Issues $465M convertible bonds
The offering, due in 2018, was increased from an initial amount of $350m following strong demand from investors during the book-building process.It may be increased by a further amount of up to $35m in the event of exercise in full of the over-allotment option granted by NBAD to the Joint Book-runners, exercisable on or prior to June 3rd, 2013.The offering received strong investor demand; it was ...
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Mediaquest acquires 30 stake in acclaimed wedding website Whiteme.net
In line with the increased Internet penetration in the region and the burgeoning wedding industry, leading Middle East publisher Mediaquest has acquired a 30% stake in the acclaimed English and Arabic wedding website, ...
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RAK Ruler names areas after President and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince in RAK
WAM RAS AL KHAIMAH, May 25th, 2013 (WAM) -- H. H. Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras al-Khaimah, has ordered the naming of Al Dhait South residential area after President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in recognition to his efforts to ensure decent living for the citizens in all Emirates across the country. Al Dhait South residential area ...
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Sharjah eyes more Korean Asian tourists and investments ahead of Seoul summit
WAM SHARJAH, May 25, 2013 (WAM)--The Third UAE-Korea Economic Partnership Forum that opens tomorrow will help provide a direct impetus to the travel and tourism industry in Sharjah and the UAE by way of more Korean and Asian tourists and investments in the promising tourism and hospitality sector, said Mohamed Ali Al Noman, Chairman, Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority. This ...
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Dubai builder Arabtec wins $108 mln hospital contract in Saudi
RIYADH, May 25 (Reuters) - A subsidiary of Dubai-based contractor Arabtec Holding has won a 404-million Saudi riyals ($107.7 million) contract to build ...
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Chidambaram to visit Dubai tomorrow to woo investments
Dubai tomorrow to sell India's growth story to sovereign wealth funds. The Minister is scheduled to meet his counterpart in Dubai and also hold bilateral consultations with the SWFs (Sovereign Wealth Funds) in his day-long visit to the Gulf nation, an official source said. The visit is part of Chidambaram's global tour to attract foreign investments. He has held similar investor meets ...
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Emirates NBD launches Bank on Wheels initiative
Emirates NBD said it is now operating a fully secure vehicle equipped to offer cash and cheque deposit services and driven by a dedicated customer service ...
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Ferrari World Abu Dhabi to move to 7-day ops
"There's been a growing demand for a continuous entertainment offering and the appeal of Yas Island as a leisure destination is now even higher," said Andy Keeling, park manager, Ferrari World Abu ...
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Emirates NBD unveils loan education campaign
Emirates NBD has launched a unique new personal loan education campaign to advise UAE residents to borrow responsibly and within their repayment capacity. This new initiative is in line with the Group's reputation of being a financial institution that cares for its customers, according to a press statement. The initiative will be supported by a sustained media campaign that will advise the ...
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Sandisk appoints EMPA as distributor to enhance product availability in Middle East
SanDisk Corporation, a global leader in flash memory storage solutions, has signed a distribution agreement with EMPA Middle East to increase flash memory growth in the ...
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Tejuri.com calls on eHosting DataFort for secure 24x7 availability
eHosting DataFort (eHDF), the region's leading managed IT services provider and a member of TECOM Investments, has been appointed by Tejuri.com to host and manage the region's e-shopping mall supported by the Dubai Department of Economic Development ...
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Etisalat lauds Telecommunications Regulatory Authority on spectrum policy
Etisalat Group announced its support and appreciation for the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority's decision to allocate the 700 and 800 Megahertz bands to mobile broadband, confirming the UAE's position as a global leader in international spectrum policy and ...
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Emirate of Dubai Jafza to implement Service Dubai single service provider concept
The Emirate of Dubai and Jafza will be the world's most favoured investment destinations if the Service Dubai, a single service provider concept, is implemented in the Emirate and the Free Zone, observed Dubai's top thought leaders during a panel discussion held at Majlis Jafza that took place at the Armani ...
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Air Miles and Yellow Hat join forces to reward customers
, launched a collaboration where customers can now collect and spend Air Miles at Yellow Hat stores in Times Square, Nad Al Hamar and the new service and retail centre opening in Al Quoz in June, 2013. Under the agreement, members will receive two Air Miles for every dirham spent on all products ...
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My Car One UAE Toyota Land Cruiser that’s able to turn heads
Growing up in Yemen and spending most of his childhood seeing the 1979 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40, Max Stanton admits he always wanted one. ';The first time I ever went into one of these cars, I went to an island called Socotra, in Yemen. I must have been ...
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Designer Kunal Rawal on his label and fashion for Bollywood ‘characters’
Besides taking care of his own label, designing capsule collections for highstreet brands and collaborations with everyone from motoring and lifestyle brands to theme parks, this Mumbai-based designer has also made his name as an in-demand Bollywood designer. He's created looks for actor Abhay Deol ...
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Summer Holiday Offers for Families from Dubai Abu Dhabi
travel package with affordable, yet luxury accommodation. If you travel with family or a group of friends, you can book a comfortable stay in an apartment or a villa, while exploring some of the most popular travel destinations this ...
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Hainan Airlines to add new routes to Abu Dhabi this summer
The companies, which handle in-flight catering services, ground handling and cargo operations, are being incorporated, subject to regulatory approvals, into Etihad Airport Services, a unit of Etihad Airways. It comes as Abu Dhabi Airports Company (Adac) is predicting a 15 per cent increase in the number of flights over the peak summer period, between May to August, compared with last ...
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Dubai Police to issue traffic fines with voice commands
Dubai Police has said the traffic police have started using a special device that speeds up the process of issuing fines, Gulf News has reported. The new devices, which use a new voice command technology, sends information automatically to the police operations room and the fine is registered against that specific car, said Lt Gen Dahi Khalfan Tamim. "The system is the first of its type and ...
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Abu Dhabi plans desert park around Meyzad Fort
Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority (TCA-Abu Dhabi) has unveiled a plan to develop a desert park around Mezyad Fort, Gulf News has reported. The project aims to develop a luxury hotel and oasis spa and to restore the severely degraded desert land into a park to display the area's natural diversity of flora and fauna, archaeological sites and natural beauty. The hotel and oasis spa will ...
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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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