Sunday 20th May, 2012
Obese UAE children at risk of early heart disease
High rates of obesity among schoolchildren are putting them at risk of developing heart disease and diabetes at a younger age, a study has found. Researchers at UAE University studied 1,018 ...
5 arrested for selling, using drugs in jail
The Dubai Police have arrested a government official for facilitating the smuggling of drugs into the General Department of Corrective and Punitive Establishment.Major-General Abdul Jalil Mehdi, ...
RTA begins Dh1b roads project
The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has awarded two contracts for the construction of new roads in Al Qusais and Al Quoz costing Dh38 million, which form part of the first phase of its five-year ...
Saif meets with child protection experts
Khaleej TimesABU DHABI - Lt. General Shaikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, met with the participants in the workshop on the initial draft to define the axis of the ...
Stroke centre opens in RAK
Khaleej TimesThe specialised Acute Stroke Unit set up at the RAK Hospital will be a boon to patients since only three per cent of patients with brain attacks manage to reach the hospital on time for effective ...
Egyptians in UAE back
Al Fotuh as new leader
Khaleej TimesAs the results of the Egyptian presidential elections in the UAE were announced late on Friday, 40,443 out of 61,427 registered voters participated in the first post-revolution polls, over the ...
Abdullah heads UAE delegation to Nato summit
Khaleej TimesShaikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Foreign Minister, will lead the UAE delegation to the talks with Nato leaders as part of the ...
G-8 focuses on EU crisis
Khaleej TimesThe United States and other members of the Group of Eight industrial nations agree that ...
Teacher on trial for smuggling drugs
Khaleej TimesA teacher faced trial recently in the Court of First Instance on the charge of smuggling drugs and two types of narcotics for personal use.The Iranian teacher, 37, was arrested at the Dubai ...
Take steps for economic unity: Mansouri
Khaleej TimesUAE Minister of Economy Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri recently headed the UAE delegation to the 45th meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council Committee for Trade Cooperation, held in Riyadh.Ministers ...
Drive aims to spread a baby-friendly message
Khaleej TimesSharjah has taken up a Baby-Friendly Emirate Campaign, spreading awareness of the disease-prevention benefits of breast-feeding. Representatives are being sent to several nurseries to help those ...
MoE unveils new system
Khaleej TimesUAE Minister of Economy Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri has launched the visual communication system that provides an ideal networking platform among the staff of the Ministry of Economy.The ministry ...
Tech Group unit bags $47m worth of Iraq projects
Khaleej TimesConstruction Tech, a part of UAE-based business conglomerate Tech Group, has bagged two major project deals in Iraq totalling over $47 million as the war ravaged country presses ahead with massive ...
Brave employees foil pre-dawn robbery attempt at Dubai petrol pump
Business 247A brave petrol station salesman and his colleague over- powered a gang of thieves who tried to rob an Eppco petrol station in the Al Qusais area of Dubai on Friday morning. The Dubai Police have ...
Families in Dubai’s posh Jumeirah 1 raise stink over bachelor influx
Business 247Families living in the posh Jumeirah 1 area are worried about the locality turning in to a bachelor’s paradise. HA, an Emirati in Jumeirah 1 says his family may be one of the few remaining in ...
UAE aerospace dream blooms in the desert
General SourcesWomen operators work in the final assembly area at Strata, a composite aerostructures manufacturing plant in Al Ain in the UAE. The factory is designed to help make lightweight carbon jets that will ...
UAE donates $5m to US hospital destroyed by tornado
The NationalThe UAE has donated US$5 million (Dh18.3m) to a hospital in the US that was destroyed in a tornado last year. The money will be used to build a paediatric section and for the development of a ...
Driver killed after vehicle overturns in Abu Dhabi
The NationalA man has been killed in a road accident after his vehicle overturned. The unidentified Arab died from severe injuries on Friday evening after his car rolled over at the intersection of Muroor Road ...
Ferrari World launches family-friendly ride offering virtual tour of Italy
The NationalA new family ride at Ferrari World, called Viaggio in Italia, opened this week. The ride takes visitors on a scenic aerial voyage through Italy and features images of mountains, villages, coastlines ...
Emiratis advised to avoid Lebanon
The NationalABU DHABI // UAE citizens were advised yesterday not to travel to Lebanon and Emiratis already there were urged to leave. The Foreign Ministry advice follows days of clashes last week in the ...
Getting more for less without soil
Gulf News" This is open hydroponics inside a greenhouse, an agriculture system without soil. It gives at least 30 per cent more productivity and saves up to 40 per cent of water [used for irrigation], ...
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