Provides the latest RSS feeds for Abu Dhabi News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page UAE News.net http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/cat/b9f388ba82df9ba1/ en-us Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:41:22 -0400 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:41:22 -0400 30 ABU DHABI // The young diplomats and business leaders of the future are ready to represent their nation on an international stage. The 42 Youth Ambassadors have been split into two groups to travel to South Korea and China for the next three weeks, where they will meet some of the Far East's influential figures. Eighteen will jet off for China tomorrow, and the other 24 will travel to ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215278589/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:34:26 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215278589/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 ABU DHABI // The Egyptian government and the ruling Freedom and Justice Party yesterday disowned comments about the UAE by the vice chairman of the party, Essam El Erian. Mr El Erian told the upper house of parliament, the Shura Council, on Monday that "Egypt has lost its patience" over 11 Egyptians detained in the UAE since December while under investigation for threatening the ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215278590/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:34:25 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215278590/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 DUBAI // An island off the coast of Abu Dhabi where dozens of pre-historic settlements were found last year could be opened up to the public as part of a heritage trail. An archaeological survey conducted last November on Gagha, a small uninhabited island off the coast of Al Gharbia, by scientists from the UK's University of Southampton, found more than 40 sites that indicate settlements ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215278592/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:34:24 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215278592/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 ABU DHABI // Defence and security experts have joined the GCC secretary general in voicing their support for the region to develop its military strategies on information collection and analysis. Earlier this year, Dr Abdullatif Al Zayani said the GCC was politically united and called for the military to follow suit to achieve an advanced level of command and control, communications, cyber ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215278591/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:34:23 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215278591/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 ABU DHABI // Keep kicking, keep kicking ... and hundreds did just that. Children and adults took the dive at Yas Waterworld yesterday in a bid to break the Guinness World Record for the largest swimming lesson. It was the fourth year in a row that thousands of people at waterparks and swimming pools around the world united for the event, which is aimed at saving children by teaching them to ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215277326/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:26:28 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215277326/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 The Dubai Women's Museum already features panels on the changing role of women in UAE society, and more are planned. Christopher Pike / The ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215277325/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:26:27 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215277325/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange is the busiest it has been in years. It may not be quite full, but the deep leather chairs that were once a comfortable spot to fall asleep are now filling up with day traders. Investment firms and exchange officials in Abu Dhabi are gearing up for the next phase of growth after MSCI's upgrade of the UAE and Qatar to "emerging market" status last ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215274630/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:18:27 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215274630/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 ABU DHABI // For most families, iftar will be a time to break the daily fast of Ramadan with loved ones. But for nearly 600 Emiratis it will mean work has just begun in a job that will also build them a future. Low-income families have been training to provide meals for people in need, as part of the Khalifa Foundation's 4th Iftar Initiative. Each family received Dh63,000 to buy equipment ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215275927/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:18:24 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215275927/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Dr Anwar Gargash, the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, and Jim Williams, first assistant secretary of Australia, yesterday sign an agreement to jointly tackle human trafficking and people smuggling. ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215275926/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:18:23 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215275926/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 DUBAI // School buses must be ready to transport all pupils if the emirate wants to achieve true integration of disabled children, the Ministry of Social Affairs says. Setting aside special transport to meet the needs of those with disabilities is discriminatory, according to a 20-page report presented to the Roads and Transport Authority last month by the ministry. "We have to make all ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215274453/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:11:09 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215274453/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 The Department of Transport in Abu Dhabi (DoT) has started work on Al Maqta Area and the Abu Dhabi Gate City project, which will see the creation of two exits on the Khaleej Al Arabi Street as well as two roundabouts in both areas. The project is aimed at increasing traffic safety and flow on Khaleej Al Arabi Street and will be done in two steps. The first encompasses the construction of an exit ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215274454/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:58:57 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215274454/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 WAM ABU DHABI, June 18th, 2013 (WAM)--Etihad Airways has swept the Skytrax World Airline Awards' First Class category, receiving all three awards, for the second year in a row. The Abu Dhabi-based airline took home the coveted title of Best First Class for the fourth consecutive year, as well as taking home top honours for Best First Class Seats and Best First Class Catering. The ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215273126/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:29:59 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215273126/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Volvo Ocean Race (VOR). The team made history as the first Arabian contender in the nine-month, round-the-world, 2011/12 Volvo Ocean Race, lead by skipper Ian Walker, a British double Olympic medallist. Walker will head the crew again as Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing takes part in three races at the famous Cowes Week on the Isle of Wight off England's south coast, which runs from August 3 to 10. ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215272243/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:04:46 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215272243/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 DUBAI // A major DIY retailer was ordered to remove its public bathrooms after it was discovered they were fitted out with counterfeit sanitary ware. The toilets and other bathroom appliances were found to be Chinese-made copies of products sold by a German firm, Kohler. "We found out about it through coincidence," said Mohammed Nada, regional marketing manager at Kohler. "One of ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215272338/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:04:39 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215272338/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 DUBAI // Cancer patients can focus more on their battle with the disease and less on what it is costing them after an agreement between the Dubai Health Authority and Dubai Islamic Humanitarian Foundation. The two bodies will cover the cost of treating cancer patients at Dubai Hospital, the state news agency Wam reported. The foundation will provide Dh500,000 a year towards the cost of ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215272339/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:04:38 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215272339/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 DUBAI // A military retiree accused of pinching a British woman's bottom in the Wafi Mall car park last December has been submitted to a centre to receive psychiatric treatment. His initial sentence of a three-month jail term was overturned this morning by Dubai Criminal Court after the Emirati AA, 39, filed for a new trial and argued he was not responsible for his actions at the ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215272340/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:04:37 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215272340/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 ABU DHABI // A man's life has been saved after pilots were able to fly him from Dubai to the US while he was hooked up to a heart-lung machine. It is believed to be the first transcontinental transfer of a patient connected to such a machine, which used during open heart surgery to keep patients alive. The feat was carried out by Royal Jet, the Abu Dhabi-based international luxury flight ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215270972/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:57:58 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215270972/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 ABU DHABI // Close to 300 drivers from Tawasul taxi company have taken part in traffic awareness programmes organised by the Traffic and Patrols Directorate of Abu Dhabi Police, in cooperation with Saaed. The programmes, which are part of the directorate's "Summer without Accidents" campaign, were attended by 277 drivers. Lt Col Jamal Salem Al Ameri, head of public relations at ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215270079/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:53:59 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215270079/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 DUBAI // The maker of the world's most expensive motorhome, available in a gold finish, has lined up a number of prospective buyers in the UAE. The eleMMent Palazzo is 12 metres long, weighs 20 tonnes and costs Dh10.3 million with all the extras. It is built in Germany by Austrian firm Marchi Mobile. The mighty palace on wheels, with its unique round windscreen, has been seen on the roads ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215269661/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:53:58 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215269661/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 DUBAI // A 14-year-old boy who was returning from afternoon prayers at a mosque in Al Rashidiya was raped at knifepoint, a court has heard. The teenager was approached by Bangladeshi HM, 37, on February 25 at around 4pm and asked if he would like to see some toys in a nearby room, according to testimony heard today in Dubai Criminal Court. "He asked me to accompany him to his room to see ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215270081/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:53:57 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215270081/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 A man who sued Du for overcharging him was granted Dh5,000 as compensation for his troubles, the commercial appeals court has ruled. NA, an Emirati, was surprised to receive a Dh4,000 mobile phone bill for international calls and internet use. He said he was positive he did not make the calls and demanded a detailed bill but Du refused. He then sued at the commercial court. The court assigned ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215270080/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:53:56 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215270080/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 The survey exhaustively covered all commercial farms in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, categorized by the type of animals raised in them into cattle farms and poultry farms. The latter type is in turn subdivided into three types: broiler farms (producing chicken meat), layer farms (for production of table eggs) and stock parents farms.The survey results provide indicators on the key characteristics of ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215270083/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:40:01 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215270083/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 The ADX General Index advanced 0.45%, closing Monday trading at 3,659.54 points. Finance House posted the biggest increase, ending up 14.75% to reach Dhs3.89, the highest level since Feb. 17 2013. Aldar Properties and Sorouh Real Estate fell to Dhs2.34 (off 2.10%) an Dhs2.93 (down 1.68%), respectively. Both developers said earlier in the month their merger would become effective between June 20 ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215270082/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:40:00 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215270082/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Shares of the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) which are listed on the DFM finished flat at Dhs1.96 on Tuesday. The DFM is the sole Arab market floated on an exchange. Earlier in the day, reports made the round that the UAE has revived a proposal to merge its two main stock exchanges, the DFM and the ADX in Abu Dhabi, in a state-backed deal that could boost trade in the local market and attract more ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215268870/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:36:16 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215268870/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 WAM ABU DHABI, June 18th, 2013 (WAM) -- Abu Dhabi Sustainability Group (ADSG) recently held its second Quarterly Meeting at an event hosted by the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC). The meeting was followed by a lunch for members to celebrate the organisation's fifth anniversary. The ADSG Quarterly Meeting forms part of a series of events and activities for members to share ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215268871/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:10:27 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215268871/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 WAM ABU DHABI, June 18th, 2013 (WAM) -- Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Center awarded the winners of the third season of Spaces of Light photography competition at a special ceremony held at the Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs. Prizes amounting to AED 250,000 were presented to six ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215268482/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:10:26 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215268482/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 WAM ABU DHABI, June 18th, 2013 (WAM) -- Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH) has received the prestigious "Best Airport for the Middle East region" award from the Airports Council International (ACI). The award came as a result of the capital's airport score in the 2012 Airport Service Quality (ASQ) survey results - a key benchmark for customer service in the global ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215268107/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:10:25 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215268107/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 It is set to be one of the greatest cultural landmarks in the region and although it is still two years until it opens, the permanent collection of the Louvre Abu Dhabi will be immortalised in a ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215267719/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:47:26 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215267719/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 The music of the influential French composer Lucien Durosoir will be celebrated in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday when the pianist Climne Daudet and the violinist Amanda Favier play his famous pieces. The programme's ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215266970/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:47:18 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215266970/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 ABU DHABI // People who suffer from an inherited blood disorder will be offered employment opportunities at World Security, a Dubai-based security solutions provider. The company signed an agreement with Dubai Health Authority's Thalassemia Centre today with the aim of providing job opportunities for Thalassemics in the UAE. World Security will ensure a comfortable work environment and an ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215267721/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:47:13 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215267721/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Jun 18, 2013 - 12:49 - WAM WASHINGTON, DC, June 17, 2013 (WAM) -- Omar Al Shamsi, Deputy Chief of Mission of the UAE Embassy in Washington, DC, presented the inaugural Sheikh Zayed Prize for Pediatric Surgical Innovation to Dr. Heung Bae Kim of Boston Children's Hospital. The prize recognizes a mid-career individual who has successfully advanced surgical care for children, and includes a ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215267039/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:06:14 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215267039/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Jun 18, 2013 - 12:33 - WAM ABU DHABI, June 18th, 2013 (WAM) -- Etisalat, today launched a security solution to prevent cyber attacks through Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215267426/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:06:13 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215267426/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Take a look at the future of air travel from Abu Dhabi with a series of artists impressions of the new Midfield Terminal, courtesy of Abu Dhabi Airports ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215266724/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:43:15 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215266724/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 DUBAI // A mechanic has been acquitted on charges of kidnapping and rape after a court ruled the sex was consensual. SE, a 60-year-old Emirati defendant, was accused of kidnapping TG, a 33-year-old Ethiopian maid, on September 20 last year. Prosecutors said he posed as a policeman then took her to a remote area and raped her. When he appeared in court last February, the defendant denied all ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215266457/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:43:10 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215266457/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 DUBAI // The Al Sufouh Tram was put to the test this week at a 700 kilometre track in France. The trial run, held at the testing facilities of Alstom Company in France, was done at various speeds to test the safety systems, electric propulsion system, braking system, emergency stops, ground power feed, overhead power feed in depots and the doors operation mechanism. Top officials from the Roads ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215266458/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:43:08 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215266458/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 DUBAI // Office workers were forced to evacuate a building in Media City this morning after a fire in the car park. The blaze in the underground parking at Shatha Tower occurred around 11am, and was doused by three fire engines. Two ambulances were also present, although a senior representative from Al Sayyah Investments, the building owner, said no one had been injured. "It's a very ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215266459/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:43:07 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215266459/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 DUBAI // An American businessman has been sentenced to four years in prison despite a claim he only tested positive for drugs because his urine sample was mixed up with someone else's. A urine sample held by the prosecution showed traces of opium, but the 65-year-old defendant HA denied taking drugs when he appeared in Dubai Criminal Court in April. His lawyer Abdul Hamid Al Kumaiti said ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215266460/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:43:06 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215266460/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 DUBAI // A 21-year-old soldier has denied stalking and harassing a woman he met on BlackBerry Messenger six months ago. The Dubai Criminal Court heard this morning that after several months of chatting on BBM with a 23-year-old Emirati bank employee, MM began telling his crush he loved her and wanted to marry her. "I turned him down because much of his behaviour was unacceptable to ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215266456/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:43:05 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215266456/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 DUBAI // An unemployed man has been charged with sexually abusing his nephew's son, a 17-year-old with Down syndrome. The defendant had been living with the family for four years when the incident occurred on the night of April 13 this year. Defendant AH, a Comoros Islands passport holder, was drunk at the time, prosecutors told the Dubai Criminal Court. "I went into the majlis to ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215265468/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:40:16 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215265468/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Visitors to Dubai Mall can swim among the fish at the Dubai Aquarium & Underwater Zoo. The attraction has recently added scuba diving certification, diving courses and "Sharkwalking", in which swimmers are submerged more than two metres in the aquarium's shark ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215265470/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:40:15 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215265470/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Three unmanned boats, developed by Al Seer Marine for security and civilian operations, will be ready to operate in UAE ports by August. Courtesy Al Seer ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215265749/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:40:14 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215265749/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) opened its new branch in Abu Dhabi, the second in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), under the patronage of the UAE Central ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215265750/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:24:59 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215265750/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 WAM ABU DHABI, June 18th, 2013 (WAM) -- Over 50 Etisalat staff from the Etisalat Group, Etisalat UAE and Etisalat Services Holding turned up to Train Yas in Abu Dhabi past week to compete for places in Etisalat's cycle team, which will tour Belgium, Germany, France and Spain in September. Etisalat is to send eight of its employees from across its footprint in the Middle East, Asia and ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215264981/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:57:41 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215264981/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 A toddler is now in a stable condition after almost drowning outside his home by the beach at Palm Jumeirah. The 22-month-old Asian boy has been moved from intensive care to the pediatric ward at Latifa Hospital where he is recovering, hospital staff said. The incident occurred on Sunday night when the child strayed from his family's beach-front house to play in the water. Family members ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215264535/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:35:19 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215264535/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 A passenger aboard a United Airlines flight from Hong Kong to Newark, USA, who claimed to work as the US Embassy in Abu Dhabi, was restrained after becoming agitated mid ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215264880/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:21:00 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215264880/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, will advance discussions with JatAirways about an equity investment in the Serbian national ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215264881/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:20:49 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215264881/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Jun 18, 2013 - 10:08 - WAM ABU DHABI, June 18th, 2013 (WAM) -- An assembly of Arab novelists, literary figures and academics have already expressed their interest to participate in Sheikh Zayed Book Award's latest instalment, as the Award continues to drive interest for nominations in its 2013/2014 ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215264542/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:54:38 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215264542/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 WAM ABU DHABI, June 18th, 2013 (WAM) -- The rotavirus is a highly infectious pathogen that strikes vulnerable young children, afflicting most with severe diarrhoea, vomiting and fever. It can lead to dehydration, discomfort and distress, making for a miserable illness for children, caregivers and parents alike, said a UAE paper. "Rotavirus is highly contagious, particularly where children ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215264180/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:54:37 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215264180/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 The Fujairah Educational Zone will replace its 17 village schools, 13 of which were built before the 1990s and are deemed unsafe for children, by 2020. The emirate's education executives are coordinating with the President's Initiatives Follow-up Committee and the Ministry of Public ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215263650/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:32:23 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215263650/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Emirates will operate nearly 60 extra flights to carry pilgrims travelling from Dubai to Saudi Arabia for Umrah during Ramadan. An additional 42 services will operate to Jeddah between July 5 and August 16, and an extra 17 flights will operate to Medina from July 16 to July ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215263651/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:32:22 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215263651/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 More than four of every 10 UAE residents believe there should be tighter regulation of the internet, a study shows. Despite restrictions placed by service providers and the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, 42 per cent of residents believe further controls are necessary. The finding is part of a study by Qatar's Northwestern University called Media Use in the Middle East - an ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215263167/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:29:23 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215263167/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 DUBAI // Bad employers were blamed yesterday for a spate of crimes by housemaids and other domestic staff. Unpaid salaries, long working hours and abuse were all factors that drove offenders to crime, Dubai Police said. Domestic staff committed 3,929 crimes reported to police in the past three years, 1,258 of them last year alone. Escaping from sponsors, sex outside wedlock and theft topped the ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215262805/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:29:22 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215262805/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Details of the deal were unveiled by James Hogan, president and CEO of Etihad, and Velibor Vukasinovic, JAT Airways' CEO, at a media briefing on ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215262391/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:58:05 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215262391/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Saadiyat Island , has sold 285 apartments to a joint venture between the United States-based property investor Pramerica and the Abu Dhabi state investment ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215262248/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:26:13 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215262248/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 ABU DHABI // A young footballer from Morocco who came to the UAE dreaming of a professional sports career found himself cheated out of his family's savings, set on fire and jailed for a murder he did not commit. Fouad Al Mkaissi was 25 when he arrived in 2006 hoping to catch the eyes of talent scouts of the nation's football clubs. Little could he have known then that within two years ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215262249/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:26:12 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215262249/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 DUBAI // Bad employers were blamed yesterday for a spate of crimes by housemaids and other domestic staff. Unpaid salaries, long working hours and abuse were all factors that drove offenders to crime, Dubai Police said. Domestic staff committed 3,929 crimes reported to police in the past three years, 1,258 of them last year alone. Escaping from sponsors, sex outside wedlock and theft topped ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215261930/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:26:11 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215261930/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 The Health Authority - Abu Dhabi (HAAD) has decided to include the Rotavirus vaccine into the childhood immunisation programme for children at the age of two months and four months, Wam has reported. Rotavirus is the most common cause of severe childhood diarrhoea worldwide and of diarrheal mortality in poor countries. Currently there are two types of Rotavirus vaccine available in Abu Dhabi, ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215262251/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:12:11 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215262251/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 The Yas Mall under construction on Yas island in Abu Dhabi. It will have 235,000 square metres of gross leasable area and be the second largest mall in the ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215262252/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:02:45 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215262252/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 MAF Dalkia secured a contract with Abu Dhabi Airports Company PJSC (ADAC) to provide a full range of services across four of their airports in the UAE. The three-year contract will see MAF Dalkia providing a full scope of project management, hard (technical) services, security systems and energy-saving strategies to ADAC’s Abu Dhabi International Airport, Al Bateen Executive Airport, Abu ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215259966/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:06:25 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215259966/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 DUBAI // Three Emirati inventors have created folding mechanisms that will improve new generation of tablets and smartphones with flexible screens. Wasfi Alshdaifat, his wife Eida Almuhairbi, and Farah Qassab developed two designs and have taken the first step towards having them patented worldwide. Samsung displayed a flexible smartphone at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215254542/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:58:19 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215254542/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Besides the ecological footprint and natural resource development, bio-security is among the top issues on the UAE's environment agenda, the Minister of Environment and Water said yesterday, according to Wam, the news state agency. "These issues are tightly linked to the UAE's vision for the future and to the government's strategic plan," Dr Rashid bin Fahad said in his ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215253513/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:56:10 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215253513/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 ABU DHABI // Representatives of the European Commission yesterday praised the UAE's efforts to build on the protection of human rights, create awareness of human rights issues and spread a culture of protection. Commission delegates met members of the Emirates Association for Human Rights at the association's headquarters in Rashidiya, Dubai, where they were briefed on various ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215253514/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:56:09 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215253514/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 ABU DHABI // A young footballer from Morocco who came to the UAE dreaming of a professional sports career found himself cheated out of his family's savings, set on fire and jailed for a murder he did not commit. Fouad Al Mkaissi was 25 when he arrived in 2006 hoping to catch the eyes of talent scouts of the nation's football clubs. Little could he have known then that within two years ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215253515/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:56:08 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215253515/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 The three unmanned boats, developed by Al Seer Marine for security and civilian operations, will be ready to operate in UAE ports by August. Courtesy Al Seer ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215252609/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:56:07 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215252609/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 ABU DHABI // The Navy is investing in technologically advanced vessels to better secure its waters. Rear Admiral Ahmed Al Sabab Al Teneiji, the former chief of the Navy, has highlighted the role of technology in overcoming manpower challenges faced by developing nations. "Manpower in the UAE is constrained, and not just in the Navy," he said at a maritime security conference in the ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215253516/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:56:06 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215253516/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 DUBAI // Indian workers are leaving the UAE and other Arabian Gulf states because they can now earn the same wages at home. A study of 1,200 households in the south Indian state of Kerala found that about a quarter of people who had returned home said "low wages, no visible increase in their economic status, ill health due to long working hours and better remuneration for the same jobs back ... http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215253517/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:56:05 -0400 http://www.uaenews.net/index.php/sid/215253517/scat/b9f388ba82df9ba1