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Dubai Municipality to introduce 79 new items to building code
New construction projects in Dubai will need to meet 79 new compulsory specifications from next year, the civic body has said. Antonie Robertson/ The ...
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Bribery laws go beyond borders
A businesswoman working for a Dubai company is in New York for a trade show when she uses her hotel's business centre to send a fax to an aspiring Nigerian politician. She says she will donate US$5,000 (Dh18,300) to his campaign if once elected, he will look favourably on her company when it comes to awarding government contracts in Nigeria. But the candidate never responds, no money is ...
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Woman who left her TV on high volume fined in Dubai
DUBAI // A woman who left her TV on high volume has been fined Dh100. Prosecutors said FQ, 27, a marketing manager from Algeria, often tormented her neighbours in her high-rise apartment building on Sheikh Zayed Road by playing exceptionally loud music and keeping her television on maximum volume. The constant noise became too much for her Russian neighbour SA, 41, who called the police. The ...
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Girl was told she would die if she did not prostitute herself Dubai court hears
DUBAI // A pimp and a madam threatened to kill and chop up a teenager if she refused to prostitute herself, a court heard today. The teenager was lured to the UAE with the promise of a job as a maid but was instead locked up at a brothel, beaten with a belt and subjected to the threats. She and another prostitute - who had been held captive for two years - were freed after she told a customer ...
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Strike instigators will be held accountable under UAE law Arabtec says
The men returned to work late Monday after police were called to the Arabtec labour accommodations, which houses more than 5,000 men.. Pawan Singh / The ...
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Death row elephants get final reprieve
A French court on Wednesday upheld a ruling by the State Council to annul a euthanasia order on two zoo elephants for suspected tuberculosis and said the initial order was not backed by proper tests. The plight of Baby, 42, and Nepal, 43, had sparked nationwide concern and film-star-turned-animal-rights campaigner Brigitte Bardot had threatened to quit the country for Russia if they were ...
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Cook rescues an exploited victim
Dubai: A cook, who went to a brothel, turned into a saviour when he listened to the agonies of a sexually-exploited woman before he abetted the police to rescue ...
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Free eye-screening for dozens of Dubai workers
Dubai: Office workers, typically those working in front of computers for long hours, suffer from dryness in the eyes and eye strain, said a senior optometrist during a five-day eye camp that concluded on ...
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Ajman regulates hotel and tourism sector
WAM AJMAN, May 22nde, 2013 (WAM) -- H.H. Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ajman, has issued an Emiri Decree regulating the hotel and tourism sector in the emirate. Decree No. 02 of 2013, issued on a recommendation by Ajman Tourism Development Department, responds to the growing movement of tourists into the emirate. The decree grants the Department ...
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Dubai Customs foils bid to smuggle African ivory
WAM DUBAI, May 22nd, 2013 -- Dubai Customs has foiled a bid to smuggle 259 pieces of ivory arriving from an African country through its Jebel Ali Customs Centre. The items fall under the endangered fauna and flora category, in which international trade is prohibited by CITES Convention. "Dubai Customs inspectors seized the shipment, in which trading is prohibited under the CITES ...
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UAE adopts sound economic policy Ajman Ruler
WAM AJMAN, May 22nd, 2013 (WAM) -- H.H. Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, Supreme Council member and Ruler of Ajman, said today that the sound economic policy adopted by the UAE, under the leadership of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has achieved an economic ...
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Emirates Post issues iconic stamp to commemorate Yahsats first satellite Y1A
WAM ABU DHABI, 22 May, 2013 -- Emirates Post has issued a stamp to acknowledge the UAE's progressive achievement in the field of science and technology, by commemorating Yahsat's first multipurpose satellite, "Y1A". The satellite, a milestone for the nation, is designed to provide advanced satellite services to Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Central and South West ...
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Driver charged with smuggling endangered sandalwood into UAE
DUBAI // A driver smuggled 600 logs of endangered red sandalwood into the country to avoid paying taxes, a court heard today. Port authority workers acting on a tip off seized a container on July 19 last year and found the rare wood inside. The UAE banned the wood from being imported after signing up to a CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) agreement. Shipping ...
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Abu Dhabi invites souk project bidders to meeting
The Municipality of Abu Dhabi City has said that it will be holding a meeting next week for private sector firms interested in bidding to run its new tourist souk. The Municipality said it had received an "overwhelming" response from potential developers of the 150,000m2 project, which will be based around a waterfront location and contain a traditional retail souq as weel as food ...
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Dubai school boy succumbs to brain tumour despite much support from NRIs
A brain tumour afflicted Indian boy in Dubai, who received much financial support from kind-hearted expats based in UAE after a media campaign last year, has now succumbed to the deadly disease in a hospital in India. Sourav, a nine-year-old student of Indian High School, Dubai, has died after undergoing treatment at Rashid Hospital Dubai and at Amritha Hospital in Kochi for almost a year. ...
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Abu Dhabis ADCB sells $300m of subordinated bonds
Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank will sell $300 million in a subordinated bond on Wednesday, according to the deal arranger, just over two months after its last debt markets ...
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Optimus and Huawei inaugural channel event in Dubai
Optimus Technology and Telecommunications and Huawei Technologies announced their inaugural channel event in Dubai was a success with 34 partners attending the event. At the event, both Optimus and Huawei launched a number of incentive programmes for its channel partners ranging from cash rewards in addition to holidays and ...
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Woman fined Dh100 for disturbing neighbours
M.A. said: ';I moved into the building on February 12. She constantly left the sound of music at a very loud and disturbing volume. The loud volume became very disturbing to me and my roommate. Several times F.Q. put the television on music channels, turned the volume loud and left her flat. I repeatedly asked her in a very friendly manner to reduce the volume… but every time she ...
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Explore Dubai’s Summer Attractions with Emaar
, search no more! The unique, metropolitan city of Dubai has a lot to offer to visitors and residents and the top scorer in hospitality and leisure business, Emaar Hospitality Group, offers a range of experiences this summer within its wide array of summer ...
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UPDATE 1-Dubai lender ENBD raises $1 bln from Tier 1 bond sale
Wed May 22, 2013 9:09am EDT * Emirates NBD seeks to boost core capital with bond * Order books were over $4.25 bln ahead of launch * Gulf banks taking advantage of low costs to boost capital ratios (Adds final pricing) DUBAI, May 22 (Reuters) - Emirates NBD, Dubai's biggest lender by market value, raised $1 billion from a capital-boosting bond on Wednesday, amid healthy demand for the ...
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Emirates JetBlue to expand partnership
Emirates, and JetBlue Airways today announced their intent to expand their current partnership to include bilateral code-sharing, pending FAA and DoT regulatory approval and subject to receipt of relevant foreign government operating ...
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Mohammed Bin Rashid announces post e-Government era with launch of m-Government
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, announced the post e-Government era with the launch of the 'Mobile Government' (m-Government) initiative, marking a significant breakthrough in the delivery of government services to the public through their mobile phones, anywhere and ...
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Al Rostamani Communications recognized in NEC EMEA Partner Conference in Dubai
At the NEC EMEA Partner Conference 2013 held in Dubai from 24th till 26th April, NEC awarded Al Rostamani Communications the 'Best Banking Solutions Partner' for banking solutions implemented in the ...
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Danish Intepretation Systems appoints NMK Middle East as the exclusive distributor
Danish Intepretation Systems (DIS), a Shure company, has appointed NMK Middle East FZCO as the exclusive distributor for supplying its award-winning Conference Solution product range to Bahrain, Oman, Qatar and United Arab ...
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Middle East Events Companies To Join Forces In Face Of International …
Dubai , UAE – May 22, 2013: The Middle East events industry is battling a "misconception" that internationally-based firms are superior at servicing major events. Regional companies that supply events with human resources, creative ideas, technology and equipment are facing stiff competition for lucrative deals from European firms in particular. Eyeing upcoming events in ...
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