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QE 2 may be moored in Dubai if UAE wins World Expo 2020
The skyline of Dubai is seen from the rear deck of the Queen Elizabeth 2 as Istithmar World, the Dubai state investment company that owns the ship, outlined plans Monday to turn the retired cruise liner into a 300-room hotel in Port Rashid, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Britain's Queen Elizabeth II launched the QE2 in 1967. ...
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Is your home safe for the holidays Dubai residents call for a neighbourhood watch
"Prevention is everyone’s responsibility," comes the rejoinder from one of the UAE’s top security firms, even as several local community members discuss the need for a neighbourhood watch initiative with the onset of the summer holidays. Despite Dubai Police’s initiative of introducing a Housing Security Programme for independent homes and villas, several residents ...
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Maplin profits dip as it eyes international growth
By Alex Lawson Maplin's profits took a hit in the first year of its investment plan for growth as the retailer marks out countries for overseas ...
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More health education needed for UAE schools officials
"Both private and government schools have to increase the number of health education programmes by 50 per cent. Depending on the age, health education programmes relating to oral hygiene, nutrition, obesity, diabetes, and tobacco, among others, should be implemented at schools," she ...
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UAE top tourism destination in the Arab world
Gassan Aridi, Chief Executive of Alpha Tours, said, despite these challenges, the regional tourism will thrive. "With more and more people travelling globally, we expect a significant part of that to visit the Middle East due to continued economic growth and job creation -- some of the factors ...
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UAE’s Hakkasan eyes global brand expansion
Abu Dhabi-owned Hakkasan, the luxury dining and nightlife company, has announced ambitious brand development and expansion plans. The announcement comes shortly after the launch of its first branded entertainment and nightlife venue Hakkasan Las Vegas at MGM Grand Hotel Casino. The plans, set out by the company’s Emirati chairman, Khadem Al Qubaisi, involve ...
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Tejar Dubai hosts inaugural event to support SMEs
Fatma Al-Mulla, a young Emirati graphic designer, at Tejar Dubai. | | A A DUBAI: LAMA ALSHETHRY Last Update 19 May 2013 12:37 am Tejar Dubai's first event to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) was held on Thursday, with the participation of local talents who exhibited their skills in ...
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UAE government seeks to deliver e-services through multiple channels
The UAE government's long-term e-strategy is to provide all public online services to customers through multiple channels, according to the director general ...
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Can’t you beam me up Scotty
Anyone going to see a Star Trek movie expects a spectacular vision of the 23rd century, and the latest incarnation - which opened in the UAE last week - does not disappoint. Amid all the breath-taking vistas, impacts and explosions, it is almost comforting to see such "familiar" technology as phasers, transporters and warp drives. Dreamt up half a century ago by the creative genius ...
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Three years on memories of crash of Air Indias Dubai flight still haunt
Rescue work underway at the crash site of the Air India plane in Mangalore on 22 May 2010. About 150 people were killed when the plane flying from Dubai overshot the runway after landing at the Mangalore airport in south India. Jagadeesh NV / ...
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Study on UAE dolomite formation could pave way for future greener industries
Something unusual is happening on the UAE's coastal saltflats. A mineral known as dolomite - a crystalline rock containing calcium, magnesium and carbon - is slowly being formed. Not so odd, you might think - rocks are laid down all the time, albeit over many millions of years and under the right conditions. But dolomite is different. Until recently it was thought that it formed only ...
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Dubai designers to open close Philippine fashion week
RONALDO Arnaldo A large package from Dubai, delivered by air freight, and an application to join Philippine Fashion Week (PFW) piqued the curiosity of producer-director Joey Espino several years ago. They came from designer Michael Cinco who had read about PFW online and went through the trouble of sending a sample of his exquisitely crafted gown. "Who would spend so much for a ...
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UAE trade surplus to hit $ 90.7 billion
The UAE economy growth is expected to lower to 3.9 percent in 2012 after a solid 2011, when the GDP expanded 5.2 percent led by high oil prices and a 10.2 percent increase in oil production, according to a review of the UAE economy by Global Investment House. Even as growth in oil sector is expected to slow down in 2012, the nonoil sector has continued its resurgence witnessing a 3.5 percent ...
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Al Ahli blank Ajman to punch Asian Champions League ticket
Al Ahli's Abdulaziz Sanqour, right, tackles Founeke Sy of Ajman in Dubai on Saturday night. Al Ahli's 3-0 win sealed second place in the league table. Al ...
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Doctors urge action on the UAEs No 1 killer
DUBAI //Doctors have called for a centralised, long-term programme to tackle heart disease, the nation's biggest single killer. Heart disease is the cause of 25 per cent of deaths in the UAE, and the average age of contracting the disease is 15 years younger than in the western world. A national board should be set up under the federal government with a clear timetable for cutting the ...
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UAE graduates expectations must change experts urge
DUBAI // Be realistic when looking for your first job and seek out a workplace where you have opportunities to grow. This is the advice being given to thousands of graduates who will join the job market this month. Youth unemployment in the Middle East is the highest in the world, more than 25 per cent, and the UAE is not immune. To create the 100 million jobs required in the region by 2020, ...
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Singapore seeks to strengthen UAE ties
ABU DHABI // The arrival of Singapore's foreign minister, K Shanmugam, to the UAE tonight heralds a new era of political, diplomatic and economic ties between the two states, according to the country's ambassador. Mr Shanmugam, who is also the law minister, will visit the leadership during his two-day official visit and his counterparts, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, the Minister of ...
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Targets have to be met as Abu Dhabi build a new Manchester City | David Conn
Khaldoon Al Mubarak, the Manchester City chairman, had no hesitation in dismissing Roberto Mancini. Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/The FA via Getty ...
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Thieves net 4.5kg of gold in Sharjah robbery
In the first case, police are probing details of a daring robbery of Diplomat gold workshop in Sharjah on Wednesday around 8pm when a salesman was attacked in the premises and 4.5kg of gold was ...
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Stigma about epilepsy is putting lives at risk warn UAE doctors
Social stigma about epilepsy and the mistaken belief that seizures are caused by djinn are putting the lives of sufferers and non-sufferers at risk, doctors warn. Such misconceptions mean cases often go undiagnosed, preventing patients from receiving the appropriate medical treatment and contributing to an underreporting of the condition. Doctors also say a lack of regulation on epileptics ...
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UAE doctors call for stricter laws to keep epileptic drivers off the roads
Doctors are calling for tougher legislation to govern the issuing of driving licences to epileptics. Sufferers of the condition are already banned from certain professions - such as aviation, driving public transport and operating heavy machinery - but doctors' advice to epileptic drivers of private vehicles is not legally binding, as it is in some western countries. "Someone with ...
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Wife beat husband with high heels Dubai court told
DUBAI // A woman beat her husband over the head with her high heels after he stopped her assaulting their maid, a court heard. The maid had stayed late on June 5 last year at their house in Al Barsha at the husband's request but this annoyed his wife, T M, 44, an Emirati, who started beating the woman. When the husband intervened, the wife assaulted him with her high heels and her ...
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Video CVs help UAE job-seekers get ahead
DUBAI // Like hundreds of young people before him, Abdulla Abbas struggled on the job hunt. After nine months of fruitless knocking on employers' doors, he created a video CV last month on the newly launched non-profit InternsME portal. "After it was uploaded, I was amazed at how quickly I got a call - within two days," said Mr Abbas, 25, who will graduate soon from the Canadian ...
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UAE patients speak out about coping with the stigma of epilepsy
Aiysha Nasser, an epilepsy patient, at a doctor's office in the neurology department at the Sheikh Khalifa Medical Center in Abu Dhabi. Silvia Razgova / The ...
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Couple jailed for sex outside marriage in Dubai
The hotel manager and his partner pleaded not guilty when they appeared before the Dubai Misdemeanour Court. They said they got married in Ukraine on August 1, 2012 and provided the judge with a copy of their marriage ...
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