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Launch Of Amsterdam Flights Marks Start Of Second Phase In Etihad Airways KLM Strategic Partnership
Peter Hartman, President and CEO of KLM (left) and James Hogan, President and CEO of Etihad Airways celebrate the launch of Etihad Airways’ flights between Abu Dhabi and ...
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Five things to do today attend a lecture on tracking birds in the UAE
the Emirates Natural History Group this evening for a talk on Satellite Tracking of Migratory Birds by Salim Javed of the Environment Agency Abu Dhabi (EAD). The agency started a programme in 2005 that tracks the movements of greater flamingos. From 7.30 to 9.30pm, free entry, Emirates Hall, Abu Dhabi Women's College, City Campus, off 11th Street, between 4th and 6th Streets, Abu Dhabi, ...
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Manager to knock-out MD at UAE fight
Contenders for Transguard's White Collar Fight Night 10 are already half-way through a gruelling 8-week training programme that will culminate in an unlikely mix of determined corporate professionals facing-off against one another in the ring as they swap their two-piece suits for towelling robes. Aspiring ...
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PALME 2013 UAE hospitality sector showcase
The UAE hospitality sector thrives in 2013. Innovators from the world of sound and light will be looking to make the most of the resurgent hotel and leisure industry across the Gulf at PALME 2013 Professionals from the light and sound industry are eagerly looking forward to showcase ...
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Mohammed visits INDEX 2013
His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Tuesday visited the venues of the INDEX International Design Exhibition and the Office Exhibition trade shows, and the Middle East Event Show, all held at the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC), Dubai. Accompanied by Shaikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid ...
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Visa costs slow tide of cruise visitors to the UAE
The UAE still needs to work towards greater visa reprieve for its cruise travellers as it aims to increase tourism numbers, an executive with the world’s largest cruise ship operator says. Last November, the UAE Government announced that tourists arriving on cruise liners were permitted multiple-entry visas. However, those entering the country ...
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Etisalat signs $1.2bn deal with Zenith FBN others
Emerging Markets Telecommunications Services Limited, trading under the name of Etisalat Nigeria, has signed a $1.2bn medium-term syndicated loan facility agreement with Zenith Bank Plc, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, First Bank of Nigeria Limited and 10 other ...
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Dubai Courts offers free legal consultancy and online case registration
Dubai Courts has introduced free electronic legal consultancy, case registration and records revision services to help inform the public about their rights and obligations and judicial procedures and to promote efficiency. In coordination with prominent Dubai lawyers, the Courts is offering free electronic legal consultancy to the public under a new initiative called ‘Shoor’, ...
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Watch advertisement content UAE government told
Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Foreign Minister, said any business licensed in the UAE is subject to the rules and regulation of the country and any crimes are fought by these ...
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Driver cleared of molesting Dubai schoolboy
Citing lack of evidence, the Dubai Court of First Instance acquitted the 42-year-old Pakistani driver, A.A., of molesting the Emirati ...
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Andy Carroll ruled out of England friendlies through injury
Andy Carroll's withdrawal for the friendlies against Republic of Ireland and Brazil was confirmed in an FA statement. Photograph: Jan Kruger/The FA via Getty ...
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Are you King of the Rock Represent the UAE at Alcatraz
Red Bull are calling all UAE ballers to sign up to their King of the Rock qualifiers for the chance to pit their wits against the world's top talent in a one-on-one, best-of-the-best tournament at Alcatraz. Alcatraz, aka The Rock, is the venue for this unique basketball tournament where the best one-on-one players from the United States and the rest of the world battle it out to be ...
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Abu Dhabi Investment Forum starts Wednesday in Paris as the emirate seeks foreign partnerships with a purpose
ABU DHABI, May 21st, 2013 (WAM): Abu Dhabi Investment Forum will start tomorrow in Paris, France, bringing together business and government leaders and decision makers from the UAE and France. The Forum will be opened by Nasser Ahmed Alsuwaidi, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED) which hosts the event. "We welcome French business. That's the ...
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UAEs water and electricity needs will be met FNC told
ABU DHABI // The Minister of Energy yesterday assured the FNC that the country's water and electricity needs will be met. Suhail Al Mazrouei said the Federal Electricity and Water Authority, which he also heads, has a clear strategy to cover the needs of all the emirates it serves. Mr Al Mazrouei said plans had been been sent to the relevant emirates for approval. But Rashed Al Sheraiqi ...
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Emiratis must abide by any contracts they sign says Sheikh Abdullah
ABU DHABI // The UAE does not prevent foreign embassies from working to protect their citizens who are employed here, the Foreign Minister told the FNC yesterday. Following a debate on efforts by the Philippines embassy to enforce a minimum wage for its citizens employed as domestic staff, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed said that "if we want to support our nationals abroad, there can be no ...
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UAE media law has answers says Abdullah
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed with Dr Anwar Mohammed Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Minister of State for FNC affairs, during yesterday's FNC session. Ravindranath K / The ...
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Quotas for Emiratisation of media will not work FNC told
ABU DHABI // Quotas for Emiratisation of the media will not work, Sheikh Abdullah told the FNC. He admitted he was disappointed that so few Emiratis worked in the media, but warned that imposing quotas could lead to "bogus Emiratisation". He said 13 per cent of staff at the Dubai ...
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Intermetal builds new USD20.4m factory in Dubai
(MENAFN) Intermetal, a Group Harwal Company, spent USD20.41 million to build a new furniture factory, reported Emirates 24/7.The Dubai-located factory will be designed by Dubai Investment Park.According to Bedros Bambokian, Executive Director of Group Harwal, this new factory will assist the company's services and business in the UAE and the whole GCC.The global furniture solutions leader ...
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Abu Dhabi Intl Airport to see 15 growth in this summers weekly flights
(MENAFN) Abu Dhabi Airports Company (Adac) COO, Eng. Ahmad Al Haddabi, stated that starting this summer, flights at Abu Dhabi International Airport will grow by 15 percent a week from last summer, reported Emirates 24/7.The facility is projected to receive 1,065 weekly flights during the summer months, up from 956 weekly flights in the summer of 2012.The increase implies also a rise of 11 ...
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Abu Dhabi to set up USD47.6m bus depot
(MENAFN) Abu Dhabi's Department of Transport (DOT) said that it will soon start building the new bus depot, reported Emirates 24/7.This project is worth USD47.63 million, and it was permitted as part of various transportations projects by the Executive Council.This depot will house over 480 buses in facilities that will provide the vehicles with fuel and repairing services.The Khalifa ...
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Air Arabia secures USD350m financing to buy 10 Airbus A320 planes
(MENAFN) Sharjah-based Air Arabia stated that it has inked a USD350 million financing deal with two GCC banks to fund the purchase of new planes, reported Arabian Business.The low-cost airline added that the financing facility will provide the company with the needed money to acquire the 10 Airbus A320 jets.The UAE's only publicly-listed airline added that the purchase is part of a larger ...
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Dubai jails Australian for 10 years over fraud charges – The Age
Sun, sand and shattered dreams An Australian executive has been sentenced to 10 years jail in Dubai and fined $25 million, but his junior colleague has been acquitted in a spectacular climax to their four-year battle against property fraud charges. A defiant Matt Joyce declared his innocence after the guilty verdict against him on Monday and said ...
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Invesco study shows UAE captures most GCC private capital flows
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the key beneficiary of private capital flow into the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, according to the fourth annual Invesco Middle East Asset Management Study, with capital from emerging markets, notably India, Russia and China, overtaking those from developed markets. Participants in the study, which looks ...
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Dubai’s leading property agency delivers world-first tool and resources for …
Dubai, UAE, 21 May 2013: Better Homes , UAE’s largest realtor, has released helpful guides for property hunters and landlords in the Dubai property market. This follows from the property agency’s delivery of a tool that allows customers to publicly rate its agents, believed to a world-first innovation in the property ...
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Phase 2 of Absher initiative launched
Abu Dhabi: The second phase of the "Absher initiative" was launched yesterday by General Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed ...
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