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Sheikh Mubarak bin Mohammed Al Nahyan died

Written on 24 Feb, 2010 at 23:44 in Politics | viewed 1,875 times | 10 Comments

Sheikh Mubarak bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, a UAE royal, died on Wednesday in Abu Dhabi. The Presidential Affairs Ministry has declared three days for official mourning starting on Wednesday. “The ministry expressed profound sorrow over the demise of Sheikh Mubarak and... (Continue reading)

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The Dark Side Of Dubai – Only For Foreigners?

Written on 10 Aug, 2009 at 14:33 in Society | viewed 455 times | 2 Comments

Herve Jaubert, a French spy who left espionage to make leisure submarines for the wealthy, was riding high. bankrolled by Dubai World, a government-owned conglomerate, he built a submarine workshop on the Persian Gulf, lived rent-free in a villa with a... (Continue reading)

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Dubai’s First Swine Flu Case Confirmed

Written on 25 May, 2009 at 19:42 in Health | viewed 310 times | 0 Comments

Shortly after the first cases of H1N1 flu was confirmed in the Persian Gulf among US soldiers in Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates has reported its first swine flu case. UAE Health Minister, Hanif Hassan, told the official WAM news agency on... (Continue reading)

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Assassination In Dubai

Written on 30 Mar, 2009 at 0:36 in Society | viewed 1,767 times | 0 Comments

A Chechen man was shot dead in Dubai on Saturday, in what police said appeared to be an assassination.”It looks like an assassination,” Dubai police Chief Dhahi Khalfan told the state news agency WAM. Suleyman Madov, born in 1973, had been... (Continue reading)

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Shaikh Ahmad Bin Juma Al Maktoum Died

Written on 23 Mar, 2009 at 11:15 in Society | viewed 993 times | 5 Comments

Shaikh Ahmad Bin Juma Al Maktoum passed away on Monday. The palace of His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, is mourning the death of Shaikh Ahmad, WAM reported. Local radio... (Continue reading)

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Get A National ID Card In UAE

Written on 18 Nov, 2008 at 9:17 in Society | viewed 1,063 times | 12 Comments

Instead of having multiple identity cards like driving licences, work permits, employee cards, passports, e-cards, the UAE Federal Government created a single national identity card in April 2006, with in-built smart features including biometrics and advanced ID features that will... (Continue reading)

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One Villa – One Family In Dubai

Written on 23 Sep, 2008 at 12:08 in Politics | viewed 155 times | 1 Comment

Dubai Municipality has launched a campaign called “Let us protect our residential environment…together.” It is the culmination of a campaign it started in February 2006 to implement classification and codification of land use in the emirate of Dubai in order... (Continue reading)

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Better Get Your UAE ID Card Soon

Written on 26 Aug, 2008 at 7:50 in Politics | viewed 203 times | 1 Comment

All expats living in the UAE have a stark choice: obtain a national Identity Card or face deportation. GulfNews Residents living in the UAE who don’t have the new cards by the end of 2010 will be considered illegal. And their employers... (Continue reading)

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Arabian Canal Started In Dubai

Written on 2 Jan, 2008 at 3:25 in Other News | viewed 71 times | 0 Comments

Real estate developer Limitless, part of the Dubai World conglomerate, has started work on its ambitious 75-kilometre Arabian Canal project. The waterway will flow inland from Nakheel’s Dubai Waterfront development in the Jebel Ali area to a point near the Palm... (Continue reading)

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Dubai Metro Is On Track

Written on 4 Dec, 2006 at 0:22 in Other News | viewed 24 times | 0 Comments

Construction of the largest proposed light rapid transit system in the world is on track and on time, delegates heard at a regional railway conference in Dubai on Wednesday. The first phase of the Dh15.5-billion Dubai Metro will be completed by... (Continue reading)

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Dubai Rugby Sevens Finished

Written on 3 Dec, 2006 at 0:22 in Sports | viewed 100 times | 1 Comment

South Africa rallied from 12-0 down at halftime to crush New Zealand 31-12 in the final of the rugby Dubai Sevens after New Zealand routed Canada 31-0 in heavy rain earlier Saturday. Canada was in the quarter-finals of an IRB... (Continue reading)

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Burj Dubai Probably Delayed

Written on 12 Nov, 2006 at 0:01 in Other News | viewed 109 times | 2 Comments
Burj Dubai Probably Delayed

The soon to be world’s tallest tower is to be hit by curtain wall delays posing the question just how soon it will be finished. ‘Construction Week’ reported that cladding work has still not started on the tower, which has... (Continue reading)

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Spaceship Crash-lands In Dubai

Written on 28 Oct, 2006 at 4:47 in Society | viewed 36 times | 0 Comments

When it was announced in September 2005 that a new, high-tech family entertainment complex was to be built in the centre of Dubai, you might have been forgiven for thinking it would contain innovative features and stunning aesthetics. This is... (Continue reading)

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