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UAE investors finally get apartments after 7 year wait
Damac Properties has begun handing over apartments in its long-awaited Oceanscape project in Abu Dhabi. Most investors bought apartments off-the-plan in 2006, paying 30% of their purchase price in the first 120 days of reserving their property. After seven years Damac has finally finished the project, one of its first and probably last Abu Dhabi ventures. Despite being four years late, ...
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Emirates opens luxury lounge in Paris airport
Emirates has inaugurated a refurbished lounge for passengers at the Paris Charles de Gaulle airport. The lounge is open to first class and business class passengers and to platinum and gold members of Emirates Skywards - the airline's frequent flyer programme. Redesigned at a total investment of 3.8 million euros, the lounge has been relocated to a more central location. The new space offers ...
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UAE minister ranked 67th among worlds 100 powerful women
Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid Al Qasimi, the UAE's minister of development and international cooperation, has been ranked 67th among the world's powerful women in 2013 in an annual report by Forbes. Forbes is a US business magazine owned by Forbes Inc. Published biweekly, it features articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing. Forbes also reports on related subjects such as technology, ...
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Abdullah bin Zayed Laurent Fabius open new French Embassy at Etihad Towers in Abu Dhabi
WAM ABU DHABI: H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Foreign Minister has emphasised the UAE's interest in promoting its bilateral relations with France in all spheres. Sheikh Abdullah was speaking at the opening ceremony of the new French Embassy at Etihad Towers in Abu Dhabi, in presence of Laurent Fabius, French Foreign Minister. At the ceremony, Sheikh Abdullah and Fabius ...
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Dubai SME launches SeedApp to promote UAEs transformation into m-government
WAM DUBAI: Instructed Dubai SME, the agency of the Department of Economic Development in Dubai mandated to develop the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector, to set up a sub-fund to support UAE nationals developing mobile applications focused on facilitating people's access to government services. The 'SeedApp' fund is intended to support UAE nationals who develop ...
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UAE drugs committee reviews new narcotics
Abu Dhabi: The Higher Committee for Combating of Drugs, chaired by Dr Amin Hussain Al Amiri, Assistant Undersecretary for Medical Practices and Licensing, has discussed the listing of newly detected types of drugs, alternatives for hashish and recently discovered drugs such as ...
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Rashid Hospital to be one-stop facility
Dubai: The master plan for Rashid Hospital at a cost of Dh3 billion includes six new specialised health centres, two hotels, villas and apartments for staff, and a mosque set in a picturesque setting with a lake and ...
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Sharjah gambling den raided in police sting
Gamblers operating below National Paints bridge in Sharjah lure passersby to play card games and dupe them into parting with their money. The flyover has long been a haunt for gamblers, residents ...
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Shaikha Jawaher visits Syrian refugees in Lebanon
Sharjah: Shaikha Jawaher Bint Mohammad Al Qasimi, Wife of the Ruler of Sharjah and Chairperson of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs, recently visited Syrian refugees in Lebanon on her first humanitarian visit following her designation as Eminent Advocate for refugee children by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees ...
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UAE’s Majid AL Futtaim eyes $1 billion investments this year
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi Dead Sea, Jordan (Reuters) – UAE’s Majid Al Futtaim Holding (MAF) – sole franchise of hypermarket chain Carrefour in the Gulf – said it foresaw capital investments of up to $1 billion (661 million) this year as it steadily expanded its foothold in the region. This did not include a $680 million purchase of a 25 percent minority share from ...
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UAE- DHA’s strategy will promote Dubai as health tourism hub
(MENAFN – Khaleej Times) His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, was briefed on Sunday on the four-pronged strategy of the Dubai Health Authority (DHA), which builds on Shaikh Mohammed’s long-term sustainable development vision for promoting Dubai as a favourite destination for health ...
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Shaikh Abdullah receives US Congress delegation
Abu Dhabi: Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Foreign Minister, received on Saturday at the Capital Gate Towers a delegation from the US Congress, headed by Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Chairwoman of the House Committee on Foreign ...
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Abu Dhabi Police warn against casual workers
Abu Dhabi: The Abu Dhabi Police warned non-national official residents on Saturday against performing casual work as it is against labour and residency ...
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Ajman girl dies after water heater falls on her head
Ajman: A five-year-old girl died on Friday after the water heater of her family’s apartment fell on her head, an Ajman Civil Defence official told Gulf ...
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Abdullah bin Zayed receives U.S. Congress members
WAM Abu Dhabi, 25 May 2013 (WAM) - Foreign Minister H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan received today at the Capital Gate Towers a delegation from the United States' Congress, headed by Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Chairwoman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Sheikh Abdullah discussed with the Congress delegation members ways to enhance bilateral ties of friendship and cooperation ...
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Champions League Final live score update Await kick-off Borussia Dortmund v Bayern Munich
Borussia Dortmund fans ahead of the UEFA Champions League final against FC Bayern Munich at Wembley Stadium on May 25, 2013 in London, United Kingdom. ...
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Police arrest Asian gamblers in Abu Dhabi
The Western Police received a call from the victim, who works as a mechanic, after being stabbed by the two escaped attackers in an industrial area near ...
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Biology of UAE deserts an untapped fountain wealth
When we think of vibrant biodiversity, the Amazonian jungles, the American Great Plains and the vast oceans come to mind. And for good reason. They are a prime source of pharmaceuticals, nutritionals and biomass for energy products. It is for that reason so many of us support efforts to prevent deforestation in the rainforests and overfishing in the oceans. That global support has helped ...
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Dubai Police bust crime gang on Dh2m 2-week robbery spree
Dubai Police have busted a gang of criminals who went on a Dh2 million burglary spree in the UAE. Lieutenant General Dahi Khalfan Tamim, Commander-in -Chief of Dubai Police said the three persons arrested were members of an organized crime gang and are of Eastern European nationalities. Lt. Gen Dahi said the gang burgled villas and luxury apartments and used a rented car to execute their ...
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Working without safety gear is a big risk
I took this photograph while returning from work in Dubai to my house in Sharjah. I saw some workers working on a large hoarding or billboard on Al Ittihad Road in Sharjah in unsafe conditions. They were working at a height of around 8 to 10 metres above the ground without any helmets. They were working with tools used for welding, which makes it even more dangerous at such a height without any ...
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Oil storage terminal in Fujairah ready for start-up
Emirates National Oil Company 's Horizon Terminals Limited (HTL) will open the 240,000 cubic metres facility to store products such as fuel oil, naphtha, gasoline, gas oil, jet fuel and liquefied petroleum gas. "The new oil terminal in Fujairah is of strategic importance to the energy sector of the region and in further establishing the emirate as a key regional hub in the oil and gas ...
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Hiring freelancers for odd jobs punishable under law Abu Dhabi Police
The Abu Dhabi Police have warned residents against employing workers for all sorts of odd jobs, including household chores, if those workers are on someone else’s employment visa. Most of these "independent freelancers" seek to earn extra money by offering to do work outside their regular work hours and the police statement warned that this is illegal. The Abu Dhabi Police ...
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Indias Mahesh Bhupathi ready to launch tennis IPL... Which team will Dubai buy
India's 12-time Grand Slam doubles champion Mahesh Bhupathi lifted the lid on his plans for an International Premier Tennis League (IPTL), that is scheduled to stage its inaugural season at the end of 2014 in Paris, on Friday. Branded by world number one Novak Djokovic as potentially "revolutionary", Bhupathi's vision is for an elite competition that would feature the ...
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Dh100 double or quits Spin the Belt game wins jail-time for 3 Abu Dhabi residents
The Abu Dhabi Police have arrested three men accused of gambling and a violent attack. All three were involved in a gambling game involving Dh100, but a fight ensued and one of the three a mechanic was beaten up by the other two. The mechanic called the police after he was attacked, but ended up getting arrested himself as investigations revealed he was involved in gambling. The police later ...
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New firefighting technology for Abu Dhabi
The General Directorate of Civil Defence in Abu Dhabi has conducted at the Civil Defence Academy campus a trial for new technique to contain fire. The One Seven system is a completely new, highly efficient compressed air foam extinguishing procedure for fires. It is a highly efficient extinguishing agent which only requires a low quantity of water. It can be applied at fires of any kind. ...
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Abu Dhabi's changing role in UAE
The international financial crisis has caused much misery and despair world-wide, but in every recession there are opportunities, and because of Dubai, Abu Dhabi may have been presented with one.
When people around the world think of the United Arab Emirates, its capital, Abu Dhabi, is not the first emirate that comes to mind. Rather, Dubai is the most famous of the seven entities that united in the 1970’s. Read more
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