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Dubai Police to issue traffic fines with voice commands
Dubai Police has said the traffic police have started using a special device that speeds up the process of issuing fines, Gulf News has reported. The new devices, which use a new voice command technology, sends information automatically to the police operations room and the fine is registered against that specific car, said Lt Gen Dahi Khalfan Tamim. "The system is the first of its type and ...
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Abu Dhabi plans desert park around Meyzad Fort
Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority (TCA-Abu Dhabi) has unveiled a plan to develop a desert park around Mezyad Fort, Gulf News has reported. The project aims to develop a luxury hotel and oasis spa and to restore the severely degraded desert land into a park to display the area's natural diversity of flora and fauna, archaeological sites and natural beauty. The hotel and oasis spa will ...
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Abu Dhabis General Holding plans IPO
Abu Dhabi-based General Holding Corp (Senaat), which has nearly $7bn in assets, has approached banks with a proposal for a potential share listing, as part of plans to spur listings on the local stock market, Reuters has reported, citing three sources familiar with the matter. "The Abu Dhabi stock market needs a kick start with a big listing. Somebody has to take the initiative as the ...
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Adec tells schools to enforce Student Protection Policy
The Abu Dhabi Education Council (Adec) has stressed that private school principals are to take steps "to prevent reasonably foreseeable harm to students" at all times, Khaleej Times has reported. Private schools are required to have in place a 'Student Protection Policy' and should investigate and report any incidents to the regulator within 24 hours, said the executive ...
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Flydubai launches Dubai-Salalah service
Flydubai has launched three weekly flights on Dubai-Salalah sector, Oman Daily Observer has reported. Salalah is the 60th operational destination of Flydubai. Operating on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday every week, the Flydubai flight to Salalah from Dubai International Airport will depart at 4.20 pm and arrive in Salalah at 6.20 ...
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Aussie appeals over Dubai jailing
Matthew Joyce, was jailed for 10 years and fined $25 million over a proeprty deal gone wrong in Dubai. He is appealing the sentence. File photo: Valeriano ...
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Fitch Clasifica en F1+A+ Nueva Linea de Efectos de Comercio de Gasco. Outlook Positivo
U.S. prime money market funds (MMFs) increased their exposure to eurozone banks in April. However, even at 15.1%, asset allocations to these institutions remain well below 2011 levels, according to Fitch ...
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Seychelles and Emirates work together to assure sustainable hotel development
Ministers Pierre Laporte (Finance, Trade & Investment), Rolph Payet (Environment & Energy), Alain St.Ange (Tourism & Culture), and Christian Lionnet (Land Use & Habitat) met this morning with Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman and CEO of Emirates Airline and Group & Vice President of Dubai, and his Emirates delegation Mr. Timothy Clark, the President of Emirates, and ...
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Fighting Chance Dubai will feature athletes stepping into the ring for a good …
Few sports are as physically demanding as rugby. Still, it’s unlikely that the thought of getting hurt is something that keeps some of the world’s toughest athletes up at night. For a group of ex-professionals, however, the punching, stomping and, occasionally, biting will not ...
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Sheikh Mohammed to criminalise use of anabolic steroids in UAE
The ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed, says giving anabolic steroids to horses will soon become a criminal offence in the United Arab Emirates. The Sheikh owns the Godolphin stables where 22 horses have failed tests for drugs this year. Mahmood Al Zarooni, one of Godolphin’s ...
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Spare that creaky ride to the top in the elevator
"In many instances, the door won't shut. Or worse, from outside, we'd always hear people banging the elevator doors and screaming for help from inside. That's a sign someone got stuck again and the cycle just repeats," he ...
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Proper maintenance of lifts a must
According to rule number (81) of the rules and regulations for buildings in the Emirate of Sharjah, buildings in Sharjah have a yearly contract with maintenance companies who carry out regular maintenance inspections. A spokesperson from Sharjah Municipality said that while inspection tours are carried out once a month for new buildings in Sharjah, they are carried out twice a month for old ...
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Dubai Police help women victims of abuse
Dubai: Women of all nationalities who have been abused by their husbands or any family members can approach Dubai Police’s human rights department ...
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United Arab Emirates - Emirati netizen sentenced to 10 months in prison
Reporters Without Borders expresses outrage at the Abu Dhabi appeals court confirmation of the 10-month prison sentence of netizen Abdullah Al-Hadidi.The appeals court made its ruling on 22 May.Arrested on 22 March, Al-Hadidi was convicted in a lower court in April ...
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Female climber inspires young women in UAE
The female members of the American University of Sharjah community expressed their pride in one of their student body making history high atop Mount ...
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Thumbs up for holistic medicine in the West
Dr Christine from Viva Mayr talks about her Western perspective of Eastern medicine during an interview at the Dubai Herbal and Treatment ...
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Gel manicures may lead to serious skin problems
Dubai: While the idea of having a long-lasting, chip-free manicure may seem appealing to many women, doctors say the new 'gel nail manicure' can increase your risk of skin cancer and lead to serious skin ...
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Parents with prams call for safer pavements in Abu Dhabi
ABU DHABI // Negotiating the streets with a child in a pram can be stressful and dangerous, parents are complaining. A lack of ramps and crossings, narrow sections of pavement separating the road from parking areas, and blocked and obstructed footpaths impede easy and safe access. Tracy Bensabai, 42, from the UK, lives in Al Mushrif between the churches and the International School of ...
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1.5m-square-metre indoor theme park in Dubai due to open early next year
DUBAI // Thrill-seekers should mark the beginning of next year in their diaries - a giant new indoor theme park is due to open. The project's planned opening date was revealed by Adam Alexander Page, the vice president for marketing at the developer IMG Group. He said IMG Worlds of Adventure would open in "early 2014", which is later than previous announcements had indicated. ...
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Rubbish recycled into art to help charities
ABU DHABI // Four sculptures of sea creatures made from recycled materials are to be auctioned for charity. The seahorse, conch shell, stingray and crab are the work of artist Suhail Jashanmal, who created them as part of the Green Abu Dhabi 2013 initiative. He was aided by an American artist and sculptor, Chris Oricchio, and 70 children from the Gems American Academy in Abu Dhabi. Each ...
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Theres nothing goofy about this UAE surfers feats
DUBAI // Mohammad bin Merjan rode out his friends' ribbing when he returned from California with his new love. The thin, tall beauty hanging off the Emirati's arm as he left the airport in 2011 was not a West Coast blonde, but his very first surfboard. Mohammad, 24, remembers perfectly the day he watched surfers paddling out into the sea off Civic Beach in San Diego. "It was a ...
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Fun classes teaching children to love Arabic
DUBAI // An Arabic centre is hoping to revive the language among Emirati children. Iqra'a, which was set up two months ago and has already enrolled about 40 youngsters, aims to reverse a steady decline in Arabic among younger generations. "A trend of Arabs moving away from Arabic has developed over the years in the UAE and we now have new generations with a very weak mother ...
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UAE makes mobile broadband breakthough in 700 MHz band
Right-click to copy short story link The UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) announces today its band plan for 700 MHz and publicized the release of spectrum in the 800 MHz band for mobile broadband services. The TRA believes that allocating these bands to mobile broadband with the equivalent global device ecosystems will best serve the UAE public interest by driving down costs and ...
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Emirates Opens Luxury Refurbished Lounge in Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport
WAM PARIS, May 24th, 2013 (WAM) -- Emirates, has inaugurated its refurbished Paris Charles de Gaulle Lounge for First Class and Business Class passengers as well as Platinum and Gold members of Emirates Skywards - the airline's frequent flyer programme. It is the first of the airline's existing worldwide network of lounges to be refurbished in the new interior design, originally ...
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Women in UAE need to be aware of cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in women around the world, killing as many as it does men, but females are less likely to see a doctor about ...
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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.
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