UAE sends aid to flood-hit areas in Pakistan
7/30/2010 9:53:00 PM |
| Abu Dhabi, July 30 (IANS/WAM) The United Arab Emirates has ordered urgent delivery of relief to displaced people in Pakistan's flood-hit region. |
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Al Qaeda forms army of 12,000 fighters in Yemen
7/30/2010 9:49:00 AM |
| Sana'a, July 30 (IANS) The Yemen-based wing of militant outfit Al Qaeda has threatened to 'cleanse the land' with a new army of 12,000 fighters. |
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Iran to rethink making 20 percent enriched uranium
7/29/2010 9:32:00 PM |
| Tehran, July 29 (IANS) Iran Thursday said it is ready to rethink its uranium enrichment to 20 percent level if it will be supplied with fuel for Tehran research reactor. |
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Etihad meets safety standards
7/29/2010 9:14:00 PM |
| Abu Dhabi, July 29 (IANS/WAM) Etihad Airways has, for the third consecutive time, passed a rigorous aviation industry safety audit. |
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UAE to develop programmes to curb child abuse
7/29/2010 9:00:00 PM |
| Abu Dhabi, July 29 (IANS/WAM) The United Arab Emirates will develop comprehensive, professional and academic programmes for fighting sexual exploitation and abuse of children. |
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Israeli premier's son punished for showing up late
7/29/2010 8:30:00 PM |
| Jerusalem, July 29 (DPA) His father may have been an officer in an elite Israeli combat unit who went on to become prime minister, but that was not enough to save corporal Yair Netanyahu when he turned up late for duty. |
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Saudi villagers prayed in wrong direction for 10 years
7/29/2010 4:18:00 PM |
| Riyadh, July 29 (DPA) Worshippers at a mosque in a Saudi Arabian village near Mecca discovered they were praying for 10 years in the wrong direction, a newspaper in the country reported Thursday. |
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London to host Emirati musical play
7/29/2010 4:07:00 PM |
| Abu Dhabi, July 29 (IANS/WAM) A musical play - 'Zayed and the Dream' - with performances by over 100 artistes from China, Spain, Ukraine and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), will be performed in London this August. |
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Pakistan plane crash: 58 bodies identified, DNA tests on others
7/29/2010 1:45:00 PM |
| Islamabad, July 29 (IANS) Only 58 bodies of the 152 killed when an Airbus A-321 crashed in the Margalla Hills near this Pakistani capital have been identified, officials said Thursday, adding that DNA tests would be carried out on the others. |
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UAE, Cyprus sign deal on visa exemption
7/28/2010 9:58:00 PM |
| Nicosia, July 28 (IANS/WAM) The United Arab Emirates and Cyprus Wednesday signed an agreement on the mutual exemption of holders of diplomatic and special passports from entry visas. |
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Pakistani jailed in UAE
7/28/2010 9:15:00 PM |
| Abu Dhabi, July 28 (IANS/WAM) A court in the United Arab Emirates has sentenced a Pakistani man to three months in jail for helping a Yemeni national get a visa by fraudulent means. |
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22 killed in Iraq violence
7/28/2010 7:24:00 PM |
| Karbala/Mosul (Iraq), July 28 (DPA) Two attacks Wednesday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul left at least six people dead, including a young girl, and wounded several others. |
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Six killed in Iraq helicopter crash
7/28/2010 5:23:00 PM |
| Baghdad, July 28 (IANS) An Iraqi military helicopter crashed near the holy city of Karbala, killing all six crew members, a security source said Wednesday. |
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Netanyahu discusses peace moves with Jordan king
7/27/2010 9:32:00 PM |
| Amman, July 27 (DPA) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu paid a surprise brief visit to Amman Tuesday, where he discussed the prospects for starting 'serious and effective' direct talks between Israel and the Palestinians with King Abdullah II, according to a royal court statement. |
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Ukraine world's third largest grain exporter
7/27/2010 9:13:00 PM |
| Kiev, July 27 (IANS/WAM) Ukraine has secured its position as the world's third largest grain exporter after the US and the European Union. |
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British prime minister calls Gaza 'prison camp'
7/27/2010 8:09:00 PM |
| Ankara/Istanbul, July 27 (DPA) British Prime Minister David Cameron described Gaza as a 'prison camp' during a trip to Turkey Tuesday, in unusually outspoken comments that overshadowed a speech giving strong backing to Ankara's bid for EU membership. |
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UAE to host World Future Energy Summit in 2011
7/27/2010 6:59:00 PM |
| Abu Dhabi, July 27 (IANS/WAM) The United Arab Emirates will host the fourth World Future Energy Summit 2011 (WFES), an annual meeting dedicated to renewable energy. |
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Cargo plane crashes in Saudi Arabia
7/27/2010 5:44:00 PM |
| Riyadh/Frankfurt, July 27 (DPA) A Lufthansa cargo plane crashed Tuesday as it was attempting to land in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh, authorities in the kingdom said. |
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India, UAE discuss bilateral trade
7/27/2010 3:42:00 PM |
| Abu Dhabi, July 27 (IANS) India's Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) M.K. Lokesh and the director general of UAE's ministry of foreign trade, Abdullah Ahmed Al Saleh, met here to discuss issues related to bilateral trade. |
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Militants fire at British embassy in Yemen
7/27/2010 9:31:00 AM |
| Sana'a, July 27 (IANS) Suspected Al Qaeda militants opened fire at the British embassy in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa late Monday, and fled the spot immediately, police said. |
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