Dubai charity donates $4 mn for Pakistani flood victims
9/5/2010 11:02:00 PM |
| Dubai, Sep 5 (IANS/WAM) The Dubai Islamic Foundation (DIF), a charitable organisation of the Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB), has donated 15 million dirhams (about $4 million) for the flood victims in Pakistan, it was announced Sunday. |
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UAE charity to pay for deportation of 200 inmates
9/5/2010 11:01:00 PM |
| Abu Dhabi, Sep 5 (IANS/WAM) On the occasion of Eid ul-Fitr that marks the end of Ramadan, the UAE president's charity will bear the travel costs of 200 prisoners who have completed their terms and are to be deported but don't have the money to return home. |
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Abu Dhabi wins best quake management award
9/5/2010 8:44:00 PM |
| Abu Dhabi, Sep 5 (IANS/WAM) The Abu Dhabi municipality has won the 14th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering (ECEE) Award in recognition of its outstanding work on quake management, it was announced Sunday. |
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Now iPhone users in UAE can view government bulletins
9/5/2010 8:07:00 PM |
| Abu Dhabi, Sep 5 (IANS/WAM) To improve communication between the government and the public, the Emirates Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) has launched a new service for iPhone and iPad users that will enable them view government information in Arabic and English. |
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Dubai Customs seize 3 kg opium hidden in toys
9/5/2010 7:47:00 PM |
| Dubai, Sep 5 (IANS/WAM) Dubai Customs have seized three kilograms of opium hidden inside four wooden toys from a plane bound for Europe, it was announced Sunday. |
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UAE posts $599 mn trade surplus with India
9/4/2010 8:03:00 PM |
| Abu Dhabi, Sep 4 (IANS/WAM) UAE's trade surplus with India rose to 2.2 billion dirhams ($599 million) in the first quarter of 2010 from a deficit of 7.3 billion dirhams in the corresponding period last year, the foreign trade ministry said in a report. |
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UAE ranks 4th in police services
9/4/2010 7:34:00 PM |
| Abu Dhabi, Sep 4 (IANS/WAM) The United Arab Emirates has become the world's 4th best country in 2010 in terms of reliability of police services, an international report said. |
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The biggest fireball I ever saw: Dubai crash witness
9/4/2010 10:51:00 AM |
| Dubai, Sep 4 (IANS) 'The biggest fireball ever seen' and a 'massive 20-storey tower of smoke and flames' was how witnesses described the crash of a Boeing 747-400 cargo plane in Dubai, in which two crew members were killed. |
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Two pilots killed in cargo plane crash in Dubai
9/4/2010 2:19:00 AM |
| Dubai, Sep 4 (IANS) Two pilots were killed Friday when a Boeing 747 cargo plane crashed on a road just two minutes after it took off from Dubai airport, police said. |
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UAE's exports to Saudi Arabia exceed $266 bn
9/3/2010 11:45:00 PM |
| Riyadh, Sep 3 (IANS/WAM) The UAE's exports to Saudi Arabia surpassed one billion Saudi riyals (about $266 million) in June, while Saudi exports to the UAE were valued at 961 million riyals, officials said. |
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Cargo plane crashes on take-off in Dubai
9/3/2010 11:25:00 PM |
| Dubai, Sep 3 (IANS) The crew of a Boeing 747 cargo plane are feared dead after the aircraft crashed on a road shortly after taking off from Dubai Friday, a media report said. |
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Cargo plane crashes in Dubai
9/3/2010 10:53:00 PM |
| Dubai, Sep 3 (IANS) A cargo plane crashed on a road in Dubai Friday evening setting some cars on fire, a media report said. |
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Cargo plane crashes in Dubai
9/3/2010 10:28:00 PM |
| Dubai, Sep 3 (IANS/WAM) A cargo plane crashed Friday evening in an uninhabited area in Dubai, media reports said. |
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Astronomy workshop for UAE kids during Ramadan
9/2/2010 10:22:00 PM |
| Abu Dhabi, Sep 2 (IANS/WAM) More than 6,000 children took part in a month-long workshop on astronomy that was organised in Abu Dhabi to encourage youngsters to learn science. |
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Fidel Castro regrets not paying attention to gays in Cuba
9/2/2010 5:50:00 PM |
London, Sept 2 (ANI): Former Cuban president Fidel Castro has revealed that he regrets not paying enough attention to the injustice against homosexuals during his rule in the 1960s and 70s. |
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Man survives extraction of iron rod in Dubai
9/2/2010 4:15:00 PM |
| Dubai, Sep 2 (DPA) An Indian man in Dubai survived a massive surgery to remove a two-metre-long iron rod that penetrated him in an accident, daily newspaper Emirates Today reported Thursday. |
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UAE's GDP to grow by two percent in 2010
9/1/2010 6:05:00 PM |
| Abu Dhabi, Sep 1 (IANS/WAM) UAE's gross domestic product (GDP) will grow by two percent this year, the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) has said. |
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'The page has turned, Iraq combat mission is over,' says Obama
9/1/2010 2:56:00 PM |
New York, Sep.1 (ANI): US President Barack Obama has declared the American combat mission in Iraq as over, and made clear that he intends to begin disengaging from the war in Afghanistan next summer. |
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Iranian 'death by stoning' woman's son claims she was subjected to mock execution
9/1/2010 2:56:00 PM |
London, Sept 1 (ANI): The son of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning, has claimed that the Iranian authorities had prepared her for a mock execution, and alleged that his mother is being subjected to psychological pressure inside the prison because of the international support she has gathered so far. |
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UAE launches annual photography competition
8/31/2010 11:17:00 PM |
| Abu Dhabi, Aug 31 (IANS/WAM) The annual photography competition 'Abu Dhabi Through Your Eyes' that carries a first prize of 30,000 dirhams ($8,000) will start receiving entries from across the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from Wednesday. |
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