Dubai: His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, approved ‘Dubai Street Museum’, a new public art that seeks to highlight Dubai’s unique identity, values and aspirations …
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UAE Innovation Week extended to one month
Dubai: The UAE will have a full innovation month instead of Innovation Week by 2018. His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, issued directives on Sunday extending the UAE …
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UAE global green economy support praised
Dubai, Nov. 28 (BNA): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon commended the insightful vision of Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, HH Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, for supporting sustainability and global green economy and …
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NASA to work with UAE on Mars probe
Dr Gale Allen, NASA’s Deputy Chief Scientist, in an interview to Gulf News said that the development is part of an “umbrella agreement” for collaboration between the two agencies. “We want to work very closely with the UAE on any other missions going …
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Dubai Ruler receives Qatari Premier
The UAE news agency (WAM) said that the meeting focused on bilateral relations and ways of bolstering cooperation in the framework of GCC coordination towards achieving joint national goals. AHN
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UAE solar know-how lights up rural Mauritanian communities
NOUAKCHOTT, 27th November, 2016 (WAM) – The UAE has brought solar power to rural communities in Mauritania, in a display of the Emirate’s world-class energy technologies. Eight new rural solar energy projects have been completed, and are now operational …
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Aussie expat reveals what it’s like to be gay in Dubai
But what makes this unusual is that I’m not in the relatively liberal West; I’m in Dubai. A province of the United Arab Emirates governed by a dictatorial royal family and a tourism hotspot attracting the gaze of the world thanks to its constant …
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UAE Central Bank issues silver coin to honour country's heroes
In collaboration with the Martyrs’ Families Affairs Office at Abu Dhabi Crown Prince’s Court, the Central Bank of the UAE has issued a new silver coin to mark Commemoration Day as a day of pride and remembrance. The measure comes as part of #The_UAE …
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Nico Rosberg clinches maiden world championship after tense Abu Dhabi finale
YAS MARINA, Abu Dhabi — Nico Rosberg clinched his first world championship with a gutsy drive to second behind Lewis Hamilton at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The German, who needed a podium finish to secure the title, weathered a tense opening two stints of …
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Bad debts in Dubai: Can expats return without getting arrested?
That individual subsequently returned to Dubai and started working again,” Hughes told Gulf News. Almazar said it is actually easier to arrange for “waiver of interests and penalties” if the borrower is outside the UAE because there is no …
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Dubai Police chief was an inspiration to family and friends
Dubai: Lt-General Khamis Mattar Al Mazeina … government officials as well as police officers. Speaking to Gulf News on the sidelines of the condolence meeting, Al Mazeina’s cousin, Mohammad, said: “Khamis was at Emirates Towers in a meeting on …
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Dubai Police chief was an inspiration to family, friends
Dubai: Lt-General Khamis Mattar Al Mazeina … government officials as well as police officers. Speaking to Gulf News on the sidelines of the condolence meeting, Al Mazeina’s cousin, Mohammad, said: “Khamis was at Emirates Towers in a meeting on …
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Dubai: where victims are turned into criminals
THERE is something sinister lurking behind Dubai’s image as a sophisticated, ultra-modern destination for Western tourists. While most of the 14 million visitors who flock to the glittering Emirati city each year will arrive and leave without incident …
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Nasa to work with UAE on Mars probe, US official says
… work with the UAE Space Agency on putting communications capability on the UAE’s Mars probe Hope, Nasa’s deputy chief scientist has said. In an interview to Gulf News during her visit to the UAE last week, Dr Gale Allen said the development is …
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Abu Dhabi Grand Prix F1 qualifying LIVE: Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg battle for pole in title decider
The Formula One title is up for grabs in Abu Dhabi on Sunday but Saturday brings an opportunity for Lewis Hamilton or Nico Rosberg to gain an advantage heading into race day. The Mercedes drivers will battle in qualifying, vying to secure a pole position …
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UAE bids farewell to Dubai Police chief Al Mazeina
Dubai: Hundreds of officials and citizens paid tributes to Lt-General Khamis Mattar Al Mazeina, Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police, who was laid to rest in Dubai’s Al Ghusais graveyard on Friday afternoon. Lt-General Al Mazeina died on Thursday night at …
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'I've been imagining this moment for so long': British woman jailed in Dubai for claiming she'd been raped by two men tells of her relief at flying home
A woman who accused two men of raping her in Dubai has spoken of her relieve of being able to fly home to the UK. The woman who had stopped off in Dubai on her travels to Australia claimed she was raped by cousins Louis Harris and David Butlin. A campaign …
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