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Dubai: A Filipina has been judged as the UAE’s best nanny, at the first such award held in the country on Saturday. “This is really an unexpected blessing,” said Lorina Bunio, 29, who had swapped her everyday casual clothes for a ball gown and …
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Dubai: Dubai will have a new specialised mobility and transport centre that will offer intensive training programmes in the rail and transport sector from the first quarter of next year, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced on Saturday. RTA …
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… has fetched a whopping Dh31 million at the Vanity Number Plate Auction held on Saturday in Abu Dhabi, a bid six times the reserve price. Speaking to Gulf News, 32-year-old Emirati Abdullah Al Mehri from Abu Dhabi said: “I’m so excited that I won …
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Abu Dhabi: A documentary showing a team from the UAE army conquering Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, will air on December 7. In May this year, after a gruelling climb through icy temperatures and treacherous winds, a group of soldiers from a …
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Even if you’re not representing the government or the private sector, as a human being we have the responsibility for protecting mother earth and convincing others to change their own practices,” he told Gulf News on … than 200 UAE visitors to …
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Abu Dhabi: UAE Innovation Week will be launched on Sunday by the Ministry of Culture and Knowledge Development, an official announced on Friday. The five-day event, to be held under the patronage of Shaikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Culture …
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Market trader David Butlin, 22, and footballer Louis Harris, 24, are accused of rape by the woman, who was thrown in prison by Dubai police after making her complaint. The woman’s family is campaigning for her to be returned to Britain. Yesterday the IT …
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Radhi Shenaishil, Iraq’s manager, admitted his team were outplayed by UAE in their 2-0 defeat to the Gulf state team in round 6 of Group B of FIFA World Cup qualifiers. “We didn’t have our normal performance, especially in the first half where we lost …
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Detained in Dubai, a group which helps Westerners who fall victims to the Islamic country’s draconian laws, said authorities have “racist” ideas about tourists and are guilty of “manipulation when it comes to criminal accusations.” Radha Stirling …
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Dubai’s interpretation of sharia law has lead to a number of … who claim the two men took it in turns to rape her while filming the attack at a hotel in the city. With news of her arrest making international headlines, the woman sent a message through …
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A British woman facing jail after she was allegedly gang raped while on holiday in Dubai is reportedly being supported by an Apprentice star who suffered the same sex attack. Zara-Jayne Moisey, 25, told police in the United Arab Emirates she was violently …
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A British woman facing jail for extra-marital sex after reporting an alleged gang rape on holiday in Dubai has told of her “nightmare” and said she’s “petrified”. Zara-Jayne Moisey, 25, told police in the United Arab Emirates she was violently raped by two …
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