EMIRATS ARABES UNIS: Domestic workers face abusive employers

"DUBAI, 2 July 2006 (IRIN) - On an almost daily basis, immigrant domestic workers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), face mistreatment and sometimes physical abuse, according to human rights activists.Noor arrived...

Lanka bid to woo Bahraini tourists

Minister Faisner Musthapha's trip to Bahrain to "attract tourists" to Sri lanka came a few days after the UAE Foreign Ministry warned its citizens not to travel to Sri lanka unless it was for "urgent matters." " SRI Lanka's Deputy Tourism Minister Faiszer Musthapha is to...

Dubai and the credit worries

I've been reading some articles, and I see there are some people who claim Dubai is so great it is virtually unaffected by the global economic troubles and so on and so forth, but the truth of the matter is that it is not all rosy rosy. 2009 will definitely be a low growth...

UAE, US sign nuclear non-proliferation agreement

In exchange for American nuclear energy technolgy, expertise, and fuel the UAE, in a formal agreement Thursday, has promised to abide by the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty and the IAEA safeguards.  " Calling the agreement "a powerful and timely model for the world and...

Shisha Bars Up In Smoke

Shisha Bar Slumpfrom 7days.aeOwners of shisha bars in Dubai have complained of a massive drop in business due to new health regulations that have banned outdoor smoking of the tobacco. Dubai Municipality launched...

Dubai Ruler orders cancellation of all New Year celebrations

His Highness Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has ordered the cancellation of all forms of celebrations marking the New Year in Dubai emirate,...

de world's biggest shopping mall.../..//..

With a tiny strip of land, yet another golden feather, all that could bring fame to Dubai.. The news downtown is about the newly opened Dubai Shopping mall. Folks over here have grown crazy to see it at least...

Islamabad wants $55 billion assistance from Friends of Pakistan

The cash-strapped Pakistan government is today proposing 45 development projects worth about $55 billion in a technical meeting of the Friends of Pakistan in Abu Dhabi."The government has decided to present a proposal for 45 development projects with an estimated cost of $ 55...

Chairman of Ruwaad, Hanif Merchant and Group CEO Hayan Merchant announce 'Ama...

Dubai, UAE, 06th October 2008 - Ruwaad, a UAE-based real estate, hospitality and tourism investment and development company, announced today during Cityscape 2008, plans to develop ‘Amazulu World’, a...

QE2 to lose funnel!

Is nothing sacred in Dubai!From: 7days.aeThe Dubai-bound QE2 will undergo a dramatic make-over when it gets here - including having its iconic red funnel sliced off, according to the liner’s crew. It has been...

Dubai, via Sheikh Zayed Rd.

One among the world's best places - hails to be Dubai among the emirates. The city has flourished to a great extent that the expats over here are a bit overwhelmed with the question: what next? The huge sky...

Dubai summer surprises

There is a season for everything, but for every season, here there is something or the other to attract more of the public to Dubai. The heat of the summer in Dubai is something unimaginable, at the same time...

Whale Shark to be held Captive Indefinitely... what a surprise!

Following on from my earlier story about the Whale Shark caught off the coast of the UAE and taken to the newly opened Atlantis hotel for 'observations', new information has come to light on the future of this...

What does this $700bn US bailout mean for the UAE? « Peter J. Cooper’s Weblog

" In the UAE the banking sector is very well capitalized and if its lending is now reduced then it comes as the economy was in danger of overheating. Recent inflation figures and shortages of skilled labor point to an economy in need of tighter credit. This could actually...

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