"Abu Dhabi (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - The internationally acclaimed CMPi, is set to captivate car and bike enthusiasts from around the world with their recently announced festival; 'TURBO: For A Custom Nation'.'For avid motor enthusiasts looking to experience the very...
In a recent study in North America, it was found that over one-third of workers would choose their cell phone over their wallet, keys, laptop or digital music player if they had to leave the house for 24 hours and...
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Over the next five years the emirate is committed to spending $275bn on infrastructure and real estate projects, with heavy investment in both the oil and non-oil sectors of the economy.
If you happen to own an attractive camel and think that yours is the best looking camel out there, then head on over to the United Arab Emirates for the annual camel beauty contest. I have to wonder what the camels...
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UPDATE: 11:58AM ESTTwo people have now been confirmed dead in the blast at a Dubai fireworks factory."
DUBAI, March 26 (Reuters) - At least two people were killed and two injured when a fire engulfed a fireworks...
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An American by birth, Sharla Musabih argues that confrontation is essential in order to fight ingrained patriacal tradition, and points out that the Emirates needs to address human trafficking. “When a woman has...
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"A number of investors from Duba, the United Arab Emirate (UAE), have expressed commitment to investing US$3.5 billion in Indonesia, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said before concluding his working visit here on Thursday.President Yudhoyono pointed out that a number of...
"About 1,500 Egyptian workers striking over pay in the United Arab Emirates torched offices and vehicles on Tuesday, the official WAM news agency reported."They destroyed office documents, broke windows and torched the first floor of the management building and a number of...
If you have any information or footage of this event please tell us. "Six people were killed, at least 40 were injured and dozens of vehicles burned Tuesday when hundreds of cars collided on a fog-shrouded Persian...
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Some years ago a train crashed in a tunnel in Pennsylvania. A fire burned in the tunnel, which was used by virtually every major North American network service provider, and seriously damaged all the fibre optic...
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James Westcott writes on Abu Dhabi's efforts to replace their oil economy with culture:"In a corner of a wing, just off an atrium, of the enormous and oppressively luxurious Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi, there’s an...
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Three historic Cunard liners -- the Queen Victoria, Queen Mary 2, and Queen Elizabeth 2 -- rendezvoused off downtown Manhattan last night, and thousands of intrepid New Yorkers braved freezing rain to come out and...