Saudi princess says she is 'ready to drive'

Even though Saudi Arabia discriminates and treat women like sub-humans, a pricess from the Saudi Arabian ruling family expressed her desire to drive a car - which is a fundamental right of women in the world - in the country. Princess Ameera - al - Taweel says she has...

Oil tanker on fire off Dubai port after collision

A major fire off the coast of Dubai on Tuesday was caused by a possible collision between a tanker carrying petroleum products and container vessel, port and rescue sources said. A thick plume of black smoke was...

Unveiling the Mystery of Balochistan Insurgency

" A MUST READ report. Reporting by Tariq Saeedi in Ashgabat, With Sergi Pyatakov in Moscow, Ali Nasimzadeh in Zahidan, Qasim Jan in Kandahar and S M Kasi in Quetta. Additional reporting by Rupa Kival in New Delhi and Mark Davidson in Washington An...

A appeal to the Canadian prime minister and US presidant Obama

The U.S. terror war as seen through the eyes of a prisoner When we first began corresponding with Khalid Awan in 2007, we had no idea why he was serving time in U.S. federal prison. We soon discovered Awan was one of the first of thousands of Muslims taken prisoner in the...

Who's Playing in Dubai Desert Classic 30/01/2009 - 03/02/2009

Weather conditions in Dubai have been a bit more disturbing for the players then they have been in Scottsdale Arizona. However, much like the FBR in Arizona, play is all over the board for rookies and veterans...

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...

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...

High Ent.Tax ruins night life in Mussoorie

MUSSOORIE, 1 Dec: The night life of Mussoorie is in a shambles due to the exorbitant rate of entertainment tax in the state of Uttarakhand. The archaic laws of Uttar Pradesh are still applicable in the state,...

Hotels in Dubai told to cancel New Year celebrations

The luxury hotels in Dubai have been told to cancel their New Years Celebrations, after His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum issued an order to do so. He has cancelled the celebrations as an act of...

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,...

'Sex on beach' Briton back in UK

The British couple convicted of being amorous on a beach in Dubai have been released on appeal, and the male half of the couple has today returned to the UK for Christmas. This comes after news yesterday that he had been re-arrested after trying to board a flight to the UK....

Chilling developments in Dubai

Dubai is a place of excess not in terms of alcohol, drugs and sex but in terms of cost to the environment it must be up there with the worst. As new hotels and pleasuredomes of merchandise are built so the excess...

Dubai Plans to Cool Sizzling Sandy Beach

The Palazzo Versace hotel in Dubai has hired the Hyder Consulting firm to invent a device that will cool off the hot sandy beaches so that the tourists can lie on them more comfortably. They plan to suck out...

Uk Establishment Defends Brown's Economic Nightmare

Tony Blair's former room-mate and ex-justice minister Lord Charlie Falconer was in Dubai today, and mounted a strong defense of Gordon Brown's economic record. But even one of the finest brains in the UK legal establishment found this a tough case to argue.

Dubai beach sex couple have prison sentences suspended

The British pair undergoing trial for sex outside of marriage, drunkenness and public indecency in Dubai have got a reprieve in their prison sentences. They have escaped the jail sentence and are going to be...

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