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Test run of Al Sufouh Tram successful: Al Tayer

Tram vehicles will start arriving in Dubai in December
Huawei takes on Apple and Samsung, launches world's slimmest smartphone

Priced at Dh2,200, phone has a 4.7 inch touchscreen and two cameras
Skype launches free video messaging across all platforms

Skype has pushed its free video messaging across all platforms. Starting June 17, Skype introduced its free messaging
Banks tempt Indian expats with personal loans as rupee makes fresh lows

Banks in the UAE are getting increasingly active in offering personal loans, especially to the country’s expat Indian
UAE Weather Forecast: Next stop Celsius 50⁰

Humidity also forecast to rise further
Mentally challenged boy sodomised by father's cousin

A mentally challenged 17-year-old Mongolian boy was allegedly sodomised by his father’s cousin, the Dubai Criminal
Driver caught with employer’s wife in Saudi Arabia

Bangladeshi arrested for having affair, woman freed
Residents of 107-storey Princess Tower forced to take stairs after elevators break down

Fire safety drill caused water leakage, leading to agony for those living in world's tallest residential tower

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Hubby on trial for beating wife in Fujairah

A man is standing trial in Fujairah on charges of beating up his wife but he said he acted in self-defence after
Dubai Police on how not to lose your maid in 10 days

Treat maids humanely, Dubai employers urged; 4,000 crimes by domestic helps recorded in last 3 years
Dh32m Armani-designed Dubai apartments for sale

The units in world's 'tallest' residential tower - The World Towers in Mumbai- are being offered for a limited time to GCC residents
24-carat gold shoes for sale in Dubai

The world’s first 24-carat shoes, designed by Alberto Moretti, will be on sale in Dubai Mall’s Level Shoe District. The
Etihad Rail to link Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Al Ain

628km of rail will connect the three UAE cities and run to Ghweifat on the Saudi border
Sponsor confines visitor who overstayed UAE visa

Manager imprisons defaulter, desperate visitor fall from fourth-floor while trying to flee
Dh400,000 diamond-studded gold iPhone 5 goes on sale; anyone?

Get you Samsung Galaxys, BlackBerrys and HTCs converted to gold – literally!
Child saved moments before drowning in Palm

A five-year-old girl who sneaked alone to the Palm Jumeirah beach was rescued just moments before she drowned and

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12 million millionaires control $46.2 trillion wealth worldwide

The number of millionaires in the world jumped 9.2 per cent to 12 million last year, in part because of simultaneous
DHA to provide job opportunities to thalassemic patients in UAE

The Dubai Health Authority’s (DHA) Thalassemia Centre, which is the emirate’s only dedicated centre that provides
Car on fire in Dubai Media City sparks evacuation of Shatha Tower

Mini Cooper in flames: social media report
No more taxi headaches outside Sahara Centre

Taxi car park operational in 2 weeks
From October: Get ready for one all-access ID pass to Dubai eGovernment services

Emirates ID at heart of system which will be put into operation this year
Convicted killer needs SR10m to stay alive

A young Saudi man sentenced to death for killing a relative needs to raise SR10 million (Dh9.9 million) to escape the

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Angelina Jolie stunt double sues News Corp over hacking

A stunt double for Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie has sued News Corp over allegations its British newspapers
Justin Bieber behind wheel as car strikes man

But police say there's no crime
Arab Idol: Palestinian 'Tom Cruise' becomes star overnight

Mohammed Assaf reaches finals in popular Arab Idol singing contest
Sunny Leone's dance date in Dubai at the Cavalli Club

The actress also indulged in some shopping expedition at the Dubai Mall
Miss Utah Marissa Powell throws Miss America contest a bouncer

Miss Utah latest beauty queen to botch answer
Filipina beauty queen Shamcey Supsup to marry Lloyd Lee

Shamcey Supsup set to wed boyfriend of 2 years on December 29
Shah Rukh's 3rd baby news bigger than Kate or Kim Kardashian baby

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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in Malaysia, where is Aaradhya?

Ash was in Malaysia to inaugurate Longines showroom

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Workers caught cutting potatoes in toilet

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G8: Europe ends support for Assad

France unwilling to join Obama in arming the Syrian rebels
Russia says G-8 summit declaration won't say whether Assad must step down from power

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Australia, Iran and South Korea head for Brazil

Uzbekistan and Jordan keep alive hopes
Lewandowski turns down Premier League offers
Venus Williams pulls out of Wimbledon
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Down Under everybody is not male or female, Aussie landmark ruling

Norrie wins a bid to have new gender category on register
How high can you fall from and survive? 15th floor for this Briton

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The units in world's 'tallest' residential tower - The World Towers in Mumbai- are being offered for a limited time to GCC residents
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Etihad Rail to link Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Al Ain

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