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UAE residents heading for a long 3-day June weekend

Islamic holiday is expected to fall on June 6 – a Thursday
Dream Come True: 5-year old with Thalassemia is a police captain

Lt General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, with Capt Amir
Emirati student in US dies in horrific motorbike crash

Mohammed Rahma Al Blouky was hit at an intersection in Mesa, Arizona
Car goes up in flames in Sharjah, traffic at standstill

Three lanes reportedly closed, just off the exit of Emirates Road
Escrow accounts cannot be attached: Dubai Land Dept

This means developers will have access to funds and a single legal dispute will not stop funding to a project
Dubai Holding confirms revival of Dh64 billion The Lagoons project

Firm to develop project on Dubai Creek through joint venture
Seven smuggled forged 'eye scan pass' seals into UAE

Seven Uzbeks, including a woman, brought 60 seals through Abu Dhabi and Sharjah airports
Vin Diesel at Meydan? Dubai revs up to get ‘Fast and Furious’

Hot-rod cars will burn up Meydan track on May 24 to coincide with release of one of biggest Hollywood franchises

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Woman fined Dh4,400 for untidy garden

When in UK, better keep your garden tidy
Sharjah high-rise fire: three cars damaged

Residents have been evacuated and there has been no reports of casualties yet
Woman matchmaker's BlackBerry service con

Allegedly cheated several girls and parents of cash by assuring them of eligible men
Man convicted of bigamy with mom, daughter

Daughter married man knowing that he is her mother’s husband
Alexandrian films own honeymoon, sells copies

An Egyptian man filmed himself and his wife naked on the first day of their honeymoon and sold hundreds of copies in
170 residency violators nabbed in Sharjah

They included 100 illegal street vendors
On-the-spot Dh500 fine for barbecue on beach

Fine imposed after waste and burning embers left behind after barbecues
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Aishwarya Rai @ Cannes: Did she make up for Bollywood disasters?

Aishwarya attended the red carpet in a Elie Saab Haute Couture dress
Businesswoman gets death sentence for underground bank operation

A businesswoman in southern China has been sentenced to death in the government's latest crackdown on underground
Account manager to knock-out MD at 'big' UAE fight night

Two teachers will go head-to-head in all-woman’s bout
Kuwait to give each jobless housewife aged 55 years Dh7,250 per month

New social security law also includes a massive increase in aid for divorced women
Man who killed relative asked to pay SR3m, leave town

Relatives of a Saudi man convicted of murdering a relative during a fight are racing against time to raise SR3 million
Child confirmed Aids-free after getting contaminated blood

Doctors say three medical tests showed the girl has not been infected

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Aishwarya @ Cannes: Abhishek can't stop posting Ash's images

Ash shot a promotional film for L'Oreal
Vin Diesel, Sarah Jessica Parker woo Filipino fans, promise to be back

The actors promise to be back in Manila
Philippine box-office queen Ai-Ai de las Alas, Jed Salang split up

Marriage in allegedly violent household lasted just over a month
Eva Longoria suffers humiliating wardrobe malfunction

The embarrassing moment was caught on camera
Bollywood disaster @ Cannes: Billions await Aishwarya Rai's magic

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Philippine box-office queen Ai-Ai de las Alas, Jed Salang split up

Marriage in allegedly violent household lasted just over a month
UAE residents heading for a long 3-day June weekend

Islamic holiday is expected to fall on June 6 – a Thursday
Butcher slaughters wife to sell her flesh as meat

An Egyptian butcher blindly in love with his profession slaughtered his wife and sold her flesh in his shop reported
Eva Longoria suffers humiliating wardrobe malfunction

The embarrassing moment was caught on camera
Aishwarya Rai @ Cannes: Did she make up for Bollywood disasters?

Aishwarya attended the red carpet in a Elie Saab Haute Couture dress

Aishwarya Rai @ Cannes: Did she make up for Bollywood disasters?

Aishwarya attended the red carpet in a Elie Saab Haute Couture dress
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Dream Come True: 5-year old with Thalassemia is a police captain

Lt General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, with Capt Amir

UAE residents heading for a long 3-day June weekend

Islamic holiday is expected to fall on June 6 – a Thursday
Dubai Holding confirms revival of Dh64 billion The Lagoons project

Firm to develop project on Dubai Creek through joint venture
Butcher slaughters wife to sell her flesh as meat

An Egyptian butcher blindly in love with his profession slaughtered his wife and sold her flesh in his shop reported
UAE GDP up 4.4%, crosses Dh1 trillion

Growth a result of high oil prices and expansion
Escrow accounts cannot be attached: Dubai Land Dept

This means developers will have access to funds and a single legal dispute will not stop funding to a project

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Woman fined Dh4,400 for untidy garden

When in UK, better keep your garden tidy
Sharjah high-rise fire: three cars damaged

Residents have been evacuated and there has been no reports of casualties yet
Woman matchmaker's BlackBerry service con

Allegedly cheated several girls and parents of cash by assuring them of eligible men
Man convicted of bigamy with mom, daughter

Daughter married man knowing that he is her mother’s husband
Alexandrian films own honeymoon, sells copies

An Egyptian man filmed himself and his wife naked on the first day of their honeymoon and sold hundreds of copies in

UAE residents heading for a long 3-day June weekend

Islamic holiday is expected to fall on June 6 – a Thursday
Escrow accounts cannot be attached: Dubai Land Dept

This means developers will have access to funds and a single legal dispute will not stop funding to a project
Vin Diesel at Meydan? Dubai revs up to get ‘Fast and Furious’

Hot-rod cars will burn up Meydan track on May 24 to coincide with release of one of biggest Hollywood franchises

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