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UAE resident conquers Mt Everest... then escapes icy death that killed 4

Mietinen planted UAE and Finnish flags on summit on Saturday
How Indian expats in UAE can cash in on rupee@55 to US dollar

Converting dollar-denominated investments to rupee is one option: financial expert
SHOCKING: 2 more UAE Indians commit suicide taking May total to 6

Shop owner, who tried to kill himself, saved by friend’s intervention
UAE NRIs in seventh heaven as rupee slumps to Rs15 vs. Dh1

Rupee plunges to record low for the fifth session in a row; now trading below Rs55 against $1
RTA in bid to allow UAE teenagers to drive

Awaits ministry nod to allow youngsters aged 17-1/2 to begin training for driving licence
'Skeleton man': Help my mom so I can meet my Lord

Salman transferred to bigger hospital for tests and treatment
No Cannes do: Tycoon offers Kelly Brook €1 million for one night

Businessman made indecent proposal to Brook during Cannes Film Festival
Cricket's fatal attraction: Bold & beautiful women clean bowl IPL

Indian Premier League has more than its fair share of femme fatales

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Microsoft’s challenge to Facebook with So.cl

While the world was abuzz with Facebook IPO, Microsoft launched So.cl, an experimental site that brings together social
Bizarre: Mom lures girl's boyfriend to death

Also: Parents kill daughter over 'Westernised' lifestyle
Step-mom kills daughter with chilly sauce bottle

A woman used a chilly sauce bottle to kill her step daughter just as they sat to have their dinner at their home in
Crazy World: Teenager elopes with aunt, 35

Husband of 20 years abducts one of boy's relatives and threatens to keep her if his wife is not returned
Indian cleared of Burj Khalifa blast threat

The Dubai Criminal Court of First Instance acquitted an Indian of sending a text message to a police officer to blast
Speed camera attacked in Umm Al Quwain

Unknown assailants damaged a speed camera on a key road in Umm Al Quwain and police said they would hunt down the
Dubai tower enters Guinness World Records

Guinness World Records has officially recognised Tameer's Princess Tower as the world's tallest residential building,
'Donkey rape' sparks tribal massacre in Yemen

Fifteen people were killed or injured in tribal fighting in Yemen after a male donkey chased an ass and raped it just

Special effects producer of 'Titanic' opens UAE office; will hire 500

The American special effects company that brought the "Transformers" movies to life and recently wowed concertgoers
Emirati artist captures President Obama in traditional Arab attire

Kanoo’s portraits of historical figures with Arab headwear aimed at sparking dialogue on tolerance
4 jailed in Abu Dhabi for tweeting tribal instigation and libel

Abu Dhabi Public Prosecution ordered the detention of four people on charge of tribal instigation and libel through
Cleaner peeps through bathroom window to see bathing Filipina

A Bangladeshi cleaner, MJM, 28, allegedly peeped into the window of a bathroom while a Filipina, JJ, 38, designer, was
Woman runs brothel in a healthclub

Also: 9-year-old boy sodomised, killed by cousin
Crazy World: Docs tear baby's head off at birth

Rest of baby's body had to be surgically removed from mother's womb

Marilyn Monroe had a faceoff with Jackie Kennedy

New book on Monroe gives explosive details of her meeting with Jackie
Salman, Madhuri out; Ash, Shah Rukh on for wax tour

Madame Tussauds of London have launched a world tour of its Bollywood superstar collection
Bipasha prepares to set IIFA stage ablaze

Prabhudeva to train Bipasha for some peppy numbers
Amitabh & Abhishek shake a leg minus Aishwarya

Amitabh Bachchan in an item number for the movie 'Bol Bachchan'
It's a boy for Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra

Congratulatory messgaes pouring in for the parents
Enjoy this 'Cocktail' with Deepika & Saif Ali Khan

The first theatrical trailer of 'Cocktail'
Lara Dutta set to bounce back on screen

The actress shares her plans for balancing work with the duties of a new mom
Revealed: Exact words Shah Rukh Khan said to protect his daughter

The post-match incident involving actor Shah Rukh Khan at the Wankhede stadium have been caught on tape. Here is the

Georgia woman fights her flesh-eating bacteria

Aimee Copeland gets rid of her hand and leg to battle the disease
Bull wreaks havoc in Saudi town

Agitated bull injured at least 10 people before it was captured
73-year-old Japanese woman beats own record

Tamae Watanabe is the oldest woman to climb Everest

Lamborghini crashes into two cars in Chicago

It seems that sometimes owning an expensive, super fast sports car is just too tempting. In a new video that has gone
Footballer’s young girl consoles him after he loses

De Graafschap were relegated from the Dutch Eredivisie after only managing a 1-1 draw at home in the second leg of its
Terrifying moment when part of Swiss Alps disappeared

300,000 cubic metres of rock collapsed in Swiss Alps landslide
Video: Bike crash that killed Brit racer

British speedway rider Lee Richardson died in a crash in Poland on Sunday, the BBC reported. The 33-year-old Richardson

Malaysian baby-beating clip spurs Saudi fury

Film was mistakenly published as that of maid torturing employer’s son in Saudi
Hubby wanted online porn; found his wife in one

It was the very first porn movie he went to watch online
China TV 'claims' Philippines as Chinese

Presenter wanted to say disputed islands is China territory
Remembering Anna Nicole Smith: 5 years later

Overdosed in a Florida hotel room on February 8, 2007