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Is your home safe for the holidays? Dubai residents call for a neighbourhood watch

Experts give tips to secure your home from burglaries while travelling
QE 2 may be moored in Dubai if UAE wins World Expo 2020

Plans to convert QE 2 into a luxurious floating 5-star hotel on track
Video: How China’s challenger to Burj Khalifa will build taller ‘Sky City’ in 7 months

838-metre pre-fabricated tower will come up in Changsha city
Will Dubai be dust-proof in 10 years? Municipality unveils ambitious project

Could Dubai be made free of dust within a decade?
Canada immigration alert: Changes to the Temporary Foreign Workers Programme

English and French only languages that can be used as a job requirement
UAE’s Esma bans sale of water without Emirates Quality Mark

All bottled water and ice products will be regulated by Esma from September this year
After ‘drug’ grand-mum, another Brit woman faces death penalty for smuggling

Arrested at hotel in East Java with 1.47 kg of crystal meth
Revealed: No Khans for Aishwarya Rai’s Bollywood comeback

Comeback film will be a thriller to star Varun Dhawan

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Du broadband may face slow speeds today

Maintenance work on cable systems announced
UAE not affected by new Iran quake

The UAE was not affected by the earthquake of 5.5 magnitude on the Richter scale, which hit southern Iran, 207 km
Cyber attack on Saudi government websites

Several government Internet sites have come under "coordinated and simultaneous" cyber attack, an information security
8-yr-old raped, dumped on road by 'uncle'

The incident happened in Shebin El Qanater in Egypt
16 houses attacked over inter-racial love affair

A Sinhalese man and a married Tamil woman in Sri Lanka were romantically involved
New case of coronavirus in Saudi Arabia: reports

A new case of the deadly coronavirus has been detected in Saudi Arabia where 15 people have already died after
Plane makes belly landing with 34 on board

An airline official says a US Airways flight with 34 people aboard was forced to make a belly landing at Newark
Container theft gang nabbed in Sharjah

Containers laden with goods were towed away by the gang’s customised truck

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Saudi woman creates history, first to scale Mt Everest

64 climbers conquer world’s highest peak
Bollywood superstar Sanjay Dutt gets Ajmal Kasab’s cell in jail: report

Bollywood superstar Sanjay Dutt, who is in jail for arms possession, is being held in a cell built for militants where
‘Monster’ dad sets daughter on fire for refusing his advances

Cairo An Egyptian father is accused of setting his 24-year old daughter on fire, after she refused to have sex with him
Girls think it's a 'plus point' to have a lover while still at school

Disturbing findings of a survey by Sri Lanka’s National Child Protection Authority (NCPA)
Man gets 33-year jail term for 'ignoring' ex-wife

Sri Lankan man to serve prison term for who defaulting maintenance payment to ex-wife
Salman Khan’s brother buys home in Dubai

Sohail Khan has invested in an apartment in the emirate

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Bollywood disaster @ Cannes: Billions await Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s magic

Will Aishwarya overcome her history of fashion faux pas at Cannes this time
Sonam Kapoor's radical saree at Cannes scores over Aishwarya Rai's jacket saree

Not a big fan of Sonam's huge nose ring or Vidya Balan's covering act
Disaster at Cannes: Starring Amitabh, Vidya and Sonam Kapoor

Indian actress and member of the Feature Film Jury Vidya Balan greets the audience on May 15, 2013 as she arrives on
Aishwarya Rai and Aaradhya at Cannes, Amitabh happy with reunion

Aishwarya will walk the red carpet on May 19
IPL match-fixing scam keeps Sanjay Dutt out of spotlight

Actor wanted to be spared media attention as he turned himself in
Salman Khan rings up Sanjay Dutt’s daughter

Dutt finally goes to jail in the 1993 blast case
Bollywood review: ‘Aurangzeb’ creates an impression, but just not enough

Packed with some stellar performances, the thrilling drama falters and fumbles and falls short of turning into a classic
Cannes scare: Man points handgun, threatens to blow-up studio with grenade

Christoph Waltz and Daniel Auteuil were evacuated from the set of a French TV show after shots were heard

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IPL6: Bangalore win to keep alive their play-off hopes

Kohli stars in rain-affected game against Chennai
IPL6: Gilchrist and Punjab bow out on a high crushing Mumbai by 50 runs
Alaska reprises Game 1 win over Ginebra
IPL 6 spot-fixing: Sreesanth confesses, says police
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Football

Atletico stun Real to win their 10th King's Cup

Mourinho and Ronaldo both see red
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David Beckham announces retirement
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Open to young Emiratis in the 15 to 35-year age group to put forward ideas on www.tejardubai.ae
DED business survey for Q2 2013: No firing, only hiring for Dubai firms

98 per cent plan either to increase or maintain employment count during quarter
Gold crisis: Prices fall 7 days in a row

Investors pulling out of market as dollar gains
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IPL6: Bangalore win to keep alive their play-off hopes

Kohli stars in rain-affected game against Chennai
Canada immigration alert: Changes to the Temporary Foreign Workers Programme

English and French only languages that can be used as a job requirement
Bollywood disaster @ Cannes: Billions await Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s magic

Will Aishwarya overcome her history of fashion faux pas at Cannes this time
Sonam Kapoor's radical saree at Cannes scores over Aishwarya Rai's jacket saree

Not a big fan of Sonam's huge nose ring or Vidya Balan's covering act
Disaster at Cannes: Starring Amitabh, Vidya and Sonam Kapoor

Indian actress and member of the Feature Film Jury Vidya Balan greets the audience on May 15, 2013 as she arrives on

IPL 6 spot-fixing: Sreesanth confesses, says police

Three Rajasthan Royals players accused of fixing different matches this week
Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini & Galaxy S4 Mega launches: Images, specs leaked online

Samsung is working on unveiling an affordable version – and an extra-large sibling – of its hot-selling new Samsung
Groundwater in UAE depleting fast

Today fresh water is available only after 100 metres below groundlevel

Gold crisis: Prices fall 7 days in a row

Investors pulling out of market as dollar gains
8-yr-old raped, dumped on road by 'uncle'

The incident happened in Shebin El Qanater in Egypt
Canada immigration alert: Changes to the Temporary Foreign Workers Programme

English and French only languages that can be used as a job requirement
UAE ranked 14th most generous donor

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has identified UAE as the 14th most generous donor

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Du broadband may face slow speeds today

Maintenance work on cable systems announced
UAE not affected by new Iran quake

The UAE was not affected by the earthquake of 5.5 magnitude on the Richter scale, which hit southern Iran, 207 km
Cyber attack on Saudi government websites

Several government Internet sites have come under "coordinated and simultaneous" cyber attack, an information security
8-yr-old raped, dumped on road by 'uncle'

The incident happened in Shebin El Qanater in Egypt
16 houses attacked over inter-racial love affair

A Sinhalese man and a married Tamil woman in Sri Lanka were romantically involved

QE 2 may be moored in Dubai if UAE wins World Expo 2020

Plans to convert QE 2 into a luxurious floating 5-star hotel on track
Video: How China’s challenger to Burj Khalifa will build taller ‘Sky City’ in 7 months

838-metre pre-fabricated tower will come up in Changsha city
Is your home safe for the holidays? Dubai residents call for a neighbourhood watch

Experts give tips to secure your home from burglaries while travelling

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