Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Vice President, Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum received today Iran's Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi and the accompanying delegation today at Zabeel Palace. Sheikh Mohammed discussed with the visiting Iranian senior official, in attendance of Dubai Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and Dubai Deputy Ruler Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the bilateral relations between the UAE and the Islamic Republic of Iran and ways to enhance the culture of peace, dialogue and stability in the region for the mutual interest of the two countries. The meeting was attended by Chairman of Dubai Civil Aviation and Chief Executive of Emirates Group Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Minister of State Reem Ibrahim Al Hashemi, Director of Dubai Ruler's Court Mohammed Ibrahim Al Shebani, Commander General of Dubai Police Lt. General Dahi Khalfan Tamim and a number of officials in addition to Iran's Ambassador to the UAE Mohammed Reza Fayyaz. Mohammed to attend HCT graduation ceremony tomorrow Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} Under the patronage of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum will attend tomorrow the graduation of 315 students of Higher Colleges of Technology HCT at Dubai Men's College (DMC). Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Chancellor of the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT), directors of colleges, academic staff, guests and families of the students will attend the ceremony. The 2012 batch will include graduates of HCT in all its six fields and other colleges run under its supervision. Dr. Tayeb Kamali, Vice Chancellor of the Higher Colleges of Technology, hailed the role of the wise leadership in supporting education aiming at qualifying the promising generation in all field, underscoring the importance of the continuous support to enable HCT to continue its commitment towards providing the distinguished qualitative education through the use of latest technology. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} EHRA hails Sheikh Mohammed's decision on drafting federal law for child protection The Emirates Human Rights Association (EHRA) has hailed the decision of the Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum for drafting a federal law on children protection in the UAE with the aim of ensuring safe and bright future for them. Abdul Rahman Ghanem, Head of Child Committee at EHRA said that the law will have a positive and active role in protecting the children rights. He also stressed that the decision comes out of Sheikh Mohammed's keenness to protect child's future in the state and it will work on reducing crimes that violate the rights of the child besides it will be a deterrent for those thinking of committing a crime against children. Mohammed gets global credit for Palm A well-known international newspaper has paid tributes to His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, for his role in turning Dubai into one of the fastest growing cities, saying Palm Islands is just one of his ideas. IB Times, which is printed in the US, Britain and many other countries, described the Palm Islands in Dubai as the 8th wonder of the world and referring to official description that they are the world’s largest man-made islands. The paper, which is published in 10 languages, ca