Teacher jailed for harassing student
Source: Khaleej Times
Dubai :: United Arab Emirates | updated 2013-05-23 22:09:29 -0700 | political-news
The case unfolded early this year when the relatives of the student lodged a complaint at the RAK Police accusing the teacher of harassing her while giving her private tuition. ahmedshaaban@khaleejtimes.com Comments
The cost of first date: Dh8,000
Source: Khaleej Times
Abu Dhabi :: United Arab Emirates | updated 2013-05-23 22:09:11 -0700 | political-news
That was how much a prominent person from Abu Dhabi paid for the first kilogram of Naggal dates of the season. Naggal, the variety of yellow, soft dates, were displayed at Al Ain markets. Produced by a number of private...
Schools told to protect students at all times
Source: Khaleej Times
Dubai :: United Arab Emirates | updated 2013-05-23 22:08:48 -0700 | political-news
During a workshop organised by the Abu Dhabi Education Council (Adec), officials reiterated the student protection regulations and policies and stressed that action should be taken to prevent reasonably foreseeable harm to students...According to him, all private schools are required...
Navy releases audio of collision between destroyer, tanker
Source: United Press International
Dubai :: United Arab Emirates | updated 2013-05-23 13:11:13 -0700 | political-news
Navy has released audio of conversations as the destroyer USS Porter collided with a Japanese tanker in the Gulf of Hormuz last year. The Virginian-Pilot newspaper in Norfolk, Va., obtained the audio under a Freedom of Information Act request. The...
Dubai jail term like a 'life sentence'
Source: The Daily Telegraph
Dubai :: United Arab Emirates | updated 2013-05-23 21:10:46 -0700 | political-news
If you can't pay the fine you keep doing more time past your sentence time," she told ABC TV's Lateline on Thursday. "This is effectively a life sentence and not just for Matt, for me, for the children, for our...
Financial controller, 49, who lived in mansion owned by Carol Vorderman stole i¿½1.5million from her ...
Source: Mail Online UK
Dubai :: United Arab Emirates | updated 2013-05-23 05:24:28 -0700 | political-news
Wendy Nichols stole more than 1.5 million from her employers to fund her luxury lifestyle A crooked financial controller who lived in a mansion owned by Carol Vorderman has been jailed after she stole 1.5 million from her employers to...
Barred from election, Rafsanjani lambasts Iranian authorities: report
Source: The Daily Star
Dubai :: United Arab Emirates | updated 2013-05-23 21:19:50 -0700 | political-news
Former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has accused Iran's leadership of incompetence and ignorance just days after he was barred from standing in an election next month, the opposition Kaleme website reported on Thursday. Rafsanjani's comments appeared to add to the...
Media watchdog criticises UAE over tweeter's jail term
Source: Qatar English Daily
Dubai :: United Arab Emirates | updated 2013-05-23 01:00:47 -0700 | political-news
An international media watchdog has criticised a UAE court decision to uphold a 10-month jail sentence for a user of microblogging website Twitter who posted about the trial of 94 Islamists. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) also called for the...
SUV backseat thief in police net
Source: Khaleej Times
Dubai :: United Arab Emirates | updated 2013-05-22 23:48:17 -0700 | political-news
Colonel Abdul Razak Assad, Acting Director of the Sharjah Criminal Investigation Department, said the man identified as Mohammed H.M. was arrested from Sharjah Industrial Area 5, after the police received a series of reports of thefts of SUV back seats...
Dhahi for reducing Salik for doctors, journalists
Source: Khaleej Times
Dubai :: United Arab Emirates | updated 2013-05-22 23:48:09 -0700 | political-news
A report published in an Arabic daily quoted Lt.-General Dhahi Khalfan as saying at a Press conference held at the headquarters of the Dubai Police that the nature of the two professional categories require quick response and speed to reach...
Building a smart, intelligent robot
Source: Khaleej Times
Abu Dhabi :: United Arab Emirates | updated 2013-05-22 23:47:58 -0700 | political-news
Over 1,500 public and private school students from across the UAE are expected to participate and hope to represent the UAE at the international level which will be held in Indonesia from November 15 to 17. Working under the theme...
New chapter in governance in UAE
Source: Zawya Political
Dubai :: United Arab Emirates | updated 2013-05-23 21:29:22 -0700 | political-news
Mobile government will work round the clock and will be a one-stop shop for everything, says UAE Vice-President Dubai: Those who are unwilling to proceed with the UAE's development march will be given a farewell party, His Highness Shaikh Mohammad...
flydubai begins flights to Salalah
Source: Times of Oman
Dubai :: United Arab Emirates | updated 2013-05-22 21:18:42 -0700 | political-news
flydubai has expanded its wings with the introduction of its flight to Salalah from Dubai. The low-cost carrier now operates two routes in Oman with its inaugural flight that touched down at Salalah on Tuesday...For the Oman sector Majan Travels...
D Company a major player in spot-fixing, says police
Source: Rediff
Dubai :: United Arab Emirates | updated 2013-05-22 08:25:44 -0700 | political-news
The police is clinging on to evidence from various call records to nail the underworld link. The calls that they have managed to tap have all been from Dubai [ Images ], reports Vicky Nanjappa Investigations have revealed the names...
Middle East struggling to provide work for youth, says IMF report
Source: Zawya Political
Dubai :: United Arab Emirates | updated 2013-05-22 08:05:22 -0700 | political-news
The Middle East has hit a brick wall in its efforts to provide jobs for its rapidly expanding number of young unemployed, and without a drastic overhaul of its jobs strategy the weakest performing economies of the region risk laying...
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