More than 80 percent of students in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) start smoking when they are as young as 14 years, a survey has found. Tobacco use among teenagers remains a concern for health authorities as new data shows a quantum leap in the number of student smokers in the past five years, Khaleej [...]
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Most UAE students start smoking before 14
February 3rd, 2011 |
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Health care in the Middle East: Sun, shopping and surgery
December 9th, 2010 |
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Can the Gulf attract medical tourists?
COULD the Persian Gulf become the next hot destination for medical tourism? That was one of the questions on the minds of delegates at a health conference this week in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The idea may have legs.
For one thing, medical tourism continues to boom globally despite the downturn. High prices and queues in the over-stretched health systems of the rich world have driven many people to seek hip replacements, plastic surgery and other care in Thailand, India and Costa Rica. Deloitte, a firm of consultants, forecasts that the number of Americans going abroad for care will rise to 1.6m in 2012, up from 750,000 in 2007. …
Saudi rulers looking for ‘another Musharraf’ in place of ‘rotten head’ Zardari as Pak ruler
December 2nd, 2010 |
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The leaked US cables posted on whistle-blower website Wikileaks highlight how, in recent years, Saudi rulers have played favourites with Pakistani politicians, wielded their massive financial clout to political effect and even advocated a return to military rule in Pakistan. “We in Saudi Arabia are not observers in Pakistan, we are participants,” The Guardian quoted [...]
India, Syria committed to economic reforms: Patil
November 24th, 2010 |
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Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil has said that her country and the Syrian Arab Republic are both committed to economic reforms and to achieving higher growth rates. Speaking in an interview with the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) in New Delhi before departing on a nine-day visit to the United Arab Emirates and the Syrian [...]
Noam Chomsky: No Evidence that Al-Qaeda Carried Out the 9/11 Attacks
November 5th, 2010 |
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Leading liberal intellectual Noam Chomsky just told Press TV:”The explicit and declared motive of the [Afghanistan] war was to compel the Taliban to turn over to the United States, the people who they accused of having been involved in World Trade C…
Rotary Engineering up on $324.8m deal
October 27th, 2010 |
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Shares of Singapore oil and gas infrastructure services firm Rotary Engineering <ROTE.SI> rose as much as 5.8% on Wednesday after it won a US$250 million ($324.8 million) contract to build a facility in the United Arab Emirates.
GPSChemoil secures $117m financing for Phase 4 fuel terminal project
October 19th, 2010 |
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GPSChemoil has announced that the financing of the construction of phase four of its storage terminal at Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, has been successfully arranged.
GPSChemoil is a joint venture company between Gulf Petrol Supplies LLC, a subsidiary of the Fujairah National Group, and Chemoil, one of the world’s leading suppliers of Marine Fuel.
Quaids On The Run — Again; Chandra Levy Trial Begins; Rude Cab Drivers May Face Fines In One Virginia City; & More Evening Crunch Crumbs
October 19th, 2010 |
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-In case you missed it: Willow Smith vs. Sesame Street: The “Whip My Hair” Mashup! -Omarion owes Uncle Sam…. -WTF?! In a controversial ruling, the Federal Supreme Court in the United Arab Emirates has ruled that a man can discipline (read: beat) his wife and children under 18 as long as he doesn’t leave a [...]
RIM Wins Another Round in BlackBerry Encryption Ban Talks
October 9th, 2010 |
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News Analysis: The United Arab Emirates has reached agreement with Research In Motion to allow BlackBerry devices to continue operating in the Persian Gulf nation. – The hundreds of thousands of BlackBerry users in Dubai can breathe a sigh of relief today as the proposed ban on their smart phones has been reversed. In a terse press release issued Oct. 8, the UAEs Telecommunications Regulatory Authority announced the agreement between the government and RIM.
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BlackBerry Ban Averted as RIM, UAE Strike Deal on Encryption
October 8th, 2010 |
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Crisis is averted for BlackBerry users in the Middle East as Research In Motion works out a deal with United Arab Emirates over BlackBerry services. – It came right down to the wire, but Research In Motion worked out a
deal with United Arab Emirates to avert the BlackBerry ban, reported
Dow Jones Newswires on Oct. 8.
If a deal hadnt been reached, UAE was set to ban key BlackBerry
services, including instant messaging, e-mail and Web browsing,
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Ascott launches first serviced residence in Dubai
September 29th, 2010 |
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The Ascott Limited, CapitaLand’s wholly-owned serviced residence business unit says it will start operating the 118-unit Ascott Park Place Dubai, its first Ascott-branded services apartments in the United Arab Emirates, from Oct 1.
The premier serviced residence occupies 15 floors of the spectacular 56-storey Park Place Tower, a high-end mixed use development that also comprises Grade A offices with prominent tenants such as Pictet & Cie, The Royal Bank of Scotland and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council.
Rotary may take stake in SE Asia, Middle East projects
August 19th, 2010 |
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Singapore oil and gas infrastructure services firm Rotary Engineering said it is expanding its horizon to building, owning and operating oil storage terminals in Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
The firm has done early engineering and design work on a few projects worth US$150-350 million ($203-473 million) each in the United Arab Emirates and Southeast Asia, said Chia Kim Piow, Rotary’s chairman and managing director.
Saudi firms face Blackberry fines
August 5th, 2010 |
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Saudi Arabian telecoms firms face fines of a million euros if they do not obey orders to suspend some Blackberry services immediately.
The United Arab Emirates has also threatened to ban some Blackberry functions because of national security concerns. It wants to block emails and access to the internet; both countries are set on banning instant messaging.
Sembcorp raised to $4.92 by DMG
June 30th, 2010 |
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DMG has raised Sembcorp Industries (U96.SG) target price to $4.92 from $4.63 to factor in contributions from company’s expansion in United Arab Emirates, says Dow Jones.
DMG says latest US$200 million ($280 million) investment to build desalination plant in UAE highlights group’s strong position in global utilities segment.
Boustead unit wins $21m contract to build water recycling plant in Abu Dhabi
June 29th, 2010 |
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Boustead Singapore says wholly-owned subsidiary Boustead Salcon Water Solutions – the specialist in water and wastewater engineering – has been awarded an AED55 million ($21 million) contract to design, engineer and construct a new water recycling plant for the enhanced treatment of treated sewage effluent in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates.
Sembcorp says signs US$200m water facility in UAE
June 28th, 2010 |
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Singapore’s Sembcorp Industries (SCIL.SI) said on Monday it has signed a memorandum of understanding to develop and build a US$200 million ($276.8 million) water treatment facility in United Arab Emirates.
NIS begins drilling in Caspian Sea
June 2nd, 2010 |
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Serbian Oil Industry (NIS) has begun drilling at its first rig in the Caspian Sea in Turkmenistan, it has been announced. This came in accordance with a contract signed with company Dragon Oil from the United Arab Emirates.
Saving the children
May 25th, 2010 |
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How child mortality has changed since 1990
SOME 7.7m children under the age of five will die in 2010, down from 11.9m in 1990, according to a new study published online by the Lancet from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington. This is 800,000 fewer deaths than was estimated by UNICEF in 2009, a difference the authors attribute to a larger data collection and better statistical analysis. Most sub-Saharan African countries have made slow progress, but there is evidence of accelerating declines from 2000 to 2010 compared with 1990 to 2000. The Maldives, Cyprus, the United Arab Emirates and Portugal have made the biggest steps in reducing child mortality, with the rate of decline in each averaging over 7% a year. At 2.98 deaths for every 1,000 infants, the UAE now has the sixth-lowest mortality rate in the world. Britain and America are among the worst performing rich nations, ranking 22nd and 44th out of 187 countries.
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“Sex And The City 2″ Banned In Abu Dhabi?
May 17th, 2010 |
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Sex And The City 2 is facing a ban in Abu Dhabi, the conservative Arabic city in which it is set.The plot of the eagerly-awaited chick flick — a follow-up to 2008’s Sex And The City: The Movie — features series stars Carrie Bradshaw, Miranda Hobbes, Charlotte York, and Samantha Jones on vacation in [...]
Gulf newspapers now on mobile phones
April 22nd, 2010 |
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Two newspapers published in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will now be available as mobile phone applications.
The Al Ittihad and The National, published by the Abu Dhabi Media Company (ADMC) released Wednesday a slate of new applications to deliver their content directly to mobile phones.
The customised mobile editions and iPhone applications are free for [...]