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Pelosi at heart of GOP 2010 Strategy
Region: United Arab EmiratesThe Wall Street Journal reports that insiders have told them that Republicans will redouble their efforts to make House Speaker Nancy Pelosi an albatross around the necks of the Democrats. The strategy of linking the liberal Pelosi to centrist Dems didn't work in 2006 or 2008, reports WSJ's Neftali Bendavid but in the upcoming mid-term elections, Republicans hope that a general feeling of unease when the p... more
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Los Angeles District Attorney to Crack Down on Pot Shops
Region: United Arab EmiratesMedical Marijuana has been legal in the state of California for about 10 years, but the Los Angeles district attorney has announced he will go on the offensive against a "vast majority" of the Medical Marijuana clinics Dozens of clinics operate under a 1996 initiative that allows medical marijuana use, and a state law that allows for collective growing of marijuana. But after a State Supreme Court ru... more
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Dubai building collapse documented via Twitter
Region: United Arab Emirates
A high-rise building under construction collapsed in Dubai on Sunday afternoon, though there were no immediate reports of casualties, per the Emirates News Agency. @MaliZomg of Dubai provided live tweets from the scene. MaliZomg (Dubai, UAE) HOLY SHIT THE BUILDING COLLAPSED! The specialist canadian hospital in deira! IT COLLAPSED! 16 Aug 2009 from txt MaliZomg (Dubai, UA... more
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Arab leader exposed torturing civilian on tape
Region: United Arab EmiratesAccording to a US state department official, a member of the royal family in Abu Dhabi has been arrested after he was exposed on video performing bizarre acts of torture on an Afghan grain dealer. The official has confirmed that the government of the United Arab Emirates have emphasized a house arrest on Sheikh Issa Bin Zayed Nahyan, while an investigation is still pending. On the tape Sheikh Issa seems agitated and e... more
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Emirate in UAE Bans Beggars During Ramadan
Region: United Arab Emirates
Posted to findingDulcinea by Anne Szustek Ras Al-Khaimah, an emirate in the northern region of the UAE, has already arrested 27 beggars since Jan. 1 this year, as part of the early stages of a campaign to root out panhandlers in the area, now finalized in time for the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, due to start this year on Sept. 1. Ras Al-Khaimah Criminal Investigation Department Lt. Col. Salem ... more
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Single Arab Women Face Taboo of Living Alone
Region: United Arab Emirates
Posted by Ayesha Saldanha to Global Voices Online For many single Arab women, to live and work or study away from their family is not a choice made easily, because of fear of ‘what people will say'. A number of bloggers from around the Arab world have voiced their frustration recently at the obstacles single women face. Rambling Hal in Amman, who blogs at Rants and Rambles, has decided to take up a job in Abu... more
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British Woman and Her Fellow Arrested for Sex on Dubai’s Beach
Region: United Arab EmiratesA British Business Woman arrested for having sex with a British tourist on Jumeirah beach. Dubai police found this unmarried British woman in an objectionable position with a British tourist. Michelle Palmer, a 30 years old manager in publishing firm charged with having sex outside marriage, being drunk in public, in decent behavior and assaulting a police officer. Sex out of marriage is an offence in D... more
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Dubai Government make New Visa Norms for Expatriates
Region: United Arab EmiratesDubai government made new visa norms for citizen of other countries who are seeking jobs in Dubai. People who are looking for jobs in Dubai have to undergo numbers of medical tests for diseases including Hepatitis B & C, HIV, tuberculosis and syphilis in addition to existing medical test. However, before implementation of this rule expatriates have to undergo X-... more
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Netsol Technologies Limited expands its operations to UAE
Region: United Arab EmiratesThe NetSol Technologies Limited . the largest IT Leader has started its expansion to UAE . According to its Chairman and Executive Chief Officer Salim Ghauri his company is planning to write another success story in the Middle East after the region of Asia where LeaseSoft has become a symbol of accuracy, quality and security. "We al... more
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Abu Dhabi, a hospitable open city
Region: United Arab Emirates
The popularity of the emirate of Dubai in the international scene is immense. But there is another fast-growing city in the United Arab Emirates that cannot simply be ignored. It is no less than the emirate of Abu Dhabi--the UAE bustling capital and permanent residence of the country's ruling family of the al Nahyans. Currently, UAE's president is His Highness Sheik Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan, one of the sons of the ... more
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