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The trip, sponsored by city hotelier S.P. Singh, was a coming together of long-lost families

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A MAN has been jailed for two months for embezzling dhs100,000 from the cafe where he worked.The 38-year-old Egyptian, who served food and shisha, was accused of fiddling the company’s accounts over the period of a year, Dubai Court of Misdemeanors heard.But the defendant, who was working at a cafe in Bur Dubai, denied the charge.“The owner has fabricated the case against me,&rdq

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All over Mirdif, the disturbing art - obscene grafitti -is growing

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Man who duped elderly couple used same modus operandi to cheat another

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A model has described how she was beaten and electrocuted in a brutal sex attack after she rejected the advances of a man at a private party.Sophia Noor was at a friend’s birthday in Ras Al Khaimah when she was attacked by three men after she refused to dance with one of them. The assault has left her with scars on her body and severe internal damage.Noor, a Brit of Pakistani and Emirati de

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People have been left baffled after large amounts of dead fish have washed up at a beach.Passers-by reported seeing hundreds of fish near Dubai Offshore Sailing Club earlier this week.Dubai Municipality launched an investigation, but said that tests showed there was nothing harmful in the water.Mohammad Abdul Rahman Hassan, the head of marine environment, said it was possible it was a catch disca

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An airline employee has been accused of taking a bribe to allow a passenger to load 390kg worth of luggage onto a plane at Dubai International Airport.The 30-year-old Kenyan woman has gone on trial at Dubai Court of First Instance, which heard she hid the amount by adding it to the records of passengers travelling lightly.The court heard that a Nigerian man paid her dhs3,200 to allow the bags ont

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Seventeen men sentenced to death for murder have told an appeal court that they were never questioned about the crime during their original trial.The Indian men are all fighting their sentence and appeared at Sharjah Appeal Court yesterday. Speaking through a Punjabi translator, they said they were never examined by prosecutors or the judge during their trial. They also denied being involved in t

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Two property agents have been accused of accepting bribes to help an investor secure dhs2.6 billion in land at Jebel Ali. The men worked for Nakheel and appeared at Dubai Court of Misdemeanors yesterday.The court was told that they accepted dhs21.8 million from a German investor to help him buy the six pieces of property.“The investor bought six pieces of land from Nakheel in 2008. Eac

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These youngsters can still find something to smile about despite the terrible conditions in which they are living. They were among many people that a Dubai lawyer met during a mercy mission to flood-ravaged Pakistan. He described how people were living in filthy, poorly organised camps as a result of the massive flooding, which has affected 20 million. Muslim countries, organisations an

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Everyone has heard stories of people who get into financial difficulties in the UAE and then run off - leaving behind their bills, mortgages and the odd car at the airport.But in some cases, their actions also have a human cost, a price these labourers in Sharjah are currently paying.The company they worked for has gone bust and their bosses have seemingly disappeared.With no money, food, water o

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Alleged arms dealer Viktor Bout stands accused of selling weapons to some of the most dangerous regimes in the world.A court in the Thai capital Bangkok, where he is being held, has now ordered that he be extradited within three months to the United States, where he faces charges that could put him in prison for life if he is found guilty.However, Bout has turned on his accusers - claiming that t

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The imam leading plans for an Islamic centre near the site of the 9/11 attacks in New York said the fight is over more than “a piece of real estate” and could shape the future of Muslim relations in America.The dispute “has expanded beyond a piece of real estate and expanded to Islam in America and what it means for America”, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf told a group that i

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Gulf News reader says garbage bins are placed right outside apartment block in Bur Dubai

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Gulf News reader raises complaint about landline phone malfunction

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Mirdif residents outraged by obscene grafitti defacing their buildings and walls

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Fire residents disgruntled over alternate accomodation arrangements, saying the apartments are small and dirty

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Philippine embassay officials laud UAE help for Filipino victims of human trafficking

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Man who duped elderly couple used same modus operandi to cheat another

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