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Abu Dhabi's new taxis to be fitted with State-of-art tracking systems


Chinese firm wins contract to build Omniyat tower


Dh10m prize money on offer in Ramadan Games


Dirham hits six-week high at 3.671 per dollar


Draft law on medical errors on hold


Dubai air quality at desired level


Dubai gold sales up 26% in August


E-government launch tonight


Emirates Computers to expand IT services to Saudi Arabia


Heritage village showcases lifestyle of bygone days


Mayed visits Juma Al Majid Centre


New Hijri Year/ Holiday


Panel meeting focuses on DSS 2002


Shoppers welcome smoke-free malls


SPECIAL REPORT: THE NEW EMARATI WOMAN


Taking up the challenge of keeping families out of poverty and misery


UAE gives Morocco US$300m grant


USS George Washington docks at Jebel Ali Port


Vivendi aims for 35% Oger stake


Web forum on traffic tips gains popularity


"1" number plate fetches Dh52m, enters Guinness Book


"Abu Dhabi faces power & water shortfall by 2010": ADWEC


"artparis-abu dhabi" to feature art treasures


"Dubai Cares" charity drive extended by Mohammed Bin Rashid


"Dubai Cares" International Fair and Walkathon to kick off next Friday


"Dubai Cares" Partners with "Save the Children" in Yemen


"Dubai cares" receives Dh21m in donation from DIB


"Emirates my Country" curriculum


"Eyes of the Emirates" Photo Contest


"From Trucial States to United Arab Emirates"


"Generous Hands" initiative goes international


"Images of the past" on display at Abu Dhabi Airport


"Inflation set to slow in 2006": Central Bank Governor


"Land Change: Art and Environment" exhibition and panel discussion


"Money & Banks" magazine launched


"National Day Anniversary Vintage in Lessons" Mohammed bin Zayed


"Partnership schools" - a new phase of national development


"Privatisation of Public sector is key for economic growth in Abu Dhabi,” ADSM Chairman


"Under the Bombs" named best film at DIFF


"Zayed: Man of Peace" concert in Berlin


"Zayed: The Man" new book in Russian


$428 million pledged for Afghan refugees' assistance


$5b realty deals shape up


‘Abu Musa, Greater and Lesser Tunbs rightfully belong to UAE’


‘Buckle Up’ drive controls violations of seat belt rule


‘Career fairs are for expat students too’


‘Careers UAE’ fair to give nationals direct access to employers


‘Clean Up UAE’ from Dec 12


‘Eye of the Emirates’ awaits visitors


‘GCC property market could touch US$750 billion’


‘Magic Lantern’ weaves its spell


‘Marine Carnival’ at the Dubai Creek


‘No change in rules for exchange of licences’


‘Smart’ traffic system to reduce accidents, speed vehicle flow


‘Snail mail’ alive and well – Emirates Post announce record sorting volumes


‘Spiderman’ returns to the capital


‘Third Interchange will be ready by end of January’


‘Tourism is booming’ across Middle East


‘UAE values clean, renewable energy’


‘ZU believes in best academic practices’


“Five Star Prisons” staged in Ras al-Khaimah


“Like a bird leaving its nest’ - First batch of female military pilots to serve in the Emirati armed forces


1,200 companies from 45 countries to converge in Abu Dhabi for 10th ADIPEC


1,360 new buses on Abu Dhabi roads by 2010


1,392 sought amnesty in RAK


1,500 new 5-star rooms for Dubai


1,800 nationals to get jobs instead of social security aid


1,984 labour dispute cases in Dubai in six months


1.1million trips a day to workplace


1.3m people visited parks in Abu Dhabi last year


1.42m Arab visitors stayed in Dubai hotels last year


1.5 million Indian Muslims pray for Sheikh Zayed's soul


1.5 million people visit Dubai Global Village in 17 days


1.5 per cent growth in GDP


1.5m seedlings, flowers grown in Abu Dhabi


1.6m foreign visitors expected to spend Dh1.7b during DSS


10 firms shortlisted for utility project


10 key sponsors announced for DSS


10 new varieties of date palm introduced


10 new varieties of date palm introduced


10,000 in Iraq solidarity march


10,000 make use of amnesty


10,000 to walk against diabetes, says ICLDC


10,000 volunteers for clean-up drive


10,459 students admitted to UAE higher education institutes


100 companies eyeing DP World's US assets


100 houbaras released in Pakistan


100 thousand copies of Sheikh Zayed books distributed


100% Emirati


100,000 benefit from amnesty over six months


100,000 jobs needed for nationals by 2005


100,000 pass through ETISALAT e-payment gateway


100,000 surf coast web site


1000 knights in the greatest Arab drama ''Clash on the Sand''


100pc deficit likely in Marriage Fund


100pc Emiratisation in Labour ministry soon


100th for Godolphin!


103 tie knot at RAK ceremony


106 nations linked to Wasel


10pc of global gold trade passes through Dubai


10TH DSF: City undergoing transformation


10th shopping festival starts with a flashback


11,000 hits on FNC web site in 2 weeks


118 smuggled poisonous snakes seized at Dubai cargo village


12 dams to be built on East Coast


12 major UAE poultry units form body


12,000 illegals register for amnesty


120% bigger computer shopper to open doors today


120,000 Gulf tourists visit Sharjah in 3 months


127 hawaladars apply for certificates with Central Bank


12-hour telethon raises funds


12th edition of ADIPEC poised to be world's biggest Int'l energy event


13 dead, many missing, in major Dubai Dry Docks accident


13 hurdles to FDI identified


13% construction work complete on New Al Garhoud bridge


13,765 tonnes of hashish caught


13.3% increase in Dubai's real GDP in 2004


130 billion dollars needed for power development by GCC


130 billion dollars needed for power development by GCC


130 five-star hotels to open in Dubai by 2010


13pc rise in number of guests in Dubai hotels last year


13th Chess Championship opens in Abu Dhabi


14 centres to be set up to issue identity cards


14 days to leave after exit permit is issued


14 environmental projects on the anvil in UAE


14 prisoners die, 18 other injured in Dubai jail fire


14 tonnes of rubbish collected at Hatta dunes


14,149 booked for not wearing seat belts


14,684 visited museum last year


14pc net growth for CBD


15 cruise ships to call on Dubai with 13,000 tourists


15 new hotels and hotel apartments opened in Sharjah in Q1


15% cash dividends to Abu Dhabi Ship Building’s shareholders and further expansion to increase capacity


15% cash dividends to ADSB's shareholders


15,000 apply for Du jobs


15,000 families benefit from the RCA Ramadan charity supplies


15,842 housing units vacant in Dubai


150 Ras Al Khaimah companies issuing fraudulent visas


150,000 expected to make use of amnesty


150,000 illegals expected to leave


150,893 animals treated in June


150,893 animals treated in June


150-bed obstetric hospital planned in Fujairah


1550 nationals benefit from Zayed Housing Programme


16 banks achieves 4 per cent Emiratisation


16 CNG stations to be set up in UAE


16 teams will fly 100 aircraft; Al Ain Aerobatics Show from Jan 24


16m passengers used Dubai airport in 2002


17 new underground parkings for Abu Dhabi


18 projects to be offered to investors


18,000 visitors turn out at IDEX


18,282 cases registered in Dubai last year


18,500 smuggled CDs seized in 2004


180 global performers for DSS


18th Abu Dhabi International Book Fair set to be largest ever


18th Arabian Gulf Cup launches official website


19 companies invest more than Dh650 million in constructing factories at Dubai Industrial City


19 medical conferences approved for 2001-2002


19 year old Emirati student to address world leaders at the WEF


190 needy students with disabilities receive RCA aid


193 couples recall Zayed's generous gesture


195.59m gallons of water desalinated by FEWA June


1972-2004: UAE economy rises by leaps and bounds


1st edition of Abu Dhabi English tourist guide released


1st Ship arrives for IDEX 2005 Naval Exhibition at Mina Zayed Port


2 airlifted to hospital


2 huge reservoirs being built to supply water to farms in Al Abjan area


2 malls nominated for 'Oscars'


2,000 amnesty seekers rush for outpass


2,000 production hours and seven days go into creating the world's second largest advertising wrap


2,500 outlets in Forever Dubai raffle draw


2,500 students form human world map


2,509 licences issued for construction in Sharjah


2.1m permits issued last year for entry to UAE


2.3 hospital beds per 1000 in RAK - study


2.7 Million virus-infected emails cleaned


20 categories of engineers eligible to transfer sponsorship


20 RCS truck-loads of relief leaves for quake-hit areas in Pakistan


20 stations for water taxis along creek


20,000 visited Al Ain National Museum in Jan-March 2006


200 SEWA vehicles switch to compressed natural gas


200 Young Arab and American Leaders meet in New York


200,000 work visas issued so far this year


2002 UAE Yearbook released


2002 will be good for UAE economy: Kharbash


2005 edition of IDEX poised to be biggest ever


2005 is remarkable year for UAE economy: Al Saleh


2007 budget begins on time


2007 the year the UAE surprised the world


2007 UAE Year Book released


2008 Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture awarded to Egypt's Asfour, Portugal's Alves


200-bed trauma centre approved in Abu Dhabi


2030 Vision brand launched


20pc growth predicted for GITEX Computer Shopper


20pc of land use survey completed


20pc of UAE adults have high blood pressure


20pc of UAE Males are Smokers: Study


20th aircraft joins Etihad's fleet


20-year-old cars to be driven off roads from next month


21 ADSM listed companies do well


21 local banks operating in UAE


21,746 visited museums last month


21-day gratuity pay to remain


22 Bangladeshi camel jockeys return home


22 dams to be constructed in Fujairah


22 underpasses nearly ready


22,000 passengers pour into Dubai airport every day


220 suites under the sea


23km Dubai outer bypass road to ease traffic congestion


23pc rise in number of firms at Media City


23rd Council of GCC Ministers of Labour opens in Abu Dhabi


23rd GCC ministerial labour meet kicks off


24 local companies earn Dh6.5b in net profits


24 new TV channels from Fujairah Creative City


24.2 pc rise in spending on projects


24-hour hotline to report crimes


24-hour interactive TV channel by students


24-hour surgery at new hospitals soon


25 million passengers in the first nine months at Dubai Airport


25 top firms sign up with DIFC


25% of Gulf water has been consumed: Report


25% rise in number of Dubai residents applying for UK visas


250 volunteers come together to clean up Ras Al Akhdar Beach


250,375 parking tickets issued in Dubai last year


255,000 visit Modhesh Fun City in eight weeks


26 RCA centres to collect aid for Iraqis


275-metre water fountain in the offing


276-metre-long container vessel arrives at the Jebel Ali Port


27th edition of GITEX Technology Week kicks off tomorrow


285 nationals granted land in RAK


29.1% increase in issuance of new trade licenses


294m gallons of seawater desalinated


296 expatriate prisoners to be released under amnesty


29th day of Ramadan a public holiday


29th day of Ramadan now public holiday


3 months salary must for abrupt contract-end


3 more work categories for 60 and above


3,000 religious lectures by renowned scholars planned across the country


3,000 Volunteers Take Part in Second Trial Test at Dubai Airport Terminal 3


3,000 year-old buildings discovered


3,000-year-old water clefts discovered


3.5m passengers used Abu Dhabi Int'l Airport from Jan-May this year


3.8 tonnes of cans collected


30 child jockeys return home


30 countries to take part in the hunting show in Abu Dhabi


30 impounded ships to be auctioned


30 new houses delivered to nationals in Fujairah


30 Sand Tiger sharks enter waters of Dubai Aquarium


30 wooden shanty houses in Dubai destroyed by fire


300 species of birds flock together on the East Coast


300 students attend e-education seminar


300 vacancies every month for nationals


300,000 UAE nationals seen to seek jobs by 2006


300,000 UAE nationals to seek employment by 2006


3000 modern and contemporary artworks go on display at Art-Paris Abu Dhabi


309 rent disputes solved in Dubai


31st National Day Statement by Ajman Ruler


31st National Day statement by Fujairah Ruler


31st National Day Statement by Hamdan bin Zayed


31st National Day Statement by Ras Al Khaimah Ruler


31st National Day Statement by Sharjah Ruler


31st National Day Statement by Umm al-Qaiwain Ruler


32 US companies will participate in IDEX 2005


322,000 students in UAE schools


323 nationals to receive Sheikh Rashid Award


33 local artists display works at exhibition


335,938 labour cards issued this year


338 exhibitors and 112 speakers to participate in Environment 2007


34 UAE firms ranked in GCC top list


340,395 people visited Dubai Zoo last year


35 Pakistani publications highlight UAE achievements


35 UAE films to feature at Gulf Film Festival


35,000 make use of amnesty


350 more AC bus shelters operational


350 new firms in JAFZ in last 10 months


355 companies now in Abu Dhabi Industrial City


35pc units at Jumeirah Beach Residence for nationals


360,000 travellers marvel at Einstein showcased at Abu Dhabi international airport


37 projects worth Dh410m planned in Abu Dhabi


37-storey La Riviera Tower launch today


38 country pavilions at Global Village


387 to receive grants for marriage


390,000 titles at 16th Abu Dhabi International Book Fair


3rd Emirates Heritage Club's Eid festival concluded


3rd Zayed Marathon kicks off in New York City


4 by 4 action as Fun Drive takes to the dunes again


4 Cheetah cubs born at Sharjah wildlife centre


4 Dubai Men’s College students to be part of Raleigh expedition


4 majors bid for Fujairah plant deal


4 million website 'hits' in December


4,000 admitted to UAE University


4,000-year-old copper artefacts unearthed in Sharjah's Wadi Helou


4,186 tonnes of waste recycled


4.5pc drop in diesel price at Enoc, Eppco, Emarat stations from Monday


40 American firms to participate in IDEX 2007


40 FNC members appointed


40 tonnes of aid supplies dispatched to Algeria


400 companies to participate in the ADIHEX 2006


400 special needs people to be hired


400,000 nationals to join UAE workforce by 2020


40-km convoy expresses love for Zayed


40pc growth in duty-free shops at Dubai ports


41 countries to take part in Abu Dhabi hunting show


42% increase in buildings in Dubai


420 species of wild birds in UAE, says book


45 national couples wed in Fujairah


454 UAE Nationals to get wedding grant


456 nominees in primary list for FNC elections


45pc dividend likely for EBI


46 million 'hits' on UAE website


4-day Eid holiday for public sector from January 31


4th Round of UAE-US FTA negotiations begin


4x4 Challenge circuit gets big response


5 killed, 12 injured in Dubai Airport building collapse


5 million visitors browse UAE Interact website in 6 months


5 world records set to be broken


5,000 jobs for nationals will be created this year


5,000 motor racing fans watch the best trial bike riders in the capital


5,000 run in Abu Dhabi to raise funds for cancer research


5,000 to join Dubai Terry Fox Run


50 air-conditioners donated to Iraqi orphanages by RCA


50 new companies set up during 2003 in Fujairah Free Zone


50 Russian firms participate at IDEX 2003


50 tonnes of palm date from UAE to Jordan


500 exhibitors due at Dubai Airshow


500 eye patients to get treatment under Noor Dubai Initiative


500 fuel stations ready to provide unleaded petrol


500 participate in Sharjah sit-in


500-acre zoo to come up in Dubailand


500-bed hospital planned in Al Ain


500pc rise in public transport users


50m mobile subscribers seen in Mideast by 2005


50m pact to upgrade naval vessels


517 students graduate from UAE University


526 national students to gain admission in Abu Dhabi higher education institutes


526,070 visit visas issued in Dubai last year


55 open heart surgery performed by RCA's "Giving Heart" program


55,000 employment visas issued in 2001 first quarter


55.3 per cent of establishments in Dubai of trading nature


55pc increase in Dubai gold trade


56 new projects worth Dh1.192b in pipeline


56% of permits processed on same day


57pc of nationals in banking are women


58 films by UAE nationals to be shown in Abu Dhabi


58,303 medical cards issued


59pc of Dubai's re-exports goes to 10 countries


5th consecutive Business Traveller M.E. Award for Dubai Duty Free


5th Forum for the Future kicks off in UAE


5th round of UAE President's Cup for Arabian Horses kicks off in Moscow


5th UAE Armed Forces team arrives to join UAE field hospital in Balakot


6,500 people seek amnesty in Sharjah


6,630 licences issued to GCC businessmen last year


6.7pc of all Dubai Chamber members are women


60,332 surgeries held last year


600 IT companies to take part in Saudi GITEX


6000 years old wild camel bones discovered in Abu Dhabi desert


62 child camel jockeys head for Pakistan as repatriation resumes


632,625 driving licences issued since 1958 in Dubai


64,000 tonnes of dates procured so far this year


66 Dubai jewellery shops found selling sub-standard gold


67,952 visit Dohms dental clinics


6-8 million year old fossils to go on display


7,000 year-old skull found in Sharjah


7,001 apartments to come up in Dubai


7,873 applications distributed to stateless persons


70 musicians to perform at Dubai's jazz festival


70,000 visitors throng Modhesh Fun City in two weeks


7000 year-old houses discovered on Marawah island


70pc of all government deals to be online by 2005


70pc of film entries from UAE directed by women


70pc rise in fish catches


70th UAE plane unloads relief supplies in Pakistan: UAE envoy


75 falcons released under Zayed Falcon Release project


75,000 mobile phone users sign up for multi media messaging service


75pc of visas issued electronically by DNRD


78 riders take part in quad bike race


7pc rise in marriages


7th ME International Motorshow set to dazzle


7th Session of UAE-German Joint Commission kicks off in Berlin


7th Terry Fox charity marathon


8 Boulevard Walk tower unveiled at Burj Dubai


8 exhibition halls booked for GITEX


8,000 falcon passports issued, says official


8,000 more flats in Dubai


80 companies set to take part in Dubai Helishow


80 new hotel projects announced at ATM


80 per cent of private wealth in GCC invested outside the region


80 per cent of space at IDEX 2003 booked


80% of the tunnelling work under Dubai Creek complete, says official


80,000 visit Modhesh Fun City in five weeks


800 housing unit village donated by S. Ruler opened in Guinea-Conakry


800,000 expatriate jobs for nationals


809,000 sq ft of Saadiyat Island sold to Rotana Hotels


80pc of Palm Jumeirah reclamation completed


817 buildings under construction in Dubai


817 buildings under construction in Dubai


825 international companies to participate in IDEX 2003


83 warehouses gutted in Al Quoz blaze


85 pc public satisfaction over Dubai Police services


85,000 cruise ship travellers are expected in Dubai


86 camel kids smuggled to UAE reach Lahore


87% of reclamation work completed in Dubai Maritime City


87pc stalls booked for IDEX 2005


9,000 taxis to hit Abu Dhabi roads


90 fields cleared of mines in South Lebanon


90 per cent of Dubai will be urban by 2015


90% of Red Line viaduct work complete


900 Palm Jumeirah units up for sale


900 species shifted to conservation reserve


90pc of stands reserved for Dubai Airshow 2005


92 labour disputes solved last month


95% UAE residents own mobile phones


97% of UAE's population get 3.5G network coverage by Etisalat


99.8pc of elderly live with kin


9th aerospace expo to be held in November


9th conference of ECSSR concludes


A “Cool” deal for Tabreed and Khalidiya Mall


A 12-metre-long Baleen Whale was found dead on Al Mamzar beach with its belly ripped open yesterday.


A beautiful ‘Cover Job”


A bouquet of summer flowers


A brave new world set for DSF


A bright today and a brighter tomorrow


A British university to be built in RAK


A brush with talent


A call for international coalition against Israeli terror


A call to savour the Emirates


A camel caravan with a difference


A chance to personalise your email ID


A city that cares


A cleaner and greener Dubai


A community force


A dangerous vacuum in Afghanistan, UAE daily


A date with a date factory


A date with Arabic poetry; Dubai Press Club hosts cultural night


A date with dates for 16,000 visitors


A day in the life of Dubai on show


A desert in full bloom


A Dh 300-m ministerial complex under construction


A different tale to tell


A documentary film on President's Wife


A dream come true for Maitha


A Dubai hat trick


A fashionably fitting finale


A forlorn cry for help, UAE daily


A fully wireless campus; laptop act as notebook at DWC


A fun approach to help special needs pupils


A garden of hope lives in the face of a barren future


A guiding light for national women seeking direction in business world


A Henin encore in Dubai


A high-profile and decorated scholar


A historical journey to Holy Lands through photo masterpieces


A hotel across the Sheikh Zayed road?


A hub for universities from around the world


A journey toward political reformation


A knowledge pool in Dubai


A language of the heart


A large-hearted gesture to the Father of the Nation


A lasting legacy of reaching out across religions


A letter from President Khatami to Sheikh Zayed received


A liberal economic strategy


A lone swan finds its rightful place among flock of flamingos


A look into the past


A lost chick is 'adopted' by another houbara


A lot of work ahead of women: Sheikh Nahyan


A majlis to bridge the cultural divide


A major player in UAE formation


A master plan for development


A milestone in Saudi-UAE economic cooperation


A million dates on plate to set a world record


A month of compassion and piety


A Museum for Bedouins Heritage in Abu Dhabi


A nation on the move salutes its architect


A national wealth from time immemorial


A new "Central Fish Market" to open in Abu Dhabi in 2009


A new book on Zayed issued


A new breed of Emirati graduates await their fate in the banking sector


A new centre at Al Ain varsity to promote UAE-US ties


A new centre for stage


A New Educational Programme Envisaged in UAE


A new era for UAE golf


A new page of relations opened- Ahmadinejad


A new township takes shape in Abu Dhabi<