Apr 172012
Country is home to specialists that can provide world-class treatment, say doctors. ILLUSTRATION: JAMAL KHURSHID
KARACHI:
“Every country, except Pakistan, is concerned with medical tourism,” say doctors, who bemoan the fact that our government is sleeping over a golden Read more [...]
Apr 162012
KUALA LUMPUR: Pandelela Rinong and Leong Mun Yee regained their status as the world’s third best ranked pairing in the 10m platform synchro by bagging bronze at the FINA Diving World Series leg in Moscow. The top Malaysian pairing started in impressive fashion by clinching silver in the Read more [...]
Apr 152012
The first Middle East Film and Comic Convention (MEFCC) will take place 20-21 April at the Dubai International Marine Club.
The convention, which will resemble comic conventions held in the US, will feature a multitude of comic genres, including fantasy, science Read more [...]
Startup firms bloom in wake of Arab Spring
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Apr 142012
Jordanian entrepreneur Majied Qasem waited three years before arranging outside funding for his startup company, d1g.com, an Arabic social media and content-sharing platform. He finally succeeded in September last year, eight months after Arab Spring uprisings erupted in the region.The company now has more than Read more [...]
Apr 142012
TEHRAN -- An American was undergoing treatment at a hospital in Tehran on Saturday after an Emirates flight from Dubai to Seattle was diverted to the Iranian capital when the 52-year-old man suffered a heart attack, Iran's ISNA news agency reported.
The Emirates flight was in Read more [...]
Apr 142012
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's civil aviation spokesman says an American is receiving medical treatment in Tehran after his plane was diverted to the Iranian capital when he suffered a heart attack on a flight from Dubai to Seattle.
Abbas Mosayebi says the 52-year-old man was Read more [...]
Apr 132012
Dubai: Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan was detained at New York airport for two hours on Thursday as he arrived to visit Yale University, Indian news agencies reported.
Khan along with top industrialist's daughter Nita Ambani, a student at Yale University, arrived at the Read more [...]
Apr 112012
By Maha El Dahan
ABU DHABI |
Wed Mar 21, 2012 4:22am EDT
ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Emirates Aluminium (Emal), a joint venture between Abu Dhabi's Mubadala and Dubai Aluminium (Dubal), is looking to double its exports to the United States by the end of 2012 as demand from the automotive industry Read more [...]
Apr 102012
Topic galleries provide easy access to stories and photos about people, places, organizations, events and subjects of interest to you.
They bring together rich multimedia content from across our network of newspaper and TV Web sites.
You'll find thousands of Read more [...]
Dubai hotel occupancy drops
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Apr 102012
Hotel occupancy in Dubai hotels dropped in February 2012 while the average room rate increased by nearly three per cent compared to the same month last year.
“In Dubai, hotels reported a 4.3 percentage point drop in occupancy in February 2012 compared to the same Read more [...]
Dubai hotel occupancy drops in February
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Apr 092012
Hotel occupancy in Dubai hotels dropped in February 2012 while the average room rate increased by nearly three per cent compared to the same month last year.
“In Dubai, hotels reported a 4.3 percentage point drop in occupancy in February 2012 compared to the same Read more [...]
Apr 092012
Michigan State University President Lou Anna K. Simon contacted the Central Intelligence Agency in late 2009 with an urgent question.
The school's campus in Dubai needed a bailout and an unlikely savior had stepped forward: a Dubai-based company that offered to provide money and students.
Simon was tempted. She also Read more [...]
US democracy group detained
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Apr 082012
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By BRIAN MURPHY
Associated Press
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- United Arab Emirates authorities temporarily detained members of a U.S.-funded democracy group as Read more [...]
Apr 062012
By BRIAN MURPHYAssociated Press
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - United Arab Emirates authorities temporarily detained members of a U.S.-funded democracy group as they tried to leave the country after their office was ordered closed, U.S. officials said Thursday.
The group included the local director of Read more [...]
Apr 062012
By BRIAN MURPHYAssociated Press
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - United Arab Emirates authorities temporarily detained members of a U.S.-funded democracy group as they tried to leave the country after their office was ordered closed, U.S. officials said Thursday.
The group included the local director of Read more [...]