Ambassadors of Islamic culture

Gulf News reporters Sara Janahi and Siham Al Najami meet up with some of this year's contestants » Read More
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Blast off for UAE students

Three UAE students are embarking on an out-of-this-world internship at America’s space agency.The chosen trio Shamma Al Qassim, 19, Hazza Bani Malek, 20, and Hamad Rajab, 21,  have been hand-picked to boldly go where no Emirati youngster has gone before - a ten-month course alongside NASA’s top scientists and researchers in the United States. They will help out on various mission » Read More
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UK Budget Cut will have Little Effect on Quality

DUBAI -United Kingdom universities will 'configure themselves' to accommodate budget cuts by the country's government without compromising on quality and its position as a popular destination of study, according to the country's education representatives in the UAE. » Read More
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Innovative Finance Sources Main Theme at Awqaf Conference

DUBAI - The Dubai International Conference for Awqaf was opened by Shaikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council on Tuesday. » Read More
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Transplants wait on new definition of brain death

Doctors and hospitals look forward to cadaver donations, and liver procedures, which they say will diminish the demand for illegal organs. » Read More
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Police in bodies blunder

Police have admitted they may have handed over bodies of Air India Express crash victims to the wrong families.The admission came yesterday as a mass burial was carried out for 12 corpses that could not be identified.Only eight of the 166 people on board survived after the flight from Dubai to Mangalore crashed on landing on May 22. Hundreds of people flew from Dubai to India after the crash to c » Read More
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Drugs mule: donÂ’t make my mistake

A drugs mule has spoken of the “huge mistake” that has left her life in tatters.Beauty Omoba is currently serving ten years in a Dubai prison after being caught trying to smuggle a stash of heroin through Dubai International Airport.Omoba had been given a bag to carry through customs by a contact of a friend and says she had no idea it contained drugs.And today she warned others not t » Read More
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Crackdown on speed merchants

Drivers of light and heavy vehicles exceeding speed limit by 10km per hour will be penalised » Read More
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Early morning fog likely on Wednesday

Thick fog blanketed most of the coastal areas early Tuesday morning starting from 6 am and reducing visibility down to 200 meters at some places » Read More
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Motorcyclist crashes into oncoming vehicle

A large tailback of vehicles could be seen at around midday due to the accident that occurred on the Sharjah-Ajman highway on Emirates Road. » Read More
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Warren Buffett: My businesses have bottomed

Billionaire Warren Buffett said that while his businesses have bottomed after the worst financial crisis in decades, he saw few upticks and ruled out a buoyant holiday season. Consumer demand will recover and it is likely that the economy would come back in two years rather than in » Read More
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Immunity Not Forever, Says Dubai Police Chief

"Israel's Prime Minister will remain wanted in Dubai," the Dubai police chief said on Wednesday. » Read More
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