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Special Reports

Detailed Statement from Dubai World is expected after Creditors review The...

Dubai World's chief restructuring officer, Deloitte's Aidan Birkett, met with creditors on Wednesday afternoon to discuss restructuring plans for $26 billion of debt. The...

Day of Rage: Fire, gunshots, clashes in Lebanon’s Beirut & Tripoli

A Hezbollah backed candidate has amassed the necessary support to become Lebanon's next Prime Minister. The news was met with fierce opposition in the...

HH Sheikh Mohammed: Arab must work together or lose together

On the evening of the GCC Summit, UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum...

Next-generation mobile payment solution launched in UAE

Emirates NBD, Etisalat and Visa  launch next-generation mobile payments solution - MoneyMobile Development of contactless payments using Visa payWave via mobile device NFC mobile payments solution...

Arab unity in the shadows

Marwan Bishara and his guests examine the past, present and future of Arab Unity in view of the historical processes, and geopolitical realities of...

GCC countries reiterate stand by Bahrain

The GCC countries have pledged full political, economic, security and defence support to the Kingdom of Bahrain and expressed rejection for external interference in...

Wall Street Protests: More than 700 arrested

The U.S. is witnessing angry moods in the nation's financial hub. Hundreds have thrown their weight behind the latest demonstration, named "Occupy Wall Street",...

Why now is the right time to rent in Downtown Dubai

Emaar Property's flagship development, the over 20-billion dollar worth Downtown Dubai district, daily becomes more and more sought residential location among young people engaged...

A model for democracy in the Gulf

The parliamentary elections held on Saturday in Kuwait - as well as yielding the country's first elected female MPs - have also been described...

Dubai SME announces top 100 SMEs

Dubai SME, the agency of the Department of Economic Development in Dubai (DED) mandated to develop the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector, has...

UAE flag in the Guinness Book of World Records

Najmuddeen Meera Hussain, the owner of Around the World Clocks and Gifts (ATW) applied to the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest...

Recovery Expectations

First International Peace March in Dubai on Friday

At least 30,000 peace lovers of different nationalities are expected to participate in the first international Peace March in Dubai on Friday, organisers Dubai...

Deadly anti-Mubarak protests in Cairo

3 people have been killed as thousands took to the streets of Egypt in its biggest anti-government protests in years. The largest rallies gathered...

New AED 1 billion five-year plan to pave internal roads in...

UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has approved a five-year plan (2012...

What now for the Arab League?

For how long will the Arab peace initiative remain on the table and can the Arab League in its current form cope with growing...

Iceland volcano continues eruptions

The ash cloud from a volcano in southern Iceland has held European skies hostage, grounding thousands of flights and leaving millions of passengers stranded...