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2010 Sep 30 |
The Arabic-language Al-Ittihad daily quoted Dubai police chief Dahi Khalfan as saying he had "received two death threats based on the case of Hamas militant" Mahmud al-Mabhuh's assassination in a Dubai hotel on January 20. Links: Israel, Dubai 
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2010 Oct 11 |
Officials said Canadian troops are being forced to pull out of a military base in the United Arab Emirates that supports their mission in Afghanistan amid an ongoing dispute over airline landing rights. Links: Canada, Dubai
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2010 Oct 11 |
Dubai media reported that a key suspect in the killing of a Hamas operative in Dubai on Jan 19 has been arrested abroad but details of the capture are secret. The arrest took place in a Western country about two months ago. Links: Israel, Palestine, Dubai
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2010 Oct 17 |
A Nigerian government spokesman said a Dubai court found cause to honor an extradition request for former Delta state Gov. James Ibori, a prominent politician in the ruling People's Democratic Party. Authorities have said Ibori faces charges over stealing $292 million in state funds while in office. Links: Nigeria, Dubai, Corruption
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2010 Dec 19 |
A Dubai court sentenced Mark Arnold (42), a Briton, charged with killing Kelly Winter, his South African ex-lover, to life in prison. Winter (36) disappeared in August 2008 following a quarrel with Arnold. Prosecutors charged him with clubbing her to death with a baseball bat and dumping her body with weights in the sea. Her body was never found. Life in prison equals 25 years in the United Arab Emirates. Links: Murder, Dubai
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2010 Dec 22 |
A Dubai court slashed the prison terms for two men convicted in the 2009 slaying of a former Chechen warlord from life to just three years in a surprise ruling that highlighted the international intrigue surrounding the case. The family of the slain Chechen strongman, Sulim Yamadayev, had submitted a letter disavowing any desire for further punishments in connection with the killing. Links: Chechnya, Dubai
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2011 Jan 9 |
UAR media reports said Dubai’s Court of Cassation, the last stop in the appeal process, confirmed that the United Arab Emirates' strict indecency codes cover hand gestures and the deportation sentence would stand and upheld the deportation of a Pakistani man for a case of road rage that included a raised middle finger. Links: UAR, Dubai, Sociology
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2011 Jan 12 |
A Dubai court gave a three-year jail sentence to a self-professed African wizard, a blacksmith from Chad, who claimed he could make millions of dollars rain from the sky in exchange for a modest payment to genies. Links: Dubai
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2011 Jan 20 |
Dubai media reported that undercover agents have wrapped up a real sting operation, finding devices that delivered electric shocks to camels to make them run faster in races. Small vibrating robot "jockeys" were being used atop camels for racing in the United Arab Emirates. Links: Animal, Dubai
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2011 Feb 10 |
In Dubai convicted killer Rashid Rabee al-Rashidi, a 30-year-old boat captain, was put to death by a firing squad in the first execution in the United Arab Emirates in three years. The execution followed his conviction for raping and killing a boy (4) in a mosque bathroom in November 2009. Links: UAR, Dubai
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2011 Mar 24 |
Dubai police said the Gulf emirate has seized thousands of small arms being smuggled in a sea cargo shipment bound for Yemen. The weapons were discovered in a Dubai warehouse about two weeks ago. The shipment originated in Turkey. Links: Turkey, Guns, Yemen, Dubai
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2011 Mar 28 |
In Dubai Alain Robert, a French skyscraper climber, scaled the Burj Khalifa in just over 6 hours. Links: France, Dubai
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2011 Apr 10 |
In the UAR Nasser bin Ghaith, a financial analyst and an economics professor at the Abu Dhabi branch of Paris' Sorbonne university was detained in Dubai. Links: Dubai
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2011 Apr 21 |
The US Justice Department indicted 3 US citizens and their two companies for illegally exporting millions of dollars worth of computers to Iran via Dubai. Links: USA, Iran, Dubai
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2011 Aug 7 |
In Dubai water pipes ruptured during maintenance at the seven-building Oceana complex on one of the iconic palm islands, forcing residents to bath in the sea and head to the malls to use the restroom. Links: Dubai
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2011 Oct 7 |
Dubai's flagship Emirates airline said it will sponsor Britain's first urban cable car spanning London's river Thames, saying it hoped the new addition to the city's skyline would be ready for next year's Olympics. The 10-year-deal was valued at 36 million pounds. Links: Dubai
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2011 Nov 11 |
Ahmad Rezaei, the son of prominent Iranian conservative Mohsen Rezaei, died in Dubai's Gloria Hotel in an apparent suicide. Prior to his return to Iran in 2005, Ahmad Rezaei had lived in the United States and openly criticized Tehran's rulers. His father had run against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2009. Links: Iran, Suicide, Dubai
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2011 Nov 13 |
Emirates Airlines launched the Dubai Airshow with a record $18-billion order for 50 Boeing 777s, giving the US company a flying start on its European rival Airbus at the prestigious event. Links: UAR, USA, Aviation, Dubai
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2011 Dec 11 |
Pakistan’s PM Yousuf Raza Gilani said President Asif Ali Zardari will likely need two weeks to rest in Dubai following medical treatment there before he returns home. Zardari flew to Dubai last week for treatment related to a heart condition. Links: Pakistan, Dubai
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2012 Feb 10 |
Nearly 2,000 Syrians took part in a demonstration outside the Syrian consulate in Dubai. Links: Syria, Dubai, Mad Crowd
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2012 Mar 24 |
Chechnya's first lady, Medni Kadyrova, displayed her Islamic fashion collection to a captivated audience in Dubai, faithful to the politics of her husband who has sought to impose Islamic dress codes in the Caucasus republic. Links: Chechnya, Dubai, Fashion
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2012 May 22 |
Sri Lankan authorities seized 1.5 tons of African ivory marked as plastic waste and addressed to a buyer in Dubai. They informed the authorities in the United Arab Emirates and Kenya to take action against the shipper and the consignee. Links: Kenya, Sri Lanka, Animal, Dubai
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2012 May 27 |
In Jordan Vivian Salameh (45) a Christian woman, said she is suing her Gulf Arab employer for arbitrary dismissal after she refused a new dress code forcing her to cover her head. She had worked at Jordan's Industrial Development Bank for 25 years when it was acquired in 2010 by the Jordan Dubai Islamic Bank, an offshoot of the Dubai Islamic Bank. Links: Labor, Jordan, Dubai, Hair, Islam, Banking
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2012 May 31 |
Nearly 300 stores in the Gulf emirate of Dubai banned the sale of cigarettes for 24 hours to mark the World No Tobacco Day. Links: Smoking, Dubai
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2012 Jun 12 |
In the Philippines a three-man news team for the Dubai-based Al Arabiya network failed to return to their hotel on Jolo island, a stronghold of the Abu Sayyaf. Links: Philippines, Dubai, Journalism
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2012 Jun 28 |
In Dubai Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and his counterpart Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo of Somaliland agreed to boost cooperation between their different factions. The two men signed the "Dubai Charter" in the presence of the leaders of Puntland and Galmudug, two self-proclaimed autonomous regions in Somalia. Links: Somalia, Dubai, Somaliland
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2012 Jul 5 |
A Dubai court ordered the release on bail of Ohio-raised Zack Shahin (52), who was in jail on fraud charges and has been on a hunger strike since May 14. Shahin, at the time managing director of property developer Deyaar, was arrested in 2008 and charged the following year with embezzling more than 98 million dirhams (then $27 million). Shahin was released on July 12, but was soon caught fleeing the country. Links: USA, Dubai, Fraud
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2012 Jul 16 |
US Navy gunners aboard the USNS Rappahannock, a refueling ship, opened fire on a small boat racing toward them in broad daylight near the Gulf city of Dubai. One Indian was killed in the incident, and three of his countrymen were seriously wounded. An Indian fisherman aboard the boat told officials the crew received no warning before being fired upon. In 2013 a Navy investigation said the sailors acted within rules of engagement. Links: USA, India, Dubai
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2012 Aug 13 |
Abdallah Kombo, the director of the Zanzibar Maritime Authority (ZMA), said it was "cheated" by its Dubai-based agent Philtex Corporation, which is alleged to have reflagged the Iranian vessels. Maritime Transport Minister Rashid Suleiman Seif said The government in Zanzibar, a semi-autonomous part of Tanzania, will deregister Iranian oil tankers flying its flag to dodge sanctions. Links: Oil, Iran, Tanzania, Dubai
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2012 Nov |
Dubai unveiled plans for Mohammed bin Rashid (MBR) City. The city within a city will feature more than 100 hotels. Links: Dubai
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2012 Dec 14 |
Envoys from nearly 90 nations signed the first new UN telecommunications treaty since the Internet age, but the US and other Western nations refused to join after claiming it endorses greater government control over cyberspace. The Int’l. Telecommunications Union (ITU) has no technical powers to change how the Internet operates or force countries to follow its nonbinding accords. Links: UN, Internet, Dubai, Telecom
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2013 Feb 26 |
In Dubai the 72-storey Marriott Marquis Dubai hotel officially opened setting a world record of tallest hotel at 1,009 feet. Links: Dubai, World Record
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2013 Mar 25 |
A Dubai court convicted American businessman Zack Shahin for fraud and sentenced him to 15 years' imprisonment after a nearly five-year legal battle that included a hunger strike and a failed attempt to flee. Links: USA, Dubai, Fraud
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2013 Apr 29 |
A Dubai court sentenced three British tourists to four years in prison on drug charges in a case that drew international scrutiny over claims of abuses in custody. Suneet Jeerh, Grant Cameron and Karl Williams, were arrested last July with what police said was the synthetic drug known as Spice. Links: Britain, Drugs, Dubai
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2015 |
In the UAR Dubailand, a tourism and entertainment complex, hoped to attract 15 million tourists annually by this time. This amounted to about 40,000 visitors per day. Links: UAR, Dubai
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2016 |
The UAR emirate of Dubai was expected to run out of oil about this time. Links: UAR, Oil, Dubai
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2017 |
In the UAR Dubai’s new airport at Jebel Ali was scheduled to come into full operation with a capacity to handle 120 million passengers a year. Links: UAR, Aviation, Dubai
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