Protect Women During Conflicts, UAE Urges UN Khaleej Times NEW YORK ' The UAE urged the United Nations to work to protect women and children during armed conflicts, and to get those who are detained as hostages or prisoners released. It also called on the UN bodies to follow up on their conditions and provide them with necessary assistance. | UAE's call was...
Suzanne Tamim: Egypt Overturns Death Sentence In Star's Murder Huffington Post | CAIRO — An Egyptian court on Thursday ordered the retrial of a real estate mogul sentenced to death for hiring a hit man to murder his former lover, a Lebanese pop star, in a case that has put a spotlight on the political power of wealthy businessmen with links to the government in Egypt. | ...
Jail Term for Molesting Bar Waitress Upheld Khaleej Times DUBAI ' The Court of Appeal on Tuesday upheld the six-month imprisonment given to an Afghan worker by a lower court for molesting a waitress. | The Court of Appeal also upheld the deportation order of the 24-year-old worker and the Dh1,000 fine impos...
Dubai Police Arrests Indian Don's Brother Khaleej Times DUBAI ' The Dubai Police arrested alleged Indian gangster Anwar Babu Sheikh this week, Brigadier Khalil Ibrahim Al Mansouri, Director of the General Department of Criminal Investigation, said on Tuesday. | Babu Sheikh is the younger brother of underw...
An Alternative Reading of Murder in Dubai Khaleej Times The killing of Palestinian activist Mahmoud al-Mabhouh on January 19, 2010 was clearly a well-planned, violent and sadistic act, committed by Israeli assassins in the supposed safety of a sovereign country. | Yes, Mahmoud al-Mabhouh was a Palestinian...
Dubai issues new 16 international warrants Khaleej Times DUBA I- Dubai Public Prosecution has issued international arrest warrants for 16 more suspects wanted for the premeditated killing of Mahmoud Al-mabhouh, a top Hamas leader, in a hotel in Dubai last January, taking the total number of people on its w...
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Thai court rules on ex-leader Thaksin's wealth The Guardian | THANYARAT DOKSONE | Associated Press Writer= BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's Supreme Court ruled Friday that ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra unlawfully concealed his assets ...
Rudd told of ASIO report on Israelis The Daily Telegraph Australia | AUSTRALIA'S top security agency ASIO secretly investigated the likelihood of Israeli agents harvesting Australian passports in 2004. | As the former Opposition foreign affai...
Australia ups pressure on Israel over Dubai murder Middle East Online DUBAI - Israel came under fresh diplomatic pressure Thursday as Australia became the latest country seeking answers over the use of western passports in the murder of a Hamas offic...
Maid Held for Alleged Theft of Dh390,000 Khaleej Times SHARJAH ' A woman who was employed as a housemaid, and was absconding since stealing money and jewellery from an Arab family residing in Sharjah which had employed her, has been arrested by Sharjah Police. | The woman, F Wardoofa from Ethiopia, had m...
Protect Women During Conflicts, UAE Urges UN Khaleej Times NEW YORK ' The UAE urged the United Nations to work to protect women and children during armed conflicts, and to get those who are detained as hostages or prisoners released. It also called on the UN bodies to follow up on their conditions and provid...
Absconding house maid held for theft Khaleej Times An absconding Ethiopian maid called F.Wardoofa who stole money and jewelry worth half million from her employee was recently arrested by Sharjah Police. | Colonel Yousef Moussa Al Naqbi, Director of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) confirm...
Thai court rules on ex-leader Thaksin's wealth The Guardian | THANYARAT DOKSONE | Associated Press Writer= BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's Supreme Court ruled Friday that ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra unlawfully concealed his assets while in office and abused his power for personal gain, as it prepared to issue a decision on whether his $2.29 billion fortune should be seized. | The nine-judge panel, ...
JDV lawyer against Lakas-Kampi union now on its Senate slate Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines—How did former Speaker Jose de Venecia's personal lawyer end up running for senator in the slate of the administration party? | De Venecia himself was baffled, said lawyer Raul Lambino, when the latter decided to run for senator under Lakas-Kampi-CMD, whose merger De Venecia and Lambino, had questioned before the Commission on...
