UAE jails two over Dubai killing of Chechen commander
Mon, 12/04/10 – 16:17 | No Comment

A court in Dubai has jailed two men – an Iranian and a Tajik – for 25 years over their role in the assassination last year of a Chechen commander.
Sulim Yamadayev, a rival of Chechen …

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Regional consumer confidence gives hope for Dubai future
Mon, 12/01/09 – 20:55 | No Comment
Regional consumer confidence gives hope for Dubai future

Amid the global financial and stock market turbulence of the past six months, consumer confidence in the Middle East as a whole remains unscathed and continues to be fairly optimistic, according to MasterCard Worldwide Index …

Dubai: The New Crime Capital?
Sun, 11/01/09 – 16:53 | One Comment

We at the TheDubaiLife came accross this little feature in the British tabloid paper, the Mirror, which more or less says that most crime lords are shunning the spanish resorts, (or Monaco, or Rio or …

Dubai Customs launches anti-smuggling mobile laboratory
Sun, 11/01/09 – 10:37 | No Comment
Dubai Customs launches anti-smuggling mobile laboratory

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11 Jan-2009, Dubai:Mr. Ahmed Buti Ahmed, Director General of Dubai Customs launched Thursday 8th January 2009 at the Customs main building a mobile laboratory, the first of its kind in the UAE, for detecting drugs, …

Al-Futtaim to once again play leading role during DSF 2009
Sun, 11/01/09 – 10:20 | No Comment
Al-Futtaim to once again play leading role during DSF 2009

Dubai Festival City proud to be part of the month-long extravaganza
Dubai, January 10, 2009: Al-Futtaim’s Dubai Festival City will once again be the preferred destination for shopping and entertainment activities in Dubai as the city …

RTA allocates a portion of Dubai Metro Stations Naming Rights project’s proceeds to sponsor mass wedding of special needs
Sun, 11/01/09 – 10:17 | No Comment
RTA allocates a portion of Dubai Metro Stations Naming Rights project’s proceeds to sponsor mass wedding of special needs

Dubai (United Arab Emirates): The Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) allocated AED200,000/- (two hundred thousand dirham) from the proceeds of Dubai Metro Stations Naming Rights Project, contributed by the first batch of companies that won …

Sharaf DG and Union Co-Op Seal Strategic Deal
Sun, 11/01/09 – 10:04 | No Comment
Sharaf DG and Union Co-Op Seal Strategic Deal

Electronics retail powerhouse opens store at Union Co-Op’s new Al Wasl road branch in Dubai
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 11 January, 2009: Continuing with its aggressive expansion plans, Sharaf DG, the UAE’s largest electronics retailer, has …

HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum welcomes EEA Delegation
Sun, 11/01/09 – 9:58 | No Comment

11 January 2009, H. H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority and Chairman of Dubai Airports, recently welcomed a delegation from the Emirates Energy Award (EEA) to discuss …

RTA Signs a Strategic Agreement with TECOM Investments to Expand and Develop Mass Transportation in Dubai
Sat, 10/01/09 – 8:54 | No Comment

Dubai (United Arab Emirates): Public Transport Agency at Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) signed at its Head Office yesterday a strategic agreement in a form of a Memorandum of Understanding with Energy & Sustained Environment …

Dubai Export Development Corporation and Austrade sign Tradelink Partnership
Sat, 10/01/09 – 8:49 | No Comment

Agreement will create strategic international alliances
10 January 2009: Dubai Export Development Corporation (EDC) has established a Tradelink Partnership with the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) to create strategic alliances between Dubai and Australian businesses.
The Partnership covers …

ENOC conducts major oil spill response drill at Jebel Ali Port
Sat, 10/01/09 – 8:44 | No Comment

Simulated drill aimed to help prevent the potential risk of pollution
Dubai, January 10, 2009: Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) successfully conducted a joint oil spill emergency response exercise in Jebel Ali recently. The exercise, …