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Lorenzo wins season-opening Qatar Grand Prix
Pole-sitter Jorge Lorenzo of Spain overtook defending MotoGP champion Casey Stoner of Australia with three laps left to cruise to victory in the season-opening Qatar Grand Prix on Sunday.
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Microsoft co-founder helps search for lost plane
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s mega-yacht — and perhaps even the billionaire himself — are part of a flotilla scouring the Pacific for an American pilot and two Palau police officers whose plane disappeared over the weekend.
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Hefty fine for pilot’s road rage
A pilot has been fined Dhs5,000 for a road rage incident on a Dubai highway.
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Sky News Arabia to launch in Abu Dhabi next month
A new Arabic-language TV news channel with links to media magnate Rupert Murdoch will begin broadcasting next month.
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Tornadoes ravage Texas
Tornadoes raked the Dallas area on Tuesday, crumbling a wing of a nursing home, peeling roofs from dozens of homes and spiraling big-rig trailers into the air like footballs. More than a dozen injuries were reported.
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Justice for maid burned with iron
A woman who subjected her maid to a campaign of abuse – including pouring boiling water on her and scalding her with a hot iron – has been told she will have to serve three years behind bars.
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Boss gets slapped in court
A maid assaulted her former boss in a courtroom after he admitted to a judge that they had an affair.
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Sandance gets a revamp
Organisers of the upcoming Sandance event at Dubai’s Nasimi Beach have changed the layout for Friday’s festival to avoid crushes and address problems aired by disgruntled partygoers after last month’s gig.
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On the road to safety in Dubai
With 27 people killed on Dubai’s roads already this year, Ali Al Shouk talks to the head of Dubai Traffic Prosecution, Salah Bu Farousha Al Felasi, to find out what the biggest problems are and what is being done to tackle them.
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Live it up on your sick bed in Abu Dhabi
The wealthy can now splash out when they’re feeling poorly by moving into a Dhs35,000 a night luxury suite at the Burjeel Hospital, which opened in Abu Dhabi yesterday.
