Articles Tagged “National”
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Driver in bare-faced bid to cheat cops
A female driver claimed she’d had plastic surgery after producing someone else’s driving licence when she was pulled over by police. A traffic cop told Dubai Court of First Instance how he stopped the woman in the early hours of the morning after a check on her number plate revealed more than 30 outstanding driving [...]
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Bloggers in court no-show
Five men accused of sedition failed to attend their trial when it resumed at the Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi yesterday. Lawyers for the defendants, four of whom are Emirati, said the men would not come to court as they claim to have been denied access to essential resources, such as case documents. Abdul Hamid [...]
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No Cruise control
The head of the latest ‘Mission Impossible’ movie has told how he would wake up panicking about his leading man dangling off the world’s tallest building. Brad Bird had to watch as Tom Cruise hung from a wire from the Burj Khalifa last year for scenes in ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol’, saying he wondered [...]
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Mobile madness from UAE drivers
More than 57,000 motorists have been caught using their mobile phones while driving on UAE highways so far this year, authorities have revealed. Brigadier Gaith Al Zaabi, director of the Traffic Coordination Department at the Ministry of Interior, released the statistic following the death of UAE footballer Theyab Awana, who died in a car smash last [...]
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Grief for son killed by reversing car
A father has spoken of his devastation at losing a son who died after a motorist reversed over him. Abdul Rahman Hassan, who was 17 months old, had walked out of his home in Al Qadisiya, Sharjah, without his parents’ knowledge, when the accident happened. It is believed his older brother had left a door [...]
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Grief for son killed by reversing car
A father has spoken of his devastation at losing a son who died after a motorist reversed over him. Abdul Rahman Hassan, who was 17 months old, had walked out of his home in Al Qadisiya, Sharjah, without his parents’ knowledge, when the accident happened. It is believed his older brother had left a door [...]
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Doctors call for suicide insurance
A top psychiatrist has called on insurance firms to pay for mental illness checks to help cut down on the number of suicides in the UAE. Dr Yousef Abouallaban, Medical Director and Consultant Psychiatrist at the American Centre for Psychiatry and Neurology, spoke to 7DAYS yesterday on the sidelines of a conference in Abu Dhabi [...]
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Alcoholic is stripped of custody
A mother has won her legal battle to regain custody of her four children from their father. The Supreme Federal Court in Abu Dhabi has overturned two previous court rulings that granted legal custody of their children – two girls and two boys – to the father. The Iraqi had been on the verge of [...]
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Desperate to meet Eva
Desperate housewives – and a few singletons too – forked out thousands of dirhams for the chance to meet one of their favourite TV stars in Dubai yesterday. Actress Eva Longoria made an appearance at Bloomingdale’s, Dubai Mall, to launch the store’s New York New York collection, signed autographs and took photographs with members of [...]
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Desperate to meet Eva
Desperate housewives – and a few singletons too – forked out thousands of dirhams for the chance to meet one of their favourite TV stars in Dubai yesterday. Actress Eva Longoria made an appearance at Bloomingdale’s, Dubai Mall, to launch the store’s New York New York collection, signed autographs and took photographs with members of [...]
