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Moving the 2022 World Cup from summer to winter would be "nigh-on impossible", English Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore said on Thursday.Qatar beat Australia, Japan, South Korea and the...
Dubai-based education provider GEMS has said that its UAE students have overperformed pupils in the UK in A-Level exams.Thirty-one percent of pupils at GEMS International Schools in the UAE gained A*-A...
This has probably very little to do with the standard of teaching. The pupils at GEMS will obviously come from backgrounds where the parents are skilled. If the parents weren't skilled, they wouldn't be able to work in the UAE and they wouldn't be able to afford GEMS's fees. Those taking A-Levels in the UK will come from a far wider range of backgrounds, which will include those less supportive of academic achievement.
We're also talking about thousands and thousands of pupils in the UK, rather than a few small schools. A fairer comparison would be between GEMS and individual similarly-sized schools in the UK that charge the same fees.
History will look back on 2013 as the year Dubai emerged from the crash.Five short years in which the stricken emirate called in a few financial favours while developers exercised their legal right to...
Kuwaiti residents have criticised reports that expatriates with infectious diseases will be automatically deported from the Gulf state in another decision viewed as anti-foreigner.The Ministry of Health...
If a Kuwaiti falls ill the constitution bans the government from deporting him. Deports him where exactly?
Besides why add fuel to the fire? When an expat falls ill, its only fair to ask him to return back to his home country. It has nothing to do with Kuwaitis falling ill or not. It falls down as to home country and the right to abode in another with a communicable disease.
For example: the USA does not issue a tourist visa to you if they knowingly know you have the HIV virus. Fair enough. I wont sit here and type "WHAT?? And Americans are immune and are species from the 4th sky"?? Whatever that means.
UAE expatriate workers will have to pay an annual fee of AED500 ($136) to renew their health card and AED300 for a replacement if lost, according to a new decree issued on Tuesday.“Vice President and Prime...
A Dubai fitness gym that used images of a Nazi concentration camp last year as part of an ad campaign has removed another controversial video advertisement from the internet.Circuit Factory said on its...
The article is specifically referring to the Auschwitz concentration camp in which up to three million were believed to have died, based on the testimony of the camp’s first commandant, Rudolf Höss. The accepted figure today for the Auschwitz victims is 1.3 million, and that is also the accepted number mentioned in the official website - http://www.auschwitz.org/. That is not to suggest in any way that somehow the lesser number is more acceptable, but to just mention it for the record. God bless…
Dubai developer Nakheel has floated a tender for piling works for the new $680m Nakheel Mall on Dubai's Palm Jumeirah.The mall itself, located at the end of the palm trunk, will have three levels of basement...
Saudi Arabia has threatened to ban airlines who transport pilgrims to the kingdom but do not provide them with return flights to their original countries, it was reported.Under a memo issued by the General...
Posted by: Mujeeb Haroon
Aug 16, 2013 11:24 AM
[Pakistan]
Here I would also wish to point out that Most of the Airlines feels uncomfort to transport one sided traffic. Before the Haj all passengers are arriving KSA, but almost no load for the airlines while leaving KSA. Similarly, after Haj, all airlines arrives almost empty to KSA to pick thier passengers as return flights.
Dubai is set to host the first Global Islamic Economy Summit, focusing on a range of important industry topics, including SME development.Experts will discuss five other major aspects of the Islamic economy...
Dubai's largest contractor Arabtec swung to a profit in the second-quarter, beating analysts' forecasts, on the back of business growth in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.Arabtec, part-owned...
Posted by: Construction insider
Aug 16, 2013 11:25 AM
[UAE]
There is no way in the world they have turned a real profit...construction accounting is very fuzzy...and Shareholders should be wary.... All of us construction insiders, and Arabtec's new management know the profitability of Arabtec's new projects....caveat emptor... Eventually the losses will have to be recognized....after the insiders have cleaned up....
Since when the guest deserve the same status as the host, you must be living in a fool's paradise. Be grateful for what the UAE has provided you and your... more
Seriously people???? All this outrage for a Youtube video??? Nothing else more serious out there for people to be worried about???? Think of the people... more
I live in Qatar. I was outside everyday in June/July. Only for about 30-60 mins at a time. Sweat only 1 day. Humid only 1 week. Dubai is much much more... more
what happened to the bribe probe to give this world cup to Qatar? who was involved? if there was corruption, then is game over, remove it and punish the... more
Since when the guest deserve the same status as the host, you must be living in a fool's paradise. Be grateful for what the UAE has provided you and your... more
Does anyone else find it bizarre that apparently, a fully grown, independent adult can be jailed for three months for 'parental disobedience'? What a bizarre... more
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Qatar World Cup switch branded 'nigh-on impossible'
Moving the 2022 World Cup from summer to winter would be "nigh-on impossible", English Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore said on Thursday.Qatar beat Australia, Japan, South Korea and the...
Read more »It is a legacy because you are air conditioning the whole stadium in an environmental and efficient way.
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GEMS says UAE pupils outperform UK in A Levels
Dubai-based education provider GEMS has said that its UAE students have overperformed pupils in the UK in A-Level exams.Thirty-one percent of pupils at GEMS International Schools in the UAE gained A*-A...
Read more »This has probably very little to do with the standard of teaching. The pupils at GEMS will obviously come from backgrounds where the parents are skilled. If the parents weren't skilled, they wouldn't be able to work in the UAE and they wouldn't be able to afford GEMS's fees. Those taking A-Levels in the UK will come from a far wider range of backgrounds, which will include those less supportive of academic achievement.
We're also talking about thousands and thousands of pupils in the UK, rather than a few small schools. A fairer comparison would be between GEMS and individual similarly-sized schools in the UK that charge the same fees.
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Coming around again?
History will look back on 2013 as the year Dubai emerged from the crash.Five short years in which the stricken emirate called in a few financial favours while developers exercised their legal right to...
Read more »Uhhh! And the point you're trying to make is ????
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Kuwait to deport expats with infectious diseases
Kuwaiti residents have criticised reports that expatriates with infectious diseases will be automatically deported from the Gulf state in another decision viewed as anti-foreigner.The Ministry of Health...
Read more »If a Kuwaiti falls ill the constitution bans the government from deporting him. Deports him where exactly?
Besides why add fuel to the fire? When an expat falls ill, its only fair to ask him to return back to his home country. It has nothing to do with Kuwaitis falling ill or not. It falls down as to home country and the right to abode in another with a communicable disease.
For example: the USA does not issue a tourist visa to you if they knowingly know you have the HIV virus. Fair enough. I wont sit here and type "WHAT?? And Americans are immune and are species from the 4th sky"?? Whatever that means.
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UAE expats to be charged $136 for health cards
UAE expatriate workers will have to pay an annual fee of AED500 ($136) to renew their health card and AED300 for a replacement if lost, according to a new decree issued on Tuesday.“Vice President and Prime...
Read more »@Fahd, actually you are correct, usually Guests are given a higher status!!
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Dubai gym removes controversial Bent ad campaign
A Dubai fitness gym that used images of a Nazi concentration camp last year as part of an ad campaign has removed another controversial video advertisement from the internet.Circuit Factory said on its...
Read more »The article is specifically referring to the Auschwitz concentration camp in which up to three million were believed to have died, based on the testimony of the camp’s first commandant, Rudolf Höss. The accepted figure today for the Auschwitz victims is 1.3 million, and that is also the accepted number mentioned in the official website - http://www.auschwitz.org/. That is not to suggest in any way that somehow the lesser number is more acceptable, but to just mention it for the record. God bless…
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Dubai's Nakheel floats tender for $680m mall project
Dubai developer Nakheel has floated a tender for piling works for the new $680m Nakheel Mall on Dubai's Palm Jumeirah.The mall itself, located at the end of the palm trunk, will have three levels of basement...
Read more »LOL.......
Why fix it till its broken eh? Mixed use has worked well for so many years and Nakheel is going with a tried and tested format.....
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Saudi threatens to ban airlines who leave pilgrims without return flights
Saudi Arabia has threatened to ban airlines who transport pilgrims to the kingdom but do not provide them with return flights to their original countries, it was reported.Under a memo issued by the General...
Read more »Here I would also wish to point out that Most of the Airlines feels uncomfort to transport one sided traffic. Before the Haj all passengers are arriving KSA, but almost no load for the airlines while leaving KSA. Similarly, after Haj, all airlines arrives almost empty to KSA to pick thier passengers as return flights.
Read All 4 Comments
Global Islamic Economy Summit to debut in Dubai
Dubai is set to host the first Global Islamic Economy Summit, focusing on a range of important industry topics, including SME development.Experts will discuss five other major aspects of the Islamic economy...
Read more »Establishing the Islamic Banking the economical move towards Halal food, Halal lifestyle, Halal travel are definitely innovative.
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Dubai's Arabtec returns to profit in Q2
Dubai's largest contractor Arabtec swung to a profit in the second-quarter, beating analysts' forecasts, on the back of business growth in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.Arabtec, part-owned...
Read more »There is no way in the world they have turned a real profit...construction accounting is very fuzzy...and Shareholders should be wary.... All of us construction insiders, and Arabtec's new management know the profitability of Arabtec's new projects....caveat emptor... Eventually the losses will have to be recognized....after the insiders have cleaned up....
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