Researchers in Italy have spent the last several months translating an ancient text recovered from a 2,500-year-old Etruscan temple, and believe they may have stumbled upon the name of a previously unheard of goddess. The inscription makes reference to a character named Uni, who the archaeologists say could have been the patroness of a fertility cult ... The stele contains one of the largest Etruscan texts ever discovered....
After more than 17 hours buried under the rubble of a massive earthquake in central Italy destroyed almost an entire town, firefighters rescued a 10-year-old girl from the crumbling building where she lived, Time magazine reported Thursday.Rescue workers in the town of Pescara del Tronto, about 100 miles northeast of Rome, saw the girl’s legs and removed pieces of rubble to pull her out.“You can hear something under here....
A Pakistani man was charged with smuggling drugs in his stomach by the SharjahSharia court recently ...The police tracked him to a hotel in the emirate and raided his room, but nothing was found during the search ... amira@khaleejtimes.com. Amira Agarib. ....
The SharjahCourt of Appeal has ordered a private hospital and a doctor to compensate an Arab by paying Dh900,000 for a medical error which led to 50 per cent permanent disability of the patient ...AdvocateJuma Ahmed Maleeh presented a defence sheet at the court of appeal ... Dh5 million. demanded by patient as compensation for disability, mental trauma and financial losses ... amira@khaleejtimes.com. Amira Agarib. ....
The SharjahMunicipality has initiated action against three groceries which switched off electricity in the shop at night ...Officials from the department had inspected 665 shops, but found only three as violating regulations in this regard ... amira@khaleejtimes.com. Amira Agarib. ....
Authorities in Dubai have stepped up efforts to extradite an Indian man who was allegedly involved in the cold-blooded murder of his wife here last year. Dubai Police have found that the 34-year-old Indian suspect, A. K., arrived in Dubai on a visit visa one week before S.K.B's death and returned to his home country on the day of crime. The incident that happened on Aug ... 31 ... The Filipino said ... 27 ... amira@khaleejtimes.com. Amira Agarib. ....
Authorities in Dubai have stepped up efforts to extradite an Indian man who was allegedly involved in the cold-blooded murder of his wife here last year. Dubai Police have found that the 34-year-old Indian suspect, A. K., arrived in Dubai on a visit visa one week before S.K.B's death and returned to his home country on the day of crime. The incident that happened on Aug ... 31 ... The Filipino said ... 27 ... amira@khaleejtimes.com. Amira Agarib. ....
Seven suspects stood trial on charges of murder and assault at the SharjahCourt of First Instance on Tuesday. The seven Pakistani defendants were involved in a brawl, which ended in the death of a Bangladeshi man, on May last year at Al Musalla area in Sharjah ... Pak embassy in touch with families ... He also said that the prime suspect had already confessed to the crime ... How it happened ... ; M. Z, ; I. R ... amira@khaleejtimes.com. Amira Agarib. ....
The Dubai International Airport organised an auction of lost items collected at the airport over the past few months between August 16 and 18, as per instructions from the DubaiPolice... Of the items exhibited and auctioned off, many were electronic goods including mobile phones, iPads and laptops, watches and other accessories ... Such items are taken to warehouses and placed under an e-auction ... - amira@khaleejtimes.com Amira Agarib. ....
The oilmen have arrived from Beijing for a ceremonial signing over of drilling rights ... I nodded solemnly; he needn’t explain ... Still, Beijing must be grim if they’re vacationing in Chechnya ... The translator sits in the passenger seat ... With terror or joy, with abasement or delight, they remained my wife and child to the end – I must remind myself of this, because in the mystery that subsumes those final moments they are strangers to me ... ....
Witnesses said Syed Altaf Bukhari, the PDP leader representing the sensitive AmiraKadal constituency in Srinagar, visited the congested locality along with his escort and asked the youth to shun violence ... ....