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Fatma Al Dubais
1951 - 1960 From 2012 result
FSA echoes warning on chemical weapons
    DUBAI — The rebel Free Syrian Army head has echoed fears that President Bashar Al-Assad might resort to using chemical weapons to try to rescue his embattled regime, Al-Bayan newspaper reported Wednesday. “We are seeking to secure protective gas masks for ...
Metsu replaces Maradona at Al-Wasl
    DUBAI — Al-Wasl has replaced Maradona with Bruno Metsu a week after the Dubai club fired the Argentine great a year before his contract ended. Al-Wasl media office says Metsu signed a two-year contract Tuesday and is joining the team ...
Six get jail terms in Oman
    DUBAI — An Omani court has sentenced six people to jail terms of 12 to 18 months over social media posts it called “slander” against the country’s ruler, a defense lawyer said Tuesday. The verdicts, which were issued late Monday, ...
Plot report: UAE arrests three more
    DUBAI — Three Emirati Islamists including a prominent lawyer were arrested in the UAE Tuesday as part of a widening clampdown on dissidents, relatives and activists said. The arrests brought the number of detained Emirati dissidents, most of them Islamists, to ...
KSA, UAE open oil pipelines bypassing Hormuz Strait
DUBAI – Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have opened new pipelines bypassing the Strait of Hormuz in order to secure exports following Iran’s renewed threats to close this oil shipping lane. As EU ban on Iranian crude imports came ...
Middle East lags world in 2012 tourism growth
  DUBAI – The Middle East saw a one percent increase in international tourist arrivals in the first four months of 2012 compared to the same period last year. According to new figures released by United Nations World Tourism Organization, the region ...
UAE bank liquid assets rule
    DUBAI — The UAE Central Bank mandates banks in the emirates to hold 10 percent of their liabilities in liquid assets starting next year to ensure that lenders keep sufficient liquid assets until Basel III Liquidity Coverage Ratio comes into ...
Defected Syrian envoy slams Maliki
    DUBAI — Syria’s former ambassador in Baghdad, Nawaf Fares, criticized Iraqi premier in an interview broadcast Saturday, saying Nuri Al-Maliki’s stance toward Damascus was “contradictory” to the truth. “I personally reproach the (Iraqi) prime minister on his stance which is contradictory ...
Al Kabeer to open SR50m plant in Jeddah
    DUBAI – Dubai Al Kabeer Group, a major local producer of frozen foods, is planning to open a SR50 million (AED48.9 million) plant in Saudi Arabia to capitalize on the country’s hospitality surge, Gulf News reported Friday, quoting a company ...
Bahrain bans rallies amid dialogue efforts
    DUBAI — Bahrain has banned opposition rallies in order to prevent disruption to traffic and street violence. But the opposition described the move as a new attempt to silence them. The island state ruled by the Al-Khalifa family has been facing ...
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