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Use aviation strategically, says IATA official

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The representative body of the global airline industry has asked governments of countries like India, which have huge unrealised potential in aviation, to use the sector as a strategic asset and devis

UAE Prime Minister gets a dedicated YouTube channel

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In a first of its kind initiative in the Arab world, the Prime Minister of UAE will now have a dedicated YouTube channel to keep the people of the country abreast of his initiatives and opinions.

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Bahrain deports six Americans, arrests dozens of citizens

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Bahrain has deported six US citizens for joining pro-democracy demonstrations, a statement said on Wednesday, as the opposition reported dozens of arrests on the first anniversary of a Shiite-led upri

UAE court sentences 17 Indians to six months in jail

The 17 Indian men, who were spared the death penalty after being convicted of murder last year, have been sentenced to six months in prison by a UAE court on charges of selling alcohol illegally.

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Tendulkar back in top ten, Zaheer static in the ICC rankings

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Sachin Tendulkar rose three places to be the only Indian cricketer in the list of top-ten batsmen in the ICC Player Rankings for Test released here on Tuesday.

Sachin is placed at 10th position along

Kuwait lifts ban on commercial visit visa after five months

Kuwait, which has large number of expatriates from India, has lifted a five-month ban on transferring commercial visit visas to work permits.

The ban had been imposed to regulate the influx of unski

Pakistan whitewash England in Test series

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Pakistan's bowlers sealed an emphatic 71-run win in the third and final Test against England here on Monday, inflicting a 3-0 series whitewash humiliation in the process.

Set a daunting 324-run targe

Pakistan close gap with top-4 side in ICC ranking table

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Pakistan have narrowed the gap with the top-four sides in the ICC Test rankings after inflicting a humiliating 3-0 a whitewash on world number one England although they remained stationed at number fi

Bahrain opposition launches week-long protest

Thousands of Bahrainis have begun a week-long rally in a Shiite village, an activist on Sunday said, 10 days ahead of the first anniversary of the start of pro-democracy protest which was brutally cru

Ali holds firm despite Panesar

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Azhar Ali continued to frustrate England with a career-best hundred despite left-arm spinner Monty Panesar grabbing three wickets in the session in the third and final Test at Dubai Stadium here on Su

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