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UAE billionaire’s 3-km name seen from space

In what can only be described as a stretch beyond imagination, a UAE billionaire has carved his name on an island so massive that it’s spread over three kilometre with each letter more than half a kil

2014 Football World Cup qualifiers: Spirited India ready for UAE challenge

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Fresh from their historic 2-1 win over Qatar in an international friendly, an inspired India will look to put up a spirited show when they take on UAE in the first leg of their 2014 World Cup qualifie

Kuwaiti wives get tougher, partying husbands beware

If you think Kuwait is a place where you can party hard by cheating on your wife and yet escape; think again, for her prying eyes might just catch you!

Thai ex-PM says does not want to return to power

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Former Thai Premier Thaksin Shinawatra said on Monday that he does not want to return to power, after his sister Yingluck won a landslide general election victory.

Dhoni was given ‘out’ due to wrong replay, confirms ICC

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The ICC on Thursday confirmed that an error by the host broadcaster during first day's play in the second Test between the West Indies and India in Barbados led to the wrong replay being shown to the

ICC suspends Sri Lanka batsman Tharanga for three months

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Sri Lanka's opening batsman Upul Tharanga was on Friday found guilty of breaching International Cricket Council (ICC) Anti-Doping Code and was suspended from all forms of the game for a period of thre

Tharanga suspended for violating ICC's Anti-Doping Code

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Sri Lanka opener Upul Tharanga was on Friday suspended from all cricket-related activities for three months after being found guilty of violating the ICC's code on anti-doping.

Tharanga had provided

Saudi women tap road rage against driving ban

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A Saudi woman defiantly drove through the nation's capital on Friday while others brazenly cruised by police patrols in the first forays of a campaign that hopes to ignite a road rebellion against the

Dubai govt issues $500-mn bond

The Government of Dubai, acting through the department of finance, has successfully priced a $500 million bond.
The offering of the ten-year bond, which has a put option at the end of five years will yield 5.59 per cent, was very well received and was three times oversubscribed, an official statement said.

Indians on death row get 34 days to reach blood money deal

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Seventeen Indians on death row for the murder of a Pakistani national in Sharjah have been granted over a month's time by a UAE appeals court to reach a blood money settlement with the victim's famil

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