Wadi Wurayah to be a protected area

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Fujairah, Jan 4, 2009 - Wadi Wurayah, the wetland valley located in Fujairah’s coastal mountains, will soon be a protected area under the emirate’s law, according to environmentalists with Fujairah

UAE second largest Arab investor abroad

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Dubai, Jan 4, 2009 (WAM) - The UAE and its partners in the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) pumped more than US$63 billion (Dh231bn) during 2006-07 in foreign direct investment (FDI) to ot

Low-cost carriers fly high despite global crunch

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Dubai, Jan 4, 2009 (WAM) - As budget airlines around the world are feeling the pinch of the global credit crunch, the Middle East low-cost carriers (LCCs) continued to fly high in 2008.

70 per cent of freehold Ajman Uptown sold out

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Ajman, Jan 4, 2009 (WAM) - Sweet Homes, a leading UAE-based developer and multi-service provider to the real estate sector, has announced that it has sold 70 per cent of its Dh3 billion Ajman Uptow

UAE stock indices likely to strengthen in H2

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Dubai, Jan 4, 2009 (WAM) - In a reversal of last year's trend, UAE stock indices are expected to open soft in the first half of 2009, only to strengthen in the second half, analysts said.

Murray triumphs in Capitala thriller

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Abu Dhabi, Jan 4, 2009 (WAM) - Andy Murray, the young Scotsman, claimed a thrilling victory over the world No 1 Rafael Nadal in the final of the Capitala World Tennis Championship last night.

Folklore, flamenco and Classics

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Abu Dhabi, Jan 4, 2009 (WAM) - Freej Folklore, billed as “the largest Arab theatrical production of all time”, is a pyrotechnic explosion of dance, light and sound.

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