Afkar Ali Ahmed

SHARJAH — Work on the world’s largest landfill remediation project in Sharjah is almost 75 per cent complete, it was announced by Emirates Environment Technology (EET) during a visit by Dr Josef Proell, Austria’s minister of environment and agriculture, to the site.

SHARJAH — Twenty-six people received injuries, both major and minor, in an accident involving 10 vehicles near interchange 7 on Sharjah-Khawaneej Road yesterday morning.

SHARJAH — Unidentified miscreants broke into more than 15 cars parked at a parking lot in Sharjah’s Al Majaz area in the small hours of yesterday and decamped with cash and valuables. The items stolen included wallets, watches, mobile phones, credit cards and cash.

SHARJAH — The penalties for cyber terrorism and those who build terror-related web sites need to be toughened to have the necessary deterrent effect, accoding to Dr Major Khalid Al Hamadi from Sharjah Police Department.

SHARJAH — Two UAE national brothers and a Yemeni national were killed in two separate accidents in Sharjah on Tuesday night.

SHARJAH — An Iranian commercial dhow sank yesterday in the Gulf waters about 20 nautical miles from the Khor Fakkan Port. However, the three crew members were rescued to safety.

SHARJAH — An Indian national in his mid-thirties was found dead yesterday in a traditional villa located in Al Faiha area near old Sharjah cooperative society.

SHARJAH & AJMAN — Goods worth over a million dirhams were destroyed in a blaze in Sharjah yesterday even as another fire was reported from the neighbouring emirate of Ajman.

SHARJAH — The 5th Middle East Information Technology Security Conference (MEITSEC 2007), considered one of the most prestigious information security events in the region, will open in Sharjah today at the American University.

AJMAN — Ajman Police have busted a gang involved in stealing valuables from inside parked cars. The gang comprises five men of Arab nationality.