Mustafa Al Zarooni

Expectant moms fancy 12.12.12 babies

12.12.12 is an auspicious date, but it seems women here are far more interested in babies than husbands on the day. While the country’s maternity hospitals are booked up with pregnant women wanting cesarean sections, there is not the same demand for wedding services. Khaleej Times contacted a number of contractors of wedding parties and in charges of wedding banquet halls.

I survived Sandy!

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I survived Sandy!

While other people were huddling inside for safety as Hurricane Sandy howled her presence outside, I was visiting the White House.

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I survived Sandy! First Person

WASHINGTON — While other people were huddling inside for safety as Hurricane Sandy howled her presence outside, I was visiting the White House.

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UAE slams foreign designs on GCC

The UAE yesterday lambasted targeting of the Gulf cooperation Council (GCC) by some foreign organisations, saying that what is happening in some of the Gulf countries is the creation of narrow-minded partisanship.

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UAE slams foreign designs on GCC

The UAE yesterday lambasted targeting of the Gulf cooperation Council (GCC) by some foreign organisations, saying that what is happening in some of the Gulf countries is the creation of narrow-minded partisanship.

Rights team finds UAE detainees well-treated

Arrested members of a clandestine organisation in the UAE have not been physically tortured but are well-treated, said Abdul Ghaffar Hussain, chairman of the Emirates Human Rights Association (EHRA).