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Two women taken hostage over debt

A Chinese woman, assisted by three women and two men from her home country, who held two of her compatriots hostage and would not let them free unless they paid money owed to her, have been referred to the Dubai criminal court by the Dubai Public Prosecution on the charge of forced imprisonment and kidnap.

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Traffic accidents top the list of emergencies

Dubai Corporation for Ambulance Services (DCAS) has received a total of 100,000 calls in 2012 reporting accidents against 88,000 in 2011 with traffic accidents topping the list that required an ambulance, followed by home emergencies like people who suffer cardiac arrest, blood sugar increase, and asthma, a senior official of the Corporation said.

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