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A Syrian man has been sentenced in absentia to life in prison on Wednesday by the Court of First Instance for the premeditated murder of his British girlfriend in her apartment in Rafaa.

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The Dubai Police on Wednesday said the body of a youth found near the Omani border on Tuesday was not that of the 23-year-old Emirati, Naseer Ali Nasser, who had gone missing after leaving his family home in Rashidiya, Dubai, on October 28.

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The Traffic Court has issued several orders in October to jail, suspend driving licences, fine and deport motorists involved in driving under the influence of drugs and causing accidents resulting in injuries and material damage, the Dubai Traffic Chief Prosecutor has disclosed.

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A 40-year-old man allegedly fitted a camera secretly inside the bathroom ceiling of his two female flatmates and filmed them naked in the shower.

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The Sharjah Police, on Wednesday, arrested an Arab man who kidnapped and attempted raping an Iranian high school girl while she was waiting for her school bus near her residence in Al Nasseriya area.

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A Pakistani cook denied in court on Wednesday having used his mobile phone camera to indecently film unaware women passengers in the metro, focusing on particular parts of their body.

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A five-member Emirati family escaped a fatal accident after their villa in Umm Ghafa locality went up in flames in the wee hours of Tuesday.

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Following the huge fire that destroyed 14 warehouses in Sharjah Industrial Area No12 last Thursday, the Sharjah Civil Defence intensified its inspections in the area.

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A jobless man, high on drugs, was walking his pet monkey when he had a fight with his neighbour, during which he beat the latter up, bit his nose and stuffed sand in his mouth and left him seriously injured and gasping for breath, a court heard on Tuesday. The latter died soon after.

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