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Dubai Creek to get new cruise

DUBAI - THE new entertainment and hospitality vessel Al Minsaf, which represents a Dh15 million investment by Bateaux Dubai, is set to be another tourist attraction in Dubai when it docks at the Dubai Creek in September this year.

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Principal needs to lead by example: experts

DUBAI - The 15th Annual Conference of the Heads of Central Board of Secondary Education affiliated schools in the Gulf concluded in Dubai on Sunday, unanimously electing Ainsley Edgar, Principal of Ideal Indian School in Doha, as the Council's Chairman and Madhav Rao, Principal of Our Own English High School in Dubai, as the Council's Secretary.

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Stress on use of tech in education sector

DUBAI - Dr Ali Abdul Aziz Al Sharhan, Minister of Education and Youth, has attended a session organised by the Dubai Centre for Training and Rehabilitation for teachers and academics on how to use computers and technology in the educational sector.

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Work begins on expanding Al Maktoum Bridge

DUBAI - Dubai Municipality has begun work of a Dh2.5 million project for expanding Al Maktoum Bridge by adding a fifth lane to the existing four lanes of the bridge in the Bur Dubai-Deira direction. The project will reduce traffic congestion on this route considerably.

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Awadh Food Festival in Abu Dhabi

ABU DHABI - Capital gourmets can now savour all the delicate flavours of the famed cuisine of Awadh, in the North Indian capital of Lucknow, during the Awadh Food Festival, which is currently on at the Kwality Restaurant inn Abu Dhabi. The festival will continue till March 17th.

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Zayed, Rulers exchange Eid greetings

ABU DHABI - The President, His Highness Shaikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, received and exchanged Eid Al Adha greetings with His Highness Shaikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, at Al Bahr Palace here yesterday.

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