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TRA has clarified that it has not asked the country's telecom operators etisalat and du to suspend their alternative plans for BlackBerry customers in the UAE.

ABU DHABI - Under the patronage of General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, the Office of the Brand of Abu Dhabi (OBAD) will launch the annual photography competition 'Abu Dhabi Through Your Eyes' on Wednesday.

ABU DHABI - The UAE is planning to establish a Medical Board in accordance with the international standards with a view to improving medical education in the country.

DUBAI - A little over a year after divers sunk a small fishing boat off the coast of Sharjah, an artificial reef is teeming with marine life.

DUBAI - Two people were killed and 10 sustained from moderate to serious injuries in four separate accidents in the past two days in Dubai.

GENEVA - The UAE Permanent Representative to United Nations in Geneva, Ambassador Obaid Salem Al Zaabi, has urged the workforce importing and exporting countries to join forces with international specialised organisations to embed transparency into all laws and regulations dealing with import of workers.

The Ministry of Labour has urged employers to renew labour cards of their employees on time to spare themselves the prescribed financial fines and other penalties.

DUBAI - The Dubai Court of Appeal has sentenced three men, including two tailors, to one year in jail followed by deportation for kidnapping and assaulting a man and seeking a ransom of Dh8,000.

ABU DHABI - Carlos Ghosn, the Brazilian born French business genius, who has become known as one of the automobile industry's great turnaround personalities, has lauded the UAE's efforts towards developing clean energy and held in high esteem the Mazdar City, which he described as a promising experience on the global level.

ABU DHABI - The President, His Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan received a telephone call from Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, who expressed the gratitude of the government and people of Pakistan to the UAE for the assistance it extended to floods-victims and its great efforts it is making to help them. He also wished Sheikh Khalifa good health.

DUBAI - Indicating that it was winning the battle against counterfeiters, Dubai Customs said that in the last seven years, only 800kg of counterfeit gold and jewellery was seized in the emirate.

DUBAI - A leading UAE banker, who fled to Kuwait after 'disappearing' during an Umrah to the holy city of Makkah, Saudi Arabia, was arrested by the Kuwaiti police and handed over to the UAE embassy there, Kuwait Times website reported on Monday.

DUBAI - The Dubai Criminal Court presided by judge Hamad Abdul Latif Abdul Jwad sentenced a 30-year-old Lebanese national to six months in jail to be followed by deportation for forging three labour contracts issued by the Dubai Police and the Abu Dhabi Officer's Club (ADOC).

DUBAI - The Pakistan Embassy in Abu Dhabi requested the Pakistani community and residents in the UAE to help the Pakistan flood victims through donations during the holy month of Ramadan.

DUBAI - Mashid Rafiei couldn't be bothered by the scramble for places currently taking place at universities in the UK and the US.

SHARJAH - The Dh10 minimum tariff for taxi rides in Sharjah has been suspended to October 1 on technical grounds.

DUBAI - The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) will cancel from its system vehicles that have not re-registered even after two years from the date of expiry, a senior RTA official said on Monday.

DUBAI - The Anti Economic Crime Unit of the Dubai Police have seized 27 tonnes of firecrackers smuggled into the UAE. Two persons including a customs clearance official were arrested in relation with the incident, police officials said.

ABU DHABI - The Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR), the UAE's independent regulator for the nuclear sector, has sought public comments on two draft regulatory guides.

DUBAI - More than 3,000 Malaysian expatriates in Dubai and the Northern Emirates will converge at the Shangrila Hotel on Shaikh Zayed road tonight to celebrate their 53rd National Day, with a get-together Iftar.