March, 2016

• 26 March

  Investments in Dubai Silicon Oasis reach AED3.6 billion

  

  Dubai / WAM HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority, on Saturday announced that total investments in Dubai Silicon Oasis amounted to AED3.6 billion in 2015. Projects carried out by the DSOA accounted for half of all investments, while foreign investments at the hi-tech park contributed to the remaining half. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed, ...

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• 26 March

  DEWA to build 64 main substations worth AED6.7bn

  DUBAI / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) plans to build 64 132/11 kilovolt (kV) substations over the next three years, which will cost AED 6.7 billion, in cooperation with various developers in the Emirate. These new substations will be linked to existing electricity networks to enhance their capacity, efficiency, and reliability. DEWA is committed to improving Dubai’s electricity ...

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• 26 March

  Mint to issue EMV Chip based UnionPay ‘salary cards’ in GCC

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business As a leading integrated electronic payment solutions provider and a leading payroll card service provider based in the UAE, Mint is proud to announce the issuance of its first EMV Chip based UnionPay Salary Cards in the GCC. UnionPay International, a global provider of high quality, cost effective and secure cross-border payment services to the ...

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• 26 March

  Obesity is strongly linked with arthritis, say researchers

  

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Under the patronage of His Excellency Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development, the 11th International Conference of Al Noor Hospital successfully concluded in Abu Dhabi. The two-day conference welcomed a large number of participants, all of whom were given the opportunity to exchange knowledge and expertise in the field ...

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• 26 March

  GEMS to offer 4% of its seats for free

  

  DUBAI / WAM GEMS Education has announced its support to the Dubai Awqaf and Endowment vision announced by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, through the Mohammed bin Rashid Global Centre for Endowment Consultancy, to meet the Arab world’s social needs. Accordingly, GEMS Education will set ...

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• 26 March

  Belgium steps up manhunt after new plot revealed

  

  Brussels / AFP Police pressed ahead on Saturday with the search for suspects in Belgium’s worst ever terror attack, as a series of raids and arrests revealed more links with the November Paris killings and a new French plot. The government meanwhile came in for a torrent of criticism, with key ministers on the back foot saying they had done ...

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• 26 March

  ‘Belgium bombers were on USA terrorist lists’

  Washington / AFP The brothers who carried out the airport and metro suicide bombings in Belgium’s capital this week were known to US authorities and listed in American terrorism databases, television network NBC reported on Thursday. The report cited two unnamed US officials as saying that Ibrahim and Khalid El Bakraoui were listed as a “potential terror threat” in US ...

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• 26 March

  Brussels airport to re-open after Tuesday

  Brussels / AFP Brussels airport will not reopen before Tuesday as it implements new security measures and repairs the departure hall wrecked by a suicide bomb attack earlier this week, it said on Saturday. “Passenger flights at Brussels Airport will not resume before Tuesday 29 March,” Zaventem airport said in a statement. “Brussels Airport is starting preparations to partially resume ...

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• 26 March

  Bernie Sanders presses Clinton as 3 western states go to crucial vote

  

  Washington / AFP US states Alaska, Hawaii and Washington take their turn voting on Saturday in the Democratic presidential nominating contest, with Hillary Clinton unlikely to deliver a knockout blow against resilient rival Bernie Sanders. The trio of western caucuses marks a chance for Vermont Senator Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, to chisel away at Clinton’s formidable lead in the ...

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• 26 March

  ‘Stigmatizing Muslims plays into hands of extremists’

  

  Washington / AFP President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Americans not to stigmatize Muslims following this week’s deadly attacks in Brussels, saying that doing so is “counterproductive” in the fight against radical Islam. In his weekly media address, Obama said Muslim-Americans are “our most important partners in the nation’s fight against those who would wage violent holy war.” “That’s why ...

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