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Black box recovered from plane crash site

Tuesday, September 7, 2010 23:42

DUBAI ' Almost four days after the UPS cargo Boeing 747-400F crashed, killing both the pilots, investigators on Tuesday announced the recovery of the Digital Flight Data Recorder (DFDR). The device, also known as the 'black box', was retrieved at 9.15am in a ''reasonable condition'', said the UAE General Civil ...

UAE’s openness to 
all cultures hailed

Tuesday, September 7, 2010 23:42

ABU DHABI ' Juan Enriquez, the founding director of the Harvard Business School Life Sciences Project gave a lecture on the profound changes that genomics and other life sciences will cause in future, in Abu Dhabi. A broad thinker...

Dubai Metro served 30m passengers

Tuesday, September 7, 2010 23:42

Dubai: Thirty million passengers have used Dubai Metro since it began operating on September 9, 2009, a top official has announced. Tomorrow, the Metro marks its first anniversary of operation "amid huge success indicators in the operational efficiency, punctuality in journey schedules and the highest global safety standards", said Mattar ...

Iraqi soldier guns down US troops after sports row

Tuesday, September 7, 2010 23:23

BAGHDAD (AFP) – US and Iraqi forces opened an investigation on Wednesday after two American soldiers were gunned down by an Iraqi comrade following an argument over a sports match.

Palestinians arrest Israeli settler attackers

Tuesday, September 7, 2010 22:32

RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories - The Palestinian Authority has arrested several Hamas members for organizing and carrying out two recent attacks on Israeli settlers, a senior official said on Tuesday.

Israel seals off West Bank over New Year

Tuesday, September 7, 2010 22:32

JERUSALEM - The Israeli army will seal off the West Bank starting on Tuesday as a security precaution during Jewish New Year celebrations,...

Two US soldiers killed, nine wounded in Iraq

Tuesday, September 7, 2010 22:32

BAGHDAD - Two U.S. soldiers were killed and nine wounded on Tuesday when a gunman in Iraqi army uniform attacked them at an Iraqi base, U.S. officials said a week after Washington declared a formal end to U.S.

IAEA report: What’s driving Iran’s latest bout of nuclear obstinacy

Tuesday, September 7, 2010 22:20

Istanbul, Turkey – Iran reacted angrily Tuesday to charges from the United Nations nuclear watchdog that it was hindering an investigation of its nuclear programs by blocking experienced inspectors, and limiting access and design information.

Netanyahu hopes to have Mideast peace agreement in a year

Tuesday, September 7, 2010 20:59

Jerusalem (CNN) -- There is no guarantee that talks between Israel and the Palestinians will succeed, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a Jewish New Year greeting released Tuesday, but he promised to strive for a peace agreement by this time next year.

New Call for Boycott of Election in Egypt

Tuesday, September 7, 2010 20:04

CAIRO — One of Egypt’s most prominent opposition leaders, the Nobel laureate Mohamed ElBaradei, has issued the strongest call so far for a blanket opposition boycott of parliamentary elections this fall. Amr Nabil/Associated Press Mohammed ElBaradei, the Nobel Peace Prize winner and former U.N. nuclear chief, flashes hundreds of signed ...