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Backheeled penalty scorer faces sanctions

19.07.11
Theyab Awana stole the headlines in the UAE's 7-2 friendly defeat of Lebanon for his 78th-minute spot-kick... more

Video: Watch outrageous penalty from UAE footballer

18.07.11
Video: Watch Awana Diab's outrageous penalty during an international friendly... more

Huge hole in Kensington will be £600 million apartment block

21.03.11
One of central London's biggest demolitions of recent years has left a cavernous hole in a Kensington road ... more

Heritage Oil rejects £1.2bn takeover bid

17.03.11
Heritage Oil has rejects a £1.2 billion takeover bid from a Middle Eastern company, according to reports... more

Briton jailed in Gulf for bouncing cheques must be freed, says charity

10.03.11
Human rights charity calls for the release of a London businessman convicted of bouncing £50 million of cheques in the United Arab Emirates ... more

Globe Theatre's Arabian nights

03.02.11
The Globe theatre company is to stage Macbeth in the Middle East... more

Shocking camel race cheats

20.01.11
Two men have been arrested in Dubai for selling robot jockeys that give camels electric shocks to make them run faster in races. In the United Arab Emirates, racing camels are ridden by robots because boy riders are banned. "Shock jockeys" can cost 30 times more than normal ones.... more

Dogs banned from Abu Dhabi beaches

07.01.11
Dogs are banned from beaches, parks, shopping centres and other public areas in Abu Dhabi after complaints about excrement... more

Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton desperate for a Korea boost or it’s all over

22.10.10
Abu Dhabi will be the final frontier in a season that has so far been as unpredictable as it has been exciting... more

UAE court: Beat your wife but don’t leave bruises

18.10.10
Men in the United Arab Emirates may “discipline” their wives and young children with beatings as long as no physical marks are left... more

Manchester City report record losses

01.10.10
Spending spree on players and salaries have led to record losses of £121.3million... more

Gulf states put the block on BlackBerries

02.08.10
Two Gulf states bann sending emails and accessing the internet by BlackBerry... more

BSkyB to launch 24-hour Arabic news channel in UAE

14.07.10
BSkyB in talks with a private Abu Dhabi investor to launch a round-the-clock Arabic news service based in the UAE capital... more

Abu Dhabi adventure could damage cricket's soul

01.04.10
The English cricket season got underway on Monday but you would be forgiven for not noticing... more

Mark Ramprakash pulls out of Abu Dhabi opener

29.03.10
The former England batsman has flown home after withdrawing from today’s county curtain-raiser between MCC and Durham for personal reasons... more

Abu Dhabi royals accused of mothballing £320m flats

15.02.10
London council launches an extraordinary attack on the Abu Dhabi royal family’s handling of a property development... more

MCC switch to Abu Dhabi

11.12.09
The 2010 English domestic season will open in Abu Dhabi under floodlights and with pink balls... more

Dubai World ‘will shake off its debts’

03.12.09
Troubled Dubai World will pay off its debts, the economy minister of the United Arab Emirates promised today... more

Andrew Flintoff to coach UAE

18.09.09
Andrew Flintoff will help coach the United Arab Emirates national team during his rehabilitation from knee surgery, the all-rounder's agent has confirmed... more

British Museum caught up in human rights row

24.08.09
British Museum urged to 'take a stand' over the rights of migrant workers in the oil-rich desert sheikdom of Abu Dhabi... more

Everton reject Middle East takeover reports

23.07.09
Everton have formally disassociated themselves with claims they are about to be taken over by a Middle East consortium... more

What about the workers? Immigrants pose dilemma

08.07.09
A shopping mall in the desert city of Al Ain has banned male construction workers at evenings and weekends after wealthy customers complained about them staring at women. Labourers are allowed to enter Al Bawadi Mall during weekdays, but only through a side entrance ... more

Richer than you, ranked below the Philippines

17.06.09
The guys at index company MSCI Barra said the UAE is not fit to call itself an emerging market, let alone a developed one... more

Davids load their slings to take on the Goliaths

27.05.09
Challenger brands, I learned this week, are upstart companies snapping at the heels of established rivals. Virgin Atlantic taking on British Airways is the textbook example of a successful challenger (while Virgin Cola's lame assault on Coke and Pepsi is a popular case study for the opposite reason) ... more

Some green shoots in the desert

29.04.09
There are tentative signs that banks in the UAE are recovering from the credit crunch. Early results from the first-quarter earnings season paint a cautiously optimistic picture ... more

After the bubble, the dirty linen

11.03.09
Three British defendants have emerged at the centre of an alleged plot to swindle half a billion dollars from a leading bank in Dubai... more

TV threat if it's not anyone for tennis

18.02.09
Sport has played a key role in establishing Dubai as the Middle East kingpin for tourism and business... more

Israeli tennis star barred from UAE

16.02.09
The top official of women's tennis has reprimanded the United Arab Emirates for blocking an Israeli from playing in a tournament in Dubai... more


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