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SPIC JAFZ hopes to get gas supply soon

India's Southern Petrochemical Industries Corporation (SPIC), which is setting up a $200 million urea/ammonia plant at the Jebel Ali Free Trade Zone, says the plant is almost 70 per cent ready and that production would start as soon it starts getting gas, the company chairman said.

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ExecuJet expands operations

ExecuJet Middle East, a leading business aviation services company and part of the global ExecuJet Aviation Group, yesterday announced it had completed the first stage of its aggressive expansion by more than doubling the number of employees working in the region.

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Now a job is a click away

The most Internet connected population in the Middle East just got a new web service. After a successful year online, The Emirates Network (TEN) has taken a step forward to provide UAE Internet users with new services and information for a better online experience with the launch of Ten Jobs.

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Nakheel and Kuwait firm in Palm project venture

Nakheel, developers of The Palm, and IFA Hotels & Resorts, a subsidiary of International Financial Advisors (IFA) of Kuwait, have signed a joint venture agreement to develop a major shopping complex - Souq Palm - and freehold residences - The Palm Residence-Souq - covering 60,000 square metres on the trunk of The Palm Jumeirah.

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Training course on library sciences, IT

DUBAI - The Juma Al Majid Centre for Culture and Heritage (JMCCH) in Dubai opened on Saturday its first essential training programme on 'Library Sciences and Information Technology' which will continue until January, 5, 2004.

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Evening to remember

The Ladies' Wing of Pakistan Association, Dubai organised a traditional Chand Raat(eve of Eid) for the ladies and children of all nationalities on Sunday, at the Pakistani Consul-General's residence.

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Piracy wars

DUBAI - In a day and age where boundaries are fast disappearing and free market rules are getting increasingly ambiguous, record companies are plagued by the rising phenomena of people exchanging and downloading free music files from the Internet and, in the bargain, depriving artistes of royalties they feel they rightly deserve.

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