Asma Ali Zain

DUBAI — With the US elections looming, the polls scene in the UAE is abuzz with many Americans waiting for the results enthusiastically. With the pre-election popularity polls showing the race still tight, the campaigns being run by George Bush and John Kerry are focusing their efforts on fewer than a dozen states.

DUBAI — The Dubai Transportation Corporation (DTC) is making strategic plans to develop a mass transportation system between the emirates soon.

DUBAI — The Dubai Transport Corporation (DTC) has strictly re-enforced the ruling on passenger transport

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DUBAI — Depicting famous Moghul architecture, the Pakistan pavilion at the Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) 2005 will be bigger and better than the last year’s.

SHARJAH — Single ladies, especially from the lower income bracket, travelling in Sharjah’s private taxis have hit out at the behaviour of the drivers and have complained of being harassed by them.

DUBAI — The international hike in oil and fuel prices, is expected to hit UAE air passengers hard as the aviation industry prepares to build sufficient fences to reduce the direct impact on their operations.

DUBAI - Four-month-old Ridda Zahra Naqvi, the Pakistani baby with a winning smile, who travelled to India last month for a heart surgery is back home, hale and hearty, thanks to the successful operation and post-operative care, says her Sharjah-based father, Qaiser Naqvi.

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SHARJAH — Commuters within Sharjah are faced with a shortage of taxis since the Sharjah Transport Corporation (STC) launched a plan earlier this year to phase out a total of 3,000 private taxis in the emirate and replace them with new-metered taxis.

DUBAI — The Memon community in the UAE held its 6th consecutive annual event at Pakistan Sports and Recreation Centre on Thursday to felicitate 226 children who achieved laurels in the annual examination held for the academic year 2004.

DUBAI — It was a moving sight as workers and friends of the four Pakistanis killed in the collapse of the steel mesh wall at the Dubai airport expansion site on September 27 gathered outside Al Maktoum Hospital for a last glimpse of their beloved colleagues before they were flown out of the UAE yesterday.