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Rundown house gives Fujairah family jitters

FUJAIRAH — An Emirati family living in a dilapidated house is having sleepless nights. They cannot sleep outside as the summer heat has set in and they are afraid of sleeping inside the house fearing that the ceiling will cave in.

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15-year-old vehicles likely to be banned

DUBAI — In a bid to reduce the rising pollution levels in Dubai, the Roads Transport Authority has proposed a regulation not to renew registration of cars that are more than 15 years' old, an official at the RTA told Khaleej Times.

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Contact lenses users beware

DUBAI - Opthalmologists in the UAE have cautioned users of contact lenses to exercise proper care following the recent withdrawal of an eye lens care lotion from the market after a blindness scare.

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Urdu poetry book of late Najm Afandi launched

DUBAI — A 1,800-page Urdu poetry book, Kayanate Najm (The Universe of Najm), a collection of some 13,000 verses of poetry about the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) and members of his family by famous poet late Najm Afandi of Agra, India, was launched at a literary programme here on Monday.

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Teachers and friends mourn Deanna's death

DUBAI — Friends and teachers mourned the tragic death of Deanna Delphy Ravindran, a grade 11 student of the Indian High School Dubai, who was killed on Thursday morning when the car she was travelling in overturned on the Dubai-Hatta Road near Dragon Mart.

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