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NCC panel selects new office-bearers

ABU DHABI – The Interior and Defence Affairs Committee of the National Consultative Council (NCC) met yesterday at the council's headquarters in Abu Dhabi and selected Abdullah bin Ali Al Kaabi as its chairman and Abdullah bin Ghanim Al Mazroui as secretary.

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Rain in Dubai: Mall suffers a big loss

DUBAI — Store owners in Dubai’s relatively new and upscale mall, Ibn Battuta, suffered a major loss when rain water seeped into the mall after yesterday’s heavy downpour and damaged several goods.

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Electronic services by SNRD

SHARJAH — Aiming at better serving the public, the Sharjah Naturalisation and Residency Department (SNRD) is launching electronic programmes and services.

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New UAE Cabinet hailed

DUBAI/ABU DHABI — The new cabinet announced by His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has been widely welcomed.

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Degrees' verification process to go online

DUBAI — Integra Screen, the company handling the degree verification service for job seekers on behalf of Empost in the UAE, has disclosed that the process would soon go online eliminating the delays caused due to logistical problems faced such as incomplete details of the applicant, university and wrong postal address.

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UAE bans Brokeback Mountain

SHARJAH - The Ministry of Culture and Information will not allow the screening of the Hollywood film Brokeback Mountain in the UAE because of scenes involving homosexuals.

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