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HuaweiDUBAI - General Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and UAE Defence Minister, called on Dr Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, spiritual leader of the Bohra community, at his residence last evening.
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