Getting away with murder? The death of Martine Vik Magnussen
 28.02.2010 1:35  24 views  0 comments
When a vivacious Norwegian woman was found raped and strangled in the basement of a London flat, suspicion fell on a fellow student. But two years on, the case remains unsolved. We reconstruct her last night from interviews and previously unseen pictures, and speak to her father about his campaign to find justice for Martine Vik Magnussen Martine Vik Magnussen. Photograph: Handout In the early hours of Wednesday 6 February 1985, Odd Petter Magnussen drove through a police roadblock in his haste to get to the local hospital. His wife, Kristin, was in labour and the contractions were coming so rapidly that Odd Petter was anxious she might give birth in the car. He pressed down on the...
Read more »
|
Universities assist alumni in job search
28.02.2010 0:09 29 views 0 comments
More from UAE Education...
Read more »
|
Students design kitchens of the future
28.02.2010 0:09 29 views 0 comments
More from UAE Education...
Read more »
|
AUE offers master's in diplomacy
28.02.2010 0:09 28 views 0 comments
More from UAE Education...
Read more »
|
AUS students get active for education in Palestine
28.02.2010 0:09 24 views 0 comments
More from UAE Education...
Read more »
|
Ex-UN nuclear chief: change in Egypt is inevitable
27.02.2010 23:24 31 views 0 comments
updated 4:19 p.m. ET Feb. 27, 2010 CAIRO - The former head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency who has emerged as an opposition leader in Egypt appealed to the government Saturday to heed calls for change before frustration over a stale political system ruled by one man for nearly 30 years spirals out of control. Mohamed ElBaradei, a Nobel laureate who has seen a wave of support from youths and reformists who see him as a potential challenger to President Hosni Mubarak, told The Associated Press that getting the general public on board with a peaceful movement is his biggest challenge. The 67-year-old career diplomat — who gained international respect while leading the International Atomic...
Read more »
|
Paper bag boy turns teacher
27.02.2010 21:13 27 views 0 comments
More from UAE Environment...
Read more »
|
In Yemen's South, Protests Could Cause More Instability
27.02.2010 21:08 26 views 0 comments
ADEN, Yemen — Less than an hour’s drive outside this dilapidated port town, the Yemeni government’s authority is scarcely visible, and a different flag appears, that of the old independent state of South Yemen. The flags are one sign of a rapidly spreading protest movement across the south that now threatens to turn into a violent insurgency if its demands are not met. That could further destabilize Yemen, already the poorest and one of the most troubled countries in the Arab world, and create a broader haven for Al Qaeda here. The movement’s leaders say the Yemeni government — based in the north — has systematically discriminated against the south,...
Read more »
|
Iran's Leader of Opposition Assails 'Cult' of Rulers
27.02.2010 21:07 30 views 0 comments
One of Iran’s opposition leaders, Mir Hussein Moussavi, said Saturday that a dictatorial “cult” was ruling Iran — one of his most critical statements against the country’s rulers since disputed elections last summer. “This is the rule of a cult that has hijacked the concept of Iranianism and nationalism,” Mr. Moussavi said in the interview posted on his Web site, Kalameh. “Our people cannot tolerate such behavior under the name of religion.” The statements appear to be part of a renewed campaign by the opposition’s leadership to prove that they are still vital, despite a brutal crackdown by the government and their inability to...
Read more »
|
Cramped Quarters Define the Daily Struggles of Iraqi Families
27.02.2010 21:07 31 views 0 comments
BAGHDAD — When Wathiq Htaib talks about the crisis in Iraq, he does not mean politics or sectarian strife. On a recent afternoon, Mr. Htaib, 31, sat on the floor of a small, bare room where six family members sleep each night. “Every day we have a crisis called the ‘morning bathroom crisis,’ ” Mr. Htaib said, to affirmation and laughter from several of the 13 family members with whom he shares a small house and one very stressed bathroom. “Sometimes we’re late for work because we have to wait an hour for the bathroom.” Beneath the grand issues hanging over Iraq, like the coming national elections or the continuing violence, the day-to-day...
Read more »
|
Welcome Showers Play Spoilsport
27.02.2010 21:01 32 views 0 comments
The Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships organisers on Saturday announced that the men's singles final, which was interrupted by rain in the evening, would be resumed on Sunday at 2pm. At the time of stoppage, defending champion Novak Djokovic was leading 7-5, 2-0 against Mikhail Youzhny of...
Read more »
|
Iraq's top cleric says aides not to join campaigns
27.02.2010 21:01 26 views 0 comments
Iraq's top Shiite cleric on Saturday ordered his representatives across the country not to campaign for any blocs or candidates contesting the March 7 parliamentary elections' It is a move designed to assert the Iranian-born cleric's neutrality. An official at the office of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani said the cleric, who is highly revered by Iraq's Shiite majority, also decided not to receive...
Read more »
|
Father and Son on Trial on Human Trafficking Charge
27.02.2010 21:01 26 views 0 comments
DUBAI - The lawyer of a man and his son on trial on the charge of human trafficking argued in the Court of First Instance that his clients were not running a prostitution racket. The Public Prosecution has accused the man, his son and their wives of human trafficking. A third woman is also standing trial on the charge of...
Read more »
|
Customs Vigil Continues with Seizures of Banned Items
27.02.2010 21:01 28 views 0 comments
ABU DHABI - Abu Dhabi Department of Finance - General Directorate of Customs recorded 9,220 cases in drugs related violations, weapons, lasers, dairy, tobacco and materials used in witchcraft among others. Saeed Ahmed Abdullah Al Muhairi, Director General of Abu Dhabi...
Read more »
|
Labour Dispute Resolved in RAK
27.02.2010 21:01 29 views 0 comments
RAS AL KHAIMAH - A dispute between six Asian workers and their employer was resolved by the Labour Department in Ras Al Khaimah. The labourers, who have been working for a buildings maintenance company in Ras Al Khaimah,...
Read more »
|
'Need to Frame Legal Norms for Genetic Research'
27.02.2010 21:01 30 views 0 comments
DUBAI - Ahead of the 3rd Pan-Arab Human Genetic Conference to be held next month in Dubai, Dr Ghazi Omar Tadmouri, Assistant Director of the Centre for Arab Genomic Studies, stressed on the importance of study of genetic disorders among the Arab people at the DNA level, saying that this will help develop new therapeutic approaches. He was speaking on the emergence of genomic research...
Read more »
|
Go Out There and Take Shots
27.02.2010 21:01 34 views 0 comments
DUBAI - The sixth annual Gulf Photo Plus event is back to thrill those with a passion for photography. The week-long event which gives photography amateurs, hobbyists and professionals a platform to interact and learn, through more than 50 workshops hosted by some of the most talented photographers in the world, will kick off with the opening of a photography exhibition 'In the Blink of an Eye' on Sunday. To be held from March 1 to March 6, the event will...
Read more »
|
Mattress Dominoes Break World Record at DSF 2010
27.02.2010 21:01 26 views 0 comments
DUBAI - The Dubai Shopping Festival 2010 witnessed the setting of a new record in the Guinness Book Records ' that of staging the longest outdoor human mattress dominoes in the world, by Intercoil International. The event saw a total of 344 human mattress dominoes fall in 2 minutes, 56...
Read more »
|
Sharjah's Emiratisation Drive Gains Momentum
27.02.2010 21:01 26 views 0 comments
SHARJAH - A significant number of nationals continue to take the Sharjah Economic Development Department's (SEDD) efforts seriously and this was evident at its pavilion during the 12th National Career Fair on February 24 and 26 at the Sharjah Expo Centre. The total number of employees at SEDD reached 219 in 2009, with an Emiratiaation rate of 90 per cent. These figures are in line with the...
Read more »
|
Man Accused of Robbing Customers at Knifepoint
27.02.2010 21:01 31 views 0 comments
DUBAI - An Egyptian farmer stood trial in the Court of First Instance on Wednesday on the charges of impersonating a police officer and robbing people inside a massage centre of money and mobile phones at knifepoint. The 30-year-old defendant, along with three other absconders, allegedly robbed the people...
Read more »
|
