London, December 27: Ace footballer David Beckham's protection may turnout to be the biggest-ever security operation when he arrives in Dubai on Monday to make his debut for AC Milan, for top officials fear that he may be an ideal high-profile target for Muslim fanatics.
Spies at the intelligence agency MI6 are afraid that al-Qaida may attack the United Arab Emirates "any time".
Beckham will be making several public appearances before the January 6 friendly match against Hamburg.
Lahore, Dec 26: After years of hostilities, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif and Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid leader Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi have held a one-on-one meeting in Dubai on country's political situation.
Sources said the meeting was a result of efforts by `mutual friends' to reunite the PML factions, a private news channel reported on Thursday.
Dubai - The volume of air traffic through the United Arab Emirates (UAE), one of the Middle East's key transport hubs, will continue to grow in 2009, although the rate of growth is expected to slow down, a civil aviation official said on Thursday.
Saif Mohamed al-Suwaidi, the Director General of the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), said that the number of flights in 2008 had increased by around 10.3 per cent compared to 2007, reaching 489,000 flights.
Jerusalem, Dec. 25, 2008 -- Foreign Minister, H. H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, joined Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas and Palestinian Prime Minister, Dr. Sallam Fayyad, to attend the Midnight Mass at the Church of Nativity here in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, to mark the Christmas for all the various Christian denominations.
Dubai, 25 Dec, 2008 - Tatweer Dubai, a member of Dubai Holding, today announced Taasees, an integrated one-stop centre offering the services of 10 UAE government departments, has commenced operations from its premises at the Dubai Industrial City headquarters.
As the largest of its kind facility in the UAE, Taasees features 14 counters to provide optimum ease of service to business partners operating in and around Dubai, as well as to the general public wishing to seek its comprehensive benefits.
Sana'a, Dec. 25, 2008 -- A convoy of trucks carrying 115 tons of relief assistance, including food items, winter cloths, blankets and other essential items, has arrived in this Yemeni town of Seyun as part of a humanitarian programme launched by the UAE Red Crescent Authority to help alleviate the sufferings of the victims of the flood that hit Wadi Hadramaut in recent time.
The RCA delegation accompanying the convoy distributed the relief assitance to the affected families in the town of Shubam.
London, December 27: Ace footballer David Beckham's protection may turnout to be the biggest-ever security operation when he arrives in Dubai on Monday to make his debut for AC Milan, for top officials fear that he may be an ideal high-profile target for Muslim fanatics.
Lahore, Dec 26: After years of hostilities, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif and Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid leader Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi have held a one-on-one meeting in Dubai on country's political situation. 
Dubai - The volume of air traffic through the United Arab Emirates (UAE), one of the Middle East's key transport hubs, will continue to grow in 2009, although the rate of growth is expected to slow down, a civil aviation official said on Thursday.
Jerusalem, Dec. 25, 2008 -- Foreign Minister, H. H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, joined Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas and Palestinian Prime Minister, Dr. Sallam Fayyad, to attend the Midnight Mass at the Church of Nativity here in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, to mark the Christmas for all the various Christian denominations.
Dubai, 25 Dec, 2008 - Tatweer Dubai, a member of Dubai Holding, today announced Taasees, an integrated one-stop centre offering the services of 10 UAE government departments, has commenced operations from its premises at the Dubai Industrial City headquarters.
Sana'a, Dec. 25, 2008 -- A convoy of trucks carrying 115 tons of relief assistance, including food items, winter cloths, blankets and other essential items, has arrived in this Yemeni town of Seyun as part of a humanitarian programme launched by the UAE Red Crescent Authority to help alleviate the sufferings of the victims of the flood that hit Wadi Hadramaut in recent time.
