Thursday May 23, 2013
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  • ‘Harry Potter’ first edition fetches record auction price
    Entertainment

    ‘Harry Potter’ first edition fetches record auction price

    yesterday

    A unique first edition of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” annotated by author J.K. Rowling has sold for a record 150,000 pounds ($227,421) at a London charity auction, Sotheby’s said on Tuesday. The 1997 book, featuring handwritten notes, 22 original... Full story

  • Beauty & Style

    Villagers discover ancient ball game statue in Mexico

    yesterday

    Villagers installing a water pipe in southwestern Mexico stumbled onto an ancient granite statue depicting a player from a pre-Hispanic ball game, the national anthropology institute said Monday. The stone had been sliced at the neck, like a decapitation, and buried in a ritual that was common ... Full story

  • Beauty & Style

    New fabric developed to drain away sweat

    yesterday

    22 May 2013 Bioengineers have developed a waterproof fabric that could drain away sweat, a study says. The new fabric works like human skin, forming excess sweat into droplets that drain away by themselves, said inventor Tingrui Pan, professor of biomedical engineering. One area of research... Full story

  • Business

    Doha Bank allocates Dh5.5b for corporates, SMEs in UAE

    yesterday

    22 May 2013 Doha Bank has earmarked Dh5.5 billion for corporates and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the UAE for the next eight months, according to a top official of the bank. The bank’s fully licensed branches in Abu Dhabi and Dubai will support companies in the infrastructure... Full story

  • Business

    Dubai increasingly popular cruise tourism destination

    yesterday

    22 May 2013 Dubai is reinforcing its position as a destination of choice for cruise tourism by welcoming newly renovated luxury liner, Mariner of the Seas on its maiden call to the emirate. The liner, a member of Royal Caribbean International’s cruise line fleet, arrived at Port Rashid... Full story

  • Business

    Tecom unveils new operational structure

    yesterday

    22 May 2013 Tecom Investments, a subsidiary of Dubai Holding, announced on Tuesday a new operational structure to enable the company to further focus on its core business of developing and operating business parks. According to Tecom, the implementation of a new structure comes at a time when ... Full story

  • Business

    Shaikh Mohammed visits Index 2013

    yesterday

    22 May 2013 His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, visited International Design Exhibition (Index) 2013 and the Office Exhibition at the Dubai World Trade Centre on Tuesday. Shaikh Mohammed was accompanied by Shaikh ... Full story

  • Business

    IMF stays upbeat on Dubai

    yesterday

    22 May 2013 The International Monetary Fund, or IMF, said on Tuesday that it was confident of Dubai’s ability to meet all financial obligations given its track record of successfully managing payment rescheduling. Masood Ahmed, director of the IMF’s Middle East and Central Asia... Full story

  • Tiger wants PGA anchored putting ban ASAP
    Sports

    Tiger wants PGA anchored putting ban ASAP

    yesterday

    21 May 2013 World number one Tiger Woods wants the US PGA Tour to enact a ban on anchored putting “as soon as possible” if golf’s governing bodies impose a ban on the stroke on Tuesday. The US Golf Association and Royal and Ancient Golf Association are expected to announce on ... Full story

  • IPL scam reaches Bollywood, cricketers’ questioning on
    Sports

    IPL scam reaches Bollywood, cricketers’ questioning on

    yesterday

    The Supreme Court Tuesday refused to ban remaining IPL matches while Bollywood actor Vindu Dara Singh Randhawa, a bookie and a hawala operator were arrested by Mumbai police in the spot fixing scam and investigators in Delhi got five more days to question cricketer S. Sreesanth. Apart from... Full story

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