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First-rate care on your doorstep when Cleveland Clinic opens in Abu Dhabi

News Aggregator — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 04:20:28 +0000

The Cleveland Clinic’s reputation for excellence in health care has been hard won and deserved. For the first time, the company is taking its brand beyond the US and Canada to provide UAE residents with all the benefits of that reputation, without the travel. Mitya Underwood reports

7Emirates Run to benefit Al Jalila Foundation

News Aggregator — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 15:14:11 +0000

The goal is to raise Dh777,000 to support disabled children in the UAE whose family cannot afford treatment.

RAK Zoo opens its doors to the public

News Aggregator — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 19:54:06 +0000

RAK Zoo opened its doors for the first time on Tuesday with its owner and residents positive it will help boost tourism in the emirate.

Kerry sees role for Iran in ISIS war, France joins air campaign

News Aggregator — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 20:44:00 +0000

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday that Iran had a role to play in a global coalition to tackle ISIS militants, as France carried out its first airstrike against the jihadists in Iraq.

Hurricane cuts off communication with Chabad in Baja California

News Aggregator — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 16:32:00 +0000

Rabbi and 9-month-pregnant wife in early labor have not been heard from since Monday evening

President Erdoğan to participate in key TÜSİAD meeting

News Aggregator — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 18:01:00 +0000

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will join a meeting hosted by Turkey’s top business group next week, in a possible sign of improved relations with the group

US Open round-up: Stan Wawrinka tells fan to ‘shut up’ en route to third round

News Aggregator — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 07:14:06 +0000

In the heat of the moment, locked in a suddenly tight match after midnight at Flushing Meadows, Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka snapped at a rowdy spectator, telling him to “shut up”.

An hour later, his 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 victory over 91st-ranked Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil in the second round of the US Open complete, Wawrinka was able to laugh about the exchange.

“At the end of the day, they start to get a little bit drunk,” Wawrinka said at his news conference, shaking his head and chuckling. “It was OK. I had to talk to a few of them. At the end, it’s normal. Everybody was into the match. That’s OK. It can happen.”

Israeli official confirms US nixed arms sale; PM blamed for icy ties

News Aggregator — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 06:31:00 +0000

WSJ report of frayed relations between Washington and Jerusalem, including combative Obama-Netanyahu phone call, sparks firestorm among Israeli politicians

Iran’s elite Guards fighting in Iraq to push back ISIS

News Aggregator — Sun, 03 Aug 2014 20:21:00 +0000

In early July, hundreds of mourners gathered for the funeral of Kamal Shirkhani in Lavasan, a small town northeast of Tehran.