Adding luxury to crime fighting, the force has included Mercedes and Bentley cars to their fleet this week. (Al Arabiya) Al Arabiya – After generating headlines for their Ferraris and Lamborghinis, it seems Dubai police have a much bigger need for speed. Adding luxury to crime fighting, the force has included Mercedes and Bentley … Continue reading »
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Saudi Arabia bride demands groom marry her friends
Lol.. Husband rents three apartments for three wives by Gulf News Report Dubai: A Saudi teacher has reportedly told the man who wanted to marry her that she had only one condition before accepting his proposal: He must marry her two friends at the school at the same time. The would-be groom was shocked by … Continue reading »
Islamist Justin Beiber Strikes Out:No ‘Beliebers’ in Oman
LOL… Al Arabiya – Canadian teen sensation Justin Bieber had his hopes dashed when his show in Oman, scheduled for May 6, was canceled due to low tickets sales. “Alive Entertainment regret to announce that the Oman show will no longer take place,” the organizers posted on their website justinbieberoman.com Wednesday. But some media reports … Continue reading »
Lamborghini and Ferrari make Dubai cops fastest in the world
Dubai police have a thing for Italian speed: They’re making preparations to have a nearly $250,000 Ferrari join an even pricier Lamborghini as the flagship flash of its fleet. Photos carried Wednesday by the Emirates 24/7 online newspaper show the car getting the green-and-white colors of Dubai’s police force. Earlier this week, Dubai’s police … Continue reading »
Dubai Youth smoking ants to get high
More than a third of children and some as young as 13 have smoked the native samsum ant as a substitute for illegal substances such as marijuana, a senior UAE health official has warned. Smoking the red ant gives a similar sensation to smoking marijuana and sniffing glue because of the high concentration of formic … Continue reading »
Dubai Five-0: Police get a face lift with $550,000 Lamborghini
WOW.. $550,000 Lamborghini has been added to the Dubai Police fleet. (Courtesy: Gulf News) Associated Press – In a city of boundless bling, Dubai Police also are in hot pursuit after adding a nearly $550,000 Lamborghini to its fleet. The sports car, painted in green-and-white colors of the Dubai force, will not likely be … Continue reading »
UN Introduces Resolution to Gain Control of Internet – in Middle of Night
By DANIEL HALPER In the middle of the night at a U.N. conference in Dubai, the presiding chairman of the International Telecommunication Union conference surveyed the assembled countries to see whether there was interest in having greater involvement in the U.N. governing the Internet. A majority of countries gave their approval. With a sufficient majority … Continue reading »
UN asks for control over the Internet
By AL ARABIYA WITH AFP Telecom companies across the world may be given the opportunity to dig through data passed across the Internet more easily following a move to allow the United Nations new authority to regulate the Web. At a conference in Dubai this week, Members of the United Nation’s International Telecommunications Union (ITU) … Continue reading »
Gulf: Clampdown on sorcerers and witchcraft
LOL/(ANSAmed) – DUBAI, JUNE 11 – In the shadow of the enormous skyscrapers in Dubai, symbols of modernity and innovation, old superstitions and black magic are still popular in the Emirate’s intricate multicultural social web. At least according to the amount of ”material for witchcraft” impounded by the border police: 92 cases in one year. … Continue reading »
Saudi youth stand up for a choice
Interesting, translated over, not in western Media, as usual… DUBAI (AFP) – A group of young “Muslims” in Saudi Arabia through the Website its refusal to “trust” that authority exercised by the clergy and the community, condemning the “bullying power and influence to oust the other.” A statement includes the names of more than 2,100 … Continue reading »