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Category: Newsworthy
Sheikha Latifa leads UAE to second silver
Horse riding is clearly in the blood. Sheikh Mohammed won gold medal in September’s Endurance World Championship, and now his niece has received a silver at the Asian Games. the Sheikha Latifa Al Maktoum-led team finished second in the showjumping competition yesterday via The National – Sheikha Latifa leads UAE to second silver.
UAE wins top polluter spot
Confirmation of what I’ve blogged previously, the United Arab Emirates was heralded the world’s leading polluter – not that it’s something to brag about. An index of 183 countries shows the UAE to be pumping out the most CO2 on the planet. Interestingly though, my country of origin Australia took second place. For the record, these […]
gulfnews : 606,390 people used RTA’s free transport
Talk about rebel without a cause. The one day I DON’T catch public transport, is the one day a year that it’s free. It wasn’t by design for me to drive into work, but the family were home sick so the car was more useful for me. The Free Transport Day will be held every […]
Death of elite swimmer in Fujairah
Crippen died last Saturday while competing in FINA Open Water 10km World Cup at Fujairah. via – National News. This news is quite worrying. It seems the swimmer drowned, perhaps as a result of the UAE waters being too hot for elite competition – which I can understand.
Reducing the UAE carbon footprint with style
Masdar – a project by the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company – have announced the winner of an energy efficiency project. And their design looks great! It generates energy from wind, but is far more aesthetic than the usual turbines. Resembling thin cattails, the Windstalks generate electricity when the wind sets them waving. The designers […]
Heaven help me survive this drive
This morning I saw an extremely alarming sight on Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai’s busiest road. Although I say it was alarming, at the same time it didn’t seem totally out of the ordinary for Dubai. I was getting a lift into work with a colleague, and we were in one of the faster overtaking lanes […]
Aussie fined for Dubai drunkiness – nope, not me
In local (Dubai) news, as well as back home, Australian football (soccer) player Craig Moore has proven to be a total dipstick here in Dubai by starting a “brawl” with a taxi driver over a 50 dirham fare. The story goes, he also assaulted the arresting officer. Thankfully for him after getting bail, he was […]
Virgin Blue joining forces with Etihad
It was only a matter of time before more carriers cottoned on to the massive demand for Australia<->UAE flights. My family have known the demand first-hand, after having a few close encounters with getting bumped from flights due to being on staff tickets. Emirates is obviously our first-choice, and the choice of many more. But non-employees now […]
The Wiggles in Dubai – 12 June 2010
The world’s most popular children entertainers, and possibly Australia’s greatest export visited Dubai over the weekend. They had quite a whirlwind tour performing just three shows over our weekend. I took my two boys on Saturday to watch the final show in a packed Palladium – just over the road from our place. Unfortunately Murray […]