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Anyone finding that the proxy is down? There seem to be certain areas of the sandlands where the proxy is down since yesterday, and the enti...

Jailed blogger in solitary confinement, family says Is the Arab world's motto not "let writer beware"?

A short overview of the situation in the Middle East by the Carnegie Endowment. (PDF file) [.....In the end, U.S. pressure on Egypt and oth...

I stumbled across this website a few days back and I thought that I should share it with you all. http://www.dubaiasitusedtobe.com/ This is ...

"DUBAI (AFP) — A British man sentenced to four years in jail in the Gulf emirate of Dubai for having a tiny amount of cannabis stuck to...

A friend and I have decided to walk up to Everest Base Camp as a way of keeping fit. We have now decided that we will use this opportunity t...

We camped last weekend in an area NW of Dhaid near Falaj al Moalla in Umm al Quwain. Driving across the desert we came across a bunch of sit...

The first of the Metro trains have arrived - here's what they look like...

Maybe, if Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal gets his way : Kingdom Holding Company, controlled by Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal,...

Dubai: The Ministry of Health plans to institute a complete ban on shisha and midwakh once the UAE introduces the federal anti-tobacco law, ...

Today's Al Khaleej newspaper carried this strange story of a father who demanded memorization of the Holy Book Quran as a dowry for his ...

I think that anyone planning to go boating this weekend would be well advised to stay ashore!

That's what a headline in Emirates Business 24/7 says. What the story really says is that instead of the blanket blocking of entire site...

"A range of popular T-shirts that sold out in Dubai could land you six months behind bars if you wear one, 7DAYS can reveal. The gents’...

Here we were thinking that Minnesota's next-gen St. Anthony Falls Bridge was kicking up the next generation of mega engineering a notc...