Cairo: Egyptian authorities have agreed to allow scores of Arab nationals, detained over alleged links with the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah, to be medically examined upon requests from defence lawyers, who claim their confessions were made under coercion, according to security sources. Egypt's Public Attorney for State...
Teenager undergoes rare surgery in UAE
Gulf News
Gulf News
Abu Dhabi: Despite undergoing rare heart surgery, 13-year-old Anoud Mohammad Faraj, makes things seem trivial as she confidently speaks to a roomful of journalists about her experience. The Emirati grade eight pupil, who...
Measured response to flu required
Gulf News
Gulf News
As the number of swine flu cases in the Middle East increases it is important that the situation is dealt with in a measured way. The problem should neither be underestimated nor taken out of proportion as it is one that...
US FDA panel calls for ban on two lethal pain killers
Gulf News
Gulf News
Dubai: Doctors in UAE are in agreement with US government recommendations calling for sweeping safety restrictions on the most widely used painkiller, including reducing the maximum dose of Tylenol and eliminating...
Falco knocks the other medical soaps into oblivion with her latest series
National Post
National Post
Edie Falco gets to say "previously on Nurse Jackie" at the start of every episode, after the first one. That seems to have become TV series stars' prerogative on every show since Kiefer Sutherland paved the way on 24....
Profit-taking likely in UAE stocks
Gulf News
Gulf News
Dubai: Additional profit-taking on the UAE bourses is likely towards the beginning of this week, especially in companies that have had good runs recently and have already seen some profit-taking. Investors seem to have...
H1N1 checks on Emirati students before coming for vacation
Gulf News
Gulf News
Abu Dhabi: The Higher Supervisory Committee on Combating H1N1 (Swine Flu) is working on a mechanism to examine Emirati students studying abroad before they return home for summer holidays. The move came after an...
3 foreign women dead in Yemen, al-Qaida suspected
The Press Democrat
The Press Democrat
Experts said the killings bore the hallmarks not of local tribesmen but of jihadist militants who had returned home after fighting in conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere. The dead women disappeared in the remote...


